Biographical Data and Professional Qualifications
December 21. 1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Real Estate Appraiser, Advisor, Analyst, Broker, Consultant & Educator
Provides real estate advisory, appraisal, and consulting services in Central Pennsylvania, and specializes primarily in litigation valuation and expert witness testimony including for eminent domain takings and tax assessment appeals. In July 1994, he acquired the appraisal firm of the late K. Jesse Reitenbach, MAI, and former member of the State Board of Real Estate Appraisers, K. Jesse Reitenbach Associates Ltd.,
He is also Broker of Record of J.C. Bar Properties Inc./REALTOR, of Camp Hill, PA, and is the founder and President of Realty One Associates Inc./REALTOR.
Founded in 1976, & Director & Instructor of the Educational Division of Don Paul Shearer Inc.,a state-approved private real estate school which offers courses approved by the State Real Estate Commission and courses approved by the Pennsylvania Board of Certified Estate Appraisers.
Has taught thousands of real estate licensees throughout Pennsylvania and in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia in real estate courses for his own state-approved private real estate school, the Harrisburg Area Community College, the University Center at Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania State University, the Pennsylvania Real Estate Academy and the Institute of Real Estate Studies Inc., of which he is a former co-owner, and has taught seminars in real estate for many local Associations of REALTORS and has spoken on real estate subjects for many civic and private organizations.
Is known worldwide for his analysis and report on the impact on real estate of the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plan in 1979.
Graduate, Dickinson College (1965) – B.A. Degree.
Graduate, Cedar Cliff High School, Camp Hill, PA (1961)
THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE (including the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers)
Completed & Passed MAI Comprehensive Examination (2002)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 510 (Advanced Income Capitalization)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 520 (Highest & Best Use & Market Analysis), 2000
Challenged & Passed Exam Course 530 (Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost Approaches), 1999
Completed & Passed Exam Course 540 (Report Writing & Valuation Analyses), 2000
Completed & Passed Exam Course 550 (Advanced Appraial Applications), 2000
Completed & Passed Exam Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (Part A), 1997
Completed & Passed Exam Standards of Professional Practice (Part B), 1997
Completed (2-day) Seminar General Demonstration Appraisal Report Writing, 2000
Completed & Passed Exam Course 1-A (Real Estate Appraisal Principles), 1969
Completed & Passed Exam Course 1-B (Capitalization Theory & Techniques), 1975
Completed & Passed Exam Course VI (Investment Analysis), 1976
Completed & Passed Exam Course VIII (Residential Valuation), 1970
Received Passing Grade Comprehensive Exam for MAI Designation (2000)
Received Passing Grade General Demonstration Report for MAI Designation (October 2019)
REALTORS NATIONAL MARKETING INSTITUTE (Commercial-Investment Division)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 101 Basics of Real Estate Investment (1978)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 102 Analysis of Real Estate Investment (1979)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 103 Real Estate Taxation (1979)
Completed & Passed Exam Course 104 Case Studies, Real Estate Investment (1980)
APPRAISAL FOUNDATION
Completed and Passed Course Exam for Nationally Certified USPAP Instructor Course (2005) as
developed by the Appraisal Standards Board and approved by the Appraisal Qualifications Board of the Appraisal
Foundation which is authorized by the United States Congress as the Source of Appraisal Standards and Appraiser
Qualifications in all (50) states.
Past President, Vice-President, & Director, Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS
Past State Director, Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS, & Member, National Association of REALTORS
General Associate Member, The Appraisal Institute
Over 48 years of experience as one of the leading experts in the field of real estate throughout Central Pennsylvania as a real estate advisor, analyst, appraiser, broker, consultant, and educator and for providing expert witness testimony in litigation cases for eminent domain takings, tax assessment appeals, distribution of marital assets in divorce proceedings, environmental damages, and bankruptcy.
