L e a h B a u m g a r t n e r

Email: leah@casindiana.com

After completing course work, Leah was licensed in 2020 by the State of Indiana as a Licensed Appraiser Trainee. She began agricultural real estate appraising in 2021 as a Licensed Appraiser Trainee under Al Pfister, who holds an Indiana Certified General Appraiser License and has been in the appraisal profession since 1991. Leah was officially licensed as a Certified General Appraiser in December 2025. The types of properties she has appraised are Agricultural (row crop land), Rural Homesteads, and Vacant Land. Her geographical area includes Northern Indiana.

Work History

1996 – 1997: Worked as shelver at the Wells County Public Library

1997 – 1998: Technical Services and Circulation Clerk at the Wells County Public Library

1998 – 2002: Worked Technical Services, Reference Department, and Young Adult Services as a Clerk I at the Wells County Public Library

2002 – 2011: Worked as a Reference Department, Technical Services, and Young Adult Services Clerk II at the Wells County Public Library

2012: Worked as the Assistant to the Head of Young Adult Services at the Wells County Public Library

2012 – 2021: Worked as the Head of Teen Services at the Wells County Public Library

2021 – 2025: Licensed Appraiser Trainee working for Complete Appraisal Services

2025:                  Indiana Certified General license obtained

Professional Licenses

Indiana Licensed Appraiser Trainee

Indiana Cerified General Appraiser

Formal Education

Graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education (2002)

Received a Library Certification Level 4 from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (2011)

Appraisal Education

National USPAP course                                                                 

Supervisor-Trainee Course for Indiana                                             

Basic Appraisal Principles                                                            

Basic Appraisal Procedures                                                                

Appraisal Report Review

Cost Approach

Expert Witness for Commercial Appraisers

General Appraiser Commercial Appraisal Review

General Appraiser Income Approach

General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach

General Report Writing & Case Studies

General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach

General Appraiser Market Analysis Highest and Best Use

Statistics, Modeling and Finance

Land and Site Valuation

Commercial Appraisal Review – Subject Matter Elective