graduate of both the University of South Florida with a degree in Finance, and Florida State University, Mr. McElveen has spent the last 18 years in the appraisal field. For four years he was associated with Warren Hunnicutt, Jr., Inc., as an associate appraiser and, later, as Vice President of the St. Petersburg firm. His work experience encompassed the valuation of commercial real estate with emphasis in apartments, lodging facilities, golf courses and retail centers, as well as project planning and staffing and strategic planning.

In 1986, he founded UEI and has since gained special expertise in the valuation and evaluation of unique property types, contaminated properties, access studies, linkages, partial interest studies, highest and best use studies, mobile home park unreasonable rent studies and supply and demand studies for various property types including industrial parks, service stations, residential developments and office buildings.

Mr. McElveen has qualified as an expert witness in most major jurisdictional areas in the State

of Florida. He has also qualified as an expert witness in Federal Bankruptcy Court in Middle and Lower Districts and in Federal Court, and has been cited as an expert in valuation from the Second District Court of Appeals. Mr. McElveen has co-authored several articles in professional publications on a variety of specialized subjects, in addition to giving lectures and presentations to his peers.

He is a member of the American Real Estate Society, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the Appraisal Institute. He is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker and State Certified Real Estate Appraiser (No. RZ000360).