Pennsylvania Appraisal Continuing Education & License Renewal

• All required hours
• 12 month access length*
• Online classes
• Live classes
• Live CE webinars
• Includes 100+ courses
• Additional state completion certificates included
• Pro-Series webinars
• Content library
• Appraisal community
• Partner discounts

*This is an auto-renew membership. Two-year commitment is required at the time of initial purchase.

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 2018-2019 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

This course is iPad compatible. 

The need for appraisal reviews has increased in recent years for a variety of reasons: more pressure on lenders to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of appraisals, state laws requiring AMCs obtain appraisal reviews on certain percentages of appraisal reports received, more lawsuits, follow up steps related to bank-acquired properties following foreclosures, and many other reasons. However, the industry continues to have few review designations and there is no appraisal review license issued. 

This course is designed to provide training to current appraisers who are interested in mastering the nuances and pitfalls that come with appraisal review, specifically reviewing residential appraisal reports, mainly for lending uses. The course begins with looking at the why, what, and how of appraisal review. After those basics, the Review Standards themselves and Rules are examined, with a strong focus on example scenarios, sure to bring out good discussions in a classroom environment. Additionally, these units tie together the associated components of the Development and Reporting Standards, rather than simply examining Development in one chapter and then Reporting in the next; this approach ensures that there is an immediate understanding of the practical implications on the report itself. The next chapter focuses on the flexibility of a review’s scope, common forms as they relate to the scope of work, and distinguishing between statements that infer a value opinion and those that do not. What do we actually measure the appraisal report against? This is the question we answer in the next three chapters, looking at the Standards for appraisals, unacceptable practices and common errors, and typical client and user expectations. While report and scenario examples are used throughout the report, longer report examples are discussed in the final chapter, along with revisiting ethics.

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

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 

Diversify your appraisal skills with an introduction to expert witness testimony.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
•Learn the difference between a factual and expert witness and the rules that apply to both
•Understand the facts you may be asked to present in divorce cases, bankruptcy cases, foreclosure cases, and Ad Valorem assessment appeals and estate appraisals
•Get comfortable with how deposition and courtroom proceedings work

Designed to increase professionalism for appraisers in Pennsylvania, this course fulfills the mandatory two-hour PA appraisal law requirement for continuing education for PA certified real estate appraisers. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 

• Go in-depth on the laws and regulations that pertain to appraisers in the Commonwealth 
• Learn the powers and duties of the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers

The 7-Hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Update Course, as developed by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on changes to USPAP for 2018-19 and on appraisal issues that affect daily appraisal practice. It is unique in that the Course is developed by The Appraisal Foundation and is revised on a periodic basis to stay current with the latest edition of USPAP. In this course, The Appraisal Foundation intends to:

• Present and explain the new revisions to USPAP adopted in 2017 and effective from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019
• Present the current changes to USPAP in a variety of scenarios
• Present scenarios that challenge participants to interpret and apply USPAP to situations they encounter in their daily practice

Leverage your sales comparison approach and income approach knowledge to capitalize on limited-service hotel appraisals. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Gain a solid foundation in the hotel market and the factors that influence supply and demand 
• Use the sales comparison approach to uncover how some adjustments are unique or adapted to hotels 
• Use the income approach to understand the estimation of income, expenses and capital expenditures specific to limited-service hotels 
• Learn how to apply the income approach to both stabilized and un-stabilized limited-service hotels as well as those requiring renovation

Grow your knowledge of the assisted living market and explore the factors that influence supply and demand. Designed specifically for commercial appraisers. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Address how adjustments are unique to assisted living or adapted to assisted living using the Sales Comparison Approach 
• Familiarize yourself with the estimation of income, expenses, and capital expenditures specific to assisted living facilities using the Income Approach 
• Learn how to apply the Income Approach to both stabilized and un-stabilized assisted living facilities

Improve your understanding of the income approach by exploring several case studies that focus on existing improved commercial real estate. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Review terminology and application of the income approach
• Practice using the capitalization process to convert the net operating income into an estimate of market value

Designed to increase professionalism for appraisers in Pennsylvania, this course fulfills the mandatory two-hour PA appraisal law requirement for continuing education for PA certified real estate appraisers. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 

• Go in-depth on the laws and regulations that pertain to appraisers in the Commonwealth 
• Learn the powers and duties of the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers

This package has been created for the commercial appraiser. It contains commercial appraisal topics and the 2016-2017 7-hour USPAP class.

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

Equip yourself with the tools and insights needed to manage your liability as an appraiser. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Examine practical ways you can protect yourself in your everyday practice 
• Learn common appraisal malpractice issues and investigate available remedies 
• Boost your knowledge of legal definitions, categories of penalties, third-party liability, competency, environmental issues, fraud and more

This course is iPad compatible. 

Manufactured housing is very different than conventional “stick built” housing and other factory built housing. As such, it has very specific appraisal requirements which must be met for entities such as Fannie Mae, FHA, USDA and VA. 

In this course we will discuss the history of manufactured housing and the different “types of factory-built homes” and the importance of the HUD Code. We will examine some manufactured home facts and relevant statistics and the importance of understanding the difference between real and personal property. Since manufactured housing has very specific appraisal requirements we will review the importance of keeping current with respect to these appraisal requirements or guidelines and how to keep up to date with appraisal protocol. 

Two critical elements of appraising manufactured homes, the HUD data plate and HUD label will be reviewed and explained. Now that we have gained a general understanding of manufactured homes, it is time to review the specific requirements for appraising them according to Fannie Mae, FHA, USDA and VA. 

We will review and explain the specific appraisal requirements required by each of the aforementioned entities. Knowledge and understanding of the guidelines will allow appraises to perform entity specific compliant appraisals. Building on the general knowledge and specific appraisal requirements of Fannie Mae, FHA, USDA and VA we will them illustrate how to complete the appraisal report on the manufactured housing report form 1004C. Line by line illustrations and instructions will be provided including the cost approach section. 

Completing this course should prepare you to successfully complete compliant appraisals and reports for manufactured housing.

Designed to increase professionalism for appraisers in Pennsylvania, this course fulfills the mandatory two-hour PA appraisal law requirement for continuing education for PA certified real estate appraisers. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 

• Go in-depth on the laws and regulations that pertain to appraisers in the Commonwealth 
• Learn the powers and duties of the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers

Gain the skills and insights needed for effective appraisal litigation. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Explore opportunities available in litigation support assignments 
• Discover what’s needed to provide a work product and testimony 
• Examine the structure of a civil trial, the rules of evidence, USPAP requirements, and the mechanics of a civil trial

Accelerate your knowledge of appraising small apartment complexes in this course that’s geared toward 5- and 20-unit apartments. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Identify the unique attributes of apartment complexes and their associated three markets: apartment properties that are bought and sold, vacant sites, and the associated rental market 
• Review contemporary statistical analysis techniques and traditional methods of valuation 
• Dive into a real world case study to apply the concepts learned

Improve your understanding of the income approach by exploring several case studies that focus on existing improved commercial real estate. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Review terminology and application of the income approach
• Practice using the capitalization process to convert the net operating income into an estimate of market value

Designed to increase professionalism for appraisers in Pennsylvania, this course fulfills the mandatory two-hour PA appraisal law requirement for continuing education for PA certified real estate appraisers. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 

• Go in-depth on the laws and regulations that pertain to appraisers in the Commonwealth 
• Learn the powers and duties of the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers