Professional Development Programs

To further help appraisers hone their skills, the Appraisal Institute offers professional development programs to real estate appraisers on cutting-edge, problematic, or advanced-level topics. Topics for professional development programs cover a body of knowledge in a specialty allowing participants to obtain educational competency in a property type or specialty area.

Participants who are eligible and who successfully complete a program will be placed on the Program’s Registry located on the Appraisal Institute’s website. Completion of a program shows potential clients and employers that participants have completed education and passed related course exams in the particular specialized topic.

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NOTE: If you are a Designated member completing a Professional Development Program as an option for the ACE requirement, please be aware that you MAY complete ALL of the courses in the Professional Development Program to receive credit for the ACE requirement. Please refer to the AI Continuing Education Program FAQ for details on ACE requirements.

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Valuation of the Components of a Business Enterprise

• Course Descriptions and Online Registration
  • Fundamentals of Separating Real Property, Personal Property and Intangible Business Assets
• Program Registry – Valuation of the Components of a Business Enterprise
• Program Registry – SBA Going Concern
• FAQs – Valuation of the Components of a Business Enterprise
• FAQs – SBA Going Concern

International Valuation of Fixed Assets

• Course Descriptions and Online Registration
• Valuation in Challenging Markets
• International Valuation Standards Overview
• International Financial Reporting Standards for the Real Property Appraiser
• FAQs
• Program Registry (COMING SOON)

Valuation of Sustainable Buildings

• Course Descriptions and Online Registration
  • Introduction to Green Buildings
  • Case Studies in Appraising Green Residential Buildings
  • Residential and Commercial Valuation of Solar
  • Case Studies in Appraising Green Commercial Buildings
• FAQs
• Green/Sustainability Program Registry
  • Residential
  • Commercial

Valuation of Conservation Easements

• Program Description and Online Registration
• FAQs
• Program Registry

Appraising Historic Preservation Easements

Note: This Professional Development Program is no longer being offered; please click on the Program Registry link for the list of appraisers who’ve completed the course.

• Program Registry

Litigation

• Course Descriptions and Online Registration
  • The Appraiser as an Expert Witness: Preparation and Testimony
  • Litigation Appraising: Specialized Topics and Applications
  • Condemnation Appraising: Principles & Applications
• FAQs
• Program Registry

NOTE: Participants who complete courses in a Professional Development Program may represent that they have completed the program’s curriculum and passed the examinations. Participants may not represent themselves as having a specialization, certification, competency, or expertise based solely on the successful completion of the program. The program provider does not assume any duty to the public for the services provided by program participants, or any other person or entity.

*Please Note: On December 13, 2010, the name Certificate Program of Completion changed to Professional Development Program.

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