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New Education Programs
Advanced Concepts & Case Studies
The new 40-hour Advanced Concepts & Case Studies course implements a blended learning approach, which includes a pre-class, two-hour online component combined with 35 hours of classroom education and wraps up with a three-hour exam on the sixth morning. The pre-class online component will be available 28 days before the classroom session begins.
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Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling for Valuation Applications
PREMIERES SEPTEMBER 2010! This two-day seminar will teach appraisers to prepare advanced analyses in a simpler manner and with less error. It will appeal to participants with experience in market analysis and highest and best use and also those with experience in applying inferred market analysis. The focus is on problem solving and efficiency while uncovering some of the tools of the spreadsheet program that will make an analysis stronger and increase productivity. Participants will find the applications especially helpful in the areas of market analysis, feasibility analysis, and highest and best use.
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Analyzing the Effects of Environmental Contamination on Real Property
PREMIERES JULY 2010! Gain an excellent foundation into a complex area of appraisal valuation! In this new seminar, participants will obtain an overview of federal, state, and Brownfield programs. They’ll understand when the use of a hypothetical condition or extraordinary assumption is called for in an appraisal report, as well as when the assignment requires an appraisal of the “as-is” condition of the property. Also discussed will be applicable USPAP provisions and the critical nature of the Competency Rule to any assignment.
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The Lending World in Crisis—What Clients Need Their Appraisers to Know Today
This revised seminar, previously released in 2005, titled What Clients Want Their Appraiser’s to Know, has been updated to reflect dramatic changes in the real estate market. According to clients, commercial appraisers are making the same error – providing little or no critical analysis – which in these times is even more critical now. Legislation will give appraisers more independence than ever before, but if the work product does not improve, many appraisers will find their appraisal volumes declining. Keep your client’s satisfied and your assignments growing by attending this important educational program!
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Residential Appraisal Update 2010: Staying Competent in a New Decade (A.M.)
This half-day seminar provides updates on ethical guidelines and appraisal regulations in the changing mortgage industry and the penalties for misleading appraisals. Become familiar with changes and requirements initiated by the IRS, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD/FHA, and the Veterans Administration. Examine FHA mortgage letters from the past year involving FHA appraisals. Discuss other secondary market issues of critical importance to appraisers, including the GSA's repurchase of loans and forensic review appraisals where fraud or ethical lapses are suspected. Most importantly, learn where to find the latest information as guidelines continue to change.
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Residential Appraisal Update 2010: Staying Competent in a New Decade (P.M.)
This half-day seminar provides updates on ethical guidelines and appraisal regulations in the changing mortgage industry and the penalties for misleading appraisals. Become familiar with changes and requirements initiated by the IRS, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD/FHA, and the Veterans Administration. Examine FHA mortgage letters from the past year involving FHA appraisals. Discuss other secondary market issues of critical importance to appraisers, including the GSA's repurchase of loans and forensic review appraisals where fraud or ethical lapses are suspected. Most importantly, learn where to find the latest information as guidelines continue to change.
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Whatever Happened to Quality Assurance: Avoiding Risky Appraisals and Risky Loans
PREMIERES JULY 2010! This revised version of the 2007 seminar, Quality Assurance in Residential Appraisal, updates residential appraisers and lenders on the appraisal problems encountered by the lending industry. In addition to highlighting red flags that indicate the value is unsupported, you will learn about new changes within the industry, such as the HVCC and the implementation of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Market Conditions Addendum to the Appraisal Report (1004MC). Comprehensive discussions and practice problems on sales concessions and how to handle declining values will show you how to address these problematic issues in your everyday work product.
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Popular Education Programs
The Discounted Cash Flow Model: Concepts, Issues, and Applications
This new, one-day seminar focuses on the basic concepts and principles of discounted cash flow valuation and modeling. DCF modeling is a handy type of analysis that is not widely used, but when used properly, you will find it adding value to your appraisal assignments. Developed for participants with varied appraisal backgrounds, this seminar presents hands-on learning to mirror real-world situations.
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Introduction to Conservation Easement Valuation
This one-day seminar provides an overview of our extensive five-day certificate program and introduces the complex world of conservation easement valuation. Become familiar with the history, basic terminology, and documents associated with conservation easement appraisals. Learn about the problems that arise when valuing conservation easements under different scenarios and the concerns and controversies that exist. Examine highest and best use issues, valuation, and reporting requirements.
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Introduction to Valuation for Financial Reporting
This seminar introduces real estate appraisers to the relevant body of knowledge, issues, terminology, and valuation practices involved with valuation for financial reporting (VFR) including fair value (mark to market). Participants will discover what they should know about VFR and understand how they would be involved in providing real estate appraisals for VFR purposes. By the end of the seminar, participants will understand how VFR purposes are a natural extension of valuation services that they are currently providing.
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Residential Design: The Makings of a Good House
Have you ever wondered what makes some houses more appealing than others? Or why some architects and designers get it right and others just don’t get it? If so, you should find this seminar appealing, as it was designed specifically to answer those questions.
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Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions: Practical Applications ("Yellow Book" Seminar)
Insure that your work for the federal acquisition agencies meets the highest standards. Federal land acquisition programs have unique appraisal needs. This two-day seminar will acquaint participants with these needs and provide practical procedures and solutions to insure appraisal reports fulfill them. Any experienced residential or general appraiser interested in expanding their client base to include federal acquisition agencies will learn to apply the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions.
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Using Spreadsheet Programs in Real Estate Appraisals - The Basics
The technological advances of the last ten years have caused a significant change in the real estate appraisal profession. Ten years ago only a few databases were computerized, but now, in today’s profession, nearly all databases are computerized; therefore, it is imperative that appraisers can retrieve, list, and analyze large quantities of data.
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Valuation by Comparison: Residential Analysis and Logic
In this new seminar, participants will be exposed to the biases of human behavior and the psychology and logic behind the residential sales comparison approach. Through thoughtful debate on such topics as market value of actual sales, pending sales, new construction sales, expired listings and rejected offers; this seminar will also explore the techniques used by appraisers to interpret, and then anticipate, the actions of buyers and sellers in today’s market.
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Valuation of Green Residential Properties
Enhance and expand your current real estate practices into the new green building industry, a market expected to value between $19 billion and $38 billion by 2010. Improve your ability to appraise these types of properties as you learn to recognize the principles of green building as they apply to residential construction. You will discover what makes a building “green” and how it affects the appraisal process while you hear about the market acceptance of the latest green program initiatives.
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