Invited Speakers

Charles “Brent” Bowen, MNAA

Brent is the President/Chief Appraiser of Texas Valuation Professionals and has been a real estate appraiser in north Texas since 1997. He graduated from Baylor University with an enthusiasm for both economics and real estate. Brent has written several articles featured in industry publications and has trained many appraisal professionals throughout his career.  He also serves as a Volunteer Reviewer for the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.  Brent has recently become a Certified Distance Education Instructor and is a member of the National Association of Appraisers and the Association of Texas Appraisers.

Brent's appraisal practice includes creating innovative solutions to appraisal problems.  One recent innovation is the creation of a technique to derive a market-aligned contributory value of residential solar photovoltaic systems in minutes.  This solution incorporates all three approaches to value in an integrated method which has already been mapped into an easy to modify spreadsheet.  The second recent innovation is a related method to create formulas which quickly solve appraisal problems such as adjustment support.  This solution provides a method for the integration of multiple varying techniques into an interrelated spreadsheet model.  Brent's desire to share these innovations with the appraisal community resulted in him authoring two appraisal courses:  'Advanced Residential Solar Valuation' and 'Creating Formulas That Work'.