KO Appraisal
Kevin O'Brien, MAI, SRA
Founder & Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Kevin O'Brien founded KO Appraisal in 2023. Previously he worked at JP Morgan Chase as a Senior Real Estate Appraiser and at MVT Appraisal as an independent fee appraiser.
He has completed valuations on proposed, partially completed, renovated, and existing structures including neighborhood and community shopping centers, apartment complexes, single- and multi-tenanted industrial buildings, low- to high-rise office buildings, mixed-use facilities, and vacant land. Earlier work included valuations used for condemnation, estates, financing, and due diligence support, for clients including accountants, investment firms, law firms, lenders, and private and public agencies.
Credentials
| State license | California Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, #3005065. Issued by the California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA). A Certified General license is California's highest appraisal classification: all property types, no value limit. |
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| Federal registry | Listed on the ASC National Registry maintained by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the FFIEC. |
| MAI | Member, Appraisal Institute. Held by fewer than 1% of appraisers nationwide. |
| SRA | Appraisal Institute residential designation. |
| Standards | All reports comply with USPAP. |
Testimony and litigation support
- Expert witness testimony
- Depositions
- Rebuttal analysis
- Court-defensible reports
Next step
Tell me about the property.
Most assignments start with a short call, property type, the purpose of the appraisal, and the deadline you are working against. You get a fixed quote before any engagement, never contingent on the value reached.
Typical commercial fees range $2,000–$4,000. Residential and simpler assignments quote lower. Every engagement is quoted in advance, so the figure is known before work begins.