Darwin Ernst

Current Employment

Certified Residential Appraiser in the State of Montana and owner of
Darwin Ernst Appraisal Services, Inc.
Experience 2006          STATE OF MONTANA

Montana State Real Estate Appraiser Board Member

1997           STATE OF MONTANA

Member of Montana Cadastral Technical Advisory Team

  • Assisted in the development of the standards to create digital land parcel maps for the State of Montana.

 

1994–PRESENT                        TekBoys                        Hamilton, MT

Owner/Webmaster

  • HTML-programming, marketing, design and maintenance
  • Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping
1997–2001           All Valley Appraisal, P.C.           Hamilton, MT

Staff Appraiser

  • Assist with all aspects of daily office management including scheduling of appraisal inspections, correspondence with clients, and completion of appraisal inspection tasks relative to developing accurate reports.

1987–1996        Rocky Mountain Laboratories        Hamilton, MT

Lab Technician

  • Research on Mad-Cow & Scrapie Diseases
Education

2006

  • 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

  • UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE  NATIONAL UPDATE (USPAP)

  • BUSINESS PRACTICES AND ETHICS

  • 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 (USPAP)

  • LAND VALUES, LAND MANAGEMENT & INVASIVE WEEDS

  • THE APPRAISER AS AN EXPERT WITNESS

  • THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: SPECIAL PURPOSE PROPERTIES

2003

  • UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES, (USPAP)

  • DOES MY REPORT COMPLY WITH USPAP?

  • APPRAISAL DATA TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL REPORTS

  • RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION

  • ONLINE FHA & THE APPRAISAL PROCESS

2002

  • UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES (USPAP)

  • APPRAISAL REVIEW - RESIDENTIAL

  • REAL ESTATE FRAUD & THE APPRAISER'S ROLE

  • REAL ESTATE DAMAGES: ASSESSMENT & TESTIMONY

  • 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 Arts with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
  • Graduated with Cum Laude honors.
Interests Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Fly-Fishing.

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