Education / Events

Please join these five profession-leading organizations for a robust panel discussion of COVID-19 and it’s implications for the appraisal profession. Participants will hear updates on state and local stay-in-place and business operations orders, appraisal guidelines and regulatory revisions, and the latest developments impacting appraisal.

Our speaker panel will include:

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In light of the current situation surrounding COVID-19, and in response to recent guidance from the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, the Central California Branch Chapter has made the decision to cancel this networking event. 

Get Connected in the Central Valley!

Come one, come all!  Designed for residential, commercial and agricultural appraisers and all allied real estate professionals who want to expand their networking and client opportunities.

Location: Toledo's at Mission Village,  367 E Shaw Ave, Fresno (close to freeway 41 exchange at Shaw)

Time:  5:30 pm until whenever

Details:  This is a "no-host" event; attendees are responsible for their own beverage / food purchases. Advanced reservations are not necessary - grab a colleague, your peers, clients and just show up!

Neither the Appraisal Institute nor the Northern California Chapter have been involved in the development or sponsorship of this webinar.

Are you an early riser? Join us the first Monday of every month at 7AM at the Crystal Springs Starbucks.  It's informal, it's casual, it's strictly a buy-your-own coffee, chat and meet other local appraisers kind of deal, targeted at those of us that are up and working early. All are welcome to attend.

Location: Crystal Springs Starbucks, 111 De Anza Blvd., San Mateo, conveniently located at the intersection of SH-92 and I-280.

Questions? Contact Clint Freeman, MAI.

In light of the current situation surrounding COVID-19, and in response to recent guidance from the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, the California Chapter, a decision has been made to postpone this event.  Thank you for your patience as we work on selecting a new date.

Are you an appraisal trainee, a recently designated member or consider yourself a young appraisal professional looking for a networking event geared specifically for you?  Well, you just found it!

We will plan to meet up (location still being determined) for no-host beverages and appetizers starting at 5:00pm!  Can't get there by 5:00pm? No worries, just show up when you can.  We will hang out until whenever . . .

All are welcome to this new, fun, welcoming, casual, no pressure social event!  You get the picture - it's informal.

Questions?  Contact Matt Atwood

Get Connected in the Central Valley!

Come one, come all!  Designed for residential, commercial and agricultural appraisers and all allied real estate professionals who want to expand their networking and client opportunities.

Location: Dustbowl Brewing Co., 3000 Fulkerth Road, Turlock

Time:  5:30pm until whenever

Details:  This is a "no-host" event; attendees are responsible for their own beverage / food purchases. Advanced reservations are not necessary - grab a colleague, your peers, clients and just show up!

Questions? Contact Michelle Patton, MAI

IMPORTANT:  This event has been postponed.  Thank you in advance for your patience as we work through all the logistics of rescheduling this offering.

Instructor: Nick Tillema, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS, Attorney

This two-day course not only provides a comprehensive review of the recently released 6th edition of the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions, (commonly known as Yellow Book) it provides critical guidance for appraisers involved in federal land acquisition valuation assignments. 

Whether you are experienced in writing or reviewing federal land acquisition appraisals or you are interested in expanding your client base to include federal and state agencies and organizations, this course will show you how to comply with the 6th edition Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition. An optional one-hour exam is included.

Save up to $170 - Register by 4/3
Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates and Affiliates - $455
Standard / Non-Appraisal Institute - $555

Register after 4/3
Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates and Affiliates - $525
Standard / Non-Appraisal Institute - $625

In light of the current situation surrounding COVID-19, and in response to recent guidance from the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, a decision has been made to postpone this event.  Thank you in advance for your patience as we work through the logistics of re-scheduling this 4-day course.   

We will be working with the Lafayette Library and Learning Center to identify dates for Summer 2020 - Watch for details.

Instructor: Gary DeWeese, MAI

This AQB-approved course will help you apply meaningful market analysis in valuation assignments. It presents the basic concepts and terminology of market analysis and marketability analyses, then shows how marketability analyses provide vital information for the highest and best use decision. Throughout the course, the emphasis is on conducting a reliable analysis of demand. You will gain practice in applying methods for inferred, or trend, analysis to three property types: a suburban residential subdivision, an existing multifamily property, and an office building. Using the tools introduced in the course will help you increase the reliability of your highest and best use analyses and support the conclusions you reach in the three approaches to value.

The course also provides a transitional discussion to prepare you for marketability analyses using fundamental analysis, which is covered in the Appraisal Institute course Advanced Market Analysis and Highest & Best Use.

