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The Difference Between Pricing a Property and Appraising It

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

In recent years, on several occasions, I have been hired to appraise a property after a valuation service was provided for my client by another real estate professional. They had hired the former real estate professional to value their property for the purpose of a divorce. Both require a skill.

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3 Things An Appraisal Should Tell You That You May Not Know

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

With the massive amount of technology available to anyone who can access the internet, you might wonder why bother getting a real property appraisal? Slap a few sales in a report, and make a few guesstimate adjustments to come up with their opinion of a property’s value? Isn’t that all that appraisers do?

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7 best real estate schools in Illinois (IL) for 2024

Housing Wire

We’ll help you make an informed decision and find the right Chicago real estate classes or online program to best fit your budget, timeline, learning style and schedule. Covers real estate math, concepts, brokerage, real property, contracts, appraisal, updated TILA/RESPA information & more. Self-paced.

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Q&A: Is It Time to Take On an Appraisal Trainee?

McKissock

It’s more to your advantage to look at it as training a productive employee. Then you can bring on new clients; you’ll have sufficient staff for higher-volume periods—and, while you’re training the new people, you’re revisiting the basics and refreshing your own skills. Or you might just not like the process of training other people.

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5 Ways to Survive a Slow Real Estate Market as an Appraiser

McKissock

” Offer more valuation products (11%) Another recommended strategy is to offer more valuation products in addition to traditional appraisals, such as desktops, hybrid appraisals, evaluations, etc. He works for a national firm that is paying him while training him. It worked well at the time.”

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NAR: Appraisal License Equivalency Credit for RE Agents?

Appraisal Today

In a July 9, 2015, Concept Paper – Alternate Track to the Experience Requirements in the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, the AQB asked: “Are there practical alternatives for some (or all) of the appraisal experience requirements to include non-appraisal experience?”. . which can relate to valuation.

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Three Types of Commercial Real Estate Obsolescence

Property Metrics

The real estate term for this type of risk is “obsolescence” and there are three types that CRE investors should be aware of. Functional Obsolescence is the impairment of a real property’s functional capacity due to changes in market tastes and/or standards. Functional Obsolescence. Physical Obsolescence.