Founder and Company
Primary Coverage Areas
(Upon request, travel to other counties and states is possible)
Residential: DeKalb, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside, and Winnebago
Commercial: Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin
Kenneth J. Mrozek, Jr. MBA, MAI, SRA, ASA
- United States Military Academy (June 1991)
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management
- Troy University (December 1995)
- Master of Business Administration
- Appraisal Certification Program From Elgin Community College
- Associate Appraiser (December 2002)
- Certified Residential Appraiser (May 2005)
- Northern Illinois University
- Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (May 2006)
- Appraisal Institute Courses Taken Include:
- General Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach (August 2007)
- General Appraiser Income Approach, Part 1 (August 2007)
- General Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use (September 2007)
- General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach (October 2007)
- General Appraiser Income Approach, Part 2 (October 2007)
- FHA – 2008: Clarifying the Facts, Demystifying the Fiction (April 2008)
- Real Estate Finance, Statistics, and Valuation Modeling (May 2008)
- General Appraiser Report Writing and Case Studies (May 2008)
- Sales Comparison Valuation of Small, Mixed-Use Properties (September 2008)
- Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions (March 2009)
- Computer-Enhanced Cash Flow Modeling (September 2009)
- Advanced Residential Applications & Case Studies, Part I (March 2010)
- Advanced Residential Report Writing, Part II (March 2010)
- REO Appraisal: Appraisal of Residential Property Foreclosure (July 2010)
- Business Practices and Ethics (November 2010 and November 2016)
- Leadership Development and Advisory Council 2011 (July 2011)
- Advanced Income Capitalization (March 2012)
- Fundamentals of Separating Real Property and Personal Property (June 2012)
- Appraising the Appraisal: Appraisal Review – General (September 2012)
- Advanced Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use (September 2012)
- Advanced Concepts & Case Studies (October 2012)
- Appraising the Appraisal: Appraisal Review – Residential (June 2013)
- The Appraiser as an Expert Witness: Preparation & Testimony (August 2013)
- Litigation Appraising: Specialized Topics and Applications (June 2014)
- Condemnation Appraising: Principles and Applications (June 2014)
- AI Instructor Leadership & Development Conference (August 2014)
- Illinois Supervisory/Trainee Seminar (October 2014)
- Right of Way – Three Case Studies with Two Approaches to Value (October 2014)
- Using Spreadsheet Programs in Real Estate Applications (February 2015)
- Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling for Valuation Applications (May 2015)
- Residential Applications: Using Technology to Measure & Support (October 2016)
- Business Practices & Ethics (November 2016)
- Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions (April 2017)
- Real Estate Finance, Statistics, and Valuation Modeling (May 2017)
- Solving Land Valuation Puzzles (November 2017)
- Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Understanding and Investigation by a State (August 2018)
- Introduction to Green Buildings: Principles & Concepts (November 2018)
- Case Studies in Appraising Green Residential Buildings (November 2018)
- American Society of Appraisers Courses Taken Include:
- Allocating Components in Going Concerns Appraisals (April 2016)
- Illinois Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (ICAP) Seminars (2009–2019)
- Appraisal Institute Webinars and Telebriefings:
- Appraising Distressed Commercial Real Estate (November 2008)
- Real Implications of the HVCC on Appraisers and Lenders (January 2009)
- Introducing Valuation for Financial Reporting (April 2009)
- Appraisal Institutes Business Practices and Ethics (May 2009)
- Valuing High-Performance Residential Properties (August 2009)
- Appraisal Review: Sales Comparison and Cost Approaches (January 2010)
- Self-Storage: Looking at the Past (January 2010)
- Debate on the Allocation of Hotel Total Assets (October 2010)
- Understanding and Using Investor Surveys Effectively (January 2011)
- Perspectives from Commercial Review Appraisers (July 2011)
- IRS Valuation (July 2012)
- Appraising Cell Towers (December 2013)
- One Step Further: Implementing Guide Note 12 – Analyzing Market Trends (December 2014)
- GASB Final Statement of Fair Value Measurement & Application (July 2015)
- Residential Topics Webinar Series: Advocacy and the Residential Appraiser (July 2017)
- Legal Trends and Issues Impacting Appraisers and Appraisal Firms (December 2017)
- Engagement Letters (November 2018)
- Golfonomics – Golf Property Analysis & Valuation (June 2019)
- Valuation of the Components of a Business Enterprise – Appraisal Institute
- Litigation Professional Certificate – Appraisal Institute
- 1991 – 1996: US Army, Captain, Infantry
- 1996 – 2001: Motorola Inc., Supervisor, and Program Manager
- 2001 – 2003: Knowles Electronics Inc., Operations Program Manager
- 2003 – 2005: Urban Group Appraisals, Inc., Residential Real Estate Appraiser
- 2005 – 2010: Entrepreneur – Self-Employed Real Estate Appraiser
- 2007 – 2020: ARC Appraisals, Commercial Appraiser/Partner
- 2010 – 2020: President – ARC Appraisals
- 2009 – Byron Zoning Board of Appeals – Board Member
- 2013 – Present: Byron Zoning Board of Appeals – Chairman
- 2014 – Present: Appraisal Institute Instructor
- 2016 – Present: Licensed Real Estate Broker (Illinois)
- 2019 – Present: Owner – Valu Pros/Realty Services & Consultants, LLC