Only "live" West Coast Offering Scheduled for 2020!

NEW!  Effective 10/01/19 tuition rate listed below includes the downloadable course handbook materials.  Additional fee(s) apply for those who want the printed course handbook pre-shipped.  Shipping fee determined at time of online checkout.

Save up to $120 - Register by 3/31
Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates and Affiliates - $695
Standard / Non-Appraisal Institute - $795

Register after 3/31
Appraisal Institute Designated Members, Candidates and Affiliates - $715
Standard / Non-Appraisal Institute - $815

California not only maintains the most complex and far-reaching land regulations in the nation: it is also the only one of 50 states that has state-mandated land use regulations and procedures, which are in addition to local county, city and other regulatory ordinances.

There is widespread confusion regarding what constitutes a legal parcel. While California’s Subdivision Map Act provides a legal framework, it’s not so simple to navigate the SMA’s complexities.  This presentation will inform attendees’ understanding of significant considerations pertaining to legal parcels, which are a critically important element in real property appraisals and Market Value.  

In this 3 hour workshop, an appraiser who brings more than 4 decades of experience in land valuation will to offer an engaging review of all you need to know about legal parcels, legal subdivisions, legal descriptions, and related issues.

• History of Land Ownership in the U.S. and California
• What is PLSS?  Lot & Block? Metes and Bounds?
• Tract Map vs. Parcel Map vs. Record of Survey
• The difference between and Assessor's Parcels and Legal Parcels
• Significant elements of California's Subdivision Map Act
• About legal non-conforming parcels and merger provisions
• Units of lengths (rods, chains, links, varas)
• How to read legal descriptions
• How curves are legally described
• How to draw a legal description
• Useful computer programs

This Educational Program (Program) was developed and organized by the Appraisal Institute Chapter offering the Program with the intent of addressing topic(s) of current local interest solely for educational and informational purposes. The Appraisal Institute national organization was not involved in developing or organizing the Program. The content of this Program, including but not limited to any written materials and presenter comments, does not represent the viewpoint of the Appraisal Institute (defined as including but not limited to, the national organization, its Regions, Chapters, members, candidates, affiliates and staff) unless formally adopted by the national Board of Directors. Further, the Appraisal Institute has not peer-reviewed or approved the content of the Program and does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the content of the Program. The content of the Program is subject to court decisions and local, state and federal laws and regulations and any such revisions of such laws and regulations. This Program is presented with the understanding that the Appraisal Institute is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice or services. Nothing in the Program is to be construed as the offering of such advice or services. If expert advice or services are required, attendees and readers are responsible for obtaining such advice or services from appropriate professionals.

In light of the current situation surrounding COVID-19, and in response to recent guidance from the Governor and the California Department of Public Health, a decision has been made to postpone this event.  Thank you in advance for your patience as we work through the logistics of re-scheduling this full-day residential conference jointly sponsored  by the Northern California Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and the Real Estate Appraisers Association (REAA). 

The NEW date will likely be Friday, June 19.  Watch for more details.

Session topics likely to include

• Effective Dates, Assumptions & Disclosures
• Three Key Areas of Legal Knowledge that Appraisers Should Have
• Legal Descriptions
• Small Income Residential Properties - AB 1482 and More!
  
• High Value Luxury Residential
• Retrospective Appraisals
• Technology & the Residential Appraiser

Panelists likely to include
Peter Christensen, Attorney, Christensen Law Firm
Neil A. Lefmann, MAI, SRA, Sr. Appraiser, Valbridge Property Advisors I Northern California
Alex Gilbert, AR and Certified USPAP Instructor
Mark Lindsay, Marin Home and Land Appraisal

This Educational Program (Program) was developed and organized by the Appraisal Institute Chapter offering the Program with the intent of addressing topic(s) of current local interest solely for educational and informational purposes. The Appraisal Institute national organization was not involved in developing or organizing the Program. The content of this Program, including but not limited to any written materials and presenter comments, does not represent the viewpoint of the Appraisal Institute (defined as including but not limited to, the national organization, its Regions, Chapters, members, candidates, affiliates and staff) unless formally adopted by the national Board of Directors. Further, the Appraisal Institute has not peer-reviewed or approved the content of the Program and does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the content of the Program. The content of the Program is subject to court decisions and local, state and federal laws and regulations and any such revisions of such laws and regulations. This Program is presented with the understanding that the Appraisal Institute is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice or services. Nothing in the Program is to be construed as the offering of such advice or services. If expert advice or services are required, attendees and readers are responsible for obtaining such advice or services from appropriate professionals.