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R. Chance Bolton, CCRA, GAA
President
R. Chance Bolton CV
R. Chance Bolton is the President of Bolton Real Estate Consultants LLC. He has been with the firm since 2003. He is a Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and a Texas Licensed Real Estate Broker. He oversees appraisal assignments throughout Texas involving vacant land, farm and ranch, industrial, office, retail and special use real estate valuation. Chance is graduate of the University of Houston. Chance holds the CCRA (Certified Commercial Real Estate Appraiser) from the National Association of Real Estate Appraisers (NAREA) and the GAA (General Accredited Appraiser) from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Governor Greg Abbot appointed Mr. Bolton the Chair of the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) in May 2025. He previously has served as a TALCB board member since 2016. Chance is a US Navy veteran.
David R. Bolton
Founder & Senior Advisor
David R. Bolton CV
David Bolton founded Bolton Real Estate Consultants LLC fifty years ago. He has been actively engaged in the real estate profession since 1964 with extensive experience in most property types. He is a Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and held a Texas Brokers License for 57 years. David is a graduate of Sam Houston State University. His extensive involvement with the Society of Real Estate Appraisers and later the Appraisal Institute includes:
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• Past National Chairman, Professional Practice Division, – Appraisal Institute
• Past National Chairman, Prof. Practice Committee – Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• Past Vice Governor, Board of Governor’s – Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• Past President, Houston Chapter – American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
• Past President, Houston Chapter – Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• Past National Chairman, Young Advisory Council – Society of Real Estate Appraisers
• Past Regional Member, Review & Counseling Division – Appraisal Institute
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David has over fifty years of expert witness experience and has qualified in Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts, County and State District Courts, Arbitration Hearings and Special Commissioner’s Hearings. He is a veteran of both the US Army and Air Force.