Our Team

Denise West MAI SRA

dwest@decisionpointpartners.com

540-628-7333 x 700

Denise is the founder and Managing Partner of Decision Point Partners, LLC with more than 17 years of commercial appraisal experience. Denise established Decision Point Partners in 2008 after relocating to the Northern Virginia area from North Carolina and since then has grown the firm to serve not only Virginia but the District of Columbia and Maryland. Denise holds a MAI and SRA certifications from the Appraisal Institute and is currently a CCIM candidate. She has General Appraisal licenses in VA, DC, MD and NC.

Summary of Education (partial list)

  • BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE, CIS – GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1993

  • POSTBACHLELOR’S Study, ACCOUNTING – NC WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, 1997

  • Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course, Wilmington, NC, 2003

  • Introduction to Real Estate Appraisal, R-1, Wilmington, NC, 2003

  • Valuation Principles & Procedures, R-2, Wilmington, NC, 2003

  • Applied Residential Property Valuation, R-3, Wilmington, NC, 2003

  • Introduction to Income Property Appraisal, G-1, Wilmington, NC 2004

  • Advanced Income Capitalization Procedures, G-2, Wilmington, NC 2004

  • Applied Income Property Valuation, G-3, Wilmington, NC 2004

  • Financial Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate, CI 101, Wilmington, NC 2005

  • Highest & Best Use and Market Analysis-520, Appraisal Institute, Greensboro, NC 2007

  • Advanced Sales Comparison & Cost Approaches-530, Appraisal Institute, Wilmington, NC 2007

  • Advanced Applications-550, Appraisal Institute, Wilmington, NC 2008

  • Report Writing and Valuation Analysis, Appraisal Institute, Greensboro, NC 2008

  • 2010 Real Estate Valuation Conference, Raleigh, NC 2010

  • Introduction to Conservation Easement Valuation, Wilmington, NC 2010

  • Analyzing the Effects of Environmental Contamination, Wilmington, NC 2011

  • Fundamentals of Separating Real, Personal Property and Intangible Assets, Chicago, IL 2011

  • Introduction to VDOT Appraisal Work, Fairfax, VA 2011

  • Appraising the Appraisal: Appraisal Review-General, Orlando, FL, 2012

  • Quantitative Analysis, Chicago, IL 2012

  • Market Analysis For Commercial Investment  Real Estate, CI 102, Alexandria, VA 2012

  • Evaluating Commercial Construction, Linthicum, MD 2013

  • Condemnation Appraising: Basic Principles & Applications, Appraisal Institute, Rockville, MD 2014

  • Litigations Skills for the Appraiser, Appraisal Institute, Wilmington, NC 2015

  • User Decision Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate, CI 103, Stafford, VA 2016

  • Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions: Practical Applications, Columbia, SC, 2018

  • Attached & Defending an Appraisal in Litigation, Richmond, VA 2019

  • 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, 2020-2021, Richmond VA 2020

Professional Licenses/Certifications

  • Virginia Certified General Appraiser (#4001014967)

  • District of Columbia Certified General Appraisal (#GA11760)

  • North Carolina Certified General Appraiser (#A6180)

  • Appraisal Institute, MAI Designation, SRA Designation

  • CCIM, Candidate

Eric West PhD

eric@decisionpointpartners.com

540-628-7333 x 702

After serving 15 years with USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Eric joined Decision Point Partners, LLC as a partner of the firm providing knowledge and experience with conservation easements as well expanding our commercial appraisal work. Eric is currently pursuing the MAI certification with the Appraisal Institute. Eric has General Appraisal licenses in VA, DC and NC.

Summary of Education

  • BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, Animal Science – NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1991

  • MASTER OF SCIENCE, Soil Science – NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1994

  • DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, Crop Science - NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2010

  • Basic Appraisal Principles, Appraisal Institute, 2012

  • Basic Appraisal Procedures, Appraisal Institute, 2013

  • National USPAP Online Equivalent, Appraisal Institute, 2013

  • National USPAP Update Course, Asheville, NC, 2014

  • General Appraiser Income Approach Part I, Appraisal Institute, 2015

  • General Appraiser Income Approach Part II, Appraisal Institute, 2015

  • Litigation Skills for the Appraiser, Appraisal Institute, 2015

  • National USPAP Update Course, Appraisal Institute, 2016

  • General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use, 2016

  • Real Estate Finance Statistics and Valuation Modeling, 2016

  • Wetlands, Water Rights, and Land Valuation, 2016

  • General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach, Appraisal Institute, 2016

  • General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach, Appraisal Institute, 2017

  • General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies, Appraisal Institute, 2017

  • Advanced Income Capitalization, Appraisal Institute, 2017

  • 2018-2019 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, Appraisal Institute, 2017

  • Business Practices and Ethics, Appraisal Institute, 2018

  • Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions: Practical Applications, Appraisal Institute, 2018

  • Advanced Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use, Appraisal Institute, 2018

  • 2020-2021 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, The Real Estate Academy, 2020

  • Quantitative Analysis, Appraisal Institute, 2020

    Professional Licenses/Certifications

  • Virginia Certified General Appraiser (#4001017582)

  • District of Columbia Certified General Appraisal (#G2002176)

  • North Carolina Certified General Appraiser (#A8294)

  • Appraisal Institute, MAI Candidate