About

Gary S. DeWeese, MAI, has been teaching real estate appraisal classes for more than 20 years, including advanced courses related to highest and best use and market analysis, and the income, sales and cost approaches. Mr. DeWeese has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and is the former head of the real estate investment group for the UC pension and endowment funds. He is the founding principal of Real Estate Strategic Solutions, LLC, a real estate consulting firm. His teaching style is to teach both concepts and applications in the clearest and simplest way possible, such that students will be able to intuitively master the material without having to memorize formulas. Students prefer this approach as evidenced by the very positive student evaluations that he has achieved over the years.