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CHRISTOPHER A. BAKER, CCIM, MRICS Baker Valuation, Inc.
Summit Title, LLC
Baker Commercial, LLC
Palms Realty, LLC |
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Birmingham, Alabama
201 Beacon Parkway West
Suite 402
Birmingham, Alabama 35209 205-940-9979
205-290-9487 fax
205-278-9728 personal fax
I am the CEO of Baker Valuation, Inc., a
commercial real estate company; a co-owner of Summit Title Insurance
Company; and co-owner of Rent Reasonable. I have extensive knowledge in
both commercial and residential properties in nine states. I have been
practicing in real estate appraisal since 1992 and maintain the following
licenses: Louisiana Real Estate Broker; Louisiana State Certified General
Appraiser, Certificate # 1994; Alabama State Certified General Real
Property Appraiser, Certificate # G00626; Georgia Certified General Real
Property Appraiser # 264950; Florida Certified General Real Property
Appraiser; Mississippi Certified General Real Estate Appraiser; Tennessee
Certified General; Virginia Certified General; Connecticut Certified
General; and Illinois State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #
153001493; Alabama Real Estate Commission Brokers License; Florida Real
Estate Broker; Connecticut Real Estate Broker. I have over 30,000 hours of
Specialized Commercial Real Estate Experience and over $75,000,000 in
transaction participation; and over $1,000,000,000 in property valuation
and consulting experience. Our company has performed over 6,000 appraisals
for the Louisiana Road Home Project since December of 2007.
FORMAL EDUCATION
University of Alabama at Birmingham 2002, Bachelor of Arts Degree, School
of Social and Behavioral Sciences
MAI and SRA, Completed all course requirements & Comprehensive
Examinations for CCIM Designated # 12055
MRICS, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Designated #
1223533
CPM Advanced Candidate, Institute of Real Estate Management
WORK HISTORY
1995 - CEO, Baker Valuation, Inc.
Baker Valuation is a commercial brokerage
and valuation firm specializing in land studies, retail, conventional
multi-family, subsidized multi-family, Project based Section 8, office,
industrial, consulting, highest and best use studies, economic
development, estate planning, and other real estate related services.
Other areas of Baker Valuation expertise
include office property, retail, and industrial management, as well as
landlord/ tenant leasing representation. I am currently the primary
appraiser for HUDs Mark to Market Program in the State of Alabama and
rent comparability reviewer for the States of: Alabama, Mississippi,
Connecticut, and Virginias Section 8 Contract Administrator. I
continually perform USPAP and FIRREA Reviews for numerous banks.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
To date, I have completed over 1005 hours
(25.13 weeks @ 40 hours/week) of real estate-related education during the
past 14 years.
APPRAISAL INSTITUTE COURSES WITH EXAMINATIONS
110
Appraisal Principles, Appraisal Institute, Tallahassee, FLA 8/93 39 hours
120 Appraisal Procedures, Appraisal Institute, Austin, TX 10/93 39
hours
210 Residential Case Study, Appraisal Institute, Dallas, TX 2/94
39 hours
310 Basic Income Capitalization, Appraisal Institute, Lee, TX
2/2000 39 hours
320 General Applications, Appraisal Institute, Atlanta, GA 3/2000
39 hours
330 Apartment Appraisal, Appraisal Institute, Atlanta, GA 12/2006
15 hours
410 Uniform Standards of Professional Practice, Appraisal Inst.,
GA 11/93 10 hours
420 Standards of Professional Practice B, Appraisal Inst.,
Atlanta, GA 11/93 10 hours
430 Standards of Professional Practice C, Appraisal Inst.,
Birmingham, 02/2001 8 hours
500 Advanced Residential Narrative Report Writing, AI., Chicago,
IL 11/2000 39 hours
510 Advanced Income Capitalization, Appraisal Inst., Chicago, IL
02/2001 39 hours
520 Highest & Best Use and Market Analysis, Boca Raton, FL 04/2003
39 hours
530 Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost, AI., Indianapolis, IN
09/2001 39 hours
540 Commercial Report Writing and Analysis, AI, Chicago, IL
03/2003 39 hours
550 Advanced Applications, AI, Tampa, FL, 10/2003 39 hours
810 Computer Enhanced Cash Flow Modeling, AI, Chicago, IL 01/04 15
hours
Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use, AI, Atlanta 02/2006 32
hours
Advanced Residential Applications & Case Studies, Pt. I, Mystic,
CT, 11/14/07 15 hours
601 Advanced Residential Report Writing, Pt. II, Mystic, CT,
11/16/07 30 hours
564 Total Hours of AI Examination Courses
(14.1 weeks at 40 hours a week)
APPRAISAL INSTITUTE SEMINARS
Litigation Skills for the Appraiser, Appraisal Institute., Atlanta, GA
2/97 7 hours
Section 8 Rent Comparability Studies, Appraisal Inst., Chicago, IL
03/2001 4 hours
Highest and Best Use Analysis, Appraisal Inst., Minneapolis, MN
06/2001 8 hours
Regression Analysis, Appraisal Inst, Minneapolis., MN 06/2001 4
hours
Korpacz Real Estate Cycles, Appraisal Inst., Minneapolis., MN
06/2001 4 hours
Subdivision Analysis, Appraisal Inst., Minneapolis, MN 06/2001 4
hours
Descriptions, Assessments & Flood Maps, Appraisal Inst.,
Birmingham, 3/94 4 hours
Home Mortgage Fraud, Appraisal Inst., Honolulu, Hawaii 07/2002 4
hours
