Michigan Appraisal Continuing Education & License Renewal

Prices starting at $399

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: self-paced online courses or Pro-Series webinars.
• Maximize your learning with one set price; includes access to additional courses beyond state requirements.

MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES

• Two-years of UNLIMITED access to 28+ hours of mandatory and elective courses you can take any time for Michigan renewal and/or your professional career development
• USPAP course and PDF: $75 value
• Free access to monthly Pro-Series webinars: $863 value
• Get certified as a CLHA Luxury Home Appraiser for free: $650 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
• Completion certificates for Michigan and other licensed states: $100 value per state
• Automatic report of course completions to Michigan/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*

• 2020-2021 7-hour National USPAP Course (7 hrs)
• The FHA Handbook 4000.1 (7 hrs)
• Residential Construction and the Appraiser (7 hrs)
• Essential Elements of Disclosures and Disclaimers (5 hrs)
• Michigan Appraisal Law (2 hrs)

*Example above illustrates 28+ hours of recommended continuing education courses 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.

Get up to speed on the latest edition of USPAP with The Appraisal Foundation’s official online course. This course will cover all the revisions in the 2020-2021 version of the National USPAP Update course plus it will help you apply the requirements of USPAP in situations that occur during your day-to-day work.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Gain fluency and mastery in USPAP concepts and applications
• Go in-depth on the issues that affect your daily appraisal practice
• Learn through the use of peer-polls, quizzes, course video and downloadable aids

Familiarize yourself with the requirements of the Single Family Housing Policy Handbook, or Handbook 4000.1,  the “go-to” handbook for appraisers and lenders. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Walk through revisions to FHA appraisal requirements and protocols 
• Get a better grasp of FHA structure 
• Learn how to stay updated on future FHA requirements 
• Pocket useful tips and insights to FHA updates and requirements. 

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 

In today’s lawsuit-saturated world, it is critical for appraisers to understand the use of disclosures and disclaimers. This course will show you how to leverage disclosures and disclaimers in your everyday appraisal practice. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

•  Gain confidence in key terminology, requirements and issues associated with disclosures and disclaimers 
• Examine disclosure requirements related to scope of work and assignment conditions 
• Uncover issues with disclosures and disclaimers when appraising environmentally-affected properties, certain property conditions and other special situations

Gain insights and a historical overview of the enabling legislation that created the need for appraisal licensing in Michigan. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Review the various articles of the Occupational Code pertaining to real estate appraisers 
• Understand the provisions of Article 26 and how they apply to you 
• Examine the standards of conduct that licensees in Michigan are expected to follow 
• Fulfill mandatory continuing education requirement

Explore the different types of appraisal techniques and creative methods needed to appraise complex and non-conforming properties. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Examine several different appraisal techniques and learn how creativity (e.g., use of non-traditional appraisal techniques) can be employed to solve appraisal problems
• Review complex residential properties (i.e. 1- to 4-unit residential properties); learn how the techniques also apply to the appraisal of non-residential properties 
• Course designed for novice and experienced appraisers

With disciplinary cases against appraisers on the rise, this course will walk you through violations and offer ideas on how to avoid them in your appraisals. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Walk through violations prosecuted by state appraisal enforcement agencies and their associated sanctions  
• Go in-depth with the applicability of USPAP and examples of significant willful violations and minor errors that affect the credibility of assignment results 
• Review The Appraisal Foundation’s Voluntary Disciplinary Action Matrix and apply it to real-life case studies

Stay updated on Fannie Mae’s appraisal guidelines and requirements that appear in the Fannie Mae Selling Guide.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Tackle the misconceptions and myths about the guidelines and requirements 
• Discuss case studies and questions related to real-life situations 
• Learn the ins and outs of the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) data entry errors, the Appraisal Quality Monitoring (AQM) initiative and Fannie Mae’s Collateral Underwriter
• Audio and video included in course

This course is intended to assist appraisers in understanding the need for and requirements to develop a limited scope appraisal for use in certain types of residential lending and servicing.  The discussion of several different types of limited scope appraisals involves the development and reporting of the appraisal in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).  

Course highlights: 

• Compare and contrast the most common alternative valuation products
• Recognize when an approach may be omitted from a limited scope appraisal assignment 
• Be able to comply with USPAP STANDARD 2 requirements for written appraisal reports
• Apply the concepts learned in the course to the review of a limited scope appraisal assignment and report