QUALIFICATIONS OF TIMOTHY D. BACKER, SRA
State-Certified General Appraiser RZ865 Expires 11-30-2022
Florida Real Estate Broker Expires 3-31-2024
Appraisal Courses successfully completed:
Society of Real Estate Appraisers:
Course 101 - Introduction to Appraising Real Property - Montgomery Community College, Bethesda, Maryland - August 1977
Course 201 - Principles of Income Property Appraising, Univ of Georgia – Athens, GA Nov 79
Seminars Attended:
Professional Practice Seminar, Ft. Myers, FL, December 1975 Mobile Home Appraising Seminar, Orlando, FL January 1978
Narrative Report Writing Seminar, Ft. Myers, FL May 1978
Appraising Apartments Seminar, Ft. Myers, FL October 1978
Professional Practice Seminar, Ft. Myers, FL, April 1979
Condominium Appraising, Tampa, FL 1981
Creative Financing/Cash Equivalency, Ft. Myers, FL 1982
Adjusting for Financing Differences, Sarasota, FL 1982
R41-B and The Appraiser, St. Louis, Mo November 1985
Professional Practice Seminar, Ft. Myers, FL, May 1988
Florida Appraiser Certification, Ft. Myers, FL, Feb 1990
Financial Institutions Reform Act, Sarasota, FL, Jan 1991
Standards of Professional Practice, Orlando, FL, Feb 1991
Appraisal Institute-Standards of Professional Practice A&B, Ft. Myers FL, 11-91
Appraisal Regulations of Federal Banking Agencies, Ft Myers, FL: March 92
Appraisal Review-Income Properties, St Petersburg, Aug 1993
Persuasive Style in Narrative Appraisal Reports, Tampa 2-94
Small Residential Income Property Appraisal Report, Longboat Key, FL, 6-94
Understanding Limited Appraisals & Appraisal Reporting Opt, Ft Myers, 7-94
Professional Standards USPAP Update Core Law for Appraisers, St.
Petersburg, August 1994, & Ft. Myers, November 1995
Residential Property Construction & Inspection, Longboat Key, FL; June 95
Fair Lending and the Appraiser, Tampa, FL: September 1995
FHA Appraising Regulations, HUD, Tampa, FL: September 1996
The Internet & Appraising, A.I., Tampa, FL; October 1996
Tree Trunk Formulas, A.I., Tampa, FL; October 1996
Appraising High Value and Historic Homes, Longboat Key, FL; June 1997
Appraising from Blue Prints & Specs, Longboat Key,, FL, June 1998
Appraisal Institute – Standards of Professional Practice C, Tampa, FL, 8-1998
Appraisal Institute - Florida Core Law Update for Appraisers, Tampa, FL, 10-98
The FHA and the Appraisal Process – Appraisal Institute – Tampa, FL, 9-99
Appraising Manufactured Housing – Appraisal Institute – Fort Myers, FL, 9-99
FHA Appraisal Exam – Sylvan Learning Center, Ft. Myers, Florida, 1-3-2000
Attacking and Defending an Appraisal in Litigation, Longboat Key, FL, 6-2000
AI–Florida State Law & USPAP Update for Appraisers, Ft. Myers, FL, 9/8/2000
Appraisal Institute-Cross Examination of USPAP 2000, Tampa, FL 10/6/2000
Appraisal Institute – Real Estate Fraud, St. Petersburg, FL, November 30, 2001
Appraisal Institute – Appraisal Consulting, Tampa, Florida, March 1, 2002
AI – Florida State Law & USPAP Review for Appraisers, Ft. Myers, FL, 04/26/02
AI - The Technology Assisted Appraiser, Longboat Key, FL, June 7, 2002
AI - Creative Cost Techniques for Residential Appraisers, Ft. Myers FL; 9/13/02
AI – Scope of Work Expanding Your Range of Service, Longboat Key, FL 6-6-03
Appraisal Institute - Florida Core Law Update for Appraisers, Tampa, FL, 5-5-2004
Appraisal Institute – 7 Hour National USPAP Update, Tampa, FL, 5-6-2004
Bert Rodgers Schools – Appraisal Continuing Ed, 23 hrs, Sarasota, FL 10-14-2004
AI - What Client Would Like Their Appraisers to Know, St. Petersburg, FL; 02-17-2005
AI – The Professional’s Guide to the Uniform Res Appraisal Report, Ft. Myers, FL 06-17-05
AI – FHA & the New Residential Appraisal Forms, Tampa, FL 03-23-2006
Black Institute of RE – USPAP Update; Port Charlotte, FL; 08-12-2006
Black Institute of RE – Florida Law Update, Port Charlotte, FL 08-12-2006
AI – Appraising High Value & Historic Homes, Clearwater, FL; 2-23-2007
AI - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Tampa, FL 04-05-2007
AI - Florida State Law for Appraisers, Tampa, FL; 04-05-2007
McKissock LP – Appraisal Review, Lake Buena Vista, FL 8-25-2007
AI-Advanced Residential Appraisal Report Writing, Part I, Tampa, FL 9-29-2007
AI-Advanced Residential Appraisal Report Writing, Part II, Tampa, FL; 10-4-07
AI-Real Estate Finance, Statistics, & Valuation Modeling, Tampa, FL; 08/27-28/2008
