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"Sharboneau: A Lesson for Attorneys and Appraisers - Know Your Facts" Presented at the CLE International Eminent Domain Conference in Austin, Texas in February, 2010.

David Bolton — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

"Sharboneau: A Lesson for Attorneys and Appraisers-Know Your Facts"

15-Feb-10 3:00 PM

"Eminent Domain Appraisal in an Adversarial Environment"

Wayne Baer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT

In this paper, I will revisit much of the subject matter I presented at the October 2004 CLE Internatinoal Eminent Domain Conference in Houston. My topic at that conference was entitled "The Scope of Services of an Appraiser in Eminent Domain,"........

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31-Jan-08 3:00 PM

Highest and Best Use in Eminent Domain Valuation

Wayne Baer — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:00:00 GMT

Highest and Best Use is the overriding concept to be appliedi n the analysis and ultimate selection of comparable data used in real estate valuation. In all valuation assignments, opinions of value are based on use. Therefore, the Highest and Best Use os a property essentially provides the foundation for the competitive position of a property as viewed in the marketplace.

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12-Jul-07 11:00 AM

"Qualitative v. Quantitative Adjustments"

Wayne Baer — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:00:00 GMT

For the appraiser working in a litigation arena, the scope of services not only involves the development and reporting of value opinion(s), but often the required defense of their opinion(s) before a finder(s) of fact. In fact, attorneys and/or clients alike, often pay a premium for the ability of an appraiser to defend their value under close scrutiny. J.D. Eaton, in his book Real Estate Valuation in Litigation, discusses the nature of this scrutiny in a litigation environment as follows:

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2-Mar-07 3:00 PM

US 290/Hempstead Highway Expansion Looms on the Horizon

Wayne Baer — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:00:00 GMT

While reconstruction and widening of the Katy Freeway have been well underway for nearly three years, a potentially even larger highway project looms on the horizon for Houstonians.

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21-Jul-06 9:00 AM

Tiny Piece of Suburban Sprawl Heads Downtown

Allison Wollam — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Upscale homebuilder Frank Liu is planning to building what will be the first traditional residential subdivision in downtown Houston.

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24-Apr-06 7:00 AM

Construction Jolts Katy Freeway Property Values

Wayne Baer — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:00:00 GMT

For nearly two years the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 10, popularly known as the Katy Freeway, has been under way.

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17-Jun-05 9:00 AM

"The Scope of Services of an Appraiser in Eminent Doman: "What is Just Compensation for the Appraiser?'"

Wayne Baer — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Much has been written about the attorney/appraiser relationship and the potential for confusion or frustration, which can often result from misunderstandings or misconceptions of the appraiser's role in the eminent domain process.

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21-Oct-04 7:00 AM

Independent Value + Legal Advocacy = Just Compensation

David Bolton & Wayne Baer — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:00:00 GMT

In an eminent domain case, the goal of both the condemnor and condemnee in a property appropriation should be payment of "just compensation" based on the fair market value of the part taken, and to fairly assess the damages, as defined by applicable law to the remaining property.

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1-Oct-04 8:00 AM

Who Needs USPAP When You Have the Texas Supreme Court

David Bolton & Kent Sick — Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:00:00 GMT

This paper addresses the sharp differences in Texas between fair market value appraising, the process and reporting standards for which are squarely set out in the Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice (USPAP), and condemnation appraising, particularly in partial taking acquisitions, the increasingly obtuse rules for which have been defined and redefined in recent years by the Texas Supreme Court. The paper’s thesis is that the safeguards USPAP attempts to establish so that appraisers in Texas and elsewhere will fully, fairly and uniformly consider all appropriate appraisal techniques, methodologies and relevant data in developing fair market value appraisals that realistically reflect the market value of the property being appraised are frustrated to a significant extent by certain, most recent, Supreme Court rulings that prevent a full and straightforward application of the fair market value standard.

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6-Feb-03 11:00 AM

James A. Rohrig, MAI, CPA

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:26:03 GMT

James A. Rohrig is a partner with Bolton & Baer, Ltd. Jim has been actively involved in the real estate consulting and appraisal profession since 2003. He has extensive experience in assignments involving complex commercial real estate valuation and consultation issues in Texas and the United States. Before joining Bolton & Baer, Ltd., he held middle to senior level management accounting positions with companies involved in real estate development and home building in Houston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada. Jim received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis on Accounting from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Jim is involved with the following professional affiliations:

Texas State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
State Certified Public Accountant
Member of the Appraisal Institute and the Houston Chapter
Member of the Real Estate Study Group
Member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Houston Chapter

Mr. Rohrig may be contacted at jim@boltonbaer.com

Attorney List

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:30:00 GMT

A-C Andrews Kurth, LLP Houston, TX Armbrust & Brown, LLP Austin, TX Baker Botts, LLP Austin, TX Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP Corpus Christi, TX Barron & Adler, LLP Austin, TX Barron & Adler, LLP Houston, TX Barron & Adler, LLP San Antonio, TX Law Offices of Clay Beard, PC Corsicana, TX Bell, Nunnally & Martin, LLP Dallas, TX Berie Lambreth, LLP Houston, TX Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado, & Acosta Austin, TX Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP San Antonio, TX Brown McCarroll, LLP Austin, TX Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal Dallas, TX Coats, Rose, Yale, Ryman & Lee, PC Houston, TX Cordray & Tomlin, PC ...

Litigation Support and Expert Testimony

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:51:14 GMT

Bolton & Baer, Ltd. and Bolton Real Estate Consultants, Ltd. have significant experience in real estate valuation, consultation and appraisal for litigation support. Our services are provided for property owners, governmental agencies, and other public entities in the course of right-of-way acquisition or Eminent Domain proceedings involving roadway, pipeline and utility construction.

Complete assessment and valuation of property damages as a result of partial takings, inverse takings, easement takings, property rights takings and environmental issues, is often required as a matter of law and can be a crucial element of the valuation process. Our principals and professional staff have provided expert testimony services in the identification and valuation of real property damages before Federal, State and County Courts of Law.

In addition to Eminent Domain and other taking(s) related litigation, expert testimony is provided for real property issues regarding environmental contamination, probate matters, federal bankruptcy, federal income tax and Ad Valorem tax disputes.

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Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:33:41 GMT

Bolton & Baer, Ltd. and Bolton Real Estate Consultants, Ltd. have provided valuation and/or consultation services on the following property types:

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Bolton & Baer Ltd. and Bolton Real Estate Consultants, Ltd. RSS Feed

"Sharboneau: A Lesson for Attorneys and Appraisers - Know Your Facts" Presented at the CLE International Eminent Domain Conference in Austin, Texas in February, 2010.

"Eminent Domain Appraisal in an Adversarial Environment"

Highest and Best Use in Eminent Domain Valuation

"Qualitative v. Quantitative Adjustments"

US 290/Hempstead Highway Expansion Looms on the Horizon

Tiny Piece of Suburban Sprawl Heads Downtown

Construction Jolts Katy Freeway Property Values

"The Scope of Services of an Appraiser in Eminent Doman: "What is Just Compensation for the Appraiser?'"

Independent Value + Legal Advocacy = Just Compensation

Who Needs USPAP When You Have the Texas Supreme Court

James A. Rohrig, MAI, CPA

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