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SPECIAL ADVERTORIAL SECTION PROPERTY VALUATION Allstate Appraisal Nationwide coverage CORPORATE DETAILS: 320 W. 202nd Street | Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411 | 866.799.9009 | AllstateAppraisal.net CORPORATE PROFILE: As one of the nation's oldest Chicago Heights, Illinois Corporate Headquarters key personnel Steven S. Albert, MAI, SRA Executive Vice President Mike Kirk SVP of Business Development and Strategic Initiatives Justin Genis National Operations STAFFING: »» 100 full-time employees »» Managed national fee-based panel of approved appraisers business scope »» »» »» »» »» »» Residential Valuations Commercial Valuations Quality Control Investigative Review Services Litigation Support Services Expert Witness Testimony "Allstate is well-recognized for providing high-quality, defensible, and highly effective appraisal and review services." KEYS TO SUCCESS: Allstate says the key to its 50- appraisal management companies (AMCs) and one of a limited number legitimately owned and managed by professional appraisers, Allstate Appraisal's mission is to maintain and constantly improve on its reputation as a proven industry leader in delivering the highest-quality appraisal, appraisal review and consulting services to its clients. Allstate provides national residential and commercial valuation, quality control, and investigative appraisal review services to a wide variety of clients, utilizing highly experienced staffing coupled with technology to streamline operations for our company and clients. Well-recognized for providing highly effective, defensible appraisal and review services, Allstate is also called upon routinely for a wide variety of real estate-related litigation support services, including expert witness testimony. plus years of success lies in the company's competitive desire to be, and stay, an industry leader in all services it provides. Allstate accomplishes this simply by virtue of attaining the best professional credentials available in the appraisal industry and working both hard, and smart, to keep its business model fresh and effective. COMPANY HISTORY: Founded in Chicago in 1959 by Applications for Allstate's services include: Warren Albert, SRA, and in continuous service since then, Allstate Appraisal is one of the oldest appraisal firms in the country. In 1996, Allstate began expanding its service territory state by state, and by 1999, covered the entire country, making it one of the oldest national AMCs in the United States as well. Allstate's longevity and diverse industry experience is reflected in the high quality of its work. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Experience, and Effectiveness. This is Allstate's 54th year in business, in continuous service, providing the same types of services and more since our company was founded in 1959. A leader in the loss mitigation and litigation support arena, Allstate provides current and retrospective valuation and appraisal review services to a diverse client-base, all of whom require the highest level of quality and effectiveness in order to maximize their success in addressing today's valuation-related challenges. The company invites you to compare how your work from other AMCs is being managed and reviewed, and by whom, and then compare it to Allstate. Allstate's staff includes more certified residential and certified general staff review appraisers than most of our competitors nationally. Our experience in loss mitigation coupled with our appraiser-centric staffing model translates into highly effective and defensible appraisal and review services, nationally, on any property type. In addition, at a time in the industry when compliance is one of the centerpieces of any successful operation, Allstate prides itself on being among a very small number of AMCs nationally registered in every single state requiring AMC registration. CORPORATE STRATEGY: Despite its decades' long history in the industry, Allstate's chief strategy is centered on humility and a thirst for knowledge. The needs of all consumers of valuation services are everchanging. Despite the company's years of success and far-reaching perspective, Allstate remains focused on learning and sharing. 70 The Allstate Appraisal team is made up of experienced and dedicated professionals, supported by a companywide commitment to reinvest in infrastructure and systems that allow them to effectively utilize their skills for Allstate's clients. The average tenure of an Allstate Appraisal executive is 15 years. The company's chief appraisers and divisional managers are members of the Appraisal Institute and hold the MAI and/or SRA designations. »» REO/Loan Servicing »» Pre- and Post-Funding/Desk and Field Review »» Special Investigations: Investor Kick-Backs, Litigation Support »» Repurchase Demand Investigations »» Value Reconciliations »» Portfolio Review »» Special Studies »» Real Estate Tax Abatement »» Feasibility Studies »» Estate Planning »» Loan Origination THE ALLSTATE DIFFERENCE: Allstate is one of the few companies in the industry to service a wide range of clients with very broad valuation needs—from local and national lending institutions, originating mortgage brokers, and credit unions to mortgage insurers, the GSEs, institutional investors, and title insurance firms. On top of the inherent security that comes with such diversification, Allstate gleans dozens of perspectives from its involvement in every aspect of the origination, loss mitigation, mortgage insurance, portfolio valuation, and litigation processes, just to name a few. This experience gives Allstate the ability to look at each and every one of its client's needs and offer solutions to protect them long after any individual report is completed. CONTACT INFO: Steven S. Albert, MAI, SRA Executive Vice President 866.799.9009