Real Estate Construction
Resume:
James E. Manning
California State Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser
License # AR005371
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone: 650-***-**** email: **********@*******.***
Professional Qualifications
James E. Manning has been actively engaged in the practice of real estate
valuation since 1973 when he started to work for The Colwell Company, a
mortgage banker in Los Angeles then listed on the American Stock Exchange.
He became a FNMA approved appraiser in 1980 (#1182829) and was on the
FHA panel in the 1980 s. Before licensing was implemented in the State of
California in 1992, Mr. Manning had appraised all types of properties including
residential properties, apartments, commercial and industrial use buildings, a golf
course, ranches, mountain cabins, Houses of Worship, and others. Once
licensing became a reality, Mr. Manning chose to specialize in residential type
properties including new construction and complex type appraisals.
Mr. Manning has qualified as an expert witness in both Superior Court (Santa
Clara County) and in the United States Federal District Court( Northern District of
California) where he was an expert witness in one of the largest real estate fraud
cases in California history (U.S. vs. George I. Benny).
Mr. Manning is a published author of Public Trust Betrayed: The Truth Behind
the Real Estate Appraisal Industry (Tate Publishing & Enterprises 2011)
available in both Kindle, Nook, and paperback formats on Barnes & Noble and
Amazon.com. Blurbs for the book include Kenneth Harney, Syndicated
Columnist for the Washington Post and Jane Bryant Quinn, author of Making the
Most of Your Money NOW and CBS MoneyWatch.
Academic Background
Pasadena City College
Attended Pasadena City College, Pasadena, Calif. 1973-1975 Real Estate
Appraisal I residential appraisal; Real Estate Appraisal II (Income property
appraisal); Legal Aspects of Real Estate ; Real Estate Finance ; and Real
Estate Investments .
Appraisal Institute
Standards of Professional Practice, Part B at Clark Kerr Campus, UC Berkeley
1996.
Appraisal Institute s Summer Conference 2002, The New Valuation Profession:
A World of Opportunity at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, HI.
Standards of Professional Practice, Part A at Clark Kerr Campus, UC Berkeley
1996.
World Savings Continuing Education
Weathering Risk Los Gatos, Calif. 2004
Acheson Course Provider
Professional Witness ; Complex Residential Appraisals ; Appraisal Review ;
Fair Housing ; Condo s & Small Units ; USPAP ; Federal & State Laws &
Regulations . So. San Francisco, CA 2000.
McKissock Course Provider
Appraising for the Secondary Market ; Private Appraisal Assignments ;
Appraiser Liability ; Appraisal Trends ; On-line classes 2008.
2012-2013 National USPAP Update Course ; Introduction to the Uniform
Appraisal Dataset ; REO and Foreclosures ; Residential Appraisal Review ;
Residential Report Writing ; Mortgage Fraud ; Land and Site Valuation ;
Appraising Apartments On-line courses 2012. (This represents a partial list).
Work Experience
The Colwell Company
Employed as an appraiser from 1973 to 1976 in Los Angeles. Duties included
appraising properties for both new construction, home improvements, and
foreclosures.
Appraisal Service of California
Employed initially as an appraiser from 1979 to 1982 in San Jose, California
before being promoted to Vice-President of Operations.
Equitable Appraisal Company
Founder and President of Equitable Appraisal Company(now James E. Manning,
Inc.) from 1982 to the present in Santa Clara (moved to Half Moon Bay in San
Mateo County in 1994). Appraised thousands of properties over the past thirty
years.
World Savings
W orked as a WIC (World Savings Independent Contractor) performing
appraisals for World Savings (Golden West Financial) in both San Mateo County
and Santa Clara County from 2003-2006. This relationship concluded when
Wachovia Bank purchased World Savings and was then folded into Wells Fargo.
Representative Client List
The Banks (and S&L s):
Bank of America
Bank of Los Altos
Calfed
Citifed
Chase Manhattan (JPMorgan Chase)
Eureka Savings
First Horizon Home Loans
Home Savings
Home Federal
San Jose National Bank
Santa Clara Savings
Saratoga Savings
Union Bank of California
Washington Mutual
World Savings
The Mortgage Insurers:
MGIC Inc.
PMI, Inc
Misc.
FNMA (REO appraisals)
FHA
Private Clients
Law Offices of Nick Reckus
Law Offices of Maison, Edelman, Borman & Brand, LLP
Campbell Lumber Company
San Jose Medical Center
Cedrick Hardman (NFL)
and many more.
Area s covered:
San Mateo County
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