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• Check in begins at 8:15 AM
• Class starts at 8:30 AM
• 7 CE Hours
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS

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. 

Cancellation Policy

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• Login & Roll Call: 8:15 am – 8:30 am
• Class Instruction Begins: 8:30 am
• Lunch: 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
• Instructor: Brian J. Flynn, MAI, AI-GRS

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation).  When you registered for the course the default is to download the course material.  If you want hardcopy you have to select that option and 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.

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM VIA ZOOM

Virtual Classroom-Live/Interactive Participation Guidelines: Students must have computer, webcam & microphone capability to participate & receive continuing education credit. The platform will be interactive and live. The instructor must be able to physically see and interact with all students and students must be able see and interact with the instructor. A copy of your driver’s license must be emailed to the Chapter office as verification after you have registered for the offering prior to the offering start date. You will receive a separate email from the Chapter Office with log-in/access information. You do not need a paid account from ZOOM to participate. If you are using your Ipad/Iphone/smartphone please download the ZOOM app prior to offering. Please check your webcam privacy settings on your computer. If you have a Lenovo laptop, you must have the Lenovo Vantage App installed on your computer for webcam to work. Check state approvals before registering to make sure the states you are licensed have approved the course/seminar and allow Virtual education in place of classroom education during the pandemic. Contact the chapter with questions regarding participation guidelines: lisamayweiss@hotmail.com

Click here to download printable PDF of the latest course & event schedule.

Cancellation Policy

Any & all cancellations are subject to an admin fee. No credit/refunds for cancellations made on or after 7 days prior to class. No credit/refunds for no-shows.

Additional Information

Registration includes course materials (not the USPAP Manual from the Appraisal Foundation).
When you registered for the course the default is to download the course material. If you want hardcopy you have to select that option and 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. This is not peculiar to this class. This is true for all courses offered by the Appraisal Institute. The default to is to download the material and as you check out you have the option of paying extra to get a printed copy sent to you.

When you registered you will receive a confirmation email from the Appraisal Institute. That email has the link to the downloadable material. If you did not receive the confirmation e-mail from AI, first check your spam folder and if it is not there, confirm your email address in your AI account. If you still cannot find it please contact me. But you can still access your downloads through your account. Login and go to “My Account” and click on “Education and Events.” There you will see the class listed, just click on that and your download will be there.

Again, the course material does not include the current USPAP Manual.

Disclaimer Information

Make sure you have downloaded class materials PRIOR to class.
If you order (and ship) printed materials to you, make sure they arrive 1 week prior to class. Contact the national office if there is any issues at least one week prior to class.

VERIFY YOUR INDIVIDUAL STATE’S CE APPROVAL FOR SYNCHRONOUS EDUCATION, AS WELL AS FOR THE LATEST EDITION OF USPAP.

National Disclaimer

Livestream Education Exception

Please note that not all states have approved Livestream education, therefore, registrants MUST CHECK their individual states for approval BEFORE registering for the Program. Before registering for the Program, registrants understand and agree that continuing education credit for this program MAY NOT be available in their state on the date of the Program. The Appraisal Institute is not responsible if credit is not available for the Program in individual states. Please note: State exceptions for livestream education may expire PRIOR to the offering date.

State Credit

Please note that 100% attendance is required in order to receive any approved state credit or to be awarded AI CE points. It is imperative that you check with your state board for state approval information before completing registration.

Other Information

If you have a disability and require accommodation, please notify the sponsor at least two weeks in advance for reasonable accommodations to be arranged.

The Appraisal Institute reserves the rights to cancel, limit, or reschedule the program and to change instructor assignments and facility locations at any time.

The Southern New Jersey Chapter of the Appraisal Institute invites you to attend the most festive & informative gathering of the year!

We welcome & encourage spouses/guests to attend!

5-6 pm:  Cocktail Hour (appetizers and cash bar)

6-7 pm:  Dinner Buffet from Mission BBQ

7-8 pm:  Presentations

• 2023 George Olasin award to Steven Bartelt, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS
• Recognition of recently retired appraisers
• Keynote Speakers & Installation of Officers and Directors
  • President:  Sherrie Lisa Galderisi, SRA, AI-RRS
  • Vice President: Maria Nucci, SRA, AI-RRS
  • Treasurer: Meghan Payne, MAI
  • Secretary: Deborah Tordella, MAI, SRA
  • Past President: Robert Klein, MAI, AI-GRS
  • Directors:  Steve Bartelt, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS; Danielle Fischer; Lee Ann Kampf, MAI; Jerry McHale, MAI; Kathy Turley; Errett Vielehr, MAI          

State of the Appraisal Institute will be presented by Sandy Adomatis, SRA, 2024 President of the Appraisal Institute, and Cindy Chance, CEO of the Appraisal Institute.

