Argote, Derbes, Graham, Shuffield & Tatje, Inc

About Us




ARTHUR L. SCHWERTZ, MAI

Education and Technical Training

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History, Louisiana State University, completed 1991.  Recipient of Louisiana State University Honor Scholarship (1985).

 

Appraisal Courses include:

§  Appraisal Principles, Course I110, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 1993; Instructor Audit 2010.

§  Appraisal Procedures, Course I120, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 1993;

§  Basic Real Estate Appraisal Principles and Practices, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997;

§  Applied Residential Valuation, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997;

§  Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Basic Income Capitalization Concepts, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997;

§  Residential Case Studies and URAR Form Preparation, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997;

§  Advanced Income Capitalization Concepts and Applied Income Property Appraisal, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997;

§  Income Property Case Studies and Real Estate Investment Analysis, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1997.

§  Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Donaldson Educational Services, completed 1998.

§  Standards of Professional Practice, Part A, Course 410, Appraisal Institute, completed 1999.

§  Standards of Professional Practice, Part B, Course 420, Appraisal Institute, completed 1999.

§  Advanced Income Capitalization, Course 510, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 2002.

§  Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis, Course 520, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 2002.

§  Advanced Sales Comparison and Cost Approaches, Course 530, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 2002.

§  Report Writing and Valuation Analysis, Course 540, Appraisal Institute, successfully completed 2002.

§  Advanced Applications, Course 550, Appraisal Institute, successfully challenged 2003.

Other seminars attended on appraisal topics include:  Commercial Case Studies in Highest and Best (2003); Valuation of Detrimental Conditions in Real Estate (2005); Small Hotel/Motel Valuation (2005); Analyzing Operating Expenses (2005); General Demonstration Appraisal Seminar (2008); Business Practices and Ethics (2009); General Appraisal Curriculum Overview (2009); Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (2009); 7-hour National USPAP Update (2010); Instructor Develop Leadership Conference (2010); Basic Appraisal Principles (2010)

 

Designations, Associations and Professional Awards

 

§  Louisiana Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; License No. G-0932

§  Mississippi Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; License No. GA-633

§  Alabama Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; License No. G00937

§  Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, License No. TX-1337393-G

§  Member of the Appraisal Institute, MAI Certificate No. 12678

§  Associate Instructor of the Appraisal Institute

§  Expert Witness, United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Louisiana