Modern Appraisal: Timeless Concepts, New Tech

Balancing efficiency, credibility, and accuracy can be daunting. Technology increasingly gives appraisers an edge, but only when it is used correctly. This hands-on course answers the practical questions: What are my obligations when I rely on technology? How do analytical tools help me stay objective? What are the concepts behind these tools, and how do I integrate them into daily work? And, how does the analysis reach my report and my work file?

Using a single running property, from loading the data to a reconciled value, the course demonstrates, through actual live data analysis, how to derive market-based adjustments with trend analysis, paired sales and resales, regression, and AI, then validate and reconcile the results. Every method is taught as a transferable concept: how it looks in one app might differ to how it looks in another app. Advisory Opinion 41 anchors the course — a tool does not comply with or violate USPAP; it is the appraiser who must analyze, make decisions to rely, and own the results.