Mr. Leeper received the SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute on November 1, 1994. In December 1991 he was approved as a California State Certified Residential Appraiser.
Mr. Leeper developed a seminar, “Throw Away Your CMA”, to help REALTORS better understand and use technical valuation skills in their dealings with the public. The course was approved by the California Department of Real Estate for nine hours continuing education credits.
In January 1992, Mr. Leeper was admitted to the state education faculty of the California Association of REALTORS. Mr. Leeper has authored curriculum for the Graduate Realtors Institute. The Institute is the designation (GRI) program for the California Association of Realtors. The class, “Pricing Properties for Sale”, was approved for seven hours continuing education credits by the Department of Real Estate.
Working as an outside consultant for a national appraisal firm, Mr. Leeper developed and administered a network of review appraisers in 25 states.
In 2010-2012, Mr. Leeper completed and/or supervised 70 forensic reviews. The reviews were completed on appraisals of mostly complex and high value homes throughout Southern California. The reviews were used in legal action brought by a government agency.
In 2010, a Wall St. hedge fund retained Mr. Leeper as a consultant regarding market conditions for residential assets in California.
In 2011, Mr. Leeper was certified as a Collateral Valuation Specialist which authorizes him to produce “Collateral Valuation Reports”. The CVR utilizes comparable sales analysis, comparable listing analysis and multiple regression analysis.
Over the past 20 years, Mr. Leeper has been engaged as an expert witness for litigation and tax issues. Litigation issues included diminution in value disputes caused by encroachment as well as blocked ocean view. A local school district contracted Mr Leeper to analyze and report value differences of residential properties, based solely on the school districts in which the properties are located.
In recent years, Mr Leeper has specialized in high end, complex residential appraisal assignments on Catalina Island, local beach communities, West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Malibu.
Mr. Leeper has been married for over 40 years, has three children and 15 grand children. He was a resident of Walnut CA for 18 years and has been a resident of Newport Beach, CA since 1996. He loves God and is committed to the gospel message to “go and make disciples of all nations… Mt.28:19”. He is an avid skier, surfer, backpacker, golfer, and fly fisherman