George H. Miller Associates

Qualified as a Real Estate Valuation Expert Witness in: Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz County Superior Courts.

Author: “California Real Estate Appraisal” , “Residential Real Estate Appraisal”, “Appraisal Reports, Samples and Guidelines for Practicing Appraisers", “Instructor’s Manual–California Real Estate Appraisal: Residential Properties”, etc.  See my resume for more.

College Instructor: Real Estate Appraisal and Real Estate Investment.

RESIDENTIAL – SINGLE FAMILY	COMMERCIAL	DIVORCE SETTLEMENTS
RESIDENTIAL – MULTI-FAMILY	INDUSTRIAL	PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTIONS
MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES	LITIGATION	BANKRUPTCIES
REVIEW APPRAISALS	SUBDIVISIONS	INSURANCE
VACANT LAND		EMINENT DOMAIN
PART-TAKES		LIVING TRUSTS
PROPERTY TAX APPEALS		ESTATE TRANSFERS
LOANS (REFINANCE, PURCHASE, HARD MONEY)		MINORITY INTEREST DISCOUNTS

Victorian Village 14583 Big Basin Way, Suite 4, Saratoga, CA 95070

We take pride in providing a consistent service of thorough, accurate analysis of your real estate problems.  Our reports meet all requirements of government agencies, lenders, courts and the Appraisal Institute under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). 

We provide full narrative or form based reports to best serve your needs.   

George H. Miller R.E.C.I Qualifications

Presently and for the last 40 years: Independent Real Estate Appraiser, President of Saratoga Consultants and George H. Miller Associates.

Over a 40-year span, real estate activities included appraisal of the following properties types:

Single Family Residential

Condominiums Cluster Homes Townhouses

Modular Homes Row houses Mobile Homes

Patio Homes Standard Detached Homes Vacant Land

Subdivisions Planned Unit Development

Multiple Family Residential

Apartment Houses Apartment Complexes

Commercial

Office Buildings Service Stations Restaurants

Retail Stores Convalescent Homes Churches

Retail

Vacant Land Retail Plants Warehouses

R&D Facilities

Special-purpose

Shopping centers, airports, civic centers, schools, trailer parks, medical-dental offices, professional offices, motels, hotels, boat harbors, syndications (limited partnerships), recreational lands, resort properties (river, coast, and lake properties), reservoir sites, easements (surface, underground, and overhead), nurseries, agricultural (including orchard and row crop land, grazing land, and borrow pits), partial interests, Discounted Minority Interests, Leased Fee Estates, Leasehold Estates and Stepped Up Basis.

STATE LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS:

State of California Certified General Appraiser No. AG010709

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS; PAST AND PRESENT

Chairman of the Real Estate Advisory Committee, West Valley College. Chairman of Economic Studies and newsletter editor of the local chapter of the American Right-of-Way Association. Staff member of Foothill College Real Estate Advisory Board. Member on oral board reviewing appraiser candidates for County Assessor's Office for four years. County public works representative for Stevens Creek Park chain committee. Vice President of West Valley Homeowners Association. Secretary of the California Real Estate Teachers Association. Candidate member of Mission Chapter (Los Gatos) Society of Real Estate Appraisers. Founding member of the California Association of Real Estate Appraisers, South Bay Chapter.

PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED

In cooperation with the State of California Department of Real Estate developed "Seminar In Continuing Education for the Real Estate Professional". Presented at West Valley College through the College Community Services. The program consisted of 45 hours of courses in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Seminar coordination duties included curriculum approval.

Courses included: "Trust Deeds, Foreclosure Bankruptcy", "Real Estate Exchanges", "Qualified Installment Sales", "Ethics, Professional Conduct, and Legal Aspects of Real Estate", "Syndication", "Real Estate Purchase Contracts Protect Buyer and Seller", "Development", "Residential Property Management", and "Tenant vs. Landlord Rights", "Real Estate Investment and Tax Effects", “Current Economic Factors and Their Effect on Real Estate", "Creative Financing and the Tax Considerations for the Seller", and "Retail/Commercial".

Seminars included: "Current Economic Factors and Their Effect on Real Estate" at West Valley College in conjunction with the California Department of Real Estate Continuing Division and "Appraisal Update, Use of the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (U.R.A.R.)".

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. Author of the book: California Real Estate Appraisal: Residential Properties, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th editions, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1995 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice Hall, Inc.) This book is the first book on California Real Estate appraisal and the major text that was used in over 70 colleges in California for the introductory classes in real estate appraisal.
2. Author of the book: Residential Real Estate Appraisal: An Introduction to Real Estate Appraising, 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd editions, (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice Hall, Inc.) Published for distribution throughout the United States and Canada in 1980, 1988, and 1998, and India in 2005.
3. Author of the booklet for certification by the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers.
4. Author of the book: Appraisal Reports, Samples and Guidelines for Practicing Appraisers, 1996 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice Hall, Inc.) This book was published for national distribution.
5. Author of the book: Instructor’s Manual-California Real Estate Appraisal: Residential Properties, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th editions, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1995 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice Hall, Inc.) This book was published as the teaching supplement to the California Real Estate Appraisal: Residential Properties textbook.
6. Co-Author of the book “Residential Market Analysis & Highest and Best Use” along with Dan Tosh published by Ashley Crown Systems Inc in 2008 and used nationally by Allied Schools in the appraisal courses.
7. Co-Author of the book “Residential Sales Comparison and Income Approaches” along with Lee R. Hess published by Ashley Crown Systems Inc in 2008 and used nationally by Allied Schools in the appraisal courses.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Twenty-Five years as chairman of the Real Estate Department of West Valley Community College, Saratoga, California. In charge of development and directing the most complete college real estate program in the United States, surpassing UCLA’s program, consisting of 28 separate courses presented in 40 different classes and employing 30 part-time professional instructors.

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

1. Twenty-Five years as instructor of Real Estate Appraising, Real Estate Economics, Real Estate Investments and Principles of Real Estate at West Valley College, Saratoga, California.
2. Twenty years as evening instructor for Foothill College District at Foothill and De Anza colleges in Real Estate Appraising and Real Estate Economics.
3. Guest lecturer at University of California - Berkeley, San Jose City College, Stanford University, and San Jose State University. Speaker before local realty boards and seminars on “Economic Effect of Freeways on Real Property", "Real Estate Appraising", and "Successful Techniques in Analysis of Commercial Retail Properties for Investment Purposes".
4. Thirteen years as Professor Emeritus Instructor of Real Estate Appraisal at West Valley College.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1. California Community College Teaching Credential, Real Estate Subjects Life Credentials.
2. California State University, Chico, B.A. in business, special secondary teaching credential.
3. California State University, San Jose, graduate studies in Finance and Real Estate.
4. University of California, Berkeley, Real Estate Certification (RECI designation).
5. University of California, Berkeley, successful completion of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Examination I, “Single Family Residential”.
6. University of Santa Clara, successful completion of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Examination II, “Commercial and Retail Properties”.
7. Seminars on tax problems, real estate trades and exchanges, land economic studies, urban renewal, and real estate financing.
8. California Real Estate Sales License.
9. Continuing Education Studies at West Valley College on Commercial Real Estate, Residential Property Management, Syndication, Agency Relationships, Financing, Ethics and Professional Conduct and Legal Aspects of Real Estate.

COURT TESTIMONY

Qualified and testified as an expert witness on real estate values in the Superior Courts of Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County and City and County of San Francisco. Also qualified and testified in the Federal Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco.