• 4 CE Hours
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

Regulation Update 2024 will provide the students with an understanding of the latest updates and changes to the FHA HUD Handbook 4000.1 and mortgagee letters along with the newly developed Reconsideration of Value, ROV, process; the latest information from the Federal National Mortgage Association, FannieMae; the latest information from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac; the proposed changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, USPAP, from the Appraisal Standards Board; proposed changes to minimum appraiser qualifications from the Appraisers Qualifications Board; and an update on the current status of the new appraisal reporting format for 1 – 4 family residential properties. Upon completion the students will have a general knowledge of these evolving appraisal products and recognize the supplemental standards associated with them.

This program is intended to review, inform and assist Real Estate Appraisers who practice in the state of Pennsylvania about the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act, Chapter 36 of the Rules & Regulations, Act 48 Penalties Imposed Against Appraisers and Recently Completed State Disciplinary Actions.

This course is also being offered synchronously on ZOOM.

• 4 CE Hours
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

Regulation Update 2024 will provide the students with an understanding of the latest updates and changes to the FHA HUD Handbook 4000.1 and mortgagee letters along with the newly developed Reconsideration of Value, ROV, process; the latest information from the Federal National Mortgage Association, FannieMae; the latest information from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac; the proposed changes to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, USPAP, from the Appraisal Standards Board; proposed changes to minimum appraiser qualifications from the Appraisers Qualifications Board; and an update on the current status of the new appraisal reporting format for 1 – 4 family residential properties. Upon completion the students will have a general knowledge of these evolving appraisal products and recognize the supplemental standards associated with them.

This program is intended to review, inform and assist Real Estate Appraisers who practice in the state of Pennsylvania about the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act, Chapter 36 of the Rules & Regulations, Act 48 Penalties Imposed Against Appraisers and Recently Completed State Disciplinary Actions.

This course is also being offered synchronously in person.

• 3 CE Hours
• Instructor: Oscar Hill, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS
• Sign in: 1:00pm
• Class begins:  1:30pm

Pennsylvania State Appraisal Regulations is a 3-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of the appraisal laws and regulations currently in place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The program includes coverage of the history of appraisal regulations in the commonwealth from 1929 to present and includes discussion of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensing and Regulation Act and Rules and Regulations of the Real Estate Commission and how they relate to the current regulations; an in depth discussion of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIREA) and the powers and duties of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC); the Pennsylvania Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act 98 1990 including Act 103 of 2008 and the Assessors Certification Law Act 28, 1992; the Pennsylvania Management Company Registration Act, Regulation.

• 3 CE Hours
• Instructor: Oscar Hill, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS
• Sign in: 1:00pm
• Class begins: 1:30pm

Pennsylvania State Appraisal Regulations is a 3-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of the appraisal laws and regulations currently in place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The program includes coverage of the history of appraisal regulations in the commonwealth from 1929 to present and includes discussion of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensing and Regulation Act and Rules and Regulations of the Real Estate Commission and how they relate to the current regulations; an in depth discussion of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIREA) and the powers and duties of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC); the Pennsylvania Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act 98 1990 including Act 103 of 2008 and the Assessors Certification Law Act 28, 1992; the Pennsylvania Management Company Registration Act, Regulation.

• 7 CE Hours
• Instructor:  Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This required 7-hour continuing education course, copyrighted by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on USPAP requirements for ethical behavior and competent performance by appraisers. New case studies and tools are provided to help you learn how to better navigate USPAP in order to solve problems in your daily appraisal practice, and a USPAP Reference Manual is included with the course handbook. The topic of bias and appraisal practice will be covered using Advisory Opinion 16 showing how an appraiser can comply with USPAP as it relates to fair housing laws. The course will help you gain competency in USPAP, and it will help those subject to state licensing or certification and continuing education requirements imposed by professional organizations, client groups, or employers gain competency as well. NOTE. Appraisers must successfully complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Continuing Education Course every 2 years to meet the USPAP continuing education requirement.

