Curriculum Vitae
Abstract
Cummins is a bilingual Latino real estate appraiser born and raised in Los Angeles, California with over 38 years of experience. Cummins has appraised over 20,000 residential, multi-family, income, land, industrial, mixed-use properties and construction projects for lenders, AMCs, lawyers, relocation companies, banks and individuals. Cummins has passed the Department of Justice and SterlingBackcheck background checks multiple times. There has never been any complaint, claim or lawsuit against any license. A la mode Total software. Combined LA/Westside MLS member. E&O insurance $1,000,000 no claims.
Education
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Beverly Hills High School 1982 - Dean's list,
Swim Team, Water Polo
• University of Southern California 1984 - Dean's list, Swim Team, Scholarship
Licenses, Certifications
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Real Estate Sales License 1984
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Real Estate Brokers License 1986
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California Notary Public 1989
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Real Estate Appraisal License CertifiedResidential 1993 (First Mandatory 1994)
• HUD/FHA Approved Real Estate Appraiser
Work Experience
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1984 Merrill Lynch Real Estate - Sales,
Comparative Market Analysis
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1984 to present - Cummins Real Estate Services -
Real Estate Appraisal, Sales
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1985 Apartment Owners Association - Commercial
Brokerage Division
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1986 Forensis Group - Expert Witness
• 1990 Westside Properties - Real Estate Appraisal, Sales. 100% office
Selected Legal Cases
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1989 Schine vs Schine - Appraisal of Ambassador
Hotel as land for development project with Donald Trump. Deposed.
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Various cases for Forensis Group 1986-2006
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2009 Union Pacific vs Jimmy Nasralla. Criminal.
Court appearance.
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2010 Don Carstens vs JP Morgan. Civil. Deposed.
Court appearance.
• 2013 Narrative Appraisal for LA Metro Eminent Domain
Courts
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United States Bankruptcy Court California
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Civil
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Criminal
• Riverside County Superior Court Civil
Selected Clients
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Crestview Financial
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Don Carstens, Attorney at Law
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Home Savings Bank
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Wells Fargo
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Chase Financial, Bank
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Forensis Group, Expert Witness
• Western Relocation Services
Selected Professional Education 1,350+ hours
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1984 Lumbleau School of Real Estate - Real
estate sales
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1984 to present - Various real estate schools:
Expert Witness Testimony, Appraising Apartments, Oddball Appraisals, USPAP, FHA
Appraising, Appraising Manufactured Homes, Environmental Issues for Appraisers,
Fair Housing, LEED Real Estate, Foundations in Sustainability: Greening the
Real Estate and Appraisal Industries, Review Appraisals, REO and Foreclosures,
The Cost Approach.
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1985 Merrill Lynch - Real estate sales, CMA
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1986 Lumbleau School of Real Estate - Real
estate broker – 8 College Courses
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1986 Apartment Owners Association - Income
property evaluation and sales
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2014 2 - 4 Family Finesse 06167C167
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2014 The
Sales Comparison Approach 14CP167303029
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2014 Understanding
Residential Construction 14CP167303033
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2014 The Nuts and Bolts of Green Building for Appraisers
10167C114
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2014 Even
Odder: More Oddball Appraisals 08167C181
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2014 Appraising FHA Today - Virtual classroom 06167C169
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2014 Laws
and Regulations for California Appraisers 12167C163
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2014 2014-2015 7 hour National USPAP Update Course 13CP167303017
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2014 Appraising
Manufactured Homes 11167C134
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2014 Land
and Site Valuation 08167C187
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2014 Mortgage Fraud- Protect Yourself 08167C179
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2016 2016-2017 7 Hour National USPAP Update Course 15CP167303053
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2018 2018-2019 7- Hour Equivalent USPAP Update Course 1810000011
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2018 FHA
Site Inspection for Appraisers 1610000007
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2018 California Laws and Regulations for Appraisers 1710000010
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2018 Mold
A Growing Concern 1310000004
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2018 Appraising
Energy Efficient Residential Properties 1710000008
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2018 Environmental
Hazards Impact on Value 1210000001
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2018 Construction
Details From Concept to Completion 1710000009
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2018 A
Brief Historic Stroll Through America's Architectural Styles 1310000003
• 2020 2020-2021 7-Hour Equivalent USPAP Update Course 2010000012
Selected Seminars,
Webinars
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2020 California Preservation Foundation webinar:
Learning from Large-Scale Adaptive Reuse Projects
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2021 HUD: Advancing Equity in the Home Valuation
Process
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2021 Freddie Mac, Appraisal Institute: Property
Valuation, Appraisal Bias, & Black Homeownership
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2021 ClearCapital: Does Your Appraisal Data
Include Racial Bias?
