R. P. Laurain & Associates, Inc. was established in January 1969 for the purpose of providing professional real estate appraisal services. The company was incorporated in 1979. R. P. Laurain & Associates is a full-service appraisal firm with experience appraising single and multi-family residential, commercial, industrial, vacant land, eminent domain appraisals, open space/conservation, marinas, ports, airports, and special purpose properties.
Real estate appraisal and valuation consultation services conducted for public purposes include eminent domain studies, street and freeway widening, bridge, grade separation, tunnel, subway, railroad, utility corridor, flood control and related projects; partial acquisition and easement valuations; complex severance damage and benefits studies; leasing/rental of publicly-owned properties; public school, college, and university expansion projects; relocation studies; housing and public loan programs; Navy housing; senior housing public bond measures; special purpose properties; Quimby Act park fee studies; Fair Political Practices Commission analyses; budgetary studies; and transfers (exchanges) of properties between public agencies.