Current Employment

• Certified Residential Appraiser in Montana and President of Darwin Ernst Appraisal Services, Inc.

• President of Independent Valuation Solutions, LLC invalusol.com 
  appraisal review company covering Montana, Idaho, & Washington

• Real Estate Sales Agent, License #17046

Experience

2007

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Applied Measurement Professionals

• Residential Expert for Federal District Court case 4:2007cv00

2006-CURRENT

• Montana State Board of Real Estate Appraisers board member

2006-CURRENT

• Local Multiple Listing Service Technology Committee Member

2005-CURRENT

• Registered VA Appraiser

• Expert Witness Testimony Cause # DV-03-368/52

2003-CURRENT

• Registered FHA Appraiser

1998-1999

• Member of the technical advisory team for the creation of parcel mapping standards for MT Dept. of Administration (State GIS)

1994-CURRENT                       TekBoys.com

• HTML-programming, marketing, design and maintenance

Education

2009

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - NATIONAL UPDATE (USPAP)

• BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ETHICS
  

2008

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - NATIONAL UPDATE (USPAP)

• OFFICE BUILDING VALUATION: A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE

• QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RESIDENTIAL APPRAISALS: RISKY APPRAISALS = RISKY LOANS

• MAINTAINING CONTROL: DEALING WITH CLIENT PRESSURE, APPRAISER

• CONVINCING RESIDENTIAL APPRAISALS

• SPOTLIGHT ON USPAP: HYPOTHETICAL CONDITIONS AND EXTRAORDINARY ASSUMPTIONS

2007

• THE ASSOCIATION OF APPRAISER REGULATORY OFFICIALS (AARO) 2007 FALL CONFERENCE

2006

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - NATIONAL UPDATE (USPAP)

• BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ETHICS

• VALUATION FRAUD SYMPOSIUM

• THE ASSOCIATION OF APPRAISER REGULATORY OFFICIALS (AARO) 2006 FALL CONFERENCE

• APPRAISING FROM BLUEPRINTS AND SPECIFICATIONS

• SUBDIVISION VALUATION: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO VALUING IMPROVED SUBDIVISIONS

• ADVANCED RESIDENTIAL REPORT WRITING

• ADVANCED RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES

• FANNIE MAE REVISIONS AND THE APPRAISER

• RELOCATION APPRAISAL IS DIFFERENT

2005

• THE PROFESSIONAL'S GUIDE TO THE UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL APPRAISAL REPORT (FNMA-2005)

• SCOPE OF WORK: EXPANDING YOUR RANGE OF SERVICES

• PROFESSIONAL LAND CONSERVATION EDUCATION

• GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TOOLS

2004

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - NATIONAL UPDATE

• THE APPRAISER AS AN EXPERT WITNESS

• LAND VALUES, LAND MANAGEMENT & INVASIVE WEEDS

• THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: SPECIAL PURPOSE PROPERTIES

2003

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

• APPRAISAL DATA TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL REPORTS

• DOES MY REPORT COMPLY WITH USPAP?

• RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

• ONLINE FHA AND THE APPRAISAL PROCESS

2002

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

• APPRAISAL REVIEW - RESIDENTIAL

• REAL ESTATE DAMAGES: ASSESSMENT & TESTIMONY

• REAL ESTATE FRAUD & THE APPRAISER'S ROLE

• APPRAISER LIABILITY

• APPRAISING THE ODDBALL: NONCONFORMING & DIFFICULT PROPERTIES

• RADON CONTROL SYSTEMS

2001

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

• PARTIAL INTEREST VALUATION - DIVIDED

• BITTERROOT LAND TRUST, PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

2000

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

• DIRECT CAPITALIZATION

• ADVANCED WRITING SKILLS

• 110 APPRAISAL PRINCIPLES

• MARSHALL & SWIFT VALUATION GUIDES 4.0

1999

• UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

• HOME INSPECTION - COMMON SENSE APPROACH

1982-1986          Concordia College           River Forest, IL

• Bachelor of the Arts with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
• Graduated with Cum Laude honors.

Interests

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Fly-Fishing.

Professional Organization Membership

residential Associate Member of the Appraisal Institute Since 2004