Atlanta, GA

Position: Consultant & Valuation Expert

Alvin O. Benton provides independent professional real estate valuation and counseling services on a fee basis, to enable clients to make informed decisions concerning their real estate assets. Mr. Benton offers 46 years of real estate appraisal and related studies, mortgage loan underwriting, counseling, consulting, tax valuation, expert witness, and brokerage experience throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. This includes positions as a past Chair of the Board of the Counselors of Real Estate, past President of the GA Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, and a former Fellow of the Royal Institution of the Chartered Surveyors, in addition to holding the MAI designation and the CRE credential. His mission statement is to be recognized by his employees, peers and clients as the best, ethical, highest quality, service-oriented, state-of-the-art Tax Real Estate Valuation and Real Estate Counselor.

Education: BS Syracuse University

Professional:

• The Counselors of Real Estate Member (CRE) Certificate No. 886
• Present and Past Member of Numerous National Committees
• Appraisal and Advisory Experience
• 1984 – Benton Advisory Group, Ltd, RE Counseling & Valuation, Atlanta, GA
• 1979-1984 Coldwell Banker – 1st Vice President, Atlanta, GA
• National Marketing Director – Eastern Region
• Real Estate Appraisal & Advisory Services
• 1974 – 1978 Citizens & Southern National Bank (CSRI) – Construction Lending & Asset management, Atlanta, GA
• 1973 – 1974 Housing Securities (B.I.G.) – Construction Lending, Coral Gables, FL
• 1972 – 1973 Diversified Advisors (DMI) – Loan Origination, Coral Gables, FL
• 1965 – 1972 Pomeroy Appraisal Associates – Real Estate Valuation, Syracuse, NY
• 1961 – 1965 A.O. Benton Agency – Brokerage & Real Estate Valuation, Monticello, NY

States worked: All 50 states

Types of Consulting:

• Market Value Appraisals for Ad Valorem Tax Purposes
• Absorption Studies
• Leasehold & Leased Fee Valuations
• Lease Proposals Analysis
• Partial Interest Valuations
• Arbitration
• Portfolio Review and Valuations
• Asset Management
• Real Estate Tax Counseling
• Corporate Real Estate
• Market Studies
• Economic Studies
• Retail Demand Analyses
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Acquisition and Disposition Programs
• Feasibility Studies
• Pro Forma Income & Expense Projections
• Investment Analysis
• Fair Rental Analysis
• Workouts
• Review of Appraisals
• Highest & Best Use and Alternate Use Studies

Contact Alvin
contact@theustcg.com
770-951-2220