January Breakfast Meeting: Appraiser Fraud & ASA News

The January Breakfast Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 8:00 am at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Plymouth Meeting, PA. The guest speaker will be Gary Snowdon, ASA. Mr. Snowdon is the new Region 1 Governor and Principal Appraiser at the Albany, NY firm of Snowdon Valuation. He will talk about “Appraiser Fraud” and also about “Recent ASA Activities.”

Gary Snowdon, who received his B.A. in Education from William Paterson University and earned a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany, has over 20 years experience appraising commercial and industrial real estate.  He specializes in complex commercial, industrial, and vacant land appraisals in the Hudson Valley, Capital, Saratoga, and Adirondack regions for finance, litigation support, estates, eminent domain, conservation, and other purposes.

Mr. Snowdon has served as an Appraisal Consultant to the NYS Department of Transportation and as a Regional Advisor to the NYS Secretary of State.  A NYS Certified Appraisal Instructor, he has developed and taught courses and seminars for ASA, the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and the Appraisal Institute. He currently serves on the ASA Real Property Committee (Education Chair), and the NAIFA Education Committee. He has also contributed to books and journals on real estate topics and writes The Snowdon Report.

Please register early for this educational and informative breakfast meeting which qualifies for 2 hours credit toward ASA reaccreditation..

The Breakfast is FREE for ASA Philadelphia members and $25 for guests. Family members, colleagues, and associates are welcome! To pay online with your major credit card or PayPal go to the ASA Philadelphia Members Page, otherwise please make checks payable to ASA Philadelphia Chapter 35. Please RSVP by January 16 to Executive Secretary Joanne Paciello by mail to 8 Terrace Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, email, phone (610-277-1366) or fax (610-277-1366).

January Meeting: Appraisal Review for Fraud

The January Meeting of the Northern New Jersey ASA Chapter will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 6:00 pm  at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. The Executive Meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm followed by Dinner at 7:00. The guest speaker is Gary Snowdon, ASA, Principal Appraiser at the Albany, NY firm of Snowdon Valuation, who will talk about “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Appraisal Review for Fraud.”
Gary Snowdon, who received his B.A. in Education from William Paterson University and earned a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany, has over 20 years experience appraising commercial and industrial real estate.  He specializes in complex commercial, industrial, and vacant land appraisals in the Hudson Valley, Capital, Saratoga, and Adirondack regions for finance, litigation support, estates, eminent domain, conservation, and other purposes.
Mr. Snowdon has served as an Appraisal Consultant to the NYS Department of Transportation and as a Regional Advisor to the NYS Secretary of State.  A NYS Certified Appraisal Instructor, he has developed and taught courses and seminars for ASA, the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and the Appraisal Institute. He has also contributed to books and journals on real estate topics and writes The Snowdon Report.
The program qualifies for one hour of ASA Continuing Education Credit. Dinner is $30 person. Please RSVP to Chapter Secretary Donna Ray Thompson via Evite, phone (908-317-5547), or email, and mail your check payable to "ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter 73" to her at PO Box 246, Westfield, NJ 07091 by Monday, January 14.