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Zac R. Blechman joined BPM’s Advisory practice in 2025 to establish and lead the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Valuation service offering. He provides valuation, advisory, and consulting services related to estate and gift planning, trust and estate administration, financial reporting, private transactions, property tax matters, litigation support, transaction planning, and other complex real estate-related engagements.
Zac works across BPM service lines and advises clients on a wide range of real estate valuation matters. He collaborates closely with the firm’s Assurance, Forensics & Litigation, Tax, Estate & Trust, and Cost Segregation teams, providing real estate valuation expertise, appraisal review support, land valuation analyses, and related consulting services. He also serves in a leadership role within BPM’s Real Estate Industry Group and participates in the firm’s Estate & Trust Specialty Group.
With more than a decade of commercial real estate valuation experience, Zac has appraised a broad range of property types, including hospitality, office, industrial, retail, mixed-use, self-storage, mobile home and RV park, religious, and development properties.
Prior to joining BPM, Zac served as Associate Director at Integra Realty Resources’ San Diego office and was a member of IRR Hotels, the firm’s national hotel specialty practice. There, he developed extensive hospitality valuation experience, appraising more than $3 billion of hotel assets nationwide across a broad spectrum of brands, property types, and markets.
Zac holds Certified General Real Estate Appraiser licenses in multiple states and is pursuing the MAI designation through the Appraisal Institute.
As an avid surfer, Zac spends his free time with his wife enjoying the San Diego beaches. He also appreciates adventuring outside with his two border collies, playing golf, and watching Padres baseball games.
BS/Real Estate and Marketing – Florida State University

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