About

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Brandon Bess is a Certified General Real Estate appraiser in the states of Utah and Idaho and holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. He has appraised properties ranging from downtown high-rise buildings to large acreage farm and ranch properties.

 

Brandon is experienced appraising all property types, including retail, office, industrial, multi-family, vacant land, and farm and ranch properties. His appraisal experience also extends to special-use property types, having appraised complex and unusual property types such as film studios, food processing plants, above and below-ground parking structures, and recreational campgrounds.

 

He has also provided appraisal and consulting services for complex legal matters including bankruptcy, divorce, eminent domain, estate planning and property tax appeal.

 

Brandon served as a hearing officer for the Salt Lake County Board of Equalization for years 2014-2016. In that role he heard market value appeals for various property types and wrote valuation decisions for the board. Additionally, Brandon has completed appraisals for both appellants and respondents in property tax cases, which gives him unique perspective when consulting and appraising for tax appeal issues.

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At home Brandon enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, and working on home improvement projects.