Disciplinary actions: Appraisers

For details about many of these disciplinary actions, please see Search business and professional licenses.

April 2013

Wade La Vigne — Mead

  • Finding: Failed to report criminal convictions to us.
  • Action: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years.

Lori Sorrell — Tacoma

  • Finding:
    • Failed to accurately describe the subject property.
    • Failed to adjust comparables for condition of subject property.
    • Failed to maintain a complete workfile.
    • Failed to analyze all the necessary data.
    • Provided false documents to us.
  • Action:
    • License suspended 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 5 years.
    • Fined $3,500.
    • Ordered to take a Comparable Sales course and a 15 hour USPAP course.

Larry Sowle — Everett

  • Finding: Supervised an unlicensed appraiser trainee who assisted and significantly contributed to the preparation of multiple appraisal reports.
  • Action: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years, and fined $2,500.

March 2013

E.C. Butch Macoubrie — Federal Way

  • Finding:
    • Failed to accurately describe the subject property.
    • Failed to provide data or support for combining square footage of subject’s main dwelling unit and additional dwelling unit.
    • Failed to adjust for site size difference between subject and a comparable.
    • Failed to accurately report distance between subject and a comparable.
    • Failed to accurately identify square footage of comparables garages and shops.
    • Failed to make accurate adjustments for square footage of comparables garages and shops.
  • Action:
    • License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years.
    • Fined $2,500.
    • Ordered to successfully completed a Sales Comparison course.

Matt Stephens — Ellensburg

  • Finding:
    • Failed to accurately describe the subject property.
    • Failed to maintain a complete workfile.
    • Used an incorrect flood map for the subject property.
    • Failed to accurately describe the zoning of the subject property.
    • Failed to accurately develop the cost approach.
    • Failed to use appropriate comparable sales.
    • Failed to accurately report the parcel number of the subject property.
  • Action:
    • License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years.
    • Fined $2,500.
    • Ordered to successfully completed a Comparable Sales course.

Thomas Welbaum — Gig Harbor

  • Finding:
    • Failed to maintain a complete workfile.
    • Failed to support adjustments pertaining to comparable sales.
    • Failed to accurately describe the subject property.
  • Action: Fined $2,000.

February 2013

Lillian Love — Adna

  • Finding:
    • Failed to use appropriate comparable sales.
    • Failed to support adjustments pertaining to comparable sales.
    • Failed to support cost approach for the subject property.
  • Action:
    • License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years.
    • Fined $1,500.
    • Ordered to successfully completed a Comparable Sales course.

December 2012

Jeff Ahlstedt — Edmonds

  • Finding: Unlicensed activity.
  • Action: Ordered to permanently cease and desist from engaging in real estate appraisal activity.

November 2012

John Edwin Rose — Ridgefield

  • Finding: Failed to disclose discipline against his appraiser license in another state.
  • Action: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years, and fined $3,000.

October 2012

Dawn C. Whitney — Port Ludlow

  • Finding:
    • Interfered with our investigation.
    • Failed to provide supporting data for appraisal.
    • Failed to accurately report the condition and the quality of construction of the subject and comparable sales.
  • Action: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years, and ordered to successfully pass a Comparable Sales course.

September 2012

Drew Baker — Covington

  • Finding: Failed to report a Default Judgment filed against him for fraud, negligent representation, negligence/breach of professional duty, and breach of fiduciary duty resulting in monetary damages pertaining to real estate appraising.
  • Action: License revoked for 3 years.

Jenny Benson — Spokane

  • Finding:
    • Unprofessional conduct as defined in RCW 18.235.130 and RCW 18.140.160.
    • Violated the provisions of RCW 18.140.160(4); RCW 18.235.130(8) and (11).
    • Violated the 2006 Uniform Standards of Professional Practice.
  • Action: Fined $2,500.

Terry Savage — Spokane

  • Finding:
    • Unprofessional conduct as defined in RCW 18.235.130 and RCW 18.140.160.
    • Violated the provisions of RCW 18.140.160(4); RCW 18.235.130(8) and (11).
    • Violated the 2006 Uniform Standards of Professional Practice.
  • Action: Fined $2,500.

August 2012

Sara B. Goodwin — Portland, OR

  • Finding:
    • Failed to use appropriate comparable sales.
    • Made adjustments without supportable documentation.
    • Appraisal report contained inconsistent adjustments.
  • Action: Fined $2,500.

Eric O. Perrigo — Redmond

  • Finding:
    • Failed to include Purchase and Sale Agreements.
    • Failed to include Addendum/Amendments to PSA’s.
    • Failed to maintain complete workfiles.
    • Failed to make adjustments to comparables.
    • Failed to report list prices.
    • Failed to support concessions, credits, and adjustments.
  • Action:
    • License suspended 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 3 years.
    • Ordered to take a Comparable Sales course.
    • Fined $2,500.

Michael K. Rosevear — Aberdeen

  • Finding:
    • Incorrectly reported site size and made adjustments with inaccurate information.
    • Failed to disclose subject property’s proximity to a cemetery and funeral home.
    • Failed to make adjustment for sale/time of comparable sale.
  • Action: Fined $2,500.

July 2012

Chris Petrik — Everett

  • Finding: Developed fraudulent appraisal reports with inflated values which contributed to a mortgage fraud scheme.
  • Actions: License revoked for 10 years.

June 2012

Alan Roy — Kenmore

  • Finding: Aided and abetted an individual to engage in unlicensed activity.
  • Action: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 2 years, and fined $1,500.

Dewitt Sherwood — Spokane

  • Finding: Failed to prepare a USPAP-compliant report for a restricted appraisal.
  • Actions: Fined $2,000.

May 2012

Kyle Reavis — Spokane

  • Findings: Failed to include listing history of the subject property, and failed to maintain a complete workfile containing pertinent information that was relied upon to prepare the appraisal report for the subject property.
  • Actions: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 1 year, and fined $2,500.

Todd Wilmovsky — Olympia

  • Findings: While providing appraisal services from December 27, 2010 to May 5, 2011, failed to include listing history of the subject property and failed to maintain a complete workfile containing pertinent information that was relied upon to prepare the appraisal report for the subject property.
  • Actions: License suspended for 1 year, stayed (not imposed) for 1 year, and fined $2,500.
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