qualifications

 David Hahn, CVA, ASA, MAFF, CM&AA, CCIM, MBA is an expert in Korean Institutional Investment & Valuation Advisory in the US. Our experience spans business, real estate, and intangible-asset valuation, as well as mergers & acquisitions, and cross-border investment consulting. 

David Hahn is a U.S. Army veteran who served on active duty in Korea from 1977 to 1978, and a proud member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. His early military service forged a lifelong bond with Korea and a deep understanding of the U.S.–Korea alliance that continues to guide his cross-border valuation practice today.
 

As founder of ACG, a division of David Hahn Realty Advisors Inc., he provides independent investment and  valuation advisory services for Korean institutional investors entering the U.S. market. Hahn was invited by the Korea Appraisal Society in 1998 to present his seminar “Korea Sovereignty Discount Rate under the IMF” before an audience of over 500 professionals, later contributing four articles on real-estate securitization to the Society’s journal.
 

Bridging international standards (IVS, USPAP, and IFRS 13), Hahn delivers bilingual, standards-compliant valuation, feasibility, and advisory services—linking Korean capital with U.S. enterprise opportunity.

David Hahn, CVA, ASA, CM&AA, MAFF, CCIM, MBA

 · Certified Business Valuation Analyst (CVA) credential from the (NACVA)      

· Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) credential from the American Sociegty of Appraisers

· Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA)    

· Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) credential 

     from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)   

· Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)     

· California State Licensed Real Estate Broker License

· CA State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser 

· Economics, Appraisal, Valuation, & Consulting practices in multi-disciplinary assets including business, real estate, and fixed assets since 1985. 

· Member of the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts (AAEFE)

· Formerly MAI Appraiser from 1997 to 2002

· College Instructor's Credential - Business & Real Estate  

· Instructor Certified through THE TRAIN THE TRAINER program - CCIM Institute  

· Taught USPAP, Commercial & Business Appraisals, Financing, Commercial Investment, more than 5,000 classroom hours since 1985. 

· Competent Toastmaster (CTM) certificate from Toastmasters International  

· B.S. in Industrial Technology/Computer Science, Minor in Business - San Jose State University - 1981  

· Control Data Corporation, San Jose, Business Systems Analyst, 1981-1983 

· Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Systems Analyst, 1983-1985  

· Executive MBA - 1983 

. USC, Public enterprise cost/benefit analysis graduate course, 1993  

. UCLA Executive Management Program Certificate - 1995  

· Doctoral Studies, Public Administration, University of La Verne, 1995-1998 

. U.S. Army veteran - active duty for 3 years - honorable discharge, 1979