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2021 HUD: National Fair Housing Training
Academy, Collateral Damage: The Consequences of Racial Bias in the Residential
Appraisal Process
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2021 Richard Hagar, SRA: Six-Part Appraiser
Webinar series
How to Determine Land
Values, Even Where There Are No Sales
Comparables: What to Use
and What to Do When You Can't Find Any
Why the Cost Approach is
Valuable (and Helps You Earn Higher Fees)
Easy Ways to Determine
Condition Adjustments
How a Regression Analysis
Can Help Determine Adjustments
Fighting Pressure and
Intimidation
• 2021 Consumer Finance Protection Bureau: Home Appraisal Bias
Event
• 2021 Fannie Mae: Racial Bias in Appraisals
• 2021 Appraisal Subcommittee Roundtable: Building a More
Equitable Appraisal System
• 2021 George Dell; Peter Christensen, Attorney: How to Avoid
Being Accused of Bias in Real Estate Appraisal
• 2022 Los Angeles Business Journal: Commercial Real Estate
Symposium
• Appraisal Institute: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Webinar
Series: Revealing Relevance for the Appraiser Profession
• Robert Keller: Bullet Proof Workfile Class
Selected Media
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1985 LA Times “People in Westside Real Estate”
Cummins joins Merrill Lynch
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1990 LA Times “People in Westside Real Estate”
Cummins joins Westside Properties
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2002 LA Times “Suggestions for the bidder whose
offers are rejected”
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2006 Daily News “County relaxes restrictions on
llamas, animal rehab”
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2007 LA Times “Historical Homes, not for everyone”
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2009 LA Weekly “Jimmy Nasralla finds a lawyer”
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2009 LA Weekly “Is LA City Attorney Trutanich
screwing over the little guy?”
• 2009 LA Weekly “Jimmy on the edge of town”
Awards
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2014 Los Angeles Business Journal, Latino
Business Award
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2014 Los Angeles Business Journal, Women Making
a Difference Award
• 2020 GlobeSt. Women of Influence Award
Social Media
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1992 Mary Cummins Real Estate website – Includes
Real Estate Dictionary
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2000 Cummins Real Estate blog – Articles on Real
Estate, Appraisal, Affordable Housing, Homeless, Housing Crisis, Celebrity
Homes
• 2010 Cummins Real Estate Services Facebook page
Task Forces, Committees
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2006 Los Angeles City Proposition F Committee –
Oversaw construction of new animal shelters and fire stations with
$500,000,000+ fund
Publications, Articles
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Main Reasons Home Loans are Denied
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How Condominium Home Owners Associations (HOA)
are Organized and Operate
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How Real Estate Appraisers Measure and Calculate
Size of a Home
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Race and Racism in Real Estate Appraisal
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Difficulties Finding a Real Estate Appraiser
Mentor in California
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The History of Redlining in Home Lending
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How to Submit a Reconsideration of Value, Appeal
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Understanding the 1004P Hybrid Real Estate
Appraisal
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One Cause of the Housing Crisis
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Causes of the Increase in Homelessness in Los
Angeles
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Ideas to Help Solve the Housing Crisis
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Real Estate Cycles, Revitalization and
“Gentrification”
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Notre Dame Cathedral fire shows how building structure affects
susceptibility to fires
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Eminent Domain in California and Texas
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Donald Trump and the Ambassador Hotel Development
Project
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Using Google Maps to Calculate a Driving Route for Real
Estate Appraisers
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Using Google Maps to Get Rough Estimates of Building Size
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EB-5 Visa Renewal Program and Real Estate
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California Bill AB139 - Real Estate Transfers and Trusts
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Office to Housing Conversion is Not That Easy
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Appraisal Gap: What is it? What are the Causes?
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Different Types of Home Valuations
• Measuring, Describing Land Using Metes and Bounds, PLSS, Lot and Block and Parcel Numbers
Past, Present Organizations, Memberships
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USC Alumni Real Estate Network, AREN
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National Association of Real Estate Appraisers, NAREA
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Beverly Hills Board of Realtors, BHBR, now Beverly Hills/Greater
Los Angeles Association of Realtors, GLAR
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Los Angeles Board of Realtors, LABR, now Beverly Hills/Greater
Los Angeles Association of Realtors, GLAR
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California Association of Realtors, CAR
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Combined L.A./Westside MLS, CLAW
Other Experience
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Bilingual – English, Spanish
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PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone
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UAD, .pdf, .doc, .xml, .env, html, FTP, Power
Point, FHA forms
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Approved by numerous Appraisal Management
Companies
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MLS, Homeputer, a la mode, Total, AppraisalMAT,
LoopNet, Carets
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Real estate photography, panoramas, scans, floor
plans
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E&O insurance $1,000,000/$1,000,000
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Never had a real estate complaint, claim or
lawsuit
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Perfect appraiser license record
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Passed full SterlingBackcheck background check
multiple times
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Passed multiple DOJ background checks for
professional licenses, gun permit
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Perfect driving record, type 100+ wpm
Mary Cummins Resume, Curriculum Vitae as pdf
http://www.marycummins.com/marycumminscurriculumvitae.pdf
Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate is a certified residential licensed appraiser in Los Angeles, California. Mary Cummins is licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate appraisers and has over 35 years of experience.
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