About the Founder

Blaine is the founder and Chief Appraiser of Real Value Group and Real Value Appraisal, an appraisal firm founded in 2005 after several years building and running a very large residential and commercial real estate appraisal firm.

Before founding the Real Value Group, Blaine lead a large residential and commercial appraisal firm to exponential growth while also training and coaching new and existing appraisers within the firm. During that time, Blaine developed one of the most comprehensive Appraiser training programs the industry had seen up to that point.

Blaine's appraiser training programs covered aspects of the appraisal profession typically not taught in licensing courses and mentoring programs.

The courses covered topics such as sales and marketing, social media, business development, utilizing the latest technology, public speaking, using video technology for appraising, prospecting for new business, mindsets for success, optimizing an office, using virtual assistants, developing a web presence, podcasting and using video for success, mentoring other appraisers, vital communication skills for Appraisers, and how to work 'on' your business while working 'in' your business. 

Blaine founded the Real Value Group in 2005 with a vision of having a collaborative office of like minded appraisers and professionals from other industries all under one roof. The idea worked even better than imagined!

Real Value Group became a business incubator for success minded individuals from several industries. Blaine has mentored and personally trained more than 20 appraisers since 2005, most of whom have gone on to build their own successful appraisal firms. 

In addition to Blaine's busy appraisal business, Blaine is a sought after teacher, speaker, and business coach, speaking regularly to real estate and lending groups around the country. Blaine is also a 4th degree Black Belt in the martial art of Aikido, a student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and the founder of one of the largest full time martial arts academies in the Midwest.

In the early 1990's, Blaine was accepted into the prestigious Leadership Development Academy as a full time live-in student under the renowned Aikido and Zen Master, Fumio

Currently, Blaine is a busy appraisal firm owner and building one of the fastest-growing podcasts and business coaching programs for the appraisal industry.

Blaine's coaching program for appraisers, the Real Value Coaching Academy, is a high accountability coaching program designed to help new, as well as veteran appraisers, expand their businesses, understand their accounting statements, develop and set big goals, become extremely profitable, work considerably fewer hours while making more money, give more to their chosen charities, and build wildly profitable appraisal firms that give their owners more life, more income, more enjoyment, and considerably more fulfillment.

If you're interested in learning more about Blaine's business coaching, please call us for a one-on-one phone meeting to see if our coaching program is right for you. Check out our website at www.CoachBlaine.com, or reach out to us at 616-334-7681 

You can also email us at [email protected]

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