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Curtis D. Harris, BS, CGREA, REB
Bachelor of Science in Real Estate, CSULA
State Certified General Appraiser
Real Estate Broker
ASTM E-2018 Commercial Real Estate Inspector
HUD 203k Consultant
HUD/FHA Real Estate Appraiser/Reviewer
FannieMae REO ConsultantCTAC LEED Certification
The Harris Company, Forensic Appraisers and Real Estate Consultants
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El Segundo, CA. 90245
310-337-1973 Office
310-251-3959 Cell424-218-9580 Skype WebSite: http://www.harriscompanyrec.com ;Resume: http://www.harriscompanyrec.com/commercialappraiserresume2013locked.pdf ;Commercial Appraiser Blog: http://commercialappraiser.typepad.com/blog/ ; http://harriscompanyrec.com/blog/ ;The LOoP! a Google CSE: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=000747579154309164948%3Annakvu69iqy ; We Make a Simple Pledge to
Communicate, in a timely fashion, each appraisal, analysis, and opinion without bias or partiality
Abstain from behavior that is deleterious to our clients, the appraisal profession, and the public
Hold paramount the confidential nature of the appraiser/consultant - client relationship
and
Comply with the requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the
Code of Professional Ethics of the National Society of Real Estate Appraisers
IT'S THE LAW- Statement 7: Prohibition Against Discrimination
State agencies should be aware that Title XI and the Agencies' regulations prohibit federally regulated financial institutions from excluding appraisers from consideration for an assignment by virtue of their membership, or lack of membership, in any appraisal organization. Federally regulated financial institutions should review the qualifications of appraisers to ensure that they are qualified for the assignment for which they are being considered. It is unacceptable to assume that an appraiser is qualified solely due to membership in, or designation from, an appraisal organization, or the lack thereof. The Agencies have determined that financial institutions' appraisal policies should not favor appraisers from one or more organizations or exclude individuals based on their lack of such membership. If a State agency learns that a certified or licensed appraiser allegedly has been a victim of such discrimination, the State agency should inform the Agency which has regulatory authority over the involved financial institution. INCLUDING THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE-MAICONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVILEGE NOTICE: This transmission and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee. The information contained in this transmission is confidential in nature and protected from further use or disclosure under U.S. Pub. L. 106-102, 113 U.S. Stat. 1338 (1999), and may be subject to consultant/appraiser-client or other legal privilege. Your use or disclosure of this information for any purpose other than that intended by its transmittal is strictly prohibited and may subject you to fines and/or penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please destroy all copies received and confirm destruction to the sender via return transmittal
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Construction Law Legal intelligence from leading lawyers and law firms ConstructLaw - January 2014 U.S. Supreme Court Holds Forum-Selection Clauses Are Presumptively Enforceable - Atl. Marine Constr. Co. v. United States Dist. Court 2013 U.S. LEXIS 8775 (U.S. 2013) - This action arose out of a forum-selection clause in a contract for a...
By: Pepper Hamilton LLP The Not So Fine Print It seems like there’s been a lot of labor law news lately. From the California Labor Commissioner’s crackdown on labor law violations this past year to new labor law-related legislation this year. And here’s another....
By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP Whether for Cause or Convenience, Termination Can Be Tricky Termination of a construction contract is tricky and fraught with risk. Whether the termination is for cause or for convenience, the contract must be followed to the letter for a termination to be valid. Virtually every well-written construction...
By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C. Texas Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court’s Holding Excluding Construction Defect Claim From Coverage Under CGL Policy In a victory for contractors, the Texas Supreme Court recently held that a contractor does not lose coverage under its commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy merely because it entered into a contract agreeing to perform its work in a “good and...
By: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Two New Prevailing Wage Laws Aimed at Stopping "Wage Theft" Public Agencies are Now Required to Provide Notice of Completion and/or Acceptance on All Public Works Projects to Labor Commissioner Within Five Days - Effective January 1st, two new California prevailing wage laws affect public works projects....
By: Best Best & Krieger LLP Texas Supreme Court Rejects Insurer Attempt to Expand Limited Insurance Exclusion for Liability Assumed by Contract, Holding that Insurer Must Defend Construction Defect Dispute Against Insured In a highly anticipated ruling earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court rejected Amerisure Insurance Company’s attempt to radically expand the scope of a common exclusion for liability assumed by contract found in many comprehensive general...
