JAMES HOULE & ASSOCIATES 198 Union Street Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871 Voice: 401- 662-1543 Facsimile: 401- 846- 1818 Email: houleapprs@cox.net Web: www.houleapprs.com ****************************************** QUALIFICATIONS OF APPRAISER JAMES A. HOULE LICENSING: Rhode Island Appraisal Certification: #A00769 G Rhode Island Real Estate Broker: #B09805 BUSINESS EXPERIENCE: James Houle & Associates, Portsmouth, RI 1981- Present Real Estate Appraisal, Consulting & Brokerage Services Deputy Tax Assessor, City of Newport, RI 1990- 1998 Appraisal and Mass Assessment Services Gold Star Group, Middletown, RI 1988-1989 Real Estate Education and Franchise Development Atlantic Properties, Middletown, RI 1985-1988 Principal Broker L.H. Houle Realty, Stafford Springs, Conn. 1975-1983 Consulting Broker Better Homes Realty, Middletown, RI 1978-1981 Principal Broker Heritage Realty, Newport, RI 1975-1978 Associate Broker Kennan Associates, Cumberland, RI 1973-1975 Associate Broker PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND RELATED BOARDS: ACTIVE: Licensed Real Estate Broker, Rhode Island Licensed Auctioneer, Rhode Island (Approved for Real Estate Sales) Certified Real Estate Appraiser, Rhode Island Approved by State of Rhode Island, Office of Municipal Affairs, to perform city- wide mass appraisals and revaluations, as required by Rhode Island law Board of Realtors, (Officer of Newport County Board, 1975)
RELATED EDUCATION: BA degree from Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1973 Society of Real Estate Appraisers, course #101 Introduction to Appraisal Society of Real Estate Appraisers, course #102 Small Income Property Appraisal R.I. Tax Assessor’s Administrative Course Graduate Realtor Institute, Board of Realtors Uniform Standards of Professional Practice, University of Rhode Island Income Approach to Property Valuation, University of Rhode Island Practical Application of Income Approach to Value, University of Rhode Island Seminars: Impact of Environmental Issues in Appraisals, RI Board of Realtors Rhode Island Tax Law, NLI Institute Performing an In House Revaluation, International Order of Assessing Officers Lead Issues in Real Estate, RI Board of Realtors Tax Issues in Real Estate, RI Board of Realtors Appraiser as Expert Witness, RI Board of Realtors Seminars as Approved Instructor: Real Estate Tax Assessment: How to Judge its Equity Real Estate Financing: Conventional and Creative APPRAISAL EXPERIENCE: Active since 1976, performing appraisals of single and multi family housing and commercial/ industrial properties Experience in appraising impacted/ contaminated properties Experience in appraising specialty/ partial interests Experience in appraising water related utilities Accepted as expert in Rhode Island Family Court Accepted as expert in Rhode Island Superior Court Accepted as expert in Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court Accepted as expert before several Rhode Island community Boards of Tax Appeals Accepted as expert before several Rhode Island Zoning Boards of Appeal LENDING INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED: Residential Mortgage Company, Providence, RI Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, Providence, RI Plymouth Mortgage Company, Middletown, RI Commonwealth Mortgage Company, Middletown, RI Fleet Mortgage Company, Providence, RI People’s Credit Union, Middletown, RI Citizen’s Savings Bank, Riverside, RI Navy Federal Credit Union, Middletown, RI Pier Bank, Narragansett, RI Loans for Homes , East Greenwich, RI Colonial Mortgage Company, East Providence, RI Rhode Island Mortgage Store, Cranston, RI New England Funding, North Providence, RI Milestone Mortgage Company, Cranston, RI Business Lenders, Providence, RI Howes Funding, Cranston, RI Commercial Loan Inventors, Cranston, RI Greentree Mortgage Company, Atlanta, GA Other significant clients: Ford Motor Company NYNEX (Bell Atlantic) Stone Bridge Water District, Tiverton, RI Church Community Housing Corporation, Newport, RI City of New Shoreham, Rhode Island, Assessor’s Office City of Swampscott, Massachusetts, Assessor’s Office City of Newport, Rhode Island, Assessor’s Office City of Newport, Rhode Island Planning Office City of Newport, Rhode Island, Public Utilities Department Twin River Gaming Facility, Lincoln, RI |