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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