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Michael F. Ford #AG002512
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Professional Qualifications and Background
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- Forty years experience in real estate sales; consumer finance, commercial credit and commercial-industrial real estate appraisal industries.
- California General Certified Real Estate Appraiser
- Member & VP/Chairman American Guild of Appraisers (AGA) National Appraiser Peer Review Committee, #44 OPEIU/AFL-CIO
- Member, California Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (CCAP)
- Realtor®; Designated GAA & RAA member of NAR®
- Approved Appraiser U. S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) / Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-Pending renewal 01/2016.
- Expert witness qualified, U. S. Federal Bankruptcy Court, Riverside, California
- Expert witness qualified, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles, California
- Ranked in top 3% of applicants by U. S. Treasury Department / Internal Revenue Service Large-Mid Sized Business Division (LMSB), Atlanta Georgia, 2010
- Ranked No. 1 (top 2.2%) of all applicants LMSB, Valuation & Engineering Field Specialists / Team 1853, Southern California 2010
- (Former) Senior Appraiser, U. S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Large Business and International Division (LB&I), Field Specialists, Orange County, California
- Expert level, forensic appraisal reviewer for Estate & Gift Tax; Non Cash Charitable Donations (Conservation & Preservation Easements) and Justice Department special requests; U. S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service / LMSB / LB&I Southern California
- Appraiser - Owner Michael F. Ford, Appraisal Long Beach, California
- Chief Appraiser A & A Services, Agoura Hills, California
- Commercial Appraiser DJMA / Commercial Consultants, Orange County, California
- Chief Appraiser / Quality Control Manager Valorem Appraisal, Encino , California
- Chief Appraiser, Specific Property Inspection Division (SPI), United Title Company, Los Angeles, California
- Appraisal Associate (Class I through Class IV), Michael J. Vizzini Associates, Redondo Beach, California
- Qualified for Plan Analyst I, California Coastal Commission, Santa Barbara, California
- General Plan Advisory Committee Member, City of Redondo Beach, California by appointment of the Mayor
- Member - Noise Ordinance Review Committee, City of Redondo Beach, California by appointment of the Mayor
- Member - Harbor users Rights Committee, City of Redondo Beach, California by appointment of the Mayor
- Hazardous Waste Operations and Removal Services (HAZWOPPER) certified
- Expert Tidelands Grant Act and tidelands issues
- Assistant Commercial Credit Manager, Intex Incorporated, Carson, California
- Manager, Southern California Associated Newspapers Federal Credit Union (SCAN FCU)
- Budgetary Counselor, Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU), Vienna, Virginia / Washington, D. C.
- California licensed real estate salesman (1971-1975 & 1984-1988)
- United States Marine Corps 1969-1971
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Other Avocational and Vocational Interests & Experiences
or making hobbies pay, and work experience I just enjoyed doing
- Owner-operator Diver Mike’s Diving, Salvage and Marine Surveying, Wilmington, California
- Partner-operator The Marina Diving Company Ltd., Redondo Beach, California
- Survey Crew Member (Rod-man), Hamilton Engineering, Tampa Bay, Florida
- Dealer - Blackjack; Chemin de Fer and Roulette, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Crew-member, minority interest owner Ebb-Tide II, a forty foot, ketch rigged Piver Trimarran, Oceanside, California to Acapulco, Mexico 1971
- City Council Candidate, Redondo Beach, California
- Advanced real estate issues blog author: http://mfford.blogspot.com/2011/11/highest-best-use-analysis-and-scig.html
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Military Service
Honorably Discharged
United States Marine Corps
Active Duty 1969`1971
Reserves 1971-1975
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