A longtime real estate professional, Brian McColgan brings an extensive commercial background specializing in appraisal review, litigation counseling and expert witness testimony, as well as conducting hearings as a Special Magistrate on commercial real estate and high-end residential waterfront properties. This experience enables him to provide his clients with a wealth of market knowledge and negotiation savvy to make confident real estate decisions.After founding McColgan & Company, Inc. in 1980, Brian, who holds the MAI designation, expanded his real estate appraisal firm to become the largest privately owned, commercial-only appraisal company in the southeast United States. During this term, he managed and operated offices in Atlanta as well as the Tampa and Fort Myers market areas. The role of his company included assignments in approximately 30 states and encompassed almost every aspect of commercial real estate. Brian sold his business in late 2006, and continues to provide appraisal review and counseling services for the company’s Florida assignments.Raised in an army family, Brian graduated from high school at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Maryland, before earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. Brian discovered and made his home on Useppa Island in 1985. From the Boca Grande office of Michael Saunders & Company, he specializes in Useppa residential properties. As a residential Realtor, Brian believes strongly in enhancing his level of service, having maintained all the educational requirements as Florida broker since 1986; as an MAI since 1976; and as a certified general real estate appraiser in Georgia and Florida since 1989. He most recently passed the Florida Department of Revenue courses in order to serve as a special magistrate in 2010, 2011 and 2012.Brian served as the president of the Useppa Island Property Owners Association from 2001-2012, and currently serves as a director. He also held the position as director and member of the Useppa Island Board of Governors from 1991-1994 and 2001-2013. Brian is an admitted history buff and enjoys tennis, golf, croquet, sailing and fishing in his spare time.
A longtime real estate professional, Brian McColgan brings an extensive commercial background specializing in appraisal review, litigation counseling and expert witness testimony, as well as conducting hearings as a Special Magistrate on commercial real estate and high-end residential waterfront properties. This experience enables him to provide his clients with a wealth of market knowledge and negotiation savvy to make confident real estate decisions.After founding McColgan & Company, Inc. in 1980, Brian, who holds the MAI designation, expanded his real estate appraisal firm to become the largest privately owned, commercial-only appraisal company in the southeast United States. During this term, he managed and operated offices in Atlanta as well as the Tampa and Fort Myers market areas. The role of his company included assignments in approximately 30 states and encompassed almost every aspect of commercial real estate. Brian sold his business in late 2006, and continues to provide appraisal review and counseling services for the company’s Florida assignments.Raised in an army family, Brian graduated from high school at Calvert Hall College in Towson, Maryland, before earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. Brian discovered and made his home on Useppa Island in 1985. From the Boca Grande office of Michael Saunders & Company, he specializes in Useppa residential properties. As a residential Realtor, Brian believes strongly in enhancing his level of service, having maintained all the educational requirements as Florida broker since 1986; as an MAI since 1976; and as a certified general real estate appraiser in Georgia and Florida since 1989. He most recently passed the Florida Department of Revenue courses in order to serve as a special magistrate in 2010, 2011 and 2012.Brian served as the president of the Useppa Island Property Owners Association from 2001-2012, and currently serves as a director. He also held the position as director and member of the Useppa Island Board of Governors from 1991-1994 and 2001-2013. Brian is an admitted history buff and enjoys tennis, golf, croquet, sailing and fishing in his spare time.