By: Gilbert LLP In Site - Winter 2013/2014 Welcome to the Winter 2013/2014 edition of In Site. This edition covers the following topics: - Collateral warranties, third party rights and the decisions in Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Wales and Royal Bank of Scotland v Halcrow...
By: K&L Gates LLP Texas Supreme Court Limits Liability Exclusion in Ewing On January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling clarifying the scope of contractual liability exclusions in insurance policies. In Ewing Const. Co., Inc. v. Amerisure Ins. Co., 2014 WL 185035 (Tex. Jan. 17, 2014), the court held...
By: Reed Smith Increase to Federal Construction Minimum Wage May Mean Little It has been widely reported that during his State of the Union address the President will announce a plan to issue an executive order requiring construction workers on federal projects be paid a minimum wage of at least $10.10 an hour....
By: Baker Donelson Texas Supreme Court Issues Ewing Opinion On Friday, January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued the long awaited and much anticipated Ewing Construction v. Amerisure Insurance opinion. You may have heard that the ruling was a big victory for contractors, but you are probably...
By: Porter Hedges LLP Certificate of Qualified Expert Not Always Required for Claim Against a Design Firm in Maryland For over 15 years, Maryland law has required that a party asserting a claim against a design professional – such as an architect or an engineer – for negligence in the rendition of professional services must file a “certificate of qualified expert”...
By: Ober|Kaler President Obama Expected To Increase Minimum Wage For Federal Contractor Employees President Obama is expected to announce at his State of the Union address that he will issue an executive order to increase the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. The anticipated executive order is consistent...
By: Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance The 49ers May Not Be Going to the Superbowl . . . But Their Consolation Prize Ain’t Bad I’m not much of a sports guy, but like many in the San Francisco Bay Area, I watched the 49ers-Seahawk game over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend....
By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP Government Contracting: Beware Offerors - Past Performance By Your Proposed Subcontractors and Key Personnel May Not Count A recent GAO decision, HK Consulting, Inc., B-408443 (Comp. Gen. Sept. 18, 2013), provides an important reminder that government agencies are not required to consider the past performance of an offeror’s proposed subcontractors or key personnel when...
By: Ober|Kaler Illinois Supreme Court Holds Five-Year Statute Applies to Fraud Claims Against Architects On Friday afternoon, in an opinion by Justice Robert R. Thomas, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court held that fraud-based claims against architects are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. In Gillespie Community Unit School District No. 7 v....
By: Sedgwick LLP Sin of Omission: Ninth Circuit Splits with the Fifth, Finds That Failure to Include Addendum No. 2 Creates Ambiguity in Marine Builder's Risk Policy In a marine builder's risk policy coverage dispute decided under Washington state law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a grant of summary judgment for Underwriters....
By: Baker Donelson Arizona Court of Appeals Holds That Certain Residential Developers Are Not Protected By The Anti-Deficiency Statute After Foreclosure Of A Deed Of Trust On Vacant Land Nearly three years ago, in M&I Marshall & Isley Bank v. Mueller, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that the Arizona anti-deficiency statute protects a borrower who started, but never completed, construction of a single-family dwelling before...
By: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Texas Supreme Court Holds Exclusion Inapplicable to Construction Defect Claim In its recent decision in Ewing Constr. Co. v. Amerisure Ins. Co., 2014 Tex. LEXIS 39 (Tex. Feb. 27, 2013), the Supreme Court of Texas addressed certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the scope of...
By: Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP Forum Selection Clauses in Construction Contracts: Part Two The U.S. Supreme Court recently made our work as drafters of construction contracts a little easier. In the case of In re Atlantic Marine Construction Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had refused to enforce a forum selection...
By: Ober|Kaler City of Benicia Moves Forward with Potential Eminent Domain for Bus Hub Project The City of Benicia recently secured funding to build the Benicia Industrial Park Bus Hub, a project that has been on the City's drawing board for years. But there are still some hurdles to construction. The City will need to acquire at least one...
By: Nossaman LLP Three Critical Points of Construction Contract Contention Litigation has become part of the life cycle of many construction projects, both during the project and after completion. The course of most construction litigation is dictated by the terms of the project contracts. These contracts affect everybody...
By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP Public Works Projects and Municipal Bankruptcies The good news is that public works construction projects for municipalities are projected to remain a major sector of construction activity for the foreseeable future. The not-so-good news is that municipal bankruptcy filings are on the rise, and...
