We are a team of professionals operating in a creative problem solving environment.
Each of us brings a particular skill, experience, education and a zealous intent to help create intelligent answers and solutions to thorny real estate questions. Most companies with whom we compete don’t operate in this way; many are production shops with a designated and experienced principal but choose to concentrate on the quantity of work that can be rather the quality of work than can result from our approach. Their plan is not wrong for them but is clearly different from ours. I have noticed as a teacher, professional and businessman that the lifeblood of my chosen field, apprenticeship and mentoring has largely disappeared.
I make it my mission to use each assignment as an opportunity to provide a learning and contributing environment and one in which the answer is not just mine and certainly not just because I say so. Here is the lineup with a bit of background and color to allow you our potential customer to know who we are and what we believe.


Robert W. Dunham, MAI, SRA
Principal Owner and Founder
State-Certified General RE Appraiser License # RZ0001984
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Robert brings 35 years of experience in this field to this assembled team. A native Floridian from Sarasota he has worked on a fascinating portfolio of properties and locales for a variety of clients and needs. Above all else Robert is a “Market Analyst” subscribing to the notion that it is less important to know just what the value is and far more important to know why.
He is considered an expert in market analysis and highest and best use and is a noted teacher, speaker, writer and current curriculum developer for the Appraisal Institute. His strengths include public arena speaking, writing and thinking on his feet. He functions as a highly skilled expert witness in real estate related litigation.


Patricia Staebler
State-Certified General Appraiser License # RZ2890
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In addition to being an appraiser, Patricia serves as production manager for the group insuring that the standards of quality we seek are met in each and every assignment. She was born and educated in Germany, speaks five languages and brings vast experience in construction management and hotel management. She is an entrepreneur and a student of real estate and is the glue that holds together our team.


James Canevari
State-Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser License # RD6645
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James brings a corporate real estate background to us from former positions in NYC before relocating to Florida in the Palm Harbor area. He is a tireless inquirer, detail oriented and a gifted problem solver.


Derrick Key
State-Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, License # RD6872
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Derrick is a former baseball player who revels in coaching his son and other eager young people in the east Tampa bay area. Derrick is by trade a problem solver serving as a consultant to a tech company as he also pursues a career in real estate consulting.


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INTELLIGENT SOLUTIONS TO APPRAISAL PROBLEMS