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation). When you register for the course the default is to download the course material. If you want hardcopy you have to select that option; there will be an extra fee. This material is required for the course, but it is not the USPAP Manual, it is the student handbook for the class. You are required to have this material in class, hardcopy or downloaded on a computer

Course Objectives

1. Ensure that participants understand the principles and requirements of USPAP.
2. Ensure participants understand USPAP in the context of current and common issues.
3. Ensure participants know how to use the USPAP publication to solve day-to-day appraisal practice problems.

Equipment:
A laptop computer or tablet device is required for participants who choose an electronic copy of USPAP.

Course Materials Include:

• 7 CE Hours
• Instructor:  Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This required 7-hour continuing education course, copyrighted by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on USPAP requirements for ethical behavior and competent performance by appraisers. New case studies and tools are provided to help you learn how to better navigate USPAP in order to solve problems in your daily appraisal practice, and a USPAP Reference Manual is included with the course handbook. The topic of bias and appraisal practice will be covered using Advisory Opinion 16 showing how an appraiser can comply with USPAP as it relates to fair housing laws. The course will help you gain competency in USPAP, and it will help those subject to state licensing or certification and continuing education requirements imposed by professional organizations, client groups, or employers gain competency as well. NOTE. Appraisers must successfully complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Continuing Education Course every 2 years to meet the USPAP continuing education requirement.

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation). When you register for the course the default is to download the course material. If you want hardcopy you have to select that option; there will be an extra fee. This material is required for the course, but it is not the USPAP Manual, it is the student handbook for the class. You are required to have this material in class, hardcopy or downloaded on a computer

Course Objectives

1. Ensure that participants understand the principles and requirements of USPAP.
2. Ensure participants understand USPAP in the context of current and common issues.
3. Ensure participants know how to use the USPAP publication to solve day-to-day appraisal practice problems.

Equipment:
A laptop computer or tablet device is required for participants who choose an electronic copy of USPAP.

Course Materials Include:

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• 7 CE Hours
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This program is intended to review, inform and assist Real Estate Appraisers who practice in the state of Pennsylvania about the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act, Chapter 36 of the Rules & Regulations, Act 48 Penalties Imposed Against Appraisers and Recently Completed State Disciplinary Actions.

This course is also being offered synchronously on ZOOM.

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• 7 CE Hours
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This program is intended to review, inform and assist Real Estate Appraisers who practice in the state of Pennsylvania about the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act, Chapter 36 of the Rules & Regulations, Act 48 Penalties Imposed Against Appraisers and Recently Completed State Disciplinary Actions.

This course is also being offered synchronously in person.

• 2 CE Hours
• Instructor: Justin Reis MAI, SRA
• Sign in: 9:00am
• Class begins: 9:30am

Pennsylvania State Appraisal Regulations is a 3-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of the appraisal laws and regulations currently in place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The program includes coverage of the history of appraisal regulations in the commonwealth from 1929 to present and includes discussion of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensing and Regulation Act and Rules and Regulations of the Real Estate Commission and how they relate to the current regulations; an in depth discussion of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIREA) and the powers and duties of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC); the Pennsylvania Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act 98 1990 including Act 103 of 2008 and the Assessors Certification Law Act 28, 1992; the Pennsylvania Management Company Registration Act, Regulation.

This course is also being offered synchronously on ZOOM.

• 2 CE Hours
• Instructor: Justin Reis MAI, SRA
• Sign in: 9:00am
• Class begins: 9:30am

Pennsylvania State Appraisal Regulations is a 3-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of the appraisal laws and regulations currently in place in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The program includes coverage of the history of appraisal regulations in the commonwealth from 1929 to present and includes discussion of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensing and Regulation Act and Rules and Regulations of the Real Estate Commission and how they relate to the current regulations; an in depth discussion of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIREA) and the powers and duties of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC); the Pennsylvania Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act 98 1990 including Act 103 of 2008 and the Assessors Certification Law Act 28, 1992; the Pennsylvania Management Company Registration Act, Regulation.

