Independent valuations,
trusted across New Jersey.
Licensed, certified, and FHA-approved appraisers — local experts who know Warren County and the surrounding region better than anyone.
Jeff Fiedler, Certified General Appraiser.
Jeffery J. Fiedler is the founder, principal, sole owner, and Broker of Record of Fiedler Realty LLC (Fiedler Real Estate), an independent full-service real estate firm providing appraisal and brokerage services throughout New Jersey. Established November 1, 2009, the firm offers traditional brokerage services including MLS marketing, appraisal services, and auction services through Fiedler AM (Accelerated Marketing). He is a New Jersey State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser (License 42RG00205200; ASC National Registry: Active) and a licensed New Jersey real estate broker (License 0570699).
Jeff began his career with Fiedler Real Estate, Inc. in 1999 as an apprentice appraiser, with a primary focus on residential valuation. In 2002 he joined Schmidt & Dashine Realty, where his appraisal practice expanded into more complex assignments involving commercial real estate and farmland, including appraisals prepared for litigation, tax appeal, and estate and income-tax purposes. First licensed and certified as a real estate agent and appraiser in 2005, he acquired Schmidt Dashine Realty in 2009 — the firm becoming Fiedler Realty — and acquired Stan Udell Realtors in 2010.
In his capacity as a real estate appraiser, Jeff focuses on the valuation of a wide range of non-lender-driven assignments. His appraisal experience includes preserved and unpreserved farmland, vacant land, residential properties, multi-family properties, mixed-use buildings, commercial properties, and income-producing real estate, including multi-tenanted office and retail properties, and specialized property types including automotive, places of worship, recreational properties, and communication towers. He has extensive experience appraising summer camps, and his farm practice includes Section 2032A special-use valuations — the federal estate-tax election that permits qualifying farmland to be valued as a working farm rather than at its development value.
In his capacity as a real estate broker, Jeff has personally listed over 1,000 properties, with extensive experience in the marketing of farms, land, and other complex real estate assets. His brokerage work includes traditional sales, auction-based marketing, redevelopment properties, and subdivision projects. In addition to his personal transactional experience, as Broker of Record he manages and supervises the firm's 16 full-time sales associates, along with 23 licensed agents in the Fiedler Real Estate Referral Group.
Licenses & Certifications
- New Jersey State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser — License 42RG00205200 (ASC National Registry: Active)
- Supervising Appraiser — NJ Trainee Supervision, N.J.A.C. 13:40A-4.6
- Licensed New Jersey Real Estate Broker (Broker of Record) — License 0570699
- FHA/HUD Roster Appraiser
Appraisal & Real Estate Education
Full course record — Appraisal Institute, Rutgers CGS, McKissock & broker coursework
University
- Rutgers University — Fall 1998 to Spring 2001
- County College of Morris — Fall 1997 to Spring 1998
- Rider University — Fall 1994 to Spring 1997
Appraisal Institute — core curriculum
- General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use — 28 hrs
- Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use — 14 hrs
- Advanced Income Capitalization — 32 hrs
- General Applications — 39 hrs
- Basic Income Capitalization — 39 hrs
- Residential Case Study — 39 hrs
- Appraisal Procedures — 39 hrs
- Appraisal Principles — 39 hrs
- FHA and the Appraisal Process — 7 hrs
- Real Estate Finance, Statistics and Valuation Modeling — 15 hrs
- Office Building Valuation: A Contemporary Perspective — 7 hrs
- The Highlands Act: Opportunities and Challenges — 2 hrs
- 14-Hour National USPAP Course — completed multiple times across the career
- 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course — completed multiple times across the career
Appraisal Institute — additional coursework
- Advanced Internet Search Strategies — 7 hrs