Has completed thousands of real estate appraisals in Pennsylvania since 1970 for attorneys, homebuilders,private business firms, land developers, relocation companies, banks, mortgage bankers & brokers, corporations, municipalities, counties, state agencies, federal agencies, municipal authorities and private individuals.
Has completed real estate appraisals on all types of property in 36 counties of Central Pennsylvania including Adams, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Luzerne, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Wyoming and York.
Has given Expert Witness Testimony in 21 counties of Pennsylvania for real estate valuation and other real estate
matters including Adams, Bradford, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Tioga, Union, & York including In Re: De Facto condemnation & taking of Lands of WBF by Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority (Lehigh Valley International Airport).
Expert Witness Testimony presented in U.S. Federal Courts including a report and expert witness testimony in U.S. Middle District Court in Phelan v. Adelphia Cable Company, and prepared an analysis of damages to over 600,000 acres of the Seldovia Native Association in Cook’s Inlet, Alaska, resulting from the Exxon Valdez Oil Tanker Spill in 1989
Selected as REALTOR OF THE YEAR, Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS (19
Selected as ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA (1968)
Awarded Distinguished Service Award for Community Service, Camp Hill Jaycees (1969)
State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (GA-422-L), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Designated MAI Member, Appraisal Institute
Certified AQB National USPAP Instructor (Instructor # 10885), The Appraisal Foundation
Real Estate Broker (RB-023911-L), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Certified Private Real Estate School Director, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Certified Real Estate Instructor (RI-80-A), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Certified Real Estate Instructor, Commonwealth of Virginia
Qualified Expert Witness for testimony on real estate matters in 20 counties of Pennsylvania and U.S. Federal Courts.
Impact Study of the Effects on Real Estate of Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident in 1979.
Numerous books and articles on real estate appraisal, agency, brokerage, construction, law, financing, investment, real estate fundamentals and practice, exam preparation for state real estate licensing exam, environmental concerns in real estate practice and appraising, and eminent domain.
State Chairman, Young Republicans of Pennsylvania (1970-72)
Campaign Manager for U.S. Congressman George A. Goodling (1968)
Statewide Campaign Director for Pa. Supreme Court Justice Thomas A. Pomeroy, Jr. (1969)
Campaign Manager, Campaign for Governor, for State Senator Henry G. Hager (1978)
South-Central Campaign Director for U.S. Senator John Heinz (1976)
Senate Page & Assistant to the late State Senator George N. Wade (1962-1966)
Alternate Delegate, Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, FL (1972)
Pennsylvania Campaign Coordinator, John Anderson for President (1980)
Past Chairman, Vice-Chairman, & Director, Cumberland County Young Republicans (1966-1970)
President, West Shore Historical Society (Cumberland County) -Former Gateway Historical Society
Past Treasurer & Director, Camp Hill Jaycees (1968-1972)
Past Director, Route 15 Coalition
Past Director of Operations/Board Member, Price of the Susquehanna, Harrisburg Riveboat Society.
