Don Paul Shearer Associates

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Real Estate Is considered as one of the leading experts in the field of real estate throughout Central

Appraisal Pennsylvania and for providing expert witness testimony in litigation cases involving eminent domain,

Experience tax assessment appeals, distribution of assets, environmental damages, and bankruptcy.

Has completed thousands of real estate appraisals in Pennsylvania since 1970 for attorney’s private business firms, builders, land developers, relocation companies, banks, savings and loan associations, mortgage bankers, mortgage 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 18 counties of Pennsylvania for real estate valuation and other real estate matters including Adams, Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Tioga, Union, and York.

Expert Witness Testimony presented in U.S. Federal Courts for real estate valuation purposes.

Prepared 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.

Awards Selected as REALTOR OF THE YEAR, Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS (1980)

Selected as ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA (1968)

Awarded Distinguished Service Award for Community Service, Camp Hill Jaycees (1969)

Real Estate THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE (including the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers)

Education 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 Appraisal 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

Attended 1-day Seminar Industrial Valuation (1983)

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)

Licensing and State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (GA-422-L), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Certification 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 18 counties of Pennsylvania and in U.S. Federal Courts

Author Impact Study of the Effects on Real Estate of Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident at 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.