Alaska Appraisal Continuing Education & License Renewal

Payment plans starting at $399/year

WHY IT’S FOR YOU

• You are single or multi-licensed; one price gets you all your education for two years (including USPAP).
• You can use a searchable digital library of professional resources anytime you have a question.
• You want access to a support network of other appraisers and instructors.
• Choose how you learn: online courses, Pro-Series webinars, or our NEW Livestream classes. Membership fulfills 100% of your educational requirements.
• Our LiveStream classes are state-approved classroom equivalent; LiveStream courses fulfill your in-person requirements.
• Maximize your learning with one set price; includes access to additional courses beyond state requirements.

MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES

• Two-years of UNLIMITED access to 28+ hours of mandatory and elective courses you can take any time for Alaska renewal and/or your professional career development
• USPAP update course and PDF book: $224.99 value
• Free access to monthly Pro-Series webinars: $288 value
• Become a Certified Luxury and/or Green Home Appraiser (application, courses, exam, & certificate)$1,225 value
• Exclusive access to a resource library of professional development tools within your dashboard
• A members-only community of appraisers and instructors from around the country
• Exclusive member discounts from select industry partners - Includes 14-Day Trial & 20% off ANOW Business Management Software
• Completion certificates for Alaska and other licensed states: $100 value per state
• Automatic report of course completions to Alaska/other states you're licensed in.
• Excellent customer service & support via phone and email, 7 days a week
• 2 payment options - $399 annually or $774 biennially. Two-year commitment required.
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OPTIONS FOR INCLUDED COURSES*

• Livestream: 2022-2023 7-hour National USPAP Course (7 hrs) NO EXAM (classroom equivalent)
• Livestream: The FHA Handbook 4000.1 (7 hrs) (classroom equivalent)
• Online: Residential Construction and the Appraiser (7 hrs)
• Online: Divorce and Estate Appraisals: Elements of Non-lender Work (4 hrs)
• Online: Best Practices for Bifurcated and Hybrid Appraisals (3 hrs)

*Example above illustrates 28+ hours of recommended continuing education courses (14 hours livestream, 14 hours online) to get you started. Choose from our extensive library of courses to add these or additional ones, any time.

**This is an auto-renew membership. Two-year minimum commitment is required at the time of initial purchase.  Additional renewal terms are for two-years each.

This is the 7-Hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update Course, as developed by The Appraisal Foundation (Foundation). The course focuses on how to use the USPAP publication to help solve appraisal issues that affect daily appraisal practice. 

Discover the common elements between divorce and estate appraisals and how these types of appraisals are different from standard mortgage lending appraisals. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Learn how to diversify your appraisal business to include divorce and estate appraisals 
• Review form differences, USPAP issues, and assignment conditions 
• Discover how to attract non-lender clients and grow your divorce and estate appraisal portfolio
• Audio and video included in course

This course addresses the numerous factors that an appraiser should consider when it comes to accepting and completing hybrid and bifurcated appraisal assignments. Complying with USPAP, mitigating risk, understanding the intended use, identifying the relevant characteristics, and verifying data from secondary sources, are just some of the considerations that are examined in this course. In addition, practical application examples and illustrations are plentiful in this course. 

Course Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Recognize the potential future use and limitations of hybrid or bifurcated appraisals. 
• Summarize how the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice relates to hybrid and bifurcated appraisal assignments 
• Evaluate the reliability of a data source by using various sources and processes. 
Explain the appraiser’s responsibilities for relying on work done by appraisers or others

This course covers primarily residential construction and is intended for real property appraisers, real estate agents, and anyone else who wants to understand more about how houses are constructed. 

• Relate basics of property inspection for appraisers 
• Identify and summarize various roofing framing systems, types, and coverings
• Recognize trends in new home construction 

This course will examine the general topic of factory-built housing and then focus on manufactured housing, specifically HUD Code homes. The course will introduce MH Advantage® which is Fannie Mae’s program to help ease the nation’s affordable housing shortage by providing financing on modern, high-quality manufactured homes. The course includes case studies dealing with comparable selection and adjustment support, and will cover also common deficiencies found in manufactured home appraisals.