AL KLINE
Company: President of the Appraisal Group, which does mostly commercial work.
Birth place: Minneapolis.
Education: Fridley Grace High School; bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Minnesota; master's degree in real estate appraising from the University of St. Thomas.
Residence: Shoreview and a lake place on Lake Darling in Alexandria.
Family: two daughters, 23 and 8.
Hobbies: Remodeling lake place in Alexandria, boating, coaching daughter's baseball and soccer teams.
Oddest house he's had to appraise: A 23,000-square-foot home on Lake Minnetonka. A door led to a slide that led down to a swimming pool on the lower level.
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