September Meeting: Appraisal Challenges after Hurricane Sandy

The September Chapter Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 6:00 pm at The Montville Inn, 167 Main Rd, Montville NJ 07045 (Phone: 973-541-1234) [Map]. The Executive Meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm followed by Dinner at 6:30. The guest speaker is Mike Ehrenberg, the owner of MEI Appraisal Company, LLC, who will talk about "Appraisal Challenges After Hurricane Sandy".

A graduate of the University of Delaware, Mr. Ehrenburg specializes in the valuation of residential and commercial properties for financing and tax appeal purposes. He is experienced in complex commercial, industrial, vacant land and residential appraisals for estate, litigation, relocation and financing.  He has testified before ad-valorem and zoning board cases in over 20 states, and is qualified as an expert witness in federal, state, and local courts.

Mike Ehrenburg’s discussion of post Sandy appraisal challenges is sure to be interesting. The program qualifies for two hours of ASA Continuing Education Credit.

Dinner is $30 per person. Please RSVP to Chapter Secretary Michael Lavelle via Evite, phone (201-265-3333 ), or email by Tuesday, September 16. Make checks payable to "ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter 73" and mail to Michael Lavelle, Appraisal Economics, 140 E. Ridgewood Ave, Paramus, NJ 07652.

February Meeting: Auctions and Appraisals

The February Chapter Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 6:00 pm at Maggiano’s, 70 Riverside Square Mall, Hackensack, NJ 07601 (Phone: 201-221-2040) [Map]. The Executive Meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm followed by Dinner at 7:00. The guest speaker is Mitchell Caspert, Esq., a principal of Caspert Auctioneers & Appraisers in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Mr. Caspert will discuss “Overcoming Your Seller's Bloated Expectations.”

Mitchell Caspert, who took his B.S. at Syracuse University and his J.D. at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. enjoyed a 20-year career supervising the administration of attorneys and legal professionals at two prominent New York City law firms. After 9/11. he returned to the family business, while maintaining his interest in the law and technology.

Mr. Caspert has lectured attorneys about technology, and has moderated Ask A Lawyer, a weekly metro area television program. A popular speaker at financial seminars, trade groups and professional associations, he is an expert on the auction & appraisal business.

The program qualifies for two hours of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Dinner is $30 per person for members when paid in advance by PayPal or check; $35 for guests and for members paying at the door. Please RSVP to Chapter Secretary Donna Thompson Ray via Evite, phone (908-317-5547), or email. Make checks payable to "ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter 73" and mail to PO Box 246, Westfield, NJ 07091 to arrive by Tuesday, February 18.

January Meeting: Appraisal Review for Fraud

The January Chapter Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6:00 pm  at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. The Executive Meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm followed by Dinner at 7:00. The guest speaker is Gary Snowdon, ASA, Principal Appraiser at the Albany, NY firm of Snowdon Valuation, who will talk about “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Appraisal Review for Fraud.”

Gary Snowdon, who received his B.A. in Education from William Paterson University and earned a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany, has over 20 years experience appraising commercial and industrial real estate.  He specializes in complex commercial, industrial, and vacant land appraisals in the Hudson Valley, Capital, Saratoga, and Adirondack regions for finance, litigation support, estates, eminent domain, conservation, and other purposes.

Mr. Snowdon has served as an Appraisal Consultant to the NYS Department of Transportation and as a Regional Advisor to the NYS Secretary of State.  A NYS Certified Appraisal Instructor, he has developed and taught courses and seminars for ASA, the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and the Appraisal Institute. He has also contributed to books and journals on real estate topics and writes The Snowdon Report.

The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Dinner is $30 person. Please RSVP to Chapter Secretary Donna Ray Thompson via Evite, phone (908-317-5547), or email, and mail your check payable to "ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter 73" to her at PO Box 246, Westfield, NJ 07091 by Monday, January 14.

March Meeting: Property Tax Grievances

The March chapter meeting will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 6:00 pm  at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. The Executive Meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm followed by Dinner at 7:00. The guest speaker is William H. Merdinger, ASA, President of the Long Valley, NJ firm of Dickinson & McCormick, Inc., who will talk about "Residential and Commercial Property Tax Grievances."

Mr. Merdinger, who took his B.S. at Rutgers, has been active in real estate appraising since 1970.  A Certified Tax Assessor, he has served as Assessor for several New Jersey Townships, including Belleville, Glen Ridge and Mansfield, and has consulted for or been an expert witness for others.  His published and delivered papers include "Equalization in the Federal Courts," "Tax Abatements," "Business Enterprise Zones," and the "Newark Revaluation Impact."  Mr. Merdinger has also taught real estate fundamentals and specific valuation subjects for Rutgers, the NJ State Association of Assessors and elsewhere.

The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Dinner is $30 person. Please RSVP Chapter Secretary Lynn Magnusson, ASA  by phone (973-425-1550), fax (973-425-1553) or email, and mail her your check payable to "ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter 73" by Sunday, March 20, 2011.

Save the Date: Current Topics in Business Valuation Seminar

The American Society of Appraisers, New York City Chapter 30 will host the Eighteenth Annual Current Topics in Business Valuation – 2010 Seminar on Friday, May 7, 2010 at the midtown Manhattan offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers at 300 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10017. Scott Nammacher, ASA and Bill Johnston, ASA will co-chair the seminar again this year.

Registration is $275 per person if paid by April 30, and $325 thereafter or at the door. No refunds after May 1. Registrants will receive a binder of speaker outlines and educational materials. Click the Pay Now button at right to pay with your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover or Bank account through PayPal. (No PayPal account required!) Or pay by check payable to "NYC Chapter of ASA,".

RSVP: Ms. Annie Bell, Empire Valuation Consultants, Inc., 350 5th Ave Ste 5513, New York, NY 10118. Telephone (212-714-0122); Fax (212-714-0124).

The seminar, which is expected to qualify for 8 hours ASA and CPE credit, will cover the how-to aspects of unusual engagements and advanced aspects of evolving areas within the field. It will be ideal for business appraisers and others at all levels.

Complete seminar details will be available soon. Please check back here or subscribe to this page for updates.

Multidisciplinary Appraisal Lecture and Tour

The Northern NJ ASA Chapter and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) will jointly sponsor a Multidisplinary Appraisal Lecture and Tour on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at the historic Grand Lodge building, Masonic Hall, 71 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10010-4149.  RICS President David Tuffin, FRICS, and ASA International President John Willey, FASA, will be the guests of honor.

The evening will get underway with a tour of the 17-story Grand Lodge building. Built in 1910, it has over a dozen lavish rooms, each furnished in a different decor, including Gothic, Doric, Renaissance, and Colonial, to name a few, each with its own pipe organ! The tour and subsequent lectures culminate a year-long, multidisciplinary insurance appraisal of the interiors and real estate of one of the largest Masonic lodges in the world.

Ellen J. Epstein, ASA will discuss her valuation of the personal property and fine arts. Joseph P. Novelli, ASA will discuss the valuation of all the interior finishes. Paul D. Roberts, ASA will discuss the overall coordination of the project, and how the different disciplines worked in concert to supply the answers needed for insurance purposes. Come for the tour -- it's a knockout! -- and come away with a new understanding of multidisciplinary appraising.

Additional information is available in the press release about the event. Details about the time, registration, price, and contact information will be available here in a few days. Please visit this page again, or subscribe by email or RSS.