Bonnie Downing, ARA

About Bonnie Downing, ARA

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science from Chadron State College 1988; Business Marketing, Management and Banking

ADVANCED TRAINING

USPAP; Fundamentals of Real Estate Appraisal; Residential Report Writing; Fundamentals of Rural Appraisal (A10); Principles of Rural Appraisal (A20); Advanced Rural Appraisal (A30); Eminent Domain (A25); Highest and Best Use (A29); Narrative Appraisal Report Writing (ALL-215); Income Capitalization; Appraising Agricultural Lands in Transition; Principles of Real Estate; ETHICS – ASFMRA Code of Ethics; UASFLA – Requirements of UASFLA – The ‘Yellow Book’; Advanced Income Cap; General Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (A290); Advanced Rural Case Studies (A400); Real Estate Finance Statistics and Valuation Modeling; Advanced Approaches to Value for Rural Appraisal (A300); Appraising Natural Resources; Integrated Approaches to Value (A304); Regression Analysis Uses in Appraisal; Cost Estimating; Cost Approach Applications; Income Approach Applications; Rural Sales Analysis and Confirmation; Understanding and Using Comparable Transactions; Excel for Appraisers; Western Ranch Appraisal Symposium; Ag Land Management Seminar; Sales Comparison Methodology; Enhancing Appraisal Practice; The Professional Appraiser; Investment Analysis for Income Properties; Foundations of Appraisal Review (A600); Valuation of Conservations Easements and Other Partial Interest in Real Estate (A315); Nebraska Supervisory Appraiser and Trainee Appraiser Training; Best in Business Ethics; Understanding Conservation Easement Valuation; Introduction to Cannabis Operation and Valuation; Farmland Drainage Tile; Valuation and Usage; Alternative Investments Seminar Agriculture as an Asset; Valuation of Lifestyle and Trophy Properties; Practical Application of Equivalency Ratios; Agricultural Chattel Valuation; Appraising Ag Facilities Swine Confinement Seminar and Feedlot Seminar; Key Issues of Grain Elevator Valuation; Livestock Ranch Seminar; Appraising Natural Resourced Oil, Gas & Minerals; Valuation of Livestock Facilities, Dairy Farm Seminar; Real Estate Disclosures; Bullet Proof Leases.

QUALIFICATIONS

I complete over 50 appraisals annually, ranging from small parcels under 50 acres to vast farms and ranches exceeding 50,000 acres. My expertise lies in complex valuations, encompassing various land uses and purposes, including litigation, estate planning, financing, and annual corporate reporting.

EXPERIENCE

• 2021 to Present: Agri Affiliates, Inc., performing agricultural real estate appraisals.
• 2008 to 2021: Farm Credit Services of America, performing agricultural and rural residential acreage real estate appraisals and chattel          appraisals.
• 2003 to 2008: H-D Management Co, performing agricultural real estate appraisals.
• 1988 to Present: Co-Owner/Operator of large diversified Sandhills Ranch.

LICENSES

Nebraska Certified General Appraiser

Nebraska Real Estate Salesperson

South Dakota Certified General Appraiser

PROFESSIONAL

Accredited Member of the Nebraska Chapter and National Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA); Earned Designation as Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) in 2011; Past Member of Nebraska Chapter ASFMRA Board of Directors and Past President; Past Board member on the Nebraska Real Property Appraiser Board representing the 3rd Congressional District; Past Board member of Educational Land and Funds, Board of Appraisers; Past Member and President of the Sandhills Cattle Association Board of Directors; Nebraska LEAD Class of 32 Graduate.