Charles Akerson; devised shortcut for appraisers

With succinct, illuminating prose, Charles B. Akerson showed appraisers how to deftly use complex equations that determine the value of property. Taking the complicated algebraic formulas for appraising that Leon W. Ellwood devised decades ago, he wrote “Ellwood Without Algebra’’ in 1970, an essay that changed the profession. (Full article: 1021 words)

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