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New Education Programs
Advanced Income Capitalization
COMING SOON! The new 35-hour Advanced Income Capitalization course implements a blended learning approach which includes a pre-class, two-hour online component combined with 30 hours of classroom education and wraps up with a three-hour exam on the 5th morning. The pre-class online component will be available four weeks prior to the classroom session—June 21st. The classroom session is July 19-23, 2010 in Chicago.
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Advanced Market Analysis & Highest and Best Use
COMING SOON! The new 35-hour Advanced Market Analysis & Highest and Best Use course implements a blended learning approach which includes a pre-class, two-hour online component combined with 30 hours of classroom education and wraps up with a three-hour exam on the 5th morning. The pre-class online component will be available four weeks prior to the classroom session—July 5th. The classroom session is August 2-6, 2010 in Chicago.
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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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National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update Course, 7-Hour
This one-day update course, copyrighted by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on recent changes to USPAP requirements for ethical behavior and competent performance by appraisers. The course, which clarifies several commonly misunderstood aspects of USPAP, will aid appraisers in all areas of appraisal practice seeking updated competency in USPAP, including those subject to state licensing or certification and continuing education requirements imposed by professional organizations, client groups, or employers.
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National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update Course, 15-Hour
Using the National USPAP Course material developed by the sponsoring organizations of The Appraisal Foundation, this two-day course covers basic rules for ethical behavior and competent performance. The course is designed to comply with USPAP requirements for state certified appraisers and it highlights the role of the appraiser and the implied impartiality often associated with this role. Participants will learn how requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice affect their appraisal businesses.
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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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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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Popular Education Programs
Appraisal Challenges: Declining Markets and Sales Concessions
Recognizing shifts in the market is one of the most significant issues facing residential real estate appraisers today. Until recently, many residential appraisers have never seen a significant market downturn in which residential property values and employment in the real estate industry fall. This timely new seminar will discuss the correct use, pitfalls, and procedures used in valuing residential real estate in markets shifting from appreciation to depreciation.
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Appraising Distressed Commercial Real Estate: Here We Go Again
In keeping with its cyclical nature, the real estate market has once again moved toward a state of dissolution. In the current economic downturn, this timely new seminar provides critical insights on how appraisers, lenders, and investors will value distressed real estate.
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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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REO Appraisal-Appraisal of Residential Property for Foreclosure and Preforeclosure
Changes in lending practices and economic conditions have created a need for appraisers who have specific knowledge and experience to properly develop and document opinions of real property value in foreclosure. This timely new seminar will provide participants with the information needed to assist clients in making well-supported decisions about the final disposition of real estate acquired through foreclosure.
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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 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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