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November 2018
VREAB Committee on Hybrid Appraisals
VREAB Committee Meeting on Hybrid Appraisals The Virginia Real Estate Appraisal Board Committee on Hybrid Appraisals will meet on Wednesday November 28th, 2019 @1:00 PM. Appraisers are invited to attend and share comments on these products. If you are unable to attend you may submit your comments to the VREAB to be shared with the committee.
Find out more »Emerging Appraisal Issues
Potential Agent Liability and How Substandard Methods Threaten the Market Topics Include: Local, Regional and National Economic Housing Trends New Fannie and Freddie Appraisal Inspection Waivers - Far Reaching Impact on Realtors ® and Appraisers State Appraisal Coalitions Recent Trends in the Appraisal Industry The Appraisal Automation Trend Speakers: Dr. Terry Clower Director Center for Regional Analysis, George Mason University Pat Turner President, Old Dominion Chapter ASA-IFA President, Virginia Coalition of Appraiser Professional P.E. Turner & Company, Ltd. John Russell Senior Director of Goverment Relations And Business Development, American Society of Appraisers Mark Bird Appraiser; Moderator EARN UP TO 3 HRS…
Find out more »The Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council (TAFAC) Meeting
TAFAC Meeting - November 30, 2018 - Washington, DC The TAFAC General Session meeting will be be held on Friday, November 30, 2018 starting at 9:00 am. TAFAC Committee meetings will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2018 starting at 1:00 pm. (specified committee meeting times will be distributed at a later date) Location The Darcy Hotel 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 Friday, November 30, 2018 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Meeting Agenda TBD Lodging Accommodations The Appraisal Foundation has provided a small block of rooms at the discounted rate of $201 for meeting attendees. If you are…
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Presenting Data & Information
TOPICS COVERED IN ONE-DAY COURSE A new, widely-adopted method for presentations: meetings are smarter, more effective, 20% shorter. Fundamental design strategies for all information displays: sentences, tables, diagrams, maps, charts, images, video, data visualizations, and randomized displays for making graphical statistical inferences. New ideas on spectatorship, consuming reports. How to assess the credibility of a presentation and its presenter, how to detect cherry-picking, how to reason about alternative explanations. Standards of comparison for workaday and for cutting edge visualizations. How to identify excellent information architectures and use them as models and comparison sets for your own work and for the…
Find out more »Presenting Data & Information
TOPICS COVERED IN ONE-DAY COURSE A new, widely-adopted method for presentations: meetings are smarter, more effective, 20% shorter. Fundamental design strategies for all information displays: sentences, tables, diagrams, maps, charts, images, video, data visualizations, and randomized displays for making graphical statistical inferences. New ideas on spectatorship, consuming reports. How to assess the credibility of a presentation and its presenter, how to detect cherry-picking, how to reason about alternative explanations. Standards of comparison for workaday and for cutting edge visualizations. How to identify excellent information architectures and use them as models and comparison sets for your own work and for the…
Find out more »Presenting Data & Information
TOPICS COVERED IN ONE-DAY COURSE A new, widely-adopted method for presentations: meetings are smarter, more effective, 20% shorter. Fundamental design strategies for all information displays: sentences, tables, diagrams, maps, charts, images, video, data visualizations, and randomized displays for making graphical statistical inferences. New ideas on spectatorship, consuming reports. How to assess the credibility of a presentation and its presenter, how to detect cherry-picking, how to reason about alternative explanations. Standards of comparison for workaday and for cutting edge visualizations. How to identify excellent information architectures and use them as models and comparison sets for your own work and for the…
Find out more »Persistent Appraisal Failures
Persistent Appraisal Failures The Appraisal Quality Monitoring System (AQM) along with the computer system known as the Collateral Underwriter (CU) "review" tens of thousands of appraisals each day. Despite the implementation of this system, extensive feedback and outreach, high appraisal failure rates persist. This class outlines many of the most common failures noted by the CU, appraisal review, and interviews with chief appraisers of AMCs and lenders. This class will explain the failures and offer solutions that should help appraisers reduce the call-backs, "Fatal Warnings," "Hard Stops" and the need for time wasting corrections. The class will help explain why some appraisers are classified…
Find out more »The Art of Determining Appraisal Adjustments
Morning - Market Value and How to Adjust for Concessions By federal law, all appraisals, for lenders, must be based upon the federal definition of “Market Value.” Failure to appraise using this definition can result in appraisers being black listed or facing disciplinary action by the State. Understanding how concessions impact market value is difficult…and downright confusing. This class will walk the appraiser through the definition of "market value" then expand and show students how they can properly adjust for concessions. The goal is to help appraisers understand the legal requirements and keep them safe! (4 CE Hours) Afternoon -…
Find out more »Presenting Data & Information
TOPICS COVERED IN ONE-DAY COURSE A new, widely-adopted method for presentations: meetings are smarter, more effective, 20% shorter. Fundamental design strategies for all information displays: sentences, tables, diagrams, maps, charts, images, video, data visualizations, and randomized displays for making graphical statistical inferences. New ideas on spectatorship, consuming reports. How to assess the credibility of a presentation and its presenter, how to detect cherry-picking, how to reason about alternative explanations. Standards of comparison for workaday and for cutting edge visualizations. How to identify excellent information architectures and use them as models and comparison sets for your own work and for the…
Find out more »Stats, Graphs, and Data Science
Evidence-Based Valuation – the new valuation modeling paradigm General, Residential, & Litigation applications. Hear, see, and apply “data science” tools in a big data world. Speed and bulletproof your work. Precisely delineate the market segment data set; Visualize, calculate, and estimate adjustments with three types of data science adjustment methods. Eliminate data selection issues. Visualize and unambiguously identify the competitive market segment. Preclude reviewer subjectivity. Learn do-it-yourself analytics. Laptop required (with a keyboard and mouse. Bring an extension cord. Desktop OK). Provided: reference workbook, case examples, Gnumeric spreadsheet-graphics software. ‘R’, and RStudio -- a real analytics package and system (open source) is introduced. 14…
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