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• Check in begins at 1:15 PM
• Seminar is 2 – 5 PM
• 3 CE Hours        
• Credits for NJ pending; PA reciprocal.
• Q1 Chapter Meeting Immediately Follows 
• Presented and Developed by attorney Peter Christensen

Attorney Peter Christensen will offer 15 takeaways and lessons from legal situations and cases involving appraisers. What can appraisers learn from their colleagues’ legal misfortunes?

Here are some of the takeaways offered:

• How does USPAP relate to a professional negligence claim?
• What’s the most important language in an appraisal report – in relation to an appraiser’s potential liability?
• What legal problems have copying and pasting information from Wikipedia into appraisal reports caused appraisers?
• How does the Gramm Leach Bliley Act really apply to appraisers?

Peter Christensen is an attorney whose practice is focused on legal and regulatory issues concerning real estate valuation. He is the author of Risk Management for Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Firms, published by the Appraisal Inst. in 2019.    

This Seminar Is On Zoom

Students must have computer, webcam & microphone capability to participate & receive CE credit. The platform will be interactive and live. The instructor must be able to physically see and interact with all students and students must be able see and interact with the instructor.

A copy of your driver’s license must be emailed to the Chapter office as verification after you have registered for the offering prior to the offering start date.

You will receive a separate email from the Chapter Office with log-in/access information.  You do not need a paid account from ZOOM to participate.

If you are using your Ipad/Iphone/smartphone download the ZOOM app prior to offering. Check your webcam privacy settings on your computer.

Check state approvals before registering to make sure the states you are licensed have approved the course/seminar & allow Virtual education in place of classroom education.

Contact the chapter with questions regarding participation guidelines: lisamayweiss@hotmail.com

Cancellation Policy

• Check in begins at 8:15am
• Class starts at 8:30am
• 7 CE Hours      
• Instructor: Vince Dowling, MAI, SRA

Do you find yourself hesitating before taking on an assignment requiring a Level C marketability analysis? Do you think the process is complex and time consuming? When market conditions are changing, an understanding of fundamental demand concepts and the ability to apply them is necessary to do the valuation competently. This seminar simplifies and demystifies the process of fundamental demand analysis. After reviewing market cycles and the basic economic concepts underlying fundamental analysis, you will learn how to implement the six-step process by applying the concepts to three practical case studies dealing with a general office market, land development (subdivision), and a rental apartment building. You will use basic templates that can be used later in your daily work. By the end of the seminar, you should be better prepared to start including fundamental analysis in your work.

This Seminar Is On Zoom

Students must have computer, webcam & microphone capability to participate & receive CE credit. The platform will be interactive and live. The instructor must be able to physically see and interact with all students and students must be able see and interact with the instructor.

A copy of your driver’s license must be emailed to the Chapter office as verification after you have registered for the offering prior to the offering start date.

You will receive a separate email from the Chapter Office with log-in/access information.  You do not need a paid account from ZOOM to participate.

If you are using your Ipad/Iphone/smartphone download the ZOOM app prior to offering. Check your webcam privacy settings on your computer.

Check state approvals before registering to make sure the states you are licensed have approved the course/seminar & allow Virtual education in place of classroom education.

Contact the chapter with questions regarding participation guidelines: lisamayweiss@hotmail.com

Cancellation Policy

Questions? Need help enrolling?  Email:  lisamayweiss@hotmail.com   Call: 856.415.0281

• Check in begins at 8:15am
• Class starts at 8:30am
• Instructor: Susanne Curran, MAI, AI-GRS

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.

Note that this seminar is on Zoom

Students must have computer, webcam & microphone capability to participate & receive CE credit. The platform will be interactive and live. The instructor must be able to physically see and interact with all students and students must be able see and interact with the instructor.

A copy of your driver’s license must be emailed to the Chapter office as verification after you have registered for the offering prior to the offering start date. You will receive a separate email from the Chapter Office with log-in/access information.

You do not need a paid account from ZOOM to participate. If you are using your Ipad/Iphone/smartphone download the ZOOM app prior to offering. Check your webcam privacy settings on your computer.