- Cool Tools: New Technology for Real Estate Appraisers — 7 hrs
- Forecasting Revenue
- AI Excel Diagnostic Examination
Rutgers University — Center for Government Services
- Property Tax Administration I — 27 hrs
- Property Tax Administration II — 27 hrs
- Real Property Appraisal I — 21 hrs
- Real Property Appraisal II — 21 hrs
- Review Course: Appraisal and Assessment — 9 hrs
McKissock Learning — appraisal continuing education
- Appraisal of Self-Storage Facilities — 7 hrs
- Appraisal of Owner-Occupied Commercial Properties — 7 hrs
- Appraising Small Apartment Properties — 6 hrs
- Appraisal of Single Tenant Distribution Centers — 6 hrs
- Land and Site Valuation — 7 hrs
- Commercial Land Valuation — 4 hrs
- The Income Approach: An Overview — 7 hrs
- Residential Property Inspection for Appraisers — 7 hrs
- Essential Elements of Disclosures and Disclaimers — 5 hrs
- Avoiding Mortgage Fraud for Appraisers — 7 hrs, completed multiple cycles
- New Jersey Appraisal Laws and Regulations — 2 hrs, completed multiple cycles
- Supervisor-Trainee Course for New Jersey — 4 hrs
- Even Odder: More Oddball Appraisals — 7 hrs
- That’s a Violation — 4 hrs
Real estate education — broker & salesperson
- GRI Courses I–III — 120 hrs
- Princeton School of Real Estate — NJ broker courses, 120 hrs
- Weichert School of Real Estate — NJ pre-licensing, 90 hrs
- Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource Certification (SFR) — 8 hrs
- Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) — candidate, 16 hrs
- Certified Distress Property Expert (CDPE) — 15 hrs
- Broker license continuing education — Lead Alert: A Guide for Property Managers, 3 hrs · New Jersey Risk Management, 3 hrs · Ethics in the Age of Disruption, 3 hrs · Fair Housing, 3 hrs · Real Estate Agency in New Jersey, 1 hr
Professional Affiliations & Designations
- GRI Designation — National Association of Realtors
- Fannie Mae Direct Broker · Freddie Mac Direct Broker
- Member — National Association of Realtors; Warren County Board of Realtors; North Central Jersey Association of Realtors; Monmouth/Ocean Board of Realtors
- REO certifications — NRBA (National REO Brokers Association) · SFR · A-REO · VRM Certified · Equator Platinum
Full qualifications and CV are available on request.
Qualifications at a glance
- ✓NJ State Certified General Real Estate AppraiserCertificate 42RG00205200 · ASC National Registry: Active
- ✓FHA/HUD Roster AppraiserApproved for FHA appraisal assignments.
- ✓Supervising AppraiserNJ trainee supervision — N.J.A.C. 13:40A-4.6.
- ✓Licensed NJ Real Estate BrokerBroker of Record, Fiedler Real Estate — License 0570699.
- ✓Appraising since 1999Licensed & certified since 2005.
- ✓EducationAppraisal Institute core curriculum · Rutgers CGS, property-tax administration.
- ✓USPAPReports prepared in compliance with USPAP, with the scope of work and intended use stated in the report.
The most qualified appraiser is a local one.
Knowing Warren County and the land around it is the whole job. That local knowledge lets us read a property the way the market does and put an unbiased, defensible opinion of value in writing.
Our focus is commercial property, farmland, and residential real estate — the categories that define this region.
What you receive
- ✓An unbiased opinion of valueDelivered to you in writing.
- ✓USPAP-compliant reportsScope of work and intended use stated in every report.
- ✓Local expertiseWarren County and the surrounding region.
- ✓Across property typesCommercial, farmland, and residential.
Many situations call for the evidence an appraisal provides.
Warren County expertise attorneys can rely on.
Roughly half of our appraisal work comes from attorneys. When a number has to hold up — in litigation, an estate, a divorce, or a tax appeal — local credibility is what makes it defensible.
Fees are never contingent on the value concluded or the outcome of the matter. And if a matter may require deposition or trial testimony, raise it at engagement — scope, fee, and scheduling are set with that in mind.
- ✓Litigation & expert witness testimony
- ✓Estate & date-of-death valuations
- ✓Divorce & partnership disputes
- ✓Tax appeals & assessment challenges
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