George D. Abraham, CMEA, CSBA, CBS George AbrahamHouston, TX

George has been involved in the transfer of over 450 businesses and has performed over 8,000 appraisals in the past 20 years. He has performed close to 2,000 appraisals for bank and SBA financing purposes. He first began to gain national recognition when he developed a highly accurate business evaluation software program which has been marketed to business brokers and appraisers all over the country. At present, the programs are being developed and marketed under the supervision of George by John Wiley and sons Publishing Company, for world distribution.

He has consulted with the nation’s top intermediaries, accountants, attorneys, and appraisal companies and has programs in nearly 2,000 offices nation wide including Canada and England. He is a licensed real estate broker, real estate appraiser, business appraiser, machinery and equipment appraiser, board certified business broker, certified environmental inspector, certified business intermediary, licensed state property tax consultant, accredited review appraiser, certified business counselor, and prior instructor for the continuing education real estate course in business appraisal at the University of Houston.

He is retained regularly by attorneys, accountants, and other clients locally and nationally and on an international level for appraisals and has performed court testimony several times as an expert witness.

He has previously served two consecutive terms as a board member and panel chairman for the Galveston Central Appraisal Review Board. George has conducted over 34 seminars on business valuation around the nation and in Canada and is a regular speaker at most of the national conventions for this industry.