ABOUT BRAUN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Our sole business is solving problems related to real property for a variety of clients.

Philosophy: satisfactory service can only be provided by a professional team that is at the top of the technological curve.

Mission Statement: To provide Lending Institutions and the General Public with information that is necessary to make decisions concerning Real Property. This is accomplished with integrity, objectivity, independent judgment, and ethical conduct.

We offer more valuation services than anyone we know of and we developed many of these ourselves. In fact we have essentially had a Research and Development (R&D) department for nearly a decade now. We made this R&D department a separate company called Automated Valuation Technologies, Inc.

Appraisers are invited to click Downloads to see if they should be offering any of the valuation products we have developed. Most of them are offered to you free of charge. This helps us to fulfill one of our Missions which is to promote the appraisal profession.

COMPANY HISTORY

The company was founded in September of 1983 by David A. Braun. David had worked as a staff bank appraiser for seven years and received the Senior Residential Appraiser (SRA) designation in 1979.

The early company served Blount and the surrounding counties. Real estate sales were also pursued for the first two years. During this period David was the only employee of "Braun Appraisal Company".

In 1985 a secretary was hired and an office was rented. At this time real estate sales were dropped. The location of this office was Lindsey Street in Alcoa.

In 1987 additional staff and associates were added totaling six in all. The company concentrated in three areas; appraisals, sales, and property management. The office relocated to Mentor Road, Louisville at this time.

In 1988 the office moved to the First American Bank building on E. Broadway, Maryville. The company only stayed there approximately 1 1/2 years.

The sales and rental operations were closed in 1989. At this time the office moved to David's personal residence at 2406 Effler Road.

In 1991, the firm was incorporated. There were six employees, including three part-time. An addition was built to provide a better and larger working environment. Computers were largely introduced and used for the first time.

On January 15, 1993 the office moved to Parkway Professional Center in Maryville, located at 724 West Lamar Alexander Parkway. We opened an additional section on March 15th, making the office double in size. By the 1993 year end, the company had eleven employees, including five full-time appraisers. Each employee had his or her own computer, and the office has greatly expanded its computer capabilities.

The 1994 year was an exciting one for our company. On July 1st we opened a branch in Seymour, located at 10339 Chapman Hwy, Suite 1. We have one full-time appraiser there and hope to hire one more next year.

1995 was the year we closed our Seymour office & expanded our Maryville office with opening another section of the building. By the end of the year, there were 9 full-time employees and 2 part-time.

Our company was still expanding in 1996, with new additions in our personnel that include 6 full-time, 2 part-time appraisers, and 5 members of support staff of which 3 are full time.

Today we have 12 employees and continue to operate with the philosophy that satisfactory service can only be provided by a professional team that is at the top of the technological curve.