By: Duane Morris LLP
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Curtis D. Harris, BS, CGREA, REB
Bachelor of Science in Real Estate, CSULA
State Certified General Appraiser
Real Estate Broker
ASTM E-2018 Commercial Real Estate Inspector
HUD 203k Consultant
HUD/FHA Real Estate Appraiser/Reviewer
FannieMae REO ConsultantCTAC LEED Certification
*PIRS/Harris Company and the Science of Real Estate-Partners*630 North Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 9A, Number 702
El Segundo, CA. 90245
310-337-1973 Office
310-251-3959 Cell424-218-9580 Skype WebSite: http://www.harriscompanyrec.com ;Resume: http://www.harriscompanyrec.com/commercialappraiserresume2013locked.pdf ;Commercial Appraiser Blog: http://commercialappraiser.typepad.com/blog/ ; http://harriscompanyrec.com/blog/ ;The LOoP! a Google CSE: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=000747579154309164948%3Annakvu69iqy ; We Make a Simple Pledge to
Communicate, in a timely fashion, each appraisal, analysis, and opinion without bias or partiality
Abstain from behavior that is deleterious to our clients, the appraisal profession, and the public
Hold paramount the confidential nature of the appraiser/consultant - client relationship
and
Comply with the requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the
Code of Professional Ethics of the National Society of Real Estate Appraisers
IT'S THE LAW- Statement 7: Prohibition Against Discrimination
State agencies should be aware that Title XI and the Agencies' regulations prohibit federally regulated financial institutions from excluding appraisers from consideration for an assignment by virtue of their membership, or lack of membership, in any appraisal organization. Federally regulated financial institutions should review the qualifications of appraisers to ensure that they are qualified for the assignment for which they are being considered. It is unacceptable to assume that an appraiser is qualified solely due to membership in, or designation from, an appraisal organization, or the lack thereof. The Agencies have determined that financial institutions' appraisal policies should not favor appraisers from one or more organizations or exclude individuals based on their lack of such membership. If a State agency learns that a certified or licensed appraiser allegedly has been a victim of such discrimination, the State agency should inform the Agency which has regulatory authority over the involved financial institution. INCLUDING THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE-MAICONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVILEGE NOTICE: This transmission and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee. The information contained in this transmission is confidential in nature and protected from further use or disclosure under U.S. Pub. L. 106-102, 113 U.S. Stat. 1338 (1999), and may be subject to consultant/appraiser-client or other legal privilege. Your use or disclosure of this information for any purpose other than that intended by its transmittal is strictly prohibited and may subject you to fines and/or penalties under federal and state law. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please destroy all copies received and confirm destruction to the sender via return transmittal
From: JD Supra Advisories [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JD Supra Advisories
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 7:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your Construction Law Updates
Follow Other Topics » Email to Colleague »
By: Pepper Hamilton LLP The Not So Fine Print It seems like there’s been a lot of labor law news lately. From the California Labor Commissioner’s crackdown on labor law violations this past year to new labor law-related legislation this year. And here’s another....
By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP Whether for Cause or Convenience, Termination Can Be Tricky Termination of a construction contract is tricky and fraught with risk. Whether the termination is for cause or for convenience, the contract must be followed to the letter for a termination to be valid. Virtually every well-written construction...
By: Sherman & Howard L.L.C. Texas Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court’s Holding Excluding Construction Defect Claim From Coverage Under CGL Policy In a victory for contractors, the Texas Supreme Court recently held that a contractor does not lose coverage under its commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy merely because it entered into a contract agreeing to perform its work in a “good and...
By: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Two New Prevailing Wage Laws Aimed at Stopping "Wage Theft" Public Agencies are Now Required to Provide Notice of Completion and/or Acceptance on All Public Works Projects to Labor Commissioner Within Five Days - Effective January 1st, two new California prevailing wage laws affect public works projects....
By: Best Best & Krieger LLP Texas Supreme Court Rejects Insurer Attempt to Expand Limited Insurance Exclusion for Liability Assumed by Contract, Holding that Insurer Must Defend Construction Defect Dispute Against Insured In a highly anticipated ruling earlier this month, the Texas Supreme Court rejected Amerisure Insurance Company’s attempt to radically expand the scope of a common exclusion for liability assumed by contract found in many comprehensive general...
