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
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 assignments. Dr. Jackson has over thirty 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 for the past ten years he has taught real property valuation in the
Master of Real Estate
Program, 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 Appraisal Standards and Guidance 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. He also prepared definitions related to environmental contamination in The Dictionary of Real Estate Appraisal, 5th Edition (2010).
Through the Appraisal Institute, Dr. Jackson developed the seminar "Analyzing the Effects of Environmental Contamination on Real Property" which he has presented to Institute chapters in Texas, Florida and Louisiana. Dr. Jackson also developed and presented the Appraisal Institute webinar "Oil Spills and Property Values." Dr. Jackson served on the Education Committee of the Appraisal Institute from 2007 to 2011. He currently serves on the University Relations Panel of the Appraisal Institute.
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) and Louisiana (G2118).
Thomas Jackson Curriculum Vita (PDF format). List of Academic and Professional Publications (HTML format).
Dr. Jackson is assisted by Jennifer Pitts, Stephanie Norwood, Brady Redwine and Erin Looney.
Jennifer Pitts is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a master's degree in real estate and a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in finance. At Texas A&M, she 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.
Stephanie Norwood is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a master's degree in real estate. At Texas A&M, she received the Valero Energy Corporation and Schmedemann Endowed Scholarships. She has a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in real estate from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business and was selected top real estate graduate of 2009. In addition, she was a National Merit Scholar and a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
Brady Redwine is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a master's degree in real estate and a bachelor's degree in accounting. Previously, he was a senior associate in the real estate valuation group of a major accounting/financial services firm in the Dallas area. In addition, he is an active real estate investor through his company, BME Equity & Finance, Inc.
Erin Looney is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a master's degree in real estate and a bachelor's degree in political science. She has experience in the real estate and banking industries as an appraiser, a landman and a banking representative. In addition, she has been active in civic and other local organizations in College Station and elsewhere.
Course websites (for Texas A&M real estate students only, please):
Finance 673: Real Property Valuation I (Spring Semester 2012)
Finance 674: Real Property Valuation II (Fall Semester 2012, forthcoming)
ASB Advisory Opinion on Contaminated Property Valuation:
Article links:
Environmental Contamination and Industrial Real Estate Prices, Journal of Real Estate Research, 2002, Vol. 23, No. 1/2, 179-199. (Manuscript award from the American Real Estate Society and the Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS®)
Article downloads (PDF format):
This page was last updated on January 18, 2012