Individual Courses
Basic Appraisal Principles
Course Description
Provides you with a solid foundation in basic appraisal principles.
- Introduces you to real property concepts and characteristics, legal considerations, influences on real estate values, types of value, economic principles, real estate markets and analysis, highest and best use, and ethical considerations.
- Credit for 30 hrs of the 2008 Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria for the Trainee through Licensed Appraiser level.
Residential Sales Comparison and Income Approach
Course Description
Provides an introductory understanding of fundamental concepts of appraising.
- Guides you through the different data that needs to be collected and reviewed during the appraisal process.
- Explains how to use sales comparison grids and how to search for public comparable sales data in a computerized database.
- Describes the income approach process and lists each of the steps in the process.
- Completion of Basic Appraisal Principles and Procedures Courses required as a prerequisite for this course.
- Credit for 30 hrs of the 2008 Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria for the Licensed Appraiser level.
Residential Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach
Course Description
Provides an introductory understanding of fundamental concepts of appraising.
- Focuses on the valuation of vacant land parcels and the development of the cost approach.
- Develops your skills by creating a current cost estimate using market extraction, interview techniques, and information provided by professional cost data sources.
- Covers the origin of the appraisal assignment to a final value estimate using various cost approach applications.
- Completion of Basic Appraisal Principles and Procedures Courses required as a prerequisite for this course.
- Credit for 15 hrs of the 2008 Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria for the Licensed Appraiser level.
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