This course is also being offered synchronously in person.

• 4 CE Hours
• Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in: 12:00pm
• Class begins: 12:30pm

Building a Work File is a 7-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of how to document and maintain their work files in support of appraisal and appraisal review assignments.  The program will cover the Record Keeping Rule of USPAP as well as pertinent Advisory Opinions and Frequently Asked Questions, AOs and FAQs, along with Standards 1, 2, 3 and 4 of USPAP.

This course is also being offered synchronously on ZOOM.

• 4 CE Hours
• Mark Smeltzer, Jr. MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in: 12:00pm
• Class begins: 12:30pm

Building a Work File is a 7-hour program that is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of how to document and maintain their work files in support of appraisal and appraisal review assignments.  The program will cover the Record Keeping Rule of USPAP as well as pertinent Advisory Opinions and Frequently Asked Questions, AOs and FAQs, along with Standards 1, 2, 3 and 4 of USPAP.

This course is also being offered synchronously in person.

• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This required 7-hour continuing education course, copyrighted by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on USPAP requirements for ethical behavior and competent performance by appraisers. New case studies and tools are provided to help you learn how to better navigate USPAP in order to solve problems in your daily appraisal practice, and a USPAP Reference Manual is included with the course handbook. The topic of bias and appraisal practice will be covered using Advisory Opinion 16 showing how an appraiser can comply with USPAP as it relates to fair housing laws. The course will help you gain competency in USPAP, and it will help those subject to state licensing or certification and continuing education requirements imposed by professional organizations, client groups, or employers gain competency as well. NOTE. Appraisers must successfully complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Continuing Education Course every 2 years to meet the USPAP continuing education requirement.

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation). When you register for the course the default is to download the course material. If you want hardcopy you have to select that option; there will be an extra fee. This material is required for the course, but it is not the USPAP Manual, it is the student handbook for the class. You are required to have this material in class, hardcopy or downloaded on a computer

Course Objectives:

1. Ensure that participants understand the principles and requirements of USPAP.
2. Ensure participants understand USPAP in the context of current and common issues.
3. Ensure participants know how to use the USPAP publication to solve day-to-day appraisal practice problems.

Equipment:
A laptop computer or tablet device is required for participants who choose an electronic copy of USPAP.

Course Materials Include:

• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS
• Sign in:  8:00am
• Class begins:  8:30am

This required 7-hour continuing education course, copyrighted by The Appraisal Foundation, focuses on USPAP requirements for ethical behavior and competent performance by appraisers. New case studies and tools are provided to help you learn how to better navigate USPAP in order to solve problems in your daily appraisal practice, and a USPAP Reference Manual is included with the course handbook. The topic of bias and appraisal practice will be covered using Advisory Opinion 16 showing how an appraiser can comply with USPAP as it relates to fair housing laws. The course will help you gain competency in USPAP, and it will help those subject to state licensing or certification and continuing education requirements imposed by professional organizations, client groups, or employers gain competency as well. NOTE. Appraisers must successfully complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Continuing Education Course every 2 years to meet the USPAP continuing education requirement.

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation). When you register for the course the default is to download the course material. If you want hardcopy you have to select that option; there will be an extra fee. This material is required for the course, but it is not the USPAP Manual, it is the student handbook for the class. You are required to have this material in class, hardcopy or downloaded on a computer

Course Objectives:

1. Ensure that participants understand the principles and requirements of USPAP.
2. Ensure participants understand USPAP in the context of current and common issues.
3. Ensure participants know how to use the USPAP publication to solve day-to-day appraisal practice problems.

Equipment:
A laptop computer or tablet device is required for participants who choose an electronic copy of USPAP.

Course Materials Include: