Donna Howard, MAI
Donna formed DJ Howard & Associates, Inc in 1998. In the ensuing years, the firm has grown to a full-service real estate appraisal firm with four licensed and certified real estate appraisers providing residential and commercial real estate appraisal services to a wide client base. DJ Howard & Associates’ client base has consistently grown each year and includes banks and mortgage companies, city, county, and state governmental agencies, attorneys, insurance companies, corporations and individual property owners. The firm has earned a reputation for quality appraisal service delivered in a professional and timely manner.
Donna’s areas of expertise range from single-family residential properties to complex multi-tenant commercial properties. As a firm, DJ Howard & Associates, Inc. completes over five hundred appraisal assignments each year which provide a large pool of knowledge about appraising all types of properties. Geographically, while a majority of the work is centered around St. Clair, Bond, Clinton, Macoupin and Madison Counties, Illinois, commercial real estate appraisal assignments are completed all over the bi-state region. In an effort to serve corporate clients, she has also obtained temporary practice permits and completed assignments in Iowa, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Arizona.
Donna is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, licensed in the States of Illinois, Missouri, and Florida. Donna has been working with IDOT as an approved appraiser for over twenty years. Her IDOT experience includes value finding format reports, non-complex and complex appraisal reports connected with a wide variety of highway corridor projects, and other projects for local agencies and IDOT. She has testified as expert witness on several occasions. She is also on the MoDOT Approved Appraiser list, as well as the Army Corps of Engineers. She is also an approved appraiser with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and is qualified to perform appraisals under the Federal Land Acquisition “Yellow Book” guidelines.
CERTIFICATIONS/APPROVALS:
State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Illinois License Number 553001267
Missouri License Number RA 003254
IDOT Approved Appraiser, Review Appraiser, Negotiator
MoDOT Approved Real Estate Appraiser
EDUCATION:
Webster University, M. A., Real Estate Management and Gerontology, 1990
Saint Louis University, B. A., Urban Affairs 1986, cum laude
Appraisal Institute
Standards of Professional Practice Part A, July 1996
Standards of Professional Practice Part B, May 1998
Advanced Income Capitalization, July 1997
Advanced Sales Comparison and Cost Approaches, March 1998
The Appraiser as an Expert Witness, April 2001
Section 8/HUD: Rent Comparability Studies, March 2001
Highest and Best Use Analysis, September 2003
Advanced Applications, March 2004
Valuation Analysis and Report Writing, March 2006
Valuation of Conservation Easements, January 2008
Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, February 2010
Real Estate Finance Statistics and Valuation Modeling, March 2011
Fundamentals of Separating Real Property, Personal Property, and Intangible Business Assets, March 2012
7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, January 2018
Marketability Studies: Six-Step Process & Basic Application, September 2013
FHWA Resource Center Right-of-Way Workshop, April 2015
Appraiser Liability & Economic Forecast Updates, February 2017
Real Estate Risk, February 2017
Subdivision Valuation, June 2019
Small Hotel/Motel Valuation, June 2019
Illinois Supervisor/Trainee Program, March 2021
Supervisory Appraiser/Trainee Appraiser Course, March 2021
Midwest Easement Seminar, April 2021
International Right of Way Association
IRWA C-104, Standards of Practice for the Right of Way Professional, January 2014
IRWA C-200, Principles of Real Estate Negotiation, January 2014
IRWA Course 421: The Valuation of Partial Acquisitions, August 2014
IRWA Course 403: Easement Valuation, July 2017
IRWA Course 410: Reviewing Appraisals in Eminent Domain, July 2017
MEMBERSHIPS:
Appraisal Institute, Designated Member (MAI)
Served on the Board of Directors for the St. Louis Chapter of the Appraisal Institute
International Right of Way Association
