J. Tyler Leard, MAI, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, is a Director at Specialty Valuation Group (SVG), and has more than 14 years of commercial real estate appraisal experience with numerous property types. He is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in multiple states. He co-authored the Appraisal Institute book “A Guide to Appraising Restaurants,” was a contributor to “A Guide to Appraising Automobile Dealerships, 2nd Edition,” which was published by the Appraisal Institute in 2021, and co-authored The Counselors of Real Estate’s Real Estate Issues articles “The Stages in the Life of a Restaurant Property” and “Counseling the Banks: What is the Market for Branches?” Prior to entering the appraisal profession, Mr. Leard was a financial analyst.
