Juan A Ortiz is a native of Puerto Rico who graduated from Northeast High School in Florida. He attended Kaplan University with a major in Business Administration and Marketing. Mr. Ortiz successfully earning a grade point average of 3.96 was presented with President’s List Honors in August 2011 term at Kaplan University.
Mr. Ortiz is a Licensed Residential Real Estate Appraiser as recognized by the Texas Real Estate Appraiser Certification Committee and the Texas Real Estate Commission having provided satisfactory evidence of the qualifications required by section 22 of the Real Estate License Act (Article 6573a, V.T.C.S.) and of chapter 5~4 of the Rules of the Texas Real Estate Commission. Mr. Ortiz certification number is TX-1350442-L.
Mr. Ortiz has taken numerous real estate appraisal courses, appraisal seminars and continuing education through Champion School Of Real Estate for his appraisal license which include: Basic Principle 2015, Basic Appraisal Procedures 2015, National 15-Hours USPAP (2014-2015) 2015, Residential Report Writing 2017, Advance Residential Applications 2017, Residential Site Valuation & Cost Approach 2017, Residential Market Analysis & Highest & Best Use 2017, Residential Sales Comparison & Income Approaches 2017, USPAP (2018-2019) 2018, Property and Valuation Analysis for FHA 2021.
Mr. Ortiz worked for Aware Logistics (Palm Beach, FL) as Plant Supervisor from 2000 to 2005. Mr. Ortiz worked for Great-Wide Logistics (Houston, TX) as Plant Manager from 2005 to 2011. Mr. Ortiz worked for Pinnacle Propane Express (Brookshire, TX) as Production Manager from 2011 to 2014. Mr. Ortiz worked for Reliable Reports Services as Field Representative - Inspector for Home Insurances from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Ortiz began his career in Real Estate Appraisals with Mitchell L Baze Appraisal Services from 2015 to 2019. In 2019, Mr. Ortiz joined the firm Houston Appraisals Inc. (formerly David Brooks & Associates, Inc).
Mr. Ortiz’ primary responsibilities are appraising one-to-four family dwellings and vacant land for individuals, institutional investors, mortgage companies. These appraisals covered the entire range of purposes and property types from modest single-family starter homes to residences in excess of a million dollars.
Mr. Ortiz has assisted in real estate appraisals for numerous clients and individuals including: Allegiance Bank, Bank of Oklahoma, Chase Bank, Dwellworks, Envoy Mortgage, First Horizon, Hancock/Whitney Bank, Independent Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Lending One, PlainsCapital, Prosperity Bank, Regions Bank, Texas Gulf Bank N.A., and ZionsBancorp.