This workshop is the National 7-hour USPAP Update offered for continuing education for licensure and certification through The Appraisal Foundation. The workshop provides a general overview of USPAP guidelines, advisory opinions, statements, and other appraisal practices. The course is updated yearly to address changes to USPAP and common misunderstandings.

The Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal is designed to provide the students with an understanding and working knowledge of the procedures and techniques required to estimate the market value of vacant and improved properties. This course concentrates on the skills necessary for estimating the market value of properties using two approaches to value: the cost approach and the sales comparison approach. The Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal utilizes lectures, classroom discussion, and homework problems to emphasize the main concepts and procedures taught in the course.

Course 201 covers the theory and techniques of appraising land. Topics include classifying land; estimating highest and best use; discovering significant trends and factors and their effects on value; data collection; and selection of correct physical units of land measurement for appraisal. The five land appraisal methods (sales comparison, allocation, anticipated use, capitalization of ground rent, and land residual capitalization) are studied in depth.

This course provides an overview of fundamental management concepts for management and supervisory personnel in an assessor’s office and focuses on the need for management, and the responsibilities placed on the assessor and all supervisory personnel. The course introduces the four major management functions: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling with a separate chapter devoted to each function for more in-depth learning and discussion.

Think tax policy is boring? Think again. Certified IAAO instructors will lead students through interactive discussions and activities designed to get them thinking about tax policy as an applied topic within their jurisdictions. Course 402 equips learners with the ability to support the role and significance of property tax to policymakers and the public alike. The course provides students with tools and resources to help them explain the effects of property tax and a sound theoretical basis to guide decision-making and assist in creating workable solutions for their jurisdictions. If you interact with the public and policymakers, then Course 402 is for you.

Depreciation Analysis provides a comprehensive, advanced treatment of the techniques of estimating depreciation of residential property. Through a series of market oriented case studies and demonstration problems, types of depreciation and generally recognized methods for measuring depreciation are covered, with emphasis on the observed condition method. Depreciation measurements are applied to a single subject property, providing experience in analyzing the advantages and limitations of each method.

The Income Approach to Valuation is designed to provide the students with an understanding and working knowledge of the procedures and techniques required to estimate the market value of vacant or improved properties by the income approach. The material covers real estate finance and investment, capitalization methods and techniques, analysis of income and expenses to estimate operating income, selection of capitalization rates, and application of the approach.

The Real Property Modeling Concepts course presents a detailed study of the mass appraisal process as applied to residential and income-producing properties. Topics covered include a comparison of single-property appraisal and mass appraisal, the major steps in the mass appraisal process, data requirements, market analysis, use of sales ratio studies, cost approach, sales comparison approach, gross and net income analysis, capitalization rate development, model specification and calibration, valuation review techniques and maintenance. Please note: former 311 (Residential Modeling Concepts) and 312 (Commercial/Industrial Modeling Concepts) have been redesigned into this one 5-day course.

Think tax policy is boring? Think again. Certified IAAO instructors will lead students through interactive discussions and activities designed to get them thinking about tax policy as an applied topic within their jurisdictions. Course 402 equips learners with the ability to support the role and significance of property tax to policymakers and the public alike. The course provides students with tools and resources to help them explain the effects of property tax and a sound theoretical basis to guide decision-making and assist in creating workable solutions for their jurisdictions. If you interact with the public and policymakers, then Course 402 is for you.

A continuation of introductory course 102, this course emphasizes advanced concepts in the income approach to value. Application of the compound interest tables in appraisal practice is taught. Comparison of the various capitalization methods and techniques is covered by lecture and problem solving. This course presents in detail the contemporary capitalization methods of mortgage equity and discounted cash flow analysis.