This course has been designed to aid professional real estate appraisers located throughout the world in establishing a standardized measurement of their individual valuation knowledge, expertise, and experience. It is a theoretical-based curriculum with descriptions, examples, and discussions that will stimulate real estate valuation professionals from any region.

This course is also intended to provide foundational or general education requirements necessary to progress to the more stringent, upper-division courses that need to be completed to obtain your MAI designation, offered through the Appraisal Institute. The MAI designation is recognized as the preeminent general appraisal professional designation and recognized by governments, regulators, and practitioners around the globe.

In this course a general understanding of appraisal theories, principals, and analysis techniques will be introduced, described, and tested.The course outline includes an introduction, 10 interactive modules, homework problems, a course conclusion, and exam. Each Module walks the student through a logical progression of thought and practice. Each portion of the course is intended to be applicable to International Valuation Standards (IVS), the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), and other valuation standards utilized by individual governments and jurisdictions. We hope the best for you and your career and look forward to working with you as you endeavor to meet your professional goals.

To receive the equivalency credit, do I have to complete the course and pass the exam, or can I challenge and pass the exam only, without completing the course?
The requirement is that a general Associate Member whose principal place of business is outside of the United States has to pass the examination associated with the International Equivalency Course: General. You are not required to complete the course. If you pass this examination, you will be deemed to have satisfied the Level I education requirement for the MAI designation. However, the Admissions Committee of the Appraisal Institute highly recommends completing the course prior to taking the exam, as it may increase the exam success rate.

Register for course with examination: Click here.You will have 90 days from the time that you complete the course to take the proctored exam.
Register for examination only: Please contact adelfin@appraisalinstitute.org. 

About the Examination: •Testing center locations in your area can be found by clicking on this link: www.pearsonvue.com/ai. Once you complete the course or register for the exam only, the testing center will contact you with processes and regulations regarding the examination. •The exam is a 50 question multiple choice exam for which you have three hours to complete. You must score 70% or over to pass. •If you receive a letter indicating that you have failed an exam, you have the opportunity to retake the exam twice within one year of the date of the original exam. If you fail the re-exam twice, you are then required to retake that course before the examination may be taken again.

Cost: $250.00 (US) Member Price $250.00 (US) Regular Price

Syllabus: Module 1: Concept Highlights Module 2: Highest and Best Use and Land Valuation Module 3: Subdivision Development Analysis and Cost Estimates Module 4: Depreciation Module 5: Sales Comparison Approach - Introduction Module 6: Sales Comparison Approach - Analysis Module 7: Income, Vacancy, and Expense Estimates Module 8: Rates and Procedures Used in Capitalization Module 9: Yield Capitalization Applications Module 10: Course Review Learning Objectives: •Identify the seven steps of the valuation process and the questions that need to be asked at each step •Describe the sections of an appraisal report and identify the items typically addressed in each section • Identify the relationships between the three approaches to value and the appraisal principles of substitution, supply and demand, balance, and externalities •List the steps needed for independent analysis

AI CE Credit for Designated members, Candidates for Designation and Practicing Affiliates
This program is approved for 1 hour of Appraisal Institute CE credit for every hour taken.