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The Law Office of Stephen Nault

Practice Area

Property Valuation Expert Witness in Tennessee

Plenty of real-estate cases need a credible read on value without needing a full USPAP appraisal — a damages number, an equitable-distribution figure, a check on the other side's report. As a managing broker, I provide that broker-level value context in litigation, divorce, probate, and partition matters, and I am clear about where broker analysis ends and appraisal begins.

This page covers a focused service. For the broader editorial practice area, see Expert Witness in Tennessee.

Broker value context, not an appraisal

The work is industry context: how a broker assesses value, how comparables get chosen and weighted, and how Tennessee market dynamics actually move price. The opinions are framed as broker analysis, not formal appraisal. The cases are real-estate damages and lost-value claims, divorce equitable-distribution disputes over real property, probate-estate valuation fights, and partition actions where the parties contest market value.

Scope and limits

This is worth saying plainly: I am a Tennessee licensed real estate broker, not a state-certified appraiser. What I offer is broker valuation context, broker price opinions where they are permitted, and analysis of the other side's valuation report — not a USPAP-compliant appraisal. If a case genuinely needs a USPAP appraisal, I will say so, and I can recommend appraisers and consult alongside one. Retentions are usually pre-designation to test the valuation theory, rebuttal of an opposing valuation, or designation as a broker-context expert behind a damages or distribution claim.

Qualifications

Tennessee licensed real estate broker since 2012; managing broker since 2021. TREC course instructor license since 2020. Tennessee bar since 2018. Hands-on experience overseeing leasing portfolios, commercial sales, and property-management operations.

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