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President, John O'Dwyer

JSO Valuation Group, Ltd. was founded in 1989 by John O’Dwyer, President. John has nearly 25-years of professional real estate experience. He is a graduate from the University of Dublin, Trinity College 1984, majoring in real estate finance, town planning and economics. His experience began working as a senior appraiser in New York (1984-1987) and then as a senior loan appraiser in Chicago (1987-1989). In 1989, John started his own appraisal company, JSO Valuation Group, Ltd., and has since been the president of the company. He is an Illinois State Certified General Appraiser, Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and a Member of the Royal Institute of Charter Surveyors (MRICS), General Practice Division. JSO Valuation Group, Ltd. has undertaken appraisal assignments of vacant, proposed and improved commercial, multi-family and industrial properties to specialty type developments (such as subdivision lot analysis and communication towers to municipal recreational park land). The values have ranged from a few hundred thousand to several million dollars and from one tenant to large multi-tenanted office, industrial and retail buildings. The client base is also varied as is the ultimate use of the reports (ie. for financing, insurance, estate, real estate tax appeal, feasibility analysis, etc.).

Email: jso@jsovaluationgroup.com