Don R. “Randy” Scheidt, CCIM, MAI has been in the real estate profession since August of 1972. He is President of Don R. Scheidt & Co., Inc., which has offices in Indianapolis, Columbus and Lafayette, Indiana. The firm specializes in valuations, consulting and market studies, as well as other services throughout the Midwest. Commercial brokerage and property management services to date have been concentrated in central and south central Indiana.

Randy has been appointed the Chair of the Commercial Legislation and Regulatory Sub-Committee of the National Association of REALTORS® for 2010. He also serves as a Federal Political Coordinator for NAR and has been re-elected for a three year term, 2009 through 2011, to NAR’s Board of Directors. Additionally, Randy serves on the REALTORS® Commercial Alliance which addresses the needs of commercial members throughout the NAR membership.

Randy is currently serving on the Indiana Association of Realtors® Executive Committee as well as the Board of Directors for 2010 and 2011 representing Region 6 (SE Indiana).  He also serves as Vice Chair for the Realtors® Political Action Committee Trustees.

Randy is active in the Appraisal Institute and holds the MAI designation, awarded in 1980. He is an instructor for some of the courses and seminars of the AI, and currently serves on an AI national committee of Government Relations through 2010. In addition, Randy serves on the Board of Directors for the Hoosier State Chapter of the AI. He is an Appraiser Qualification certified USPAP instructor for The Appraisal Foundation as well.

Randy was awarded the CCIM designation in 1988. He has served on the Strategic Planning Committee and currently serves as a Director of the Education Foundation of the CCIM Institute. From 2005 through 2007, Randy served a term on the CCIM’s Board of Directors as well as served on the CCIMNet Advisory Board. He completed the Jay W. Levine Leadership Development Academy in 2004.

Randy served as President of the Indiana Commercial Board of REALTORS® in 2003 and received their REALTOR® of the Year Award in 1997. He has represented the ICBR as a Regional Vice President to the Indiana Association of REALTORS® from 2003 to 2009. 

Randy received the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award and in 1983 the REALTOR® of the Year award from the Columbus Indiana Board of Realtors.  In 1996, he served as Chairman of the Commercial and Industrial Marketing Group of MIBOR and was President of the REALTOR® Foundation of MIBOR that same year.

In August of 2009, Randy received NAR’s Green Designation and is approved to teach NAR’s Green Commercial Elective Course, as well as NAR'S Green Two Day Core Course. In December 2009, Randy obtained the MRICS designation  (Member Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors).