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Valuation Course Developer
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Robert E. Bainbridge is the recipient of the Appraisal Institute's "2004 George L. Schmutz Award" for outstanding technical manuscript or publication for his book, Convenience Stores and Retail Fuel Properties: Essential Appraisal Issues.
He holds the MAI and SRA professional designations of the Appraisal Institute and the MRICS designation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London, U.K.
Mr. Bainbridge also holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Appraisal from the University of St. Thomas. He has been a practicing appraiser for more than 35 years. His work has taken him to Bulgaria, Canada, Malaysia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.
Mr. Bainbridge wrote the textbook and developed the seminar, "Appraising Convenience Stores" for the Appraisal Institute, the world's largest publisher of appraisal literature. The Appraisal Institute confers the MAI and SRA professional designations. This multi-media classroom presentation is now offered to experienced appraisers for continuing education exclusively through the Appraisal Institute. The course material, including the 160-page Discussion Guide and the accompanying earnings analysis software, was authored by Mr. Bainbridge.
This seminar is the only formalized instruction anywhere on the appraisal of convenience stores and retail fuel properties. Mr. Bainbridge teaches the "Appraising Convenience Stores" seminar through local chapters of the Appraisal Institute across the US and Canada.
Mr. Bainbridge's articles on the convenience industry and related appraisal issues have been published in the appraisal industry's leading professional journals.
"Today's Convenience Stores and Retail Fuel Properties are Combining Traditional Retail Channels" was published in Valuation Insights and Perspectives in 2003.
"Analyzing the Market for Convenience Stores: The Changing Convenience Store Industry" was published in The Appraisal Journal in 2003.
"Assessing the Supply and Demand of Convenience Stores" was published in The Appraisal Journal in 2003.
NEW! "Retail Gas Properties and the Economics of Access" will appear in the January/February 2010 edition of Right of Way magazine, published by the International Right of Way Association.
Mr. Bainbridge was a featured speaker at the Appraisal Institute of Canada and Appraisal Institute (USA) "2004 International Summer Conference" in Toronto. He also spoke at the Appraisal Institute's 2005 "Exploring Intangibles, Business Value and Going Concern" seminar in Seattle.
Robert E. Bainbridge speaking at the 2016 Eminent Domain Conference for attorneys in Austin, Texas.
Clay Banjo Vignette
Robert and Sandy Bainbridge play "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". All of the music here is on the "Pegasus" Model 1980 banjo, handcrafted by Scot Clay.