Donald J. Sherwood, MAI, SR/WA, R/W-AC

T 817.320.3741
805 Riviera Drive
Mansfield, TX 76063
www.sherwood.support
don@sherwood.support

Experience

Current owner of Donald J. Sherwood LLC focusing on appraisal review and education.  Mr. Sherwood is the former Managing Director of the Fort Worth office of Integra Realty Resources DFW, LLC, a full-service real estate consulting and appraisal firm.  Mr. Sherwood has been an appraiser of all types of real property since December 1978.  Mr. Sherwood has performed appraisals on various properties including, but not limited to, shopping centers, apartment complexes, industrial facilities, a nuclear bomb storage site, an air force base, automobile race track, raw and developed land, office complexes, motels, hotels, marinas, cemeteries, bowling alleys, amusement parks and mixed use developments.  His review experience includes numerous highway projects and external reviews for many lending institutions.

He is qualified in Federal and Texas State Courts as an expert on real estate values.  He was appointed Special Commissioner for County District Court in 1980.  He served as a member of the Tarrant Appraisal District Review Board from 1984 to 1986.  As a graduate student, he spent one and a half years as a research assistant involved in real estate research for the Texas Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.  He was a staff appraiser with James K. Norwood, Inc. from 1978 to 1986.  In 1986, he opened the firm of Sherwood & Associates.

In 1996, Mr. Sherwood merged his firm with Loughry Appraisal Company, Inc. to form Appraisal/Data Services, which later merged with Dallas-based LamBis Consulting to form Integra Realty Resources DFW.

 

Professional Activities & Affiliations

Appraisal Institute – Designated MAI

International Right-of-Way Association – Designated SR/WA and Appraisal Certified (R/W-AC)

Society of Texas A&M Real Estate Professionals, Vice President, 1979, 1980

Former Board of Governors and Chairman, Society of Commercial Realtors

Tandy Award Winner, 2012

Texas Christian University, Department of Finance, 1994-2003

Fort Worth Board of Realtors

Currently certified by the Appraisal Institutes program of continuing education for its designated members

Appraisal Institute, President of Central Texas Chapter, 1989-1990

Appraisal Institute, Member of National Faculty

International Right-of-Way Association, Designated Senior Right of Way Agent (SR/WA)

International Right-of-Way Association, President of Chapter 36, 1998

International Right-of-Way Association, Professional of the Year, 1998

International Right-of-Way Association, Region II Professional of the Year, 2007

International Right-of-Way Association, Member of National Faculty

International Right-of-Way Association, Balfour Finalist, 2005, 2007-09

International Right-of-Way Association, Balfour Professional of the Year, 2009

International Right-of-Way Association, Master Facilitator, 2009

International Right-of-Way Association, Climb Certified Instructor, 2015

 

Licenses

Texas, Certified General Appraiser, TX-1320183-G, Expires March 2017

Texas, Real Estate Broker, 214402, Expires May 2019  

Education 

Bachelor of Business Administration

Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1976

Master of Agriculture, Specializing in Land Economics & Real Estate

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1978

Successfully completed numerous real estate related courses and seminars sponsored by the Appraisal Institute, the International Right-of-Way Association, accredited universities and others.

 

Articles and Publications

Skills of Expert Testimony – IRWA Chapter 36, September 2010

Reviewing Appraisals for Eminent Domain – IRWA Chapter 36, May 2010

Easement Valuation – Right of Way Magazine, May/June 2006

The Valuation of Easements – Right of Way Magazine, November/December 2014

All in a Day’s Work – Right of Way Magazine, January/February 2014

Easement Valuation, Terra Firma Publication, Winter 2015

In Search of a Consulting Expert – Right of Way Magazine, July/August 2015

Mr. Sherwood has been a speaker on Real Estate and Right of Way topics at various seminars and has taught throughout the United States and internationally in China, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. He served as an adjunct professor in the Finance Department at Texas Christian University (TCU) for nine years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]