Qualifications of Steven H. Berg, MAI, SRA
Experience
OVERVIEW
Mr. Berg has been providing advisory, valuation and litigation support services, full-time, since 1986. His experience addresses most property types, geographically concentrating in the New Hampshire Seacoast area. Services have been provided for acquisition, easements, estate, financing, workout, tax abatement, foreclosure and litigation, as well as development feasibility, investment and highest & best use. He has extensive experience providing litigation support in civil and zoning issues, including pre-trial support, appraisal review and expert witness testimony. Areas of specialization include market analysis and providing consulting services in litigation where a diminution in value is alleged. Additional responsibilities during his career have involved internal review appraising, appraiser training, office management, business development, client relations and supervising residential appraisal operations in Northern New England & Massachusetts. Clients include lenders, attorneys, litigants, property owners, buyers & government agencies. Mr. Berg is a qualified expert witness in Federal Bankruptcy Court (Manchester, NH) and Rockingham & Strafford County, NH Superior Courts.
Professional Designations, Affiliations and certifications
Chair, New Hampshire Real Estate Appraiser Board (Member since 2003)
Appraisal Institute; RM Member #2646 (awarded 1990), Converted to SRA, 1998
Appraisal Institute; MAI Member #11414 (awarded 1998)
Member, Appraisal Foundation State Regulators Advisory Group
Affiliate Member, Strafford County Board of Realtors®
Affiliate Member, NH Commercial Investment Board of Realtors®
Associate Instructor, Appraisal Institute
State Certified General Appraiser (All licenses are current)
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New Hampshire |
Maine |
Massachusetts |
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NHCG-40 |
CG-641 |
3048 |
Employment
1/2008 – Pres. APPRAISAL INSTITUTE
Asssistant Experience Screener
1994 - Pres. SARGENT CONSULTING, LTD.
President & Founder
Real Estate Consultant
Commercial and Residential Real Estate Appraiser
1989 - 1993 GOODWIN, BRAGG & BERG, INC.
Principal & Co-Founder
Commercial and Residential Real Estate Appraiser
Manager, Portsmouth Office
Director, Residential Appraisal Services
Due
to the addition and subsequent retirement of another principal, Goodwin, Bragg & Berg
was also known as CVG Real Estate Services and Rubenstein, Goodwin & Bragg.
1987 - 1989 PROPERTY FINANCIAL APPRAISAL SERVICES. Greenland, NH
Office manager and review appraiser.
1985 - 1987 PROPERTY FINANCIAL APPRAISAL SERVICES. Providence, RI
Residential Fee Appraiser
1985 - 1991 REAL ESTATE SALES AGENT, MA and RI
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson.
1984 - 1985 BAYBANK NORFOLK COUNTY TRUST COMPANY, Dedham, MA
Commercial Credit Analyst.
General Education
1980 - 1984 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT
B.A. Economics/Sociology, Cum Laude
1976 - 1980 SOMERSET HIGH SCHOOL, Somerset, MA
College Preparatory Program
Professional
Education
Total
accredited education exceeds 700 classroom hours. This includes all qualifying
education for both residential and general membership in the Appraisal
Institute and a minimum of twenty hours of continuing education each year since
1991. Listed below are only specialty courses worthy of mention.
APPRAISAL
INSTITUTE (formerly AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS)
Valuation of
Conservation Easements
Valuation and Market Studies for Affordable Housing
Residential
Highest & Best Use and Market Analysis
Evaluating
Commercial Construction
Condemnation Appraisal:
Principles and Applications
Real Estate
Fraud
Valuation of
Divided Partial Interests
Residential
Consulting
Appraising
Apartments
MASSACHUSETTS
BOARD OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS
Practical
Applications of Discounted Cash Flows
Capitalization
Rates and Today’s Markets
Proper
Accounting for Replacement Reserves and Capital Expenditures
Issues in the
Appraisal of Properties Affected by Hazardous Materials
Valuation
Impact of Contract versus Market Rent
Proper Application
of Direct Capitalization and Discounted Cash Flow
Appraisers,
Assessors, Attorneys and the Appellate Process
Other Organizations
The Expert
Witness (American Society of Appraisers)
The Cost
Approach (Institute of Real Estate Technologies)
Federal Land
Acquisition Appraising (LeMay
School of Real Estate)
Statistics
and Modeling (LeMay School
of Real Estate)
Land Use
Planning & Eminent Domain in NH (National Business Institute)
NH Land Use
Law Update ((National Business Institute
Historic
Appraising (Natl Assoc of Independent Fee Appraisers)
Residential
Construction: Details and Trends (McKissock, Inc)
The
Comprehensive Appraisal Workshop (Ted Whitmer, MAI,
CCIM)
Attacking
& Defending an Appraisal in Litigation (Ted Whitmer,
MAI, CCIM)
Relevant Conferences Attended
NH PLANNING AND ZONING CONFERENCE Concord, NH (2003); Manchester,
NH (2004)
APPRAISAL INST. INSTRUCTOR
LEADERSHIP
& DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE New York City, NY (2004)
APPRAISER’S REGULATORY NETWORK Oklahoma City, OK (2004), Omaha, NE (2005)
ASSOC OF APPRAISER
REGULATORYOFFICIALS St. Petersburg,
FL (2007)
Personal Affi.iations and Volunteer Efforts (Past & Present)
City of Portsmouth Zoning Board of Adjustment (Member)
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (Member)
Portsmouth Housing Endowment Fund Advisory Board
(Member)
City of Portsmouth Assessor’s Office Advisory
Committee (Member)
Portsmouth Economic Development
Loan Program Review Committee (Member).
Workforce Housing Coalition (Member)
Exchange City of New England Advisory
Board (Member)
Seacoast Big Brothers Big Sisters
of New Hampshire (Volunteer).
NH Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Volunteer)