Dan Glasser, MAI has performed valuation assignments for approximately 20 years, for a variety of purposes and for a wide range of property types. Current and previous employment and responsibilities are described below.
Director - Western Property Advisors, San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. Responsible for identifying and evaluating properties which are candidates for property tax reduction, and performing all activities required in the tax appeal process.
Property tax assignments include both real property and personal property, based on Proposition VIII or Proposition XIII, following the regular roll, escape assessments, and supplemental assessments. Appeals prepared following audits pertained to the increased portions of the assessment, and appeals pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code sections 469 & 1605(e). Clients include the single largest taxpayer in two counties, and results include numerous settlements or decisions yielding six figure tax refund checks to clients. In several instances, refunds were in excess of $1 million.
Associate Director - Cushman & Wakefield Valuation Advisory Services, San Francisco, California. Responsible for preparing appraisals and consulting assignments for property throughout California. Trained and supervised others in the VAS group in appraisal and consulting assignments. Assignments completed were for a variety of purposes, as a consultant of Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc., a national full-service real estate organization.
Project Manager, Appraiser - Carneghi-Bautovich & Partners, Inc., San Francisco, California. Appraised office, industrial, R&D, mini-storage, big box retail, and free-standing restaurant buildings, as well as shopping centers, apartment complexes, hotels, and vacant land throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Provided appraisal review services to the banking industry regarding standards compliance and quality of commissioned appraisal reports.
Appraiser - Chemical Bank/Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., New York, New York. Appraised Class A and Class B
office buildings, office showroom buildings, commercial condominiums, warehouses, retail buildings, motels, a bowling
center, and vacant land. Office buildings appraised include primary/secondary office space, retail space, movie and stage
theaters, restaurants, and parking garages. Responsible for the MHTCo. Manhattan Office Market Study, analyzing market
trends and changes in the MHTCo. loan portfolio. Appraised 1515 Broadway, a 52-story office building in Times Square.
Performed consulting assignments during debt restructuring negotiations with Equitable Real Estate, as discussed in
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Education/Professional Qualifications
Member of the Appraisal Instute (MAI)
Licensed Real Estate Broker (California)
Appraisal Institute Coursework:
- Course 1A-1 "Real Estate Valuation Principles"
- Course 1A-2 "Basic Valuation Procedures"
- Course 1B-A "Capitalization Theory & Techn.-Part A"
- Course 1B-B "Capitalization Theory & Techn.-Part B"
- Course 2-1 "Case Studies in Real Estate Valuation"
- Course 2-2 "Report Writing and Valuation Analysis"
- Course 2-3 "Standards of Professional Practice"
- Demonstration Appraisal Report Writing
CLIENTS PERSONALLY SERVED BY DAN GLASSER, MAI
| Aegis Equities | FIMSA, Inc. | Nickel Properties |
| Anita Naz Mardikian | Ford Motor Company | Odin Property Management |
| Ares Realty Capital | Foster Farms | Pacific Coast Capital Partners |
| Argonaut Realty / General Motors | G. M. Miller International | Prentiss Properties |
| Arthur Court Designs | Ganson Industries | Public Policy Institute |
| Bank of America NT & SA | Great West Life Insurance | Safeway, Inc. |
| Bank of California | Hanmi | Seijo Shoji |
| Bank of the West | International Bank of California | SRM Associates |
| Banque Nationale de Paris | Johnson Wax | Sumitomo Bank |
| Bella Terra Associates | Kobe Investments | TKK Associates |
| Bixby Company | Lend Lease | The Vons Companies |
| Castlehill Properties, Inc. | Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc. | Trans-Asia Capital Corp. |
| Cathay Bank | Macquarie Capital | US Postal Service |
| Citibank, N.A. | Merlin Entertainments | Union Bank |
| City National Bank | Metcalf Family Trust | United Bank of Switzerland |
| Community Bank of the Bay | Mitsubishi Trust & Banking | Viz Communications, Inc. |
| DAG Management, Inc. | Monterey Bay Bank | Wells Fargo Bank |
| DJM Capital | Nanyang Bank | Whitcomb Hotel |
| Dreyers Grand | Nara Bank | Wilkes Bashford |
| Dynasty Growth Group | New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. | Zacky Farms |
| Eiji Kokubu |