CRM - Key Persons
Clayton, Roper & Marshall has extensive experience in appraising apartments, senior housing, hotels, offices, medically oriented surgical and specialist office facilities, shopping centers, golf courses, industrial, large acreage, planned developments, and special-use properties. We are recognized by our peers as having advanced skills in the specialization of eminent domain appraisal work and litigation.
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- Council ( 2 Years As Chair ) .
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- Founding Partner of Clayton
Mr. Roper is a founding partner of Clayton, Roper & Marshall, Inc., incorporated in 1982. He previously worked with Pardue, Heid, Church, and Waller, garnering his first eight years of complex real estate appraisal experience. His primary area of expertise with CRM is Eminent Domain assignments. With over forty years in the real estate appraisal business, he has appraised, counseled, and testified on real estate matters hundreds of times throughout his extensive career. After service in the US Marine Corps with duty stations throughout the world, and service in the Vietnam War, Mr. Roper continued his education in Central Florida with an AS degree from Daytona State College and a BSBA degree in finance from the University of Central Florida.
Mr. Roper has completed appraisal reports and lease negotiations throughout the United States for individuals, attorneys, bankers and various Federal, State, and local governmental agencies for valuation, evaluation and analysis assignments that include:
Government Facilities
Appraisal Reviews
Agricultural Properties
Commercial Properties
Condemnation (Eminent Domain)
Hotel/Motel Valuation
Industrial Properties
Office Buildings
Litigation/Consultation Assignments
Market/Feasibility Studies
Mobile Home Sales and Rental Parks
Personal Property Appraisals
Roadside Advertising Signs
Restaurants
Single-Family and Multifamily Residential Properties
Special Purpose Properties such as Major Citrus Packing Plants, Cemeteries, Mortuaries and Concrete Plants, among others
In addition to acting as Special Magistrate for Valuation Adjustment Boards in various Central Florida counties, Mr. Roper has testified as an expert witness for multiple litigation cases involving real estate in Federal Courts and the Circuit Courts of Brevard, Escambia, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Polk, Seminole, and Volusia Counties in the State of Florida.
Mr. Roper is past Education Chairman, Government Relations Chairman, and President of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, Chapter No. 100. He has taught numerous courses and seminars for the Society of Real Estate Appraisers and the Appraisal Institute, as well as Government agencies. He has authored coursework for the Appraisal Institute, including "The Appraisal of Interim Use Properties" and "Less Than Fee Interest," and has written many studies for the application of adjustments and appraisal procedures, oftentimes related to eminent domain cases.
Steve Marshall, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS has been active in real estate appraising for over 40 years. Steve has appraised investment-grade properties located throughout Florida, 14 states and the District of Columbia. He is frequently called upon to serve as an expert witness in litigation cases involving commercial real estate. Steve has testified as an expert witness in Federal courts and the Circuit courts of Orange, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard and Seminole Counties in the state of Florida.
Over the past 20 years, Steve has served as a Special Magistrate in six counties in Florida. He is knowledgeable of Florida's real estate property assessment and case law. Steve chaired the committee that rewrote Florida Chapter 475 Part II (the statute that regulates the appraisal industry in Florida) and was honored by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for his contribution to the Florida real estate appraisal profession. He has been active with the Appraisal Institute and over the years has served as Chairman of Admissions, Guidance, Education, Finance, Ethics/Professional Practice, and Board of Directors. Steve has also served as a Chapter President. He also served as a Regional Representative for eight years, State Chairman for Governmental Affairs for eight years, Regional Vice-Chairman, and Chairman. Steve has also served on the National Board of Directors. He has also served as the National Chairman of the Leadership & Development Appraisal Council (LDAC). Steve has been honored nationally as a "volunteer of distinction" and also received an "outstanding service award" for his significant contributions to the appraisal profession.
Steve considers himself to be a "generalist" with a wide variety of commercial and investment-grade property appraisal experience. Steve has substantial experience with hotels/motels, office buildings, golf courses, mixed-use developments, apartments, subdivisions, timeshare resorts, restaurant properties, and more. The size and scale of properties appraised include hotel franchised properties such as Marriott, Ritz Carlton, St. Regis, Holiday Inn, Hampton, Marriott Courtyard, La Quinta, and more. Timeshare resort brands appraised include Marriott, Hilton, Radisson, Wyndham, and several independents including Star Island, Vacation Lodge, Liki Tiki Village, and more. Steve has substantial golf course appraisal experience and has appraised properties such as Black Diamond, Lake Nona, Interlachen Country Club, Eastwood, Northshore, and more.
Steve has spoken on appraisal topics to various professional organizations including the Orange County Bar association, Jacksonville chapter of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA), International Association of Assessing Officers and the Appraisal Institute. Since 2015, Steve has served as Chairman, Host, and Moderator for the Central Florida Real Estate Forum which is the largest and most prestigious real estate conference held in Central Florida.