Russell S. Lampman is a 1974 graduate of Texas A & M University in College Station , Texas . He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science . Russell S. Lampman has been involved in farm and ranch management and agriculture from 1974 to the present . He has worked as a real estate appraiser since 1984. From March 1984 to December 1990 , he was employed by Albert O. Menn & Associates in Seguin , Texas . He was employed by the firm of Noble & Associates , Inc. in San Antonio, Texas from January 1991 to April 1999. From April 1999 to October 2001 , he was employed by the Farm Credit Bank as a staff appraiser . Since October 2001 to January 2021 , he was employed by the Southwest Texas ACA and Capital Farm Credit as a staff appraiser. Currently , he provides real estate appraisal and brokerage services. He has appraised several types of real estate , including residential , commercial , industrial, farms , and ranches throughout Texas . He has also appraised ranches, farms, commercial and recreational properties, and agri - business properties in the states of Alabama , Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico , and Wyoming. Agri - business properties include cotton gins , grain elevators , sugar mills , feed mills , rice mills, vet clinics, nurseries , office buildings , cold storage facilities, auction sale barns, and pre - conditioning yards . Russell S. Lampman has appraised various types of property for condemnation purposes for the Texas Department of Transportation , Guadalupe - Blanco River Authority , Guadalupe County , Union Pacific Railroad Company, cities of San Antonio, Schertz , and Cibolo . Russell S. Lampman has attended several courses offered by the American College of Real Estate and San Antonio Board of Realtors , including real estate appraisal, brokerage, and real estate law courses . He has also attended the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers Farm and Ranch Seminar ; Texas Attorney General Eminent Domain Seminar ; Appraisal Institute Standards of Professional Practice , Part A & B; Texas A & M University - Real Estate Center Ninth Annual Legal Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation ; The Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act Seminar and Real Estate Issues Seminars sponsored by the International Right of Way Association ; Uniform Standards of Professional Practice and updates ; Appraisal Institute Ranch Valuation Seminar; the Appraisal Institute Litigation Valuation Overview Seminar ; the Southern Building Code Congress International, Building Construction Inspection for Appraisers; eleventh through thirty - second Annual Outlook For Texas Rural Land Markets Seminars ; the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers , Principles of Rural Appraisal ( A - 20 ); Income Capitalization Part I ( A - 27) ; Advanced Rural Appraisal ( A - 30) ; Eminent Domain ( A - 25); Administrative Review of Appraisals ; Appraising Rural Residential Properties; Ranch Valuation Seminar ; Texas Water Current Issues and Concerns Meeting ; USPAP Updates , and Fractional Interest Seminar . He is a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the state of Texas and has been certified in New Mexico , and Louisiana. Currently, he is a real estate Broker with Century 21 The Hills Realty . PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS : Real Estate Broker - State of Texas - Broker License No.: 0349843 State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser - Certificate No .: TX - 1324200 - G