I’ve been a full-time professional real estate agent since 1971 when I began my career selling new and resale homes, and small commercial properties in New Jersey. Since then, I’ve been involved in literally thousands of real estate transactions in several states.

I became a NJ licensed real estate broker in 1977, and was awarded the National Association of REALTORS® “Million Dollar Sales Award”; a pretty big deal at the time, considering that the average sale price in my market area was about $35,000.

I opened my own real estate agency in early 1978 and quickly grew to dominate my market area. I was awarded First Place for “Best Classified Advertising in New Jersey” by the New Jersey Press Association for several consecutive years beginning in 1979.

After expanding into new construction and renovations, I became more involved in the appraisal sector of the industry and quickly became well known in the very demanding area of litigation and expert testimony. I’ve been accepted as an expert witness in numerous federal, state and local jurisdictions in several states.

I’m a career-long member of the National Association of REALTORS® and hold their SFR (Short Sale Foreclosure Resource) certification.

In 1986, I earned a Certified Tax Assessor (CTA) from the New Jersey Division of Taxation. I subsequently earned two Accredited Senior Appraiser appraisal designations from the American Society of Appraisers; one in Real Property/Urban, and one in the highly specialized field of Machinery & Technical Specialties: Mines & Quarries. I’ve also earn a the IFAS Senior Appraiser designation from the National Association of Fee Appraisers, and am also among the first in the US to have obtained a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser license.

In 1987 I founded Liberty Assessment Consultants to assist property owners obtain fair and equitable property tax assessments. Within 2 years, Liberty represented property owners throughout the eastern 1/3 of the United States with a combined property value of over $4 billion, and saved those property owners millions in reduced property taxes.

I earned an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation in the field of Real Property/Urban from the American Society of Appraisers in 1990. I also earned an ASA designation in the specialized field of Machinery & Technical Specialties: Mines & Quarries in 1991, and am only 1 of 5 people in the world to hold that designation. I also served as President of the Southern New Jersey Chapter of the ASA in 1995-1996.

I was appointed Acting Senior Review Appraiser (GS-14) for the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) during the Savings & Loan crisis in the early 1990′s.

In 1992 I founded the Institute of Real Estate Technologies, creating and providing professional real estate education courses and seminars throughout the US. I’ve also written several articles on various real estate topics.

In the late 1990′s, I consulted to a number of major commercial and residential mortgage lenders and Wall Street firms, including Chase Commercial Mortgage Bank, Citicorp Securities, Deutsche Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

I became an Arizona Real Estate Broker in January 2001, and my wife and I moved to the Phoenix area in early 2001 where we still maintain a residence.

In over 40 years as a real estate professional, my career has encountered 5 major economic recessions, including several mortgage droughts during the early and mid 1970′s, 18% – 20% mortgage interest rates during 1980 and 1981, the savings and loan crisis between 1988 and the mid 1990′s, in addition to the current financial crisis which began in 2007.

Although I certainly don’t know everything about real estate, I can say with certainty, that over the past 4 decades, I’ve gained knowledge that only experience can teach. And, I look forward to the opportunity to provide you the benefits of my knowledge and experience.