Check state approvals before registering to make sure the states you are licensed have approved the course/seminar & allow Virtual education in place of classroom education.  Contact the chapter with questions regarding participation guidelines: lisamayweiss@hotmail.com

Click here for a downloadable PDF of the latest educational offerings.

• • 2:00 – 3:00 pm: Tax Court Updates, Changes (Presenter Judge Mala Sundar, P.J.T.C.)
  • 3:00 – 5:00 pm: Quantifying Your Appraisal Report Comments (Presenter Lisa M. Meinczinger, SRA, AI-RRS)
  • Log in begins at 1:30pm.
  • You must be logged in by 2pm for CE credits.

Tax Court Updates, Changes: Judge Sundar will discuss tax court issues & recent cases from across the state.  Her insight and experience will be a great benefit to all.

Quantifying Your Appraisal Report Comments: This seminar is designed to assist in quantifying the comments within your report, thereby offering improved support for the values and conclusions put forth. The objective is to convert unsupported comments into a more factual basis, while also removing “hot” words that might imply bias. This process aims to culminate in a credible and well-founded report.

Three CE credits pending with the NJ State board (reciprocal credits in PA.)  Assessors can use the NJ State board form for APPRAISAL credits; we are applying for ADMIN credits…so you should have your choice! 

Note that these seminars are on Zoom! Students must have computer, webcam & microphone capability to participate & receive CE credit. The platform will be interactive and live. The instructors must be able to physically see and interact with all students and students must be able see and interact with the instructor. You will receive a separate email from the Chapter Office with log-in/access information. You do not need a paid account from ZOOM to participate. If you are using your Ipad/Iphone/smartphone download the ZOOM app prior to offering. Check your webcam privacy settings on your computer.

Contact the chapter with questions regarding participation guidelines: lisamayweiss@hotmail.com

Click here for a downloadable PDF of the latest educational offerings.

• Check in at 12:45 pm
• Seminar is 1-5 pm
• Food Networking 5-6 pm
• Cash bar included

Presentations

Richard Negro and Deborah Peacock (HUD)
Common Myths, Misconceptions and Questions regarding FHA Appraisal Guidelines

This presentation will address FHA guidelines regarding Appraisal Reporting requirements in an effort to clear up common misconceptions of these guidelines by the industry participants, including Loan Officers, Loan Production staff, Appraisal Management Companies, Loan Processors, Underwriters and Appraisers. Many of the examples have come from questions submitted through the FHA Resource Center. The presentation will follow an outline beginning with an understanding of the specific Intended Use in an FHA Appraisal Assignment and how this Use helps to define and understand the various roles in Mortgage Processing. The presentation will include instructions on how to navigate the online version of the HUD 4000.1 handbook for easy reference. The presentation will allow ample time for Q & A on these specific topics as well as an open forum Q & A.

Matt Carelli
AnnieMac and the Residential Appraisal

AnnieMac Home Mortgage is a lender based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with branches throughout the U.S. The company provides a complete suite of mortgage solutions, with a department dedicated specifically to the underwriting and processing of renovation mortgages, like Fannie Mae’s HomeStyle® Renovation. The presentation will discuss what mortgage companies are looking for from appraisals, as well as insight on Fannie Mae’s Collateral Underwriter review tool.

Michael J. Pratico, Jr., AI-GRS
Swinging Interest Rates & Best Practices

As a bank reviewer, the presenter will go over lending work and types, property types, and the current role as an appraiser. He will go into details regarding best practice ideas, anecdotal data to monitor and watch, as well as reconsideration of value and bias.

Michael J. Acquaro-Mignogna, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS
Tips on How to Improve your Career as a Residential Appraiser

This presentation will touch on the new PAREA program and what it can offer new appraisers to the practice.

Eugene A. Soda, Jr.
Residential Updates, Changes

We will discuss the new desktop products and their anticipated impact. He will also present on market conditions, listing analysis, and contract analysis.

Walt Krzywicki, MAI, AI-GRS
Common USPAP Myths

We will follow up and summarize some of the current changes in USPAP (for those who have yet to take the latest class); and also go over some “Common Misconceptions of USPAP.”

Cancellation Policy

• Check in begins at 8:15am
• class starts at 8:30am          
• 7 CE Hours      
• Instructor: Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, DESKTOP APPRAISALS ARE HERE TO STAY.