CYNTHIA L. GODING, MAI

REAL ESTATE APPRAISER

Florida State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser RZ1914.
Member of the Appraisal Institute Number 11,833

• EDUCATION
  
• PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  
• EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineer Major, Cum Laude, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida – August 1986

Post-graduate work in Computer Engineering, University of South Florida – January 1987 to August 1990

PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL COURSES/SEMINARS

• Real Estate Appraisal Principles
• Basic Valuation Procedures
• Standards of Professional Practice – Part A
• Standards of Professional Practice – Part B
• Standards of Professional Practice – Part C
• Capitalization Theory and Techniques – Part A
• Capitalization Theory and Techniques – Part B  (Advanced Income)
• Accrued Depreciation Seminar
• Appraisal Review – Income Properties
• Persuasive Style in Narrative Appraisal Reports
• Florida State Law Update for Appraisers
• Appraisal Methods and Applications
• Report Writing and Valuation Analysis
• Advanced Applications
• General Demonstration Appraisal Report Writing Seminar
• Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost Approach
• Course 406-7 Hour USPAP Update

• How to Evaluate an Ugly House
• Analyzing Commercial Lease Clause
• General Demonstration Report Grading Seminar & Training
• Rates & Ratios:  Making Sense of GIMs, OARs, and DCF Seminar
• The Emerging Mark to Market:  Valuation for Financial Report Purposes Seminar
• Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis
• Southwest Florida Management District Appraiser Seminar
• Technology for Appraisers-Cool Tools
• Southwest Florida Management District Appraiser Seminar
• 2006 Scope of Work: New USPAP Requirements
• Introduction to GIS
• Analyzing Commercial Construction
• Yellow Book-Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Appraisal Institute Associate Member – November 1991 to November 2001
• Appraisal Institute MAI Designation – November 2001 to present
• State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (RZ1914)
• Association of Eminent Domain Professionals – 1993 to present
• Associate Member Leadership Committee (AMLC) – 1998 to 2000
• Appraisal Institute, Region X Representative – 2003 to 2004
• Appraisal Institute, Leadership Development & Advisory Council Rep. – 2003
• Appraisal Institute, Board of Directors West Coast Chapter – 2004 to 2005
• Appraisal Institute, Public Relations Committee Chairman – 2004
• Appraisal Institute, Demonstration Report Grader – 2002 to present

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EXPERIENCE

Completed appraisals of properties in the following Florida counties:

*Qualified as an expert witness in Polk County.

Goding Appraisal & Consulting LLC 2008-present

Dennis Noto & Associates, Inc. 2004-2007
Senior appraiser involved in the appraisal of a wide variety of property types for lending institutions, attorneys, governmental agencies, individuals, and developers.   Properties appraised included but are not limited to: industrial (vacant, proposed, and improved), retail centers, office (vacant, proposed, and improved), apartments, condominium projects, sausage factory, special purpose properties, billboard sites, cell towers, vacant waterfront tracts, residential subdivision site, agricultural land, powerline easements, perpetual flowage easements.

Klusza & Associates, Inc. 1991-2000
Klusza & Goding, Inc. (formerly Klusza & Associates, Inc.) 2000-2004
Project manager in charge of the appraisal of properties involved in litigation.  Clients included attorney, individual land owners, and governmental agencies.  Most properties were complex and the appraiser typically worked with a team of experts including an attorney, land planner, traffic engineer, and civil engineer.   Projects with multiple parcels included: Orange-Osceola County Western Beltway, Southern Connector, Osceola Parkway, Polk Parkway, Kissimmee River Restoration Project.  Also prepared appraisals of the real estate as part of the power distribution system owned by Florida Progress (Carolina Power and Light) in the City of Casselberry, City of Winter Park, Town of Bellaire, City of Apopka.  Studies conducted include the impact of power lines on residential properties, valuation of mitigation banks, valuation of water reservoirs, assemblage factors, and affect of gas lines on property values.  Types of properties appraised include but are not limited to: agricultural land, large mixed use sites, powerline easements, gas line easement,  industrial (vacant and improved), office (vacant and improved), billboard sites, a water source, special purpose properties, auto auction, lumber yard, mitigation bank site, lakefront development site, landfill.
Governmental and public agency clients included: South Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Transportation, Volusia County, Florida Progress (Carolina Power and Light).

E-Systems, ECI Division (engineering firm) 1986-1991
Junior engineer involved in testing requirements of advanced defense communication systems, developed requirements for a naval data distribution system, developed software as part of a naval data distribution system