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.

This workshop provides a very basic introduction to the development and uses of assessment sales ratio studies based upon the IAAO Standards on Ratio Studies; July, 2007. The workshop covers the topics of sales analysis, sampling, and the development of assessment ratio studies. The workshop also covers managerial and technical issues, which include staffing, timing of studies, use of study results, statistical testing and assessment regressivity and progressivity.

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.

This two-day workshop is designed to provide the student who plans on attending IAAO programs with an understanding of the mathematical concepts and techniques applied in the appraisal and assessment administration disciplines. It is designed for both the beginning student who has limited knowledge of mathematics and those students who wish to refresh their mathematical skills. Topics covered include a review of the basic mathematical functions, negative numbers, decimals, percentages, exponents, roots, mathematical notation, algebra, statistics, and graphs.

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.

This workshop covers materials from The Appraisal Foundation, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice which includes: Definitions, Preamble, Ethics Rule, Competency Rule, Departure Rule, Jurisdictional Exception Rule, Supplemental Standards Rule, and Standards 1 through 10. Supplementary materials include The Appraisal Foundation Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

This workshop covers materials from The Appraisal Foundation, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice which includes: Definitions, Preamble, Ethics Rule, Competency Rule, Departure Rule, Jurisdictional Exception Rule, Supplemental Standards Rule, and Standards 1 through 10. Supplementary materials include The Appraisal Foundation Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Course 500 provides a comprehensive program of study for those who assess personal property for ad Valorem tax purposes. After a review of property tax administration and the nature of value, the following aspects of personal property assessment are covered: categories of personal property, discovery, the valuation process, valuation guidelines and quality control, depreciation methods, and special problems.

Course 400 covers administrative concepts and procedures that can produce greater efficiency in the modern assessment office. Students explore the key subsystems of an organization and how to operate them more effectively. Also included is the manager's role within an assessment organization: the processes of planning, directing, coordinating, organizing, budgeting, and evaluating toward the better utilization of human and physical resources. Topics include information systems, reappraisal, setting goals and objectives, maintenance, appeals, data processing, public relations, personnel, budgeting, report reviews, ratio studies, evaluations and standards of practice.

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.