Monterey

Equipment Appraisals along the Central Coast

December 22, 2011

What was this equipment appraiser thankful for in November? I got to spend most of Thanksgiving week working in & enjoying California’s Central Coast. Did a cost segregation study inspection of some recently acquired farmland near Fillmore, a machine shop inspection for tax estate purposes in the Salinas Valley area and one very long day of ASA meetings in Costa Mesa. The non-work related part? A camp-out at Eureka Dunes in Death Valley and some El Capitan Beach days near Santa Barbara. We also had a personalized tour of a surfboard manufacturing shop in Ventura! You can take a similar tour by watching this video.  Read more... (382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Central Coast Agricultural Equipment Appraisals

July 5, 2011

Got another call this morning from a local bank in Salinas, California, for an agricultural equipment appraisal for the purposes of collateral lending.

The more appraisals I do down in the Salinas Central Coast agricultural area (including the counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura), the more I appreciate the level of agricultural the local farmers are sustaining. I heard recently that California’s Central Coast is one of the most highly mechanized agricultural areas in the world. Whether that is provable or not, the antidotal evidence points to its veracity!  Read more... (412 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Canadian Equipment & Machinery Appraisals

December 27, 2010

One of my favorite vacations–this was long before I became an Accredited Senior Appraiser–included long summer Canadian days strolling the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. We stayed in the old city, ate a stunningly delicious tomato quiche in a small restaurant with cats in the upstairs windows, admired a troupe of skateboarders as they assembled and employed a portable skate park in a downtown square, explored neighborhoods of architectural delight and inventive sorbets, and happened upon an Irish music jam our last night in town. We’ve always planned to see more of Canada, but haven’t done it yet.  Read more... (406 words, 1 image, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

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