David Beccaria

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

I have a broad background in Real Estate Appraisal, Real Estate Sales, and Property Management.

Real Estate Appraisal: My experience includes appraising single family residences, manufactured homes, lots, acreage, condominiums, 2-4 units, 5+ units, apartment complexes, improved land, income, industrial, and commercial property. I have extensive experience appraising mobile and manufactured homes on private property and in mobile home parks. Other appraisal experience includes review, relocation, bank-real estate owned(foreclosure) assignments, I am also FHA approved. I have completed or supervised the completion of more than 7,500 appraisal reports since 1989.

Specialty Appraisal Experience: Specialty experience includes the appraisal of mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks. I have been selected as “Chief Appraiser” for numerous mobile home park closure assignments and appraisal assignments related to the conversion of mobile home parks to resident ownership. I have successfully completed in excess of 20 RCS (Rent Comparability Studies) throughout Northern California. Other appraisal experience includes casualty loss, litigation support, estate, gift, and partnership dissolution. I have also testified at rent control hearings and prepared Space Rent Studies for mobile home parks.

Assessment, Litigation, Retrospective, and Forensic Appraisal: My appraisal work has been accepted in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Monterey County Superior Courts. I have completed numerous Partial Interest Valuations. I have written well documented appraisal reports for casualty loss, litigation support, estate, gift, and partnership dissolution. I have completed retrospective valuations dating back to the 1960's for both estate and litigation related purposes. I have consistently completed appraisals for assessment appeals successfully, some of them with very substantial benefit to the property owner.

Court Appointments: I have been selected for assignment by Santa Cruz County Superior Court on two occasions. Once as a Referee for a partition action and the other as a Receiver for a distressed property.
Referee: I was appointed as a “Referee” for a partition action in Santa Cruz County Superior Court – Case No. CV 148151 and during the course of my engagement I supervised the liquidation of in excess of 20 properties. I was discharged in August of 2013 after successful completion of the assignment.
Receiver: I was appointed as a “Receiver” in equity by Santa Cruz County Superior Court – Case No. 15 CV00448. I was officially discharged from the appointment in January of 2017 after successful completion of the assignment.

Real Estate Brokerage & Property Management: I have also been involved in Real Estate Brokerage since 1979. My experience includes residential and commercial real estate sales, leasing, & property management. I have been involved as either a listing or selling agent in over 375 transactions and have personally written in excess of 1,000 leases. I have assisted as the real estate agent in the successful completion of numerous IRS Section 1031 tax deferred exchanges for many of my investor clients. I have also handled the liquidation of in excess of 50 REO (Lender Owned) properties over about a 5-year period (2009 – 2014), during the course of that assignment, I supervised extensive repairs as they were prepared for resale.

Geographic Areas of Service: I have completed narrative appraisal reports in Alameda, Monterey, Mendocino, Napa, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma Counties. I have also handled real estate sales transactions in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties.