Real Estate Project
Resume:
Tim Craven
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EXPERIENCE
Real Estate Specialist, CenturyLink: Worked for a contracting company
called Great Plains Land Service acquiring easement rights for CenturyLink
landline telephone facilities in western North Carolina. (05/08 through
01/10)
Site Acquisition Consultant, Right of Way Agent, and Managing Real Estate
Broker, Vanguard Wireless, Inc.: Started and managed a small real estate
company which has occasionally provided numerous types of services on a
contract basis in between the projects listed below primarily in the
wireless, public utility, real estate appraisal, banking, title
abstracting, and timeshare real estate industries. (12/99 off and on
through 04/08)
Site Acquisition Consultant, Ejaad Telecom: Served as a Site Acquisition
Consultant acquiring real estate, zoning, and building permit rights as
described below for a project involving the development a Sprint/Nextel
wireless network in D.C. and Northern Virginia. (03/06 through 11/06)
Right of Way Agent, Universal Field Services, Inc.: (05/05 Served as a
Right of Way Agent acquiring land rights for the New Jersey School System
in Camden New Jersey and for a short-term fiber optic project in northern
Louisiana. (03/05 through 06/05)
Site Acquisition Consultant, SBA Network Services, Inc.: Served as a
consultant acquiring real estate rights as outlined below for a project
involving the development a Cingular/Salmon Wireless Oregon wireless
network. (11/01 through 4/02)
Site Acquisition and Zoning Consultant, Vanguard Wireless, Inc.: Served as
a consultant acquiring real estate rights in the development of a Baltimore
area Nextel Communications wireless network as well as an Orlando area Bell
South Mobility wireless communications network. (1/00 through 5/01)
Site Acquisition, Zoning, and Building Permit Consultant, Sprint Spectrum
LLP: Served as an independent contractor providing wireless communications
consulting services for Sprint Spectrum LLP on a project involving the
acquisition of real estate rights for their Connecticut and Massachusetts
area communications networks. Clear-cut top producer in terms of number
leases, zoning approvals, and building permits obtained. Undefeated in
zoning process for all rings with numerous search rings located in upscale
and affluent New England areas. (1/99 through 4/00)
Right of Way Agent, DuBray Land Services: Served as a consultant
negotiating and securing governmental approvals, encroachment permits,
license agreements, and easements for a Sprint fiber optic project running
from Denver to Cheyenne. (6/98 through 1/99)
Associate Land Agent, State of California Department of Water Resources:
Worked on a Utility Relocation project involving the real estate
conveyances and administrative activities associated with the installation,
relocation, and protection of water, sewer, gas, electric, telephone, cable
television, and other utility facilities affected by a State of California
Water Resources project. (6/98 through 4/98)
Site Acquisition Consultant, SBA Network Services, Inc.: Served a project
acquiring real estate rights for SprintCom on a project involving the
development of their North Carolina PCS network. (7/97 through 4/98)
Site Acquisition Team Leader, Western Wireless: Supervised a team of up to
17 contracting Site Acquisition Agents on a project involving the
development of the Western Wireless Des Moines PCS network. (7/96 through
5/97)
Site Acquisition Consultant, SBA Network Services, Inc.: Served as a
consultant acquiring real estate rights for Pacific Bell Mobile Services on
a project involving the development of their California PCS network. Top
producer in terms of number of leases and in terms of being the first
person on project to lease all individually assigned search rings (the
first 29 assigned rings). Elected by colleagues to be the first Site
Acquisition Consultant on the project (out of 16) to be Employee of the
Month. (2/95 through 7/96)
Associate Right of Way Agent, State of California: Performed a variety of
activities, including Appraisal, Acquisition, Relocation Assistance,
Property Management, and Utility Relocations. Received third highest
rating out of 24 candidates in an Associate Right of Way Agent promotional
process that included a written exam, performance evaluations, and an oral
interview process. (1/91 through 2/95)
Duties and Responsibilities of a Right of Way Agent: Negotiated with
property owners, public officials, and utility companies to secure the
purchase, lease, licensure, and permitting of real estate rights
relating to right of way acquisitions for transportation and utility
projects. Utilized knowledge of real estate law, appraisal, and
acquisition principals to accomplish a variety of tasks in the
following functional departments:
Utility Relocation Department - Coordinated and addressed the
real estate conveyances and administrative activities relating
to the installation, relocation, and protection of water, sewer,
gas, electric, telephone, cable television, and other utility
facilities affecting transportation right of ways.
Appraisals - Involved in the preparation of a variety of
valuations including replacement-housing valuations, real
property acquisition cost estimates for budgeting purposes, and
fair market value appraisals of properties required for
transportation projects.
Acquisition - Responsible for obtaining right of way by
negotiation and eminent domain proceedings for
State and Federal highway transportation projects.
Property Management - Responsible for the management of State
owned, non-operating properties for
various transportation projects from the time of acquisition
until the eventual clearance of the property for
project construction. Involved to an extensive degree in
property rentals, rental management,
maintenance, rehabilitation, and the eventual sale or demolition
of improvements. Extensive involvement
managing a 112-unit apartment building and two large trailer
parks.
Relocation Assistance - Involved in a variety of tasks,
including performing conceptual and design stage
replacement housing availability studies; providing relocation
advisory services to displaced individuals
and businesses; providing equitable replacement housing payments
to displaced persons in a timely
manner; and providing moving expense payments to displaced
individuals and businesses.
Associate Real Estate Broker, Prudential Realtors: Worked with a variety
of clients in the purchase, sale, and leasing of residential real estate.
(5/92 through 12/93)
Real Estate Internship: Performed a market analysis for a private investor
effecting a Section 1031 exchange. San Diego State. (Summer '90)
Interlibrary Loan Clerk, State of California: San Diego State Malcolm A.
Love Library: (Fall Semester, '87)
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Real Estate Broker's Licenses: State of Florida and State of California.
Real Estate Salesperson's Licenses: State of North Carolina and State of
Oregon.
Notary Public Commission: State of California, State of North Carolina,
and State of Virginia.
State Certified Registered Trainee Appraiser License: State of Florida.
Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration: San Diego State
University, May 1990. Real Estate Major. 3.3
Business GPA. ACT Score: 26
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