Economics of Residential Appraisal, Appraisal Inst., Honolulu,
Hawaii 07/2002 4 hours
Analyzing Commercial Lease Clauses, Appraisal Inst., Atlanta, GA
02/2003 8 hours
Sales Comparison & Cost Approach Seminar, Chicago, IL, 01/07/2004
7 hours
The Appraisal of Nursing Homes, Appraisal Institute, Chicago, IL
01/2006 7 hours
USPAP Update 2006, Appraisal Institute, Chicago, IL 09/2006 7
hours
72 Hours of Appraisal Institute Seminars
(1.80 weeks at 40 hours a week)
CCIM INSTITUTE COURSES WITH SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED EXAMINATIONS
CI- Intro
to Commercial Real Estate Investment Analysis, Atlanta, GA 12/2002 16
hours
CI-101 Financial Analysis, CCIM Institute, Birmingham, AL 10/2000
36 hours
CI-102 Market Analysis for Commercial Investment, Chicago, IL
12/2002 36 hours
CI-103 User Decision Analysis Commercial Real Estate, Atlanta, GA
10/2003 36 hours
CI-104 Investment Analysis for Commercial Real Estate, Chicago, IL
01/2000 36 hours
CCIM Designee # 12055 160 Total Hours of
CCIM Examination Courses (4 weeks at 40 hours a week)
CPM / IREM Courses
Ethics
for the Real Estate Manager, Birmingham, Alabama 10/07 8 hours
REAL ESTATE COURSES AND SEMINARS
ARGUS
Power User Training, Atlanta, GA 3/2005 21 hours
Uniform Standards of Professional Practice, Birmingham, AL 8/95 15
hours
Uniform Standards of Professional Practice, Birmingham, AL 9/97 15
hours
Matched Pair Analysis, Birmingham, AL 9/97 7 hours
Uniform Standards, Birmingham, AL 6/99 7 hours
Manufactured Housing, Birmingham, AL 6/99 7 hours
Income Capitalization, Birmingham, AL 6/99 7 hours
EDI and Internet Practices, Birmingham, AL 6/99 7 hours
HUD Requirements 4.7, Birmingham, AL 10/99 7 hours
Home Inspection Institute of America, Wallingford, CT 11/99 30
hours
Appraising for Eminent Domain in Alabama, Guntersville, AL 11/99 7
hours
Geographic Information Systems, Birmingham, AL 12/16/99 3 hours
Section 8 HQS and Lead Based Paint Certification, New Orleans, LA
9/2000 24 hours
Like Kind Exchanges § 1031 I.R.C. Wachovia Bank, Atlanta, GA
05/2002 16 hours
Advanced § 1031 Like Kind Exchanges, Birmingham, AL 05/2002 4
hours
USPAP Update, The CE Group, Birmingham, AL 09/05/2003 7 hours
Appraisal Institute Comprehensive Exam Review, Chicago, IL, 01/04
15 hours
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, MAP Basic and
Advanced Valuation Training, St. Louis, Missouri,
06/2005 8 hours
US Department of Housing and Urban Development, MAP Basic
Underwriting Training, St. Louis, Missouri, 06/2005 4 hours
USPAP Update, McKissock, 11/2006 7 hours
Florida Appraisal Laws and Regulations, McKissock, Online,
11/08/2006, 3 hours
Alabama Board Trainee / Mentor Orientation, Birmingham, AL
4/26/07, 3.5 hours
198 Total Hours of Real Estate Courses
and Seminars (4.93 weeks at 40 hours a week)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I have completed valuations on commercial
and residential properties throughout the United States and Central
America. I am highly experienced in multi-family, Section 8 income
producing properties, public housing, office properties, industrial
properties, vacant land, and retail properties. I currently maintain an
extensive, statewide multi-family database. Multi-State Certified General
Real Property Appraiser, Certified Section 8 HQS Inspector with lead-based
paint certification. Brokerage activities include investment analysis,
buyer and seller representation, retail and office property management,
and tenant and landlord representation. Additional services include
commercial consulting, lease negotiation, project feasibility analysis,
market analysis, and chain of title research and insurance. We are one of
the largest providers of valuation services for the Louisiana Road Home
Program, a disaster relief fund for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita.
CLIENTS
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Alamerica Bank
AmSouth Bank
Apax Partners Worldwide LP London
Bancorp South
The Bankers Bank
Carmike Cinemas
CenturyTel Corporation
Compass Bank
First Commercial Bank
GMAC Commercial Mortgage
Heritage Bank
HUD
Intergraph Corporation
The Jefferson County Assisted Housing Corporation
Louisiana Road Home Program
M&F Bank |
Metro Bank
Protective Life
Red Mountain Bank
Renasant Bank
ServisFirst Bank
SouthPoint Bank
SPM Management, Inc.
The State of Alabama
The State of LouisianaSuperior Bank
Synovus Mortgage Co.
Target
Wachovia
Waste Management
And, numerous attorneys and accountants, and governmental
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MEMBERSHIPS DESIGNATIONS AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
General
Associate of the Appraisal Institute Chicago Chapter
CCIM Member of the Alabama Chapter
Designated Member Designated Member: The Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors MRICS
Board of Directors Member of Homewood/Mountain Brook Kiwanis Club
International
Certified Section 8 HQS Inspector: Nan McKay & Associates
Appraisal Institute Leadership Development & Advisory Council
Washington, D.C. 2002-2005
Urban Land Institute Member
National Committee Member - Appraisal Institute 2004
CPM Candidate of the Institute of Real Estate Management,
Institute of Real Estate Management, IREM
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