Tamara Spokane is a true California Girl. She was born in San Diego, grew up in Los Angeles, and moved to Berkeley in 1995 to attend UC Berkeley. She graduated in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in Integrative Sciences. Living in San Francisco, Tamara worked at a variety of dot com jobs, which led her to the appraisal industry in 2001 where her initial focus was on live-work lofts. Her appraisal experience advanced rapidly as assignments to appraise a variety of properties took her all over the region and she quickly became the lead appraiser in 2003, and within a year she was training other appraisers.
In 2005 she joined the Yovino-Young family of appraisers and now lives in Oakland. Almost immediately, Tamara became the protege of Michael Yovino-Young in his specialty of appraising boutique lodging and hospitality properties, especially bed and breakfast inns, of which she has now appraised more than 80 businesses throughout Northern California.
Since the best thing about San Francisco is the view from the Berkeley Hills, Tamara’s favorite thing to do is to hike with her teens and dog up above the Claremont Hotel and behind Cal’s football stadium on the trails of Strawberry Canyon. Her other hobbies and interests include CrossFit, yoga, dancing and cooking.
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, Licensed by the State of California Bureau of Real Estate
Appraisers (BREA), License AG 032515 – Since 2003
Designated Member of the Appraisal Institute, MAI Designation 2012
Candidate for ASA Accredited Senior Appraiser Real Property Designation 2014
Qualified as an expert witness in the Superior Court, State of California.
EDUCATION
Graduate of University of California at Berkeley, BS in Integrative Biology (1995-1999)
PROFESSIONAL COURSES COMPLETED
Allied Business School: Appraisal Principles, USPAP Courses, Real Estate Principles,
Real Estate Practice, Real Estate Finance 2003-2005
Appraisal Institute: Business Practice & Ethics 2005 & 2010
Advanced Income Capitalization (Course 510) 2005
Advanced Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (Course 520) 2007
Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost Approaches (Course 530) 2010
General Appraiser Report Writing & Case Studies 2010
Advanced Applications (Course 550) 2010
Advanced Applications (Course 550) 2010
Passed Comprehensive Examination for MAI Designation 2010
Passed Demonstration Report Capstone Program 2012
Separating Intangible Assets 2013
American Society of Appraisers:
Allocating Components in Going Concerns Appraisals 2014
EXPERIENCE
All types of appraisal assignments in the San Francisco Bay Area with emphasis on commercial, industrial, office, complex residential, special purpose properties, and lodging with emphasis on bed and breakfast inns and boutique hotels.
2005-Present Senior Commercial Real Estate Appraiser Yovino-Young, Inc., Berkeley, California2001-2005 AppraisalHub, San Francisco, California
