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My Engagement Last updated: 12/2/2025 Mr. Michael V. Sanders Expert Witness Enhanced Profile Professional Information Coastline Realty Advisors President 3020 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 300 Seal Beach California 90740  United States  [ Map ] 562 598-2402 (Phone) 562 598-9097 (Fax) Visit Website » Credentials:   MAI, SRA Region:   West Region Area(s) of Expertise:   APPRAISALS & APPRAISERS More information:   Commercial and industrial Area(s) of Expertise:   APPRAISALS & APPRAISERS More information:   Complex properties/issues Area(s) of Expertise:   APPRAISALS & APPRAISERS More information:   Condemnation Region Affiliation Preferred:   West Region Experience:   Real estate appraisal, consulting and litigation support, expert testimony Experience:   Specializing in real estate damage analysis, including construction defects, water intrusion, geotechnical, title defects, eminent domain, environmental contamination, proximity studies and economic loss analysis; family law and estate valuation Experience:   Experience with a broad range of property types Experience:   Contributing author of Appraisal Institute text Real Estate Damages: Applied Economics and Detrimental Conditions, Applications in Litigation Valuation: A Pragmatist's Guide, plus numerous other published articles Experience:   Licensed as a Certified General real estate appraiser in California Experience:   MAI and SRA designations from the Appraisal Institute Upload CV:   Download File (pdf) Personal Information 3020 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 300 Seal Beach California 90740   [ Map ] 562 884-5813 (Mobile) Additional Information Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Market_Value.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/RentControl-Article_final.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Rethinking_Fee_Simple.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/PACE-Financing_REV.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Trend-Analysis.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Value-Diminution-as-a-Measure-of-Real-Property-Damages.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Post-Repair-Diminution-in-Value-from-Geotechnical-Problems.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Mold-What-Appraisers-Should-Know.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Appraising-Diminished-Value.pdf Published Articles:  https://coastlinerealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Aas-Provencal-v.-Superior-Court.pdf Short Biography:  Michael V. Sanders is the principal of Coastline Realty Advisors, with over 40 years experience in the appraisal and valuation of real property. His experience encompasses a broad range of property types, including single-family residential, condominiums, apartments, office, retail, industrial, special-purpose properties and vacant land. Mike also has experience with valuation of easements and encroachments, leased fee and leasehold interests, market research, statistical modeling and appraisal review. As a principal of Bell Anderson & Sanders and previously as Director with the Real Estate Damages Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, his primary focus over the past 25+ years has been real estate damage economics and property value diminution. He has been retained as an appraisal expert in hundreds of cases, and is qualified as an expert witness in multiple venues, currently licensed as a Certified General Appraiser in the state of California. A graduate of Cal State Fullerton in 1981, Mike attained the MAI and SRA designations from the Appraisal Institute, and is also a member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) and Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA). Publications include several articles in periodicals including The Appraisal Journal, Valuation, Right of Way, California Lawyer, Orange County Lawyer and San Francisco Law Review. He jointly authored the Appraisal Institute text Real Estate Damages: Applied Economics and Detrimental Conditions (second edition), and was a contributor to Applications in Litigation Valuation: A Pragmatist's Guide. As principal of Coastline Realty Advisors, he continues to focus on forensic appraisal, research, consulting and litigation support.