David E. Balfour, MAI

The Valuation Group, Inc is owned and operated by David E. Balfour, MAI. David is a Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute and has over ten years of experience as a real property appraiser and review appraiser. His appraisal practice heavily focuses upon assignments in the right-of-way/eminent domain sector. He is a qualified expert witness and has testified in court to his appraisal assignments. David is approved to the Qualified Appraiser List for both the Oregon, Washington Departments, and Idaho of Transportation. Lastly, he has passed all current course work for Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (“Yellow Book”). 

As to volunteer work, David is a former Chapter 3 President of the International Right-of-Way Association (IRWA) 3. Outside of the right-of-way/eminent domain sector, David conducts a substantial amount of land development appraisal assignments which benefits his right-of-way/eminent domain practice inasmuch as most of right-of-way valuation problems pertain to subject sites as-if vacant. In addition to the Appraisal Institute and IRWA, David is also a member of ASFMRA & APWA.

David also appraises land parcels, residential development land tracts, subdivisions, agricultural parcels, timber parcels, improved commercial, industrial, and office properties, and more. Services include public acquisition work, litigation support, estate planning, commercial lending assignments, and more.

In his free time, David enjoys spending time with his wife Jessica, his sons, Bruce, Bo, Brick, and Billy, and his labrador retriever, Pearl. David has coached high school football for the past twelve years and is currently at Sherwood High School (Go Bowmen!). David is also a Sherwood Youth Football Association Board Member. David attended Linfield College and played football for the Wildcats.