AI-REO Appraisal; Appraisal of Res Property for Foreclosure, Clearwater, FL 2-26-2009
AI-New Residential Market Conditions Form, Lakewood Ranch, FL; 3-19-2009
AI - Cool Tools – Technology for Appraisers, Tampa, FL; 2-25-2010
AI-Valuation by Comparison Residential Analysis, Lakewood Ranch, FL 3-25-2010
AI-Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Lakewood Ranch, FL 8-19-2010
AI-Florida Appraisal Law, Lakewood Ranch, FL 8-20-2010
AI-Florida Supervisor/Trainee Roles & Rules, Lakewood Ranch, FL 8-20-2010
AI-Residential Appraisal Update: Staying Competent in New Decade, Ft. Myers, FL 5-19-2011
AI-Uniform Appraisal Dataset from FNMA & FHLMC, Tampa, FL 7-15-2011
AI-Appraising the Appraisal: Appraisal Review General, Tampa, FL 5-4-2012
AI-Florida Law for Appraisers, Fort Myers, FL 5-9-2012
AI-Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices, Fort Myers, FL, 5-10-2012
AI-Residential Green Descriptions Made Easy, Tampa, FL, 7-16-2012
AI-Uniform Appraisal Dataset Aftereffects; Fort Myers, FL; 2-15-2013
FAR - Florida State Law, Orlando, FL 8-16-2013
AI-Appraising the Appraisal; Tampa, Florida; 8-22-2013
AI-Business Practice and Ethics; Tampa, Florida; 05/01/2014
AI-Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice, Sarasota, Florida; 6/10/2014
McKissock-Dirty Dozen-FHA Guidelines; 08/28/2014
AI-Using Appraisal Technology Applications; Tampa, Florida 10/09/2015
AI-FHA Appraising for Valuation; Tampa, Florida 12/10/2015
AI-Florida Appraisal Law; Sarasota, Florida 4/20/2016
AI-Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice; Sarasota, FL 04/21/2016
AI-Staying Out of Trouble; Tampa, Florida 05/12/2016
AI-Florida Appraisal Law; Tampa, Florida 4/11/2018
AI-Uniform Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice; Tampa, FL 04/12/2018
AI-Managing Unusual Appraisal & Litigation Assignments; Fort Myers, Florida 6/12/2018
AI-Insurance Appraisal Report Contents; Sarasota, Florida 08/17/2018
McKissock LP-Evaluating Today's Residential Appraisal, Reliable Review; St. Petersburg, FL 09/23/2018
AI-Trial Components: Recipe for Success or Disaster; Fort Myers, FL 05/16/2019
AI-The Cost Approach; Unnecessary or Vital to a Healthy Practice; Tampa, FL 6/21/2019
AI-Artificial Intelligence, AVM's, and Blockchain: Implications for Valuation; Bradenton, FL 11/08/2019
AI-Developing a Supportable Workfile; Fort Myers, FL 03/05/2020
AI-Client Requested Evaluations; Appraisal Assignments; Fort Myers, FL 03/05/2020
AI-7 Hour National USPAP 2020-2021 Update; Florida Gulf Coast Chapter - Virtual; 06/16/2020
AI-Measuring Market Reaction to Residential Home Features; Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Virtual; 06/19/2020
AI-Florida Law Update 2020; Florida Gulf Coast Chapter Virtual; 07/23/2020
Education
Institute of Financial Education Res. Appraisal I; January-1978
Graduate of South Florida State College, Avon Park, FL, Associate of Arts, Dec 1975
B.A. Degree (Accounting) - University of South Florida -1983
Experience:
Landmark Appraisal Company, Inc.-Arcadia, FL; 9-75 to 11-82
Realty Appraisal Services, Inc.-Arcadia, FL; 11-82 to 9-84
Independent Fee Appraiser - September 1984-Present
Past Instructor of Real Estate; Current Trustee & Past Chairman, South Florida State College
Memberships:
SRA Member of the Appraisal Institute
Member of National Association of Realtors
Member of Florida Association of Realtors
Past President of DeSoto County Board of Realtors
Member Punta Gorda-Port Charlotte-North Port Association of Realtors
Member Heartland Association of Realtors
Partial List of Appraisal Clients:
Seacoast National Bank, Wauchula State Bank, Bank of America, MidFlorida Credit Union, Navy Federal Credit Union, First
State Bank of Arcadia, Crews Bank & Trust; Suncoast Schools Credit Union, Farm Credit of Florida, Charlotte State Bank, First National Bank of Wauchula, Attorney's and Individuals;
Statement of Compliance with Competency Provision
The qualifications listed above, briefly describe my educational background and experience. I believe that this background is
sufficient to complete this appraisal assignment, therefore, no additional steps were taken to comply with the competency
provision of the USPAP.
I am currently serving DeSoto and Hardee Counties on a regular basis. From time to time I will considered some areas of Highlands County.