Member of various Boards, Committees, & other organizations, Cumberland County, PA
Banks & Other Lenders
Adams County National Bank Homestead Savings Associatiion
Bank of Hanover Integrity Bank
Blueball Bank Jersey Shore State Bank
Cambria Savings Assocatioin Kish Bank
Central Pennsylvania Savings Association Legacy Bank
Columbia County Farmers National Bank (CCFNB) Liberty State Bank
Commerce Bank M & T Bank
Commonwealth Bank Mechanics Savings Association
Commonwealth National Bank Mid-Penn Bank
Community Banks Mid-State Bank
CCNB Bank Mifflinburg Bank & Trust Company
Cumberland Valley Savings Association National Bank of Tulsa
Dauphin Deposit Bank & Trust Company Northern Central Bank
Dauphin National Bank & Trust Company Orrstown Bank
Ephrata National Bank Parent Federal Savings Association
Financial Trust Bank Pennsylvania National Bank
First Bank & Trust Company of Mechanicsburg Peoples Bank of Shippensburg
First Columbia Bank Peoples State Bank of East Berlin
First National Bank of Danville Snyder County Trust Company
First National Bank of Marysville Sterling Financial
FNB Bank Swineford Bank
Fulton Bank Taneytown Bank
Germantown Savings Association Union National Bank
Guaranty Bank Valleybank of Chambersburg
Hamilton Bank West Milton State Bank
Harleysville National Bank Woodlands Bank
Harris Savings Association Members First Federal Credit Union
Americhoice Federal Credit Union Huntingdon Mortgage Company
Advanced Mortgage Corporation Kissel Mortgage Company
Affinity National Mortgage Lincoln Mortgage Service Corporation
Agape Mortgage Network Lomas & Nettleton Mortgage Company
AmeriChoice Millennium Mortgage Group
American Home Mortgage Paine-Weber Mortgage Finance
American Residential Mortgage Corporation PHH U.S. Mortgage Corporation
Associated-East Mortgage Company Pinnacle Mortgage Company
Avstar Mortgage Company Priority Mortgage Group
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation Rockwell National Mortgage
Colonial Mortgage Service C’mpany Solution One Lending, LLC
Cuna Mortgage Company Source One Mortgage
Delaware Valley Mortgage Corporation Thomas Mortgage Company
First Advantage Mortgage Company VNB Mortgage Company
GMAC Mortgage Corporation Walter Peck Ltd. Mortgage
Governmental Agencies
Borough of Berwick Municipal Authority, PA
Borough of Middletown, Dauphin County, PA Lebanon County, PA Commissioners
Borough of Mifflinburg, Union County, PA Lebanon County, PA Planning Commission
Borough of Orangeville, Columbia County, PA Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
City of Harrisburgn Redevelopment Authority Lewisburg Area School District, Union County, PA
City of Harrisburg Redevelopment Authority, PA Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Columbia County, PA Swatara Township, Dauphin County, PA
Lancaster County, PA Commissioners Town of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA
Lancaster County, PA Planning Commission U.S. Veterans Administration
Lancaster County PA. Commissioners Washington Township Municipal Authority, PA
Corporate Clients
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Nationwide Insurance Company
Buffalo Valley Telephone Company Penn Central Railroad
Capital Financial Enterprises Inc. Statesman Insurance Group
Enterprise Land & Lumber Enterprises Sun Oil Company
Executrans Inc. The Salvation Army
Financial Portfolios Inc. The Westport Company
Financial Profiles Inc. Triple Crown Corporation
Furman Foods Inc. United Republic Life Insurance Company
Hundreds of Law Firms and Private Individuals
Types of Properties Appraised
by
Don Paul Shearer
Real Estate Appraiser/Advisor
Properties in 36 Counties in Pennsylvania
Small & Large Apartment Buildings
Small & Large Office Buildings
Professional Office Buildings & Flex Buildings
Strip Shopping Centers
Quarries
Golf Courses
Motels and Hotels
Campgrounds & Camps
Mobile Home Parks
Easements, eminent domain & private road takings
Unique & Upper Scale Residential Dwellings
United States Post Offices
Residential Subdivisions ( 2 lots to 250 lots)
Churches and Other Limited-Use Properties
Mini-Warehouse Facilities
Industrial Properties
Gasoline Service Stations & Automobile Dealership Properties
Vacant Land & Building Lots
Farms (10 acres to 600 acres)
Mountain Land and Woodland (up to 1800 Acres)
Bars & Restaurants
Fast Food Restaurants
Retail Stores & Other Small Commercial Properties
Governmental Buildings including schools, firehalls, etc.
Fraternal and Masonic Buildings
Bowling Alleys
Funeral Homes
Medical Buildings
Various Types of Businesses
Factories
Warehouses
Log Homes, Geodesic, Earth-Sheltered, and High-Range Price Unique Homes
Various Types of Going Concerns
Veterinary Hospitals
Stigmatized and Environmentally-Damaged Properties & Natural Gas Pipelines