LANDON M. SCOTT
Mobile: (310) 259-5296
PROFILE
Real Estate Professionalwith a background in valuation, development, and brokerage; bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese
WORK EXPERIENCE
REO PROPERTY SPECIALISTS – Beverly Hills, CA
Vice President February2010–Present
Manage a portfolio of commercial real estate owned (REO) listings from Chase, China Trust and GMAC
Manage and provide ongoing valuation of the principal broker’s private portfolio of commercial properties
Oversee the finances and financial planning of the brokerage & assess investment risk for the private portfolio
Provide financial analysis and valuation opinions for the Distressed Assets Opportunity Fund (DAOF), a registered over-the-counter fund that purchases single family homes at trustee sales
Manage the preparationof narrative-length broker price opinions (BPO) and review the agents’ financial analysis of listed properties which is published in marketing material
CALIFORNIA PROBATE REFEREE– Riverside, CA
Commercial Real EstateAnalyst September 2008 –February 2010
Valuetrusts which hold commercial real estate for estate planning purposes
Create dynamic commercial real estate models for valuation purposes in Excel
Conduct partial interest valuations for use in preparing estate taxes
Perform regressions and conduct market surveys for deriving valuation adjustments
STEADFAST COMPANIES – Newport Beach, CA
Senior Acquisitions Analyst June 2007 – September 2008
- Underwrite acquisition of multifamily real estate and analyze portfolios totaling 125 properties/15,000 units
Apply for 4% & 9% Lower Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and bonds
Analyze property performance, research regional economic environment, and forecast growth rates for rents/expenses
Program mezzanine financial models in Excel - “waterfalls” - to value portfolio of partnership interests
Manage the closing process and coordinate the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate
CALIFORNIA MARKET VALUES– Riverside, CA
Real Estate Appraiser September 2003 – June2007
Appraise residential and simple commercial real estate,including land
Appraise loss to real property due to fire on behalf of insurance companies
Designed new spreadsheet-based appraisal report to reduce turnaround time by 50%
Implemented electronic tracking system (ETRACK) to increase operational efficiencies
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO – San Diego, California
June 2007
Master’s degree in International Business Management focused on China
Quantitatively rigorous program emphasizing finance, international economics and statistics
Studied land reform and property rights reform in China
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles, California
December 2000
Bachelor’s degreein Political Science & East Asian Studies
Extensive studies in Chinese and Chinese Politics
PEKING UNIVERSITY – Beijing, China
September 1999 – June 2000
Chinese & Sino-South East Asian Foreign Relations
BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY – Beijing, China
June 1999 – September 1999
Intensive Chinese with an emphasis on reading and speaking
CONTINUING EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (EXTENSION) – Los Angeles, California
Spring Quarter 2011
Property Management (Course #X476.2)
Real Estate Investment Properties (Course #X476.3)
Real Estate Development, Construction, and Management of Residential and Retail Projects (Course #X477.12)
Taxation of Property Transactions (Course #X427.122)
Summer Quarter 2010
Real Estate Market Analysis (Course #X476.8)
Real Estate Investment Analysis (Course #X477.9)
Real Estate Land and Economics (Course #X476.15)
FIRST TUESDAY REAL ESTATE SCHOOL– Riverside, California
January 2010
Real Estate Principles
Real Estate Property Management
Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
Real Estate Economics
Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Practices
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
- Expert knowledge of Excel and Argus; Advanced knowledge of STATA & YARDI
- Property-level and portfolio-level modeling of commercial real estate portfolios - single and multi-tier
- Sec. 42, Affordable Housing Finance and “Waterfall” modeling for LIHTC partnerships
- Expert knowledge of financial metrics (NPV, IRR, ATIRR, MIRR, ROIC, ROE, ROA,WACC, HPR & Duration)
- Knowledge of Escrow, Disclosures and Purchase & Sale Agreements
- Financial forecasting, Regression Analysis & Financial Engineering
- Discounted Cash Flow Analysis and Monte Carlo Probability Modeling
- Mandarin Chinese
AWARDS, ACCREDITATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
California Broker’s License(#01881992)
California Real Estate Appraisal License(#AL038714)
National Security Education Program Scholarship recipient for 1999-2000 for the study of Chinese at Peking University
Member of the National Language Service Corps (NLSC)
Member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA)
Member of the San Fernando Valley Flyers