By: Gilbert LLP In Site - Winter 2013/2014 Welcome to the Winter 2013/2014 edition of In Site. This edition covers the following topics: - Collateral warranties, third party rights and the decisions in Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Wales and Royal Bank of Scotland v Halcrow...
By: K&L Gates LLP Texas Supreme Court Limits Liability Exclusion in Ewing On January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling clarifying the scope of contractual liability exclusions in insurance policies. In Ewing Const. Co., Inc. v. Amerisure Ins. Co., 2014 WL 185035 (Tex. Jan. 17, 2014), the court held...
By: Reed Smith Increase to Federal Construction Minimum Wage May Mean Little It has been widely reported that during his State of the Union address the President will announce a plan to issue an executive order requiring construction workers on federal projects be paid a minimum wage of at least $10.10 an hour....
By: Baker Donelson Texas Supreme Court Issues Ewing Opinion On Friday, January 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued the long awaited and much anticipated Ewing Construction v. Amerisure Insurance opinion. You may have heard that the ruling was a big victory for contractors, but you are probably...
By: Porter Hedges LLP Certificate of Qualified Expert Not Always Required for Claim Against a Design Firm in Maryland For over 15 years, Maryland law has required that a party asserting a claim against a design professional – such as an architect or an engineer – for negligence in the rendition of professional services must file a “certificate of qualified expert”...
By: Ober|Kaler President Obama Expected To Increase Minimum Wage For Federal Contractor Employees President Obama is expected to announce at his State of the Union address that he will issue an executive order to increase the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. The anticipated executive order is consistent...
By: Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance The 49ers May Not Be Going to the Superbowl . . . But Their Consolation Prize Ain’t Bad I’m not much of a sports guy, but like many in the San Francisco Bay Area, I watched the 49ers-Seahawk game over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend....
By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP Government Contracting: Beware Offerors - Past Performance By Your Proposed Subcontractors and Key Personnel May Not Count A recent GAO decision, HK Consulting, Inc., B-408443 (Comp. Gen. Sept. 18, 2013), provides an important reminder that government agencies are not required to consider the past performance of an offeror’s proposed subcontractors or key personnel when...
By: Ober|Kaler Illinois Supreme Court Holds Five-Year Statute Applies to Fraud Claims Against Architects On Friday afternoon, in an opinion by Justice Robert R. Thomas, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court held that fraud-based claims against architects are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. In Gillespie Community Unit School District No. 7 v....
By: Sedgwick LLP Sin of Omission: Ninth Circuit Splits with the Fifth, Finds That Failure to Include Addendum No. 2 Creates Ambiguity in Marine Builder's Risk Policy In a marine builder's risk policy coverage dispute decided under Washington state law, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a grant of summary judgment for Underwriters....
By: Baker Donelson Arizona Court of Appeals Holds That Certain Residential Developers Are Not Protected By The Anti-Deficiency Statute After Foreclosure Of A Deed Of Trust On Vacant Land Nearly three years ago, in M&I Marshall & Isley Bank v. Mueller, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that the Arizona anti-deficiency statute protects a borrower who started, but never completed, construction of a single-family dwelling before...
By: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Texas Supreme Court Holds Exclusion Inapplicable to Construction Defect Claim In its recent decision in Ewing Constr. Co. v. Amerisure Ins. Co., 2014 Tex. LEXIS 39 (Tex. Feb. 27, 2013), the Supreme Court of Texas addressed certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the scope of...
By: Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP Forum Selection Clauses in Construction Contracts: Part Two The U.S. Supreme Court recently made our work as drafters of construction contracts a little easier. In the case of In re Atlantic Marine Construction Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit had refused to enforce a forum selection...
By: Ober|Kaler City of Benicia Moves Forward with Potential Eminent Domain for Bus Hub Project The City of Benicia recently secured funding to build the Benicia Industrial Park Bus Hub, a project that has been on the City's drawing board for years. But there are still some hurdles to construction. The City will need to acquire at least one...
By: Nossaman LLP Three Critical Points of Construction Contract Contention Litigation has become part of the life cycle of many construction projects, both during the project and after completion. The course of most construction litigation is dictated by the terms of the project contracts. These contracts affect everybody...
By: Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP Public Works Projects and Municipal Bankruptcies The good news is that public works construction projects for municipalities are projected to remain a major sector of construction activity for the foreseeable future. The not-so-good news is that municipal bankruptcy filings are on the rise, and...
By: Duane Morris LLP
See more Construction Law advisories ›
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