V i n c e P f i s t e r, M A I

Email: vince@casindiana.com

Vince has been involved in appraisals since 2003.  He obtained the Indiana Certified General Appraiser license in 2006.  He was awarded the prestigious MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute in 2012.  Vince has appraised a variety of properties : Commercial (office, retail, shopping centers), Industrial (manufacturing, warehouse, truck terminals), Multi-family (apartments, mobile home parks), Recreational (RV parks, campgrounds, equestrian), Special Purpose (churches, C-stores, banquet halls), Agricultural (grain elevators, hog and poultry barns, row crop land), Vacant Land (commercial, industrial, development).

Work History

1999 – 2001: Worked in the marketing department for General Electric’s Motors and Controls Division headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN 

2001 - 2003: Worked as Sales Representative for the Fastenal Company

2003 – 2006: Licensed Appraiser Trainee working for Complete Appraisal Services

2007 – Present: Certified General license obtained and became President of RAP Ventures, Inc. d/b/a Complete Appraisal Services in 2019

Sales associate with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company headquartered in Columbia City, Indiana

Professional Licenses / Memberships

Indiana Certified General Appraiser

Indiana Licensed Auctioneer

Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI)

Formal Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Business with a concentration in Marketing from Indiana University at Fort Wayne (2002) 

Appraisal Education

Principles of Real Estate                                         

Procedures of Real Estate                                         

USPAP                                                                     

Basic Income Capitalization                                      

Scope of Work                                                          

Advanced Income Capitalization                               

Appraising from Blueprints                                       

General Market Analysis and HBU                          

Advanced Sales & Cost Approaches                         

Business Practices and Ethics                                    

Report Writing and Valuation Analysis                    

General Demo Appraisal Report Writing                  

Advanced Applications                                             

Capstone Program (Demo Report)                           

Fundamentals of Separating Real Property,

Personal Property, and Intangibles                          

Appraising the Appraisal: Appraisal Review           

Appraisal of Self-Storage Facilities                           

Basic Hotel Appraising                                              

Advanced Hotel Appraising                                      

Real Estate Valuation Procedures Class