REAL PROPERTY ANALYTICS, INC.                

4805 Spearman Drive, College Station, TX 77845-4412                
Phone: 979-690-1755  Fax: 979-690-1750 
Email: tomjackson@real-analytics.com  Website: www.real-analytics.com 


THOMAS O. JACKSON, Ph.D., AICP, MAI, CRE, FRICS

Thomas O Jackson specializes in analyzing real property damages and contaminated property valuation.Tom Jackson is the President of Real Property Analytics, Inc. based in College Station, TX, where he specializes in analyzing real estate that may be impacted by environmental contamination as well as other complex valuation related issues. Dr. Jackson has over twenty-eight years of experience in the valuation of real property, real estate consulting and urban planning. In addition, he is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Finance in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, where he teaches real property valuation in the Master of Real Estate Program (formerly Land Economics and Real Estate), one of the oldest and largest graduate real estate programs in the U.S. He has also taught courses on land development and land use planning in the College of Architecture. Dr. Jackson is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), an MAI member of the Appraisal Institute, a Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). He is a former member of the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation. The ASB establishes the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, the generally accepted standards for real estate appraisers in the U.S. Dr. Jackson was the principal author of the ASB advisory opinion on valuing real property that may be impacted by environmental contamination (see below). Dr. Jackson currently serves on the Education Committee of the Appraisal Institute.

Dr. Jackson's research has been published in the Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, Journal of Real Estate Literature, The Appraisal Journal, Real Estate Review and The Real Estate Finance Journal, and in books published by the American Real Estate Society and the Appraisal Institute. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and The Appraisers Research Foundation. Dr. Jackson writes the Environment and the Appraiser column in The Appraisal Journal, addressing issues in the valuation of contaminated properties and other environmental topics. He is a member of the Academic Review Panel and Statistics Work Group of The Appraisal Journal. Dr. Jackson was the principal author of the Environmental Issues section in The Appraisal of Real Estate, 13th Edition (2008), the leading appraisal textbook in the U.S., and contributed the definitions related to environmental contamination to The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 5th Edition (2010).

Dr. Jackson is assisted by Jennifer Pitts, a graduate of Texas A&M University with a master's degree in Land Economics and Real Estate and a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in Finance. At Texas A&M, Mrs. Pitts was an Appraisal Institute Scholarship recipient, a Mitte Scholar in the Mays Business School, a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and a participant in the Business Honors Program. She has co-authored several recent articles on environmental issues for The Appraisal Journal.

Dr. Jackson has a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science from Texas A&M University, master's degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The Ohio State University, and is an honors graduate of the University of South Florida.

Dr. Jackson is listed in Who's Who in America®, Who's Who in Finance and Business® and Who's Who in the South and Southwest®.

Dr. Jackson is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in Texas (TX-1327090-G), Florida (RZ1721), Louisiana (G2118) and Michigan (1201073459).


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This page was last updated on June 4, 2010