West Virginia 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

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

In recent years, the United States has seen a massive natural gas boom as improved fracking and horizontal drilling techniques have allowed companies to extract natural gas from shale rock in the Marcellus Shale region. Examine how drilling in the Marcellus Shale region will impact property value. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Familiarize yourself with the energy resource operations surrounding Marcellus Shale properties and how to establish an accurate value of a site 
• Get a comprehensive look at mining and extracting industries 
• Learn the common terminology and issues facing the residential real estate market in the Shale regions

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

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

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 

Whether your sales and rental data is plentiful or scarce, this course will uncover methods to strengthen your appraisal quality through supporting your adjustments. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Examine the appropriate methodologies to develop and support adjustments using the Sales Comparison approach
• Learn the proper sequence of adjustments 
• Discover the numerous methods of developing gross living area, bedroom, and bathroom adjustments 
• Improve your income capitalization skills to develop and support adjustments 
• Get insights on developing market-based adjustments for changing market conditions over time, builder upgrades, sales concessions, basements finishes, outbuildings, accessory dwelling units, and view amenities
• Audio and video included in course

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

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

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

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

In recent years, the United States has seen a massive natural gas boom as improved fracking and horizontal drilling techniques have allowed companies to extract natural gas from shale rock in the Marcellus Shale region. Examine how drilling in the Marcellus Shale region will impact property value. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Familiarize yourself with the energy resource operations surrounding Marcellus Shale properties and how to establish an accurate value of a site 
• Get a comprehensive look at mining and extracting industries 
• Learn the common terminology and issues facing the residential real estate market in the Shale regions

Equip yourself with a thorough understanding of West Virginia appraisal laws, rules and operation of the West Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Fulfill your 3-hour West Virginia appraiser law and rules course requirement

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

Appraising owner-occupied commercial properties raises several more questions than the appraisal of investor-owned properties. Commercial appraisers will find answers to those pressing questions in this course. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

•  Get insights on how owner-occupied properties are appraised 
• Gain an understanding of the special features that bring value to owner-occupied industrial warehouses, restaurants and office buildings 
• Find answers to the top questions that arise when appraising owner-occupied commercial properties

Equip yourself with a thorough understanding of West Virginia appraisal laws, rules and operation of the West Virginia Real Estate Appraiser Board. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Fulfill your 3-hour West Virginia appraiser law and rules course requirement