Experience

TischlerBise's Technical Advisor, Paul Tischler has over thirty years of relevant experience in the areas of fiscal impact analyses, impact fee evaluations, revenue strategies, capital improvement plans, growth policy studies, and market and economic feasibility studies. His advice has been sought by both public and private sector clients on a broad range of decisions concerning development and growth management. Mr. Tischler frequently speaks on fiscal analysis, impact fees, revenue strategies, and other related topics, having presented to such entities as ICMA, NAHB, APA, and GFOA.

Mr. Tischler is a faculty member at the Lincoln Land Use Institute and is on the Advisory Board of the Growth Management Institute. He has also authored a number of articles on fiscal impact analysis and infrastructure issues such as the ICMA (International City/County Management Association) MIS report entitled "Analyzing the Fiscal Impacts of Development" and "Introduction to Infrastructure Financing."

Education

M.B.A. Real Estate and Urban Development, American University
B.A. Economics, Johns Hopkins University

Sample Speaking Engagements

• Providing Infrastructure During Times of Growth – ICMA National Conference
• Comprehensive and Simple Fiscal/Economic Impact Assessments, Conference on Development Impact Analysis organized by Rutgers University's Center for Urban Policy Research/ULI.
• Fiscal Impact Analysis: How Is It Done?, Maryland Office of Planning
• Applications of Fiscal Impact Analysis and Lessons Learned, Lincoln Land Institute
• Growing Pains: Making Sense of Sprawl – Hybrid H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• Economic Development and Comprehensive Planning, APA National Planning Conference
• State of the Practice – Impact Fees, APA National Planning Conference
• Financing of Infrastructure and Services – University of Wisconsin Community Land Use Management National Seminars
• The Future of Infrastructure Finance, National Academy of Science/National Research Council
• Comments Regarding Growth, Growth Management and Infrastructure, APA National Planning Conference
• Fiscal Impact of Suburban Development, APA National Planning Conference
• County Planning with Growth Management, APA National Planning Conference
• The Fiscal Impacts of Smart Growth, ICMA National Conference
• Seminar on Fiscal Impact Analysis and Cash Proffers - Hampton Roads, Virginia Chapter of the APA
• Effectively Utilizing Economic Development Strategies and Fiscal Impact Evaluations, California Chapter APA Conference
• Fiscal Impact Analysis: Managing Land Use Choices, APA Conference on Community Sustainability
• Ten Points to Consider in Fiscal Impact Analysis, ULI Development Impact Analysis Seminar
• Impact Fees – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, APA National Planning Conference
• Development Impact Analysis – Estimating The Effects of Future Developments – Urban Land Institute
• Fiscal Impact Methodologies and Considerations, APA National Planning Conference
• Smart Growth and Fiscal Impact Analysis: 5 Points to Consider, APA National Planning Conference
• Developer Credits: When, How Much, and Why?, National Impact Fee Roundtable
• Calculating Residential Impact Fees: Housing Type, Bedrooms of Square Feet, National Impact Fee Roundtable
• Planning and Fiscal Realities: How Fiscal Impact Analysis Can Aid Planning Efforts, APA National Planning Conference
• Fiscal Impact Analysis – Reflecting Land Use; Level of Service; and CIP Activities, GFOA National Conference
• Fiscal Impacts of Growth, Lincoln Land Institute Seminar
• Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Growth and Development Issues, Sensible Land Use Coalition on Growth Management: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Publications

• "An Example: The Importance of the Highest and Best Use Analysis," The Real Estate Appraiser
• "Introduction to Infrastructure Financing," International City/County Management Association (ICMA) IQ Service Report
• "Financing Tomorrow's Infrastructure—Solutions for Local Government," National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Compendium
• "New Fangled Impact Fees," Planning magazine, contributing author
• "Analyzing the Fiscal Impact of Development," International City Management Association (ICMA) Management Information Service (MIS) Report
• "Fiscal Impact Analysis—From a Developer's Perspective," Urban Land Magazine
• "Fiscal Impact Analysis: A Process which Evaluates the Future of a Community," Practicing Planner
• "Fiscal Impact Analysis: Reader Beware, Some Caveats," The Growth Management Reporter
• "Real Estate Decision-making and the Computer," National Capital Area Realtor (Reprinted by the Institute for Business Planning)
• "Cash Flow and Its Relation to Investment," Baltimore Real Estate and Building News
• Managing Growth in America's Communities, Island Press (Contributor)
• Guide to County Capital Improvement Programming, National Association of Counties Publication (Contributor)
• "20 Points to Know about Impact Fees," Planning magazine
• "Impact Fees: Understand Them or Be Sorry," Land Development Magazine
• "Impact Fees Break Out in Maryland," Urban Land Magazine
• "The Realities of Fiscal Impact Analysis," Land Development Magazine
• "Height Restrictions for City Buildings – Some Considerations," Realtor Magazine
• "Real Estate Market Feasibility Studies – What and Why?," Realtor Magazine