Car Wash Valuation Advisors - Car Wash Appraisal and Business Valuation Services - Larry G Sage, MAI, CEA, ASA (President and Founder) - Car Wash Appraisal and Valuation Qualifications

President and Founder

Larry G. Sage, MAI, CEA, ASA

Mr. Sage is a Managing Partner and President of Carwash Valuation Advisors, a full-service Appraisal and Consulting firm with specialty in all types of car wash properties. Mr. Sage oversees and reviews all appraisals, manages the data input, programming, and appraisers. He is known as one of the country’s foremost experts in equipment valuation theories and techniques.

Mr. Sage is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and Accredited Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisals (ASA). Achieving membership and senior member status requires experience appraising within the specific discipline, participation in continuing education, rigorous testing, peer review, compliance with the code of ethical conduct, and strict adherence to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Mr. Sage is a Certified Equipment Appraiser (CEA) by the Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA) and well versed in car wash equipment valuation. An AMEA Appraiser has undergone extensive testing and keeps up-to-date by regularly attending required continuing education programs. The AMEA appraisers learn from noted professional equipment specialists and financial experts not only what values can be expected but also what to look for in terms of conditions, accessories, tooling and other value characteristics. Members are required to attain 70 hours of credit over a five-year period.

Additional Qualifications

Mr. Sage has provided expert testimony in several jurisdictions on cases involving divorce, bankruptcy, insurance, eminent domain, property tax appeals and other civil litigation. Along with having completed numerous appraisal courses throughout the United States since 1984.

In addition, Mr. Sage has been a keynote speaker on numerous occasions to include Civic, University and SBA Lender conferences relating to appraisal theory and practice.

Education

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995/1996, Building Inspection, Mechanical Systems and Building Design.

University College of Swansea, Swansea, Wales,

United Kingdom

. Post Graduate Studies, 1986/1987 in Economics, Statistics and Finance.

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. B.B.A. in Real Estate/Finance obtained in 1986.

The Appraisal Institute (MAI)

Mr. Sage is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI).

Appraisal Institute MAI members are required to adhere to strict continuing education requirements to ensure they are up-to-date with the evolving field.

The American Society of Appraisers (ASA)

The American Society of Appraisers is an organization of appraisal professionals. International in structure, it is self-supporting and independent.

The oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all the disciplines, the Society originated in 1936 and incorporated in 1952. The Society's headquarters are located in metropolitan Washington.

The Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA)

Mr. Sage is a Certified Equipment Appraiser (CEA) by the Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA).

An AMEA Appraiser has undergone extensive testing and keeps up-to-date by regularly attending required continuing education programs.

The AMEA appraisers learn from noted professional equipment specialists and financial experts not only what values can be expected but also what to look for in terms of conditions, accessories, tooling and other value characteristics.