Dan Birchman, MBA SRA CEBA ABR GRI

Summary of Qualifications

Dan Birchman received the degree of "Master of Business Administration" (MBA) in 1986 from the University of Texas at Austin. His areas of specialization, Real Estate & Small Business; his thesis was entitled "Contemporary Appraisal Theory for Residential Real Estate". Dan received a "Bachelor of Science" (BS) degree from Texas A&M in 1980; areas of study, Physical & Behavioral Sciences.  Dan is a "Texas State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser" (the highest lic & cert granted by the State of Texas); as well as,  a "Texas State Licensed Real Estate Broker".  Through acheived education, testing, & experience, Dan has earned the following professional designations: SRA designation, the Society of Real Estate Appraisers (1986); SRA designation, the Appraisal Institute (1989); CEBA designation, the  National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (2002); ABR designation, the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (1996); GRI designation, the Texas Association of Realtors (1996). Dan has been active in the Austin & Central Texas Real Estate Marketplace since 1982, and has been personally involved in the appraisal, construction, & brokerage of well over 10,000 properties within this marketplace. Dan Birchman is recognized by the State of Texas, various State & Federal Courts of Law, Financial Institutions, Investors, Corporations, & Relocation Companies as an expert in matters of "Residential Real Estate Market Value" and "Marketability" , as well as "The Home Buying Process", "Real Estate Investments", and "Buyer Broker Agency" within the Austin/Central Texas Marketplace. 

A Partial List of Specialized Education:

Society of Real Estate Appraisers courses 101, 102, 201, 202, Capitalization A & B, case studies, complex property, ethics, report writing, standards; various Appraisal Institute courses, to include  USPAP, Case Studies, Report Writing, FNMA guidelines, Relocation Services, Litigation & Expert Witness, Construction, Property Inspections, and others; various UT/Austin graduate classes, Urban Land Economics, Development, RE Law, Contract Law, RE Finance, and others; various Texas State University graduate classes, Environment Policy & Law, Land Planning & Dev., Environmental Management, & others; various real estate classes with Texas A&M Center for Real Estate; and various classes & accredited designation programs from the Natl Assoc of Realtors, Texas Assoc of Realtors, local boards of Realtors,  the SMU Law School, the FNMA, the HUD/FHA, and the Natl Assoc of Exclusive Buyer Agents.

Numerous real estate appraisal,  brokerage, & construction seminars from various private & public educational sources; to include topics of construction, inspections, contract negotiations, negotiating strategies, agency law, contract law, relocation, new home site selection, taxation issues, homebuyer & consumer protection issues, homebuyer advocacy, litigation & expert witness testimony, site and subdivision development, septic & well systems, and others.

Professional Memberships & Licenses:

Texas State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (TX-1320277-G);   Texas State Real Estate Broker (Lic #0333153);   Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA) of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers (1986);   Senior Residential Member (SRA) of the Appraisal Institute, (1990-2002, inactive);   Appraiser Member of the ERC (Employee Relocation Council);   Broker Member of the National Assoc of Realtors, Texas Assoc of Realtors, and the Austin Board of Realtors;   Senior Certified Member & past Board of Directors Member of the National Assoc of Exclusive Buyer Agents;   GRI designation from TAR (Texas Association of Realtors);   ABR designation from REBAC (Real Estate Buyer's Aent Council);