Staff
THOMAS J. BLAZEJACK, CCIM
President
Blazejack & Company
Academic
Northwestern University, B.A., 1978
Experience
Mr. Blazejack has been active as a real estate appraiser/analyst on a full time basis since 1979. During this period, his real estate experience included highest and best use analyses, market studies and evaluation of offices, hotels/motels, apartments, condominiums, warehouses, vacant land, single-family homes, shopping center, mobile home parks, recreational property and special purpose property. These assignments were conducted in eight states and Puerto Rico with extensive work throughout Florida.
He also spent nearly two years as the Appraisal Review Officer at First South Bank in their Raleigh branch office.
Prior to joining Blazejack & Company (formerly affiliated with Slack, Slack, Roe & Blazejack), Mr. Blazejack was a Senior Appraiser with Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, a Senior Appraiser with Southeast Mortgage Company and an Appraiser with Real Estate Research Corporation. He was also a Staff Appraiser with E. Roger Budny and Associates.
Mr. Blazejack has extensive experience using a variety of software programs from Office Suites, to mapping programs to financial analysis programs including Pro-Ject plus+ and Argus.
Designations and Licenses
CCIM Member, CCIM Institute No. 8766
Florida – Registered Florida Real Estate Broker
Florida – State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, License Number 0001015
North Carolina – Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, Certificate No. A7629
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JOHN A. BLAZEJACK
Emeritus
Academic
Florida State University, B.A.
Florida International University – M.S.M. Real Estate
Most Recent Courses
1992 – Level II Course 520 – Highest and Best Use and Market Analysis
2000 – Level II Course 530 – Advanced Sales Comparison and Cost Approaches
2008 – Member of review team for revised course on Market Analysis & Highest & Best Use
2008 – Member of the review team for new course on Advanced Market Analysis & HBU
2010 – Valuation for Financial Reporting
2012 – Member of review team for Marketability Studies and Advanced Marketability Studies seminars
Experience
Mr. Blazejack, President of Blazejack & Company, has been active as a real estate counselor since 1970. His experience includes residential and income property appraisals, market and feasibility studies, and acquisition and disposition reports. The work has been for a wide range of property types including office, industrial, commercial and special use properties, hotels and recreational facilities. These assignments have been conducted in over twenty states and extensively throughout Florida.
Mr. Blazejack is a qualified expert witness who has testified in Federal district and lower courts. He was an approved instructor of both the Appraisal Institute (AI) and the American Bankers Association.
Mr. Blazejack is a past president of the Greater Miami Chapter of the Society of Real Estate Appraisers and was the 1992 President of the South Florida Chapter of the AI.
Designations and Licenses
Retired
Published Articles
The Appraisal Journal, Spring, 2011
Price versus Fundamentals – From Bubbles to distressed Markets
By Stephen F. Fanning, MAI John A. Blazejack, MAI and George R. Mann, MAI
Real Estate Issues, Volume 34, Number 1, 2009
When Will the Miami Condominium Market Recover?
By Richard Langhorne, CRE, FRICS and John A. Blazejack, MAI, CRE, FRICS
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J GUTHRIE (JAY) MLINAR, MAI, SRA
Managing Director
Academic
B.B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1983
Experience
- 2012-Present: Appraiser, Blazejack & Company, Miami, Florida.
- 1995-2012: Appraiser, Clobus, McLemore & Duke, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- 1994-1995: Appraiser, Investors Research Associates, Miami, Florida.
- 1993-1994: Appraiser, Cushman & Wakefield, Miami, Florida.
- 1991-1993: Appraiser, Bach Thoreen McDermott, Inc., Houston, Texas.
- 1988-1991: Appraiser, Georgia Federal Bank, Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1983-1988: Appraiser, Porcher, Bond, Wilk, Allison, Inc., Dallas Texas.
- 1982-1983: Salesperson, Helena Underwood Realtors, Dallas, Texas.
Mr. Mlinar has been active as a real estate appraiser/analyst on a full-time basis since 1983. During this period, his real estate experience included highest and best use analyses, market studies and evaluation of offices, hotels/motels, apartments, condominiums, warehouses, vacant land, single-family homes, retail stores, restaurants, shopping centers, golf courses and special purpose properties.
Since 1993, these assignments were primarily concentrated in South Florida, but with extensive work also completed on properties located throughout the state. Throughout his career, Mr. Mlinar has completed appraisals and analyses on properties located in 15 states.
Designations and Licenses
MAI Member, Appraisal Institute, currently certified
SRA Member, Appraisal Institute, currently certified
Florida State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser RZ1916
Florida Licensed Real Estate Salesperson SL654868
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