Dominick DeCherico

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Real Estate Managing Appraiser, enthusiastically exploring opportunities to continue a successful career in the appraisal profession. As a key member of an organization that relies heavily on timeliness of performance to accomplish goals, I place a strong emphasis on quality control and review and management of appraisals and appraisers.

Professional Experience

Dominick DeCherico Appraisals - Freehold, NJ

Independent Residential Appraiser/Consultant 6/2009 to present

Twenty years in the real estate appraisal field has exposed me to a multitude of experiences, supplying both academic and practical lessons. My extensive industry-specific education and experience in personally performing and/or supervising more that 10,000 residential real estate appraisals has made me an expert in all matters concerning residential real estate valuation. I have been called on to offer expertise in real estate appraising quality control review, and reconciliation of property value for secondary marketing/investor disputes, including R.E.O. properties and all phases of foreclosure related transactions. Likewise, I have been repeatedly requested by NY Supreme Court Justices to provide expert testimony in real property disputes involving shareholder disputes, divorce, dissolution and bankruptcy proceedings.

Victory Mortgage – Staten Island, NY

Manager – Appraisal Services 1/2003 to 6/2009

Responsible for quality control and overall appraisal management for a mortgage brokerage company working with more than 30 independent real estate appraisers, while also working as an independent consultant for a limited selection of mortgage brokerages and bankers.

DeCherico Associates – Staten Island, NY

Managing Real Estate Appraiser/Consultant 1/1995 to 1/2003

New York and New Jersey Certified Real Estate Appraiser

• Built and maintained a professional business providing real estate appraisal and related market research services.

• Managed 15 appraisers averaging more than 50 appraisals per week, providing service to local and national clients.

• Experienced in appraising single and multi-family residences, condominiums, raw land and commercial mixed use properties.

• Provided master appraisals for subdivisions and multimillion dollar unique special purposes properties.

• Presented appraisals for determining market for tax assessment disputes, insured value, loss of use and partial ownership valuations regarding rights of ownership, easements, divorce, and estate matters.

• Supplied expert testimony in property rights, easement, foreclosure, and divorce proceedings.

• Provided secondary review of appraisal reports on local and out of state properties for clients including state and federal government agencies, attorneys, local and national lenders and relocation companies.

• Extensive experienced in national field desk reviews.

• Served as third party mediator in disputes over valuation between financial institutions.

First Nationwide Bank – New York, NY

Assistant Chief Appraiser 1/1990 to 1/1995

• Responsible for managing the daily operations of the Eastern Region with concentration on the New York Metropolitan area, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

• Monitored production and quality of appraisal services throughout the east coast of the United States.

• Managed a review staff of 16 staff appraisers and more than 120 contract appraisers.

• Assisted in designing corporate computer systems for monitoring production and quality of services to internal departments utilizing appraisal services within the company.

• Maintained departmental budget and provided reporting and recommendations to upper management.

• Initiated mixed use of company personnel and independent contractors for maximizing production revenue return.

• Responsible for the review of appraisal reports for staff and independent fee appraisers.

• Maintained and monitored fee panel appraiser list for quality control and service issues.

• Advised senior management on special assignments including unique and multimillion dollar valued properties.

Education, Licenses and Certifications:

Kingsborough Community College

Associates Degree

Computer Science and Business Administration – 1980

Partial list of professional course work:

• G1- Introduction to Income property valuation

• G2- Income Property valuation

• G3- Applied Income Property Valuation

• National USPAP update 2007

• Appraisal Education Network-H.U.D. / F.H.A. Certification Workshop

• Phase I Environmental Inspection & the Appraiser Course

• HUD Certification Workshop

• Analyzing Investment Properties

• Tax Assessment Review and the Appraiser

• New York University-Principles of Real Estate Appraisal

• Appraisal Institute- Various Seminars

• New York Real Estate Institute- Various Seminars

Qualified expert witness - N.Y. Supreme Court

• Called upon multiple times at Court’s request to provide independent appraisals and expert testimony.

Licenses and Memberships:

• New York State Certified Residential Appraiser

• New Jersey State Certified Residential Appraiser

• National Association of Real Estate Appraisers – CREA Designation

• New York State Certified Real Estate Agent

• New York State Insurance Broker License (Non-active)

• United States Marine Corps League –Active

• United States Marine Corps – Secret Security Clearance

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