Randall Bell is an author and applied economist who specializes in real estate damages, disaster research, and strategic planning.. He works as a consultant in diminution value or stigmatized real estate. Bell's influence and expertise in the field of real estate damages has earned him the title of the "Master of Disaster" , and his career has frequently been showcased in the media

He is married, has four children, and resides in Southern California.

Career

Bell earned his MBA from UCLA in 1991. He developed early valuation methodologies that are utilized widely today, including The Bell Chart, a resource that categorizes the 10 types of detrimental conditions and their corresponding economic damages, and the Detrimental Conditions Matrix .

In 1997, Bell accepted an appointment to be the national director of the Real Estate Damages practice of Price Waterhouse, where he continued until the firm merged to become PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....

. He left the firm in 1999 and, with two partners, co-founded Bell Anderson & Sanders LLC.

Now as a leading economist, crisis consultant, and strategist, Bell's first major assignments started in the early 1990s with the Los Angeles riots, the Malibu firestorms, and the Northridge earthquake

Northridge earthquake

The Northridge earthquake was a massive earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 04:31 Pacific Standard Time in Reseda, a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California, lasting for about 10–20 seconds...

. He also consulted on the Via Estoril landslides in Laguna Niguel, California, which involved a 125-foot landslide

Bell has consulted on various crime scenes and its human tragedy, including the JonBenét Ramsey

JonBenét Ramsey

JonBenét Patricia Ramsey was an American child beauty pageant contestant who was murdered in her home in Boulder, Colorado, in 1996. The six-year-old's body was found in the basement of the family home nearly eight hours after she was reported missing. She had been struck on the head and strangled...

 case, the Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate may refer to:* Heaven's Gate , a religious group mostly known for a mass suicide in 1997* Heaven's Gate , a 1980 American movie* Heavens Gate , a German heavy metal band...

 (religious group) mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, and the Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...

 condominium. He has also extensively researched the Charles Manson Tate murders, the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre, the Luby's Restaurant massacre

Luby's massacre

The Luby's massacre was a mass murder that took place on October 16, 1991, in Killeen, Texas, United States when George Hennard ″Jo Jo" drove his pickup truck into a Luby's cafeteria and shot 23 people to death while wounding another 20, subsequently committing suicide by shooting himself...

 in Texas, the Battle of the Alamo

Battle of the Alamo

The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar . All but two of the Texian defenders were killed...

, and Columbine. As an international consultant, Bell has been brought in to consult on Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

, as well as the 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans, the Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll is an atoll, listed as a World Heritage Site, in the Micronesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, part of Republic of the Marshall Islands....

 in the Marshall Islands, the September 11 attacks at the World Trade Center site, and the United Airlines Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93 was United Airlines' scheduled morning transcontinental flight across the United States from Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco International Airport in California. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757–222 aircraft operating the...

 crash site in Pennsylvania. He also conducted research at the Chernobyl disaster

Chernobyl disaster

The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...

 and Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, where only the highest governmental clearance allows outside investigators.

Media

Bell’s work was first noted by the media in 1996, when he consulted for Lou Brown, the father of Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...

. Nicole was the ex-wife of O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson

Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson , nicknamed "The Juice", is a retired American collegiate and professional football player, football broadcaster, and actor...

 and was found murdered at her home. Bell’s career has since been profiled as a cover story for Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...

. Bell has also appeared on CNN several times, as well as Court TV, Extra

Extra (TV series)

Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...

, ABC News, The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC, 20/20, and the CBS and NBC television networks. His career has also been profiled in the print media, including People

People (magazine)

In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...

, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.

Author

Bell is the author of the textbook,Real Estate Damages. The book was later used to update federal regulations involving real estate. He is also the author of Strategy 360: 10 Steps for Creating a Complete Game Plan for Business and Life, a book that creates a comprehensive framework for business and life . Moreover, Bell has also authored four pocket-reference books: Business Owners Manual, Property Owners Manual, Quick-Ref Owners Manual, and Home Owners Manual. Later, with New York Times bestselling author Donald T. Phillips

Donald T. Phillips

Donald T. Phillips is a nonfiction writer. He has written or coauthored 20 books, including a triloy on American leadership Donald T. Phillips (born March 10, 1952) is a nonfiction writer. He has written or coauthored 20 books, including a triloy on American leadership Donald T. Phillips (born...

, Bell co-authored Disasters: Wasted Lives, Valuable Lessons.