What’s New in Appraisal Membership: September 2021

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McKissock’s Unlimited Learning Members enjoy 24/7 access to a wide array of online appraisal classes, webinars, videos, podcasts, checklists, job aids, and other resources. Plus, we’re adding to our library each month so that you get the most current and relevant information to grow your real estate appraisal career.

Do you already have an Unlimited Learning Membership? Here are six new appraisal job aids, recorded webinars, and videos available right now under the “Resources” tab in your McKissock Dashboard.

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Completing the URAR: Neighborhood Section (Job aid)

We examine the various sections of the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) and describe how an appraisal is expected to be communicated on this form. This detailed and comprehensive job aid provides line-by-line details and includes examples to provide context to the Neighborhood section of the URAR form.

Completing the URAR: Site Section (Job aid)

We examine the various sections of the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR) and describe how an appraisal is expected to be communicated on this form. This detailed and comprehensive job aid provides line-by-line details and includes examples to provide context to the Site section of the URAR form.

Exposure and Marketing Time in Focus – A Closer Look (Recorded webinar)

Every appraiser is familiar with the terms “marketing time” and “exposure time,” but it’s not always clear why and how these are developed in everyday assignments when developing an opinion of market value of real property. Further adding some confusion into the mix is USPAP’s conditional requirement for appraisers to develop and report an opinion of ‘Reasonable Exposure Time.’ Advisory Opinion 7 states that in the analysis of marketing time, the appraiser must also research and consider anticipated changes in market conditions. WHERE does the appraiser locate information to support these two opinions? WHAT does each concept mean? HOW are the analyses done? This webinar recording covers the “where, what and how” to find the solutions to all of these questions and more.

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Proven Test Taking Tips for Your Real Estate Appraiser Exam (Recorded webinar)

Are you about to take your Appraisal Licensing and Certification exam and have knots in your stomach? Then you should listen to this webinar recording and let Doctor Sam Martin help relieve your test-taking anxiety. Dr. Sam Martin (Sam the Tutor) shares proven test-taking tips, such as time management, how best to answer multiple choice questions, what subjects should you study first, and much more!

Dr. Sam’s Mathemagics: The T-Method (Video)

Dr. Sam simplifies appraisal math by showing the magic behind the curtain. He provides tips and tricks for solving real estate appraisal math problems through a series of video recordings. It is the type of math teaching you wished you had in school. In this video recording, Dr. Sam shows the relationship between Total, Part, and Rate visualized by drawing a T. The T-Method is an easy-to-understand alternative to algebraic operations.

Dr. Sam’s Mathemagics: Percentages, Fractions, and Decimals (Video)

Dr. Sam simplifies appraisal math by showing the magic behind the curtain. He provides tips and tricks for solving real estate appraisal math problems through a series of video recordings. It is the type of math teaching you wished you had in school. In this video recording, Dr. Sam shows how to convert between percentages, fractions, and decimals.

To access all of these appraisal resources and much more, become an Unlimited Learning Member.

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