QUALIFICATIONS

Mr. Zacher has been a South Dakota State Licensed Appraiser since May of 2017. Zacher is an owner of Dakota Appraisals, LLC and provides professional consulting and appraisal services in South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. 

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Prior to becoming active in the appraisal business, Zacher was a licensed real estate abstractor who owned and operated several title insurance offices for almost 20 years.  Zacher owned and operated title insurance offices in Lawrence County, Butte County, Harding County and Yankton County in South Dakota from 2000 to 2016. Zacher managed 25 to 30 employees on a day-to-day basis and worked with several realtors, lenders, attorneys, AMCs and private individuals daily.

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Zacher grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota and graduated high school in 1992. Zacher then attended the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 1992 to 1997. Zacher entered the title insurance business in 1998. After selling the title insurance business in 2015, Zacher finished his degree at Black Hills State University and graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies in December of 2016.

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Zacher provides a full range of real estate appraisal and consulting services. Mr. Zacher is experienced in performing appraisals involving farm and ranch real estate, transitional and recreational properties.

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Professional Training Courses:

• Basic Appraisal Principles (December 2016)

• Basic Appraisal Procedures (February 2017)

• 15-Hour USPAP (March 2017)

• State-Registered Appraisers (February 2017)

• Business Practices and Ethics (October 2017)

• General Appraiser Income Approach Part 1 (December 2017)

• General Appraiser Income Approach Part 2 (April 2018)

• 2018/2019 USPAP Update (January 2018)

• Real Estate Finances, Statistics and Valuation Modeling (June 2018)

• General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach (August 2018)

• General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach (September 2018)

• General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (March 2019)

• Eminent Domain A-250 (April 2019)

• General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies (May 2019)

• Residential Site Valuation and Cost Approach (August 2019)

• Best in Business Ethics (September 2019)

• 2020/2021 USPAP Updated (January 2020)

• Advanced Rural Case Studies A-400 (October 2020)

• Ag Lands in Transition (January 2021)

• National Best Practices and Conservation Easement Applications (January 2021)

• Valuation of Conservation Easements and Other Partial Interests A315 (March 2021)

• Integrated Approaches to Value A304 (December 2021)

• 2022/2023 USPAP Update (April 2022)

• Appraisal of Water Rights (February 2023)

 

Licenses and Organizations:

• South Dakota and Wyoming State Certified General Appraiser

• Member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)