Jun
3
Mon
Review Theory – General @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Jun 3 @ 8:15 am – Jun 7 @ 12:00 pm

Review Theory—General is the fundamental review course that all reviewers of assignments involving income-producing and other nonresidential properties should have in their educational background. It is a required course for individuals pursuing the Appraisal Institute General Review Designation (AI-GRS, Appraisal Institute General Review Specialist).

At the core of this course is the review process. Participants explore the seven steps outlined in this process as they apply to nonresidential properties. To be a reviewer, an appraiser must learn how to develop opinions of completeness, accuracy, adequacy, relevance, and reasonableness relative to the work under review. These opinions must be refined through tests of reasonableness to develop reconciled opinions of appropriateness and credibility.The material provides a refresher on key valuation skills often required of reviewers, such as measuring financial feasibility in highest and best use analysis and various applications of the income capitalization approach. In addition, the course covers reporting reviews for income-producing property and the use of commercial review report forms, narrative reports, and oral review reports. Participants will gain practice in writing a scope of work statement for three types of assignments. They will also develop a template for a narrative review report on a property type of their choice (office, retail, apartment, etc.). By taking this course, participants will gain invaluable confidence in the fundamentals of review.

Please note: Designated Members and Candidates for Designation will receive the discounted AI Price for Advanced Education courses: Review Theory-General and Review Case Studies-General. All others will receive the Full Price.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
• Define review
• Distinguish between appraisal and review
• Evaluate the necessary knowledge and skills required to complete reviews
• Distinguish between trivial and material errors
• Identify types of review assignments and the process employed in the reviewer’s scope of work
• Recognize regulatory compliance issues for review appraisers
• Identify the steps necessary to effectively communicate the review

The Review Theory—General course is required for individuals pursuing the Appraisal Institute General Review Designation (AI-GRS – Appraisal Institute General Review Specialist). For more information regarding the requirements for the review designation, please click here.

If you are currently designated, click here for more information on the alternative path.

If you are currently a candidate for designation, or wish to become a candidate, click here for the specific designation requirements.

 

Jun
17
Mon
Advanced Concepts & Case Studies @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Jun 17 @ 8:15 am – Jun 22 @ 12:00 pm

The 40-hour Advanced Concepts & Case Studies course implements a blended learning approach, which includes a pre-class, two-hour online session combined with 35 hours of traditional classroom education and wraps up with a three-hour exam on the sixth morning.

Please note Designated Members and Candidates for Designation will receive the discounted AI Price for Advanced Education courses: Advanced Income Capitalization, Advanced Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use, Advanced Concepts and Case Studies, and Quantitative Analysis. All others will receive the Full Price.

For more information on how to become a Candidate for Designation, click here.

Please review the FAQs for important information regarding registration and cancellation deadlines; mandatory diagnostic test; online session; course equivalencies.Click here.

Course Description
This course synthesizes basic and advanced valuation techniques taught in previous courses, and addresses consistent treatment of the three valuation approaches for various valuation problems. Case studies teach participants how to address common but complex appraisal issues, including a leased fee not at market rent, a proposed property, a property in a market not at equilibrium, and a subdivision. The course emphasizes the need to test the reasonableness of conclusion in an appraisal.

Note. This is primarily a synthesis course, not a review course. Like all advanced education courses sponsored by the Appraisal Institute, the course naturally reviews many concepts taught in previous courses. However, it includes some new material and does not include a complete overview of the other courses. Therefore, Advanced Concepts & Case Studies should not be considered an adequate review for the comprehensive exam. To prepare for the comprehensive exam, participants must review all four advanced education courses, as well as basic concepts from qualifying education for certified general appraisers.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to: • Develop and reconcile cost, income, and sales comparison approaches for a leased fee interest rent, including consistent treatment of property rights
• Recognize the typical relationships between yield rates on leased fee and fee simple estates, considering their varying risk
• Review proper procedures for developing a market-supported discounted cash flow analysis, and apply them to practical examples
• Develop and reconcile cost, income, and sales comparison approaches for a proposed property as is, upon completion, and upon stabilization
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of various methods of calculating a rent-up adjustment and a property rights adjustment
• Identify the demographic and economic data used to estimate an absorption period for a development project
• Develop and reconcile cost, income, and sales comparison approaches for a property in a market not at equilibrium
• Conduct inferred and fundamental demand analysis based on data provided in case studies
• Develop and reconcile cost, income, and sales comparison approaches for a subdivision

FREAB CE: 20 Hours
AI Attend Only: 275 points
Attend and Pass: 375 points

 

Oct
11
Fri
2019 Central FL Real Estate Forum @ The Country Club of Orlando
Oct 11 all-day

For more information see the full brochure, click here.

Nov
1
Fri
Business Practice and Ethics @ Orange County Bar Association
Nov 1 @ 8:15 am – 5:00 pm

This course addresses topics that were not included in the previous version, such as the Guide Notes to Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Numerous Q&As address real-life, up-to-date matters that appraisers encounter in various assignments, including mortgage lending, litigation, property tax appeal, and many more.

The course contains relevant and much-needed information for professional appraisers.

The content emphasizes:
• Business practices issues, such as how to respond to seemingly unreasonable requests, how to address client pressure, and how to approach a complex assignment
• Which standards apply to Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates for Designation, Practicing Affiliates, and Affiliates, and when they apply
• The key principles of the Standards of Valuation Practice
• How to identify and avoid behavior that violates the Standards of Valuation Practice
• The correct way to use the Appraisal Institute’s designations, emblems, and logo
• Understanding the Appraisal Institute’s enforcement process

NOTE: The AQB approved this course for 4 hours of CE. This is due to some content being specific to the Appraisal Institute. Check with your state for approved credit hours. 

FREAB CE: 4 Hours
AI CE: 35 points

 

Jan
31
Fri
7 HOUR USPAP/Membership Lunch @ Hilton Orlando Altamonte Springs
Jan 31 @ 8:15 am – 5:00 pm

INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP LUNCH AND FREE HEADSHOT PHOTOS

Feb
27
Thu
Three Hour Florida Law @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Feb 27 @ 12:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Feb
28
Fri
7 HOUR USPAP @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Feb 28 @ 8:15 am – 4:30 pm
Feb
29
Sat
Business Practice and Ethics @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Feb 29 @ 8:15 am – 4:30 pm

This course addresses topics that were not included in the previous version, such as the Guide Notes to Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Numerous Q&As address real-life, up-to-date matters that appraisers encounter in various assignments, including mortgage lending, litigation, property tax appeal, and many more.

The course contains relevant and much-needed information for professional appraisers.

The content emphasizes:
• Business practices issues, such as how to respond to seemingly unreasonable requests, how to address client pressure, and how to approach a complex assignment
• Which standards apply to Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates for Designation, Practicing Affiliates, and Affiliates, and when they apply
• The key principles of the Standards of Valuation Practice
• How to identify and avoid behavior that violates the Standards of Valuation Practice
• The correct way to use the Appraisal Institute’s designations, emblems, and logo
• Understanding the Appraisal Institute’s enforcement process

NOTE: The AQB approved this course for 4 hours of CE. This is due to some content being specific to the Appraisal Institute. Check with your state for approved credit hours. 

FREAB CE: 6 Hours
AI CE – 30 Points

 

The Cost Approach: Unnecessary or Vital to a Healthy Practice? @ Embassy Suites Jamaican Court
Feb 29 @ 8:15 am – 5:00 pm
Jun
10
Wed
Transfered Value @ Livestreaming
Jun 10 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Jun
19
Fri
Measuring Market Reaction to Residential Home Features @ Livestreaming
Jun 19 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Jun
23
Tue
Solving Highest & Best Use Puzzles @ Livestreaming
Jun 23 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Jun
25
Thu
Valuation of Donated Real Estate including Conservation Easement @ Livestreaming
Jun 25 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Three Hour Florida Law @ Livestreaming
Jun 25 @ 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Jun
26
Fri
7 HOUR USPAP @ Livestreaming
Jun 26 @ 8:15 am – 4:30 pm
Jun
29
Mon
How Tenants Create or Destroy Value: Leasehold @ Livestreaming
Jun 29 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Jul
28
Tue
Trial Components A Recipe for Success or Disaster @ Livestreaming
Jul 28 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Aug
13
Thu
Client Requested Evaluations-Appraisal Assignments: Welcome to the 21st Century @ Livestreaming
Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sep
2
Wed
A Dive into Houses with Labels and Styles @ Livestreaming
Sep 2 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sep
9
Wed
Artificial Intelligence, AVMs, and Blockchain: Implications @ Livestreaming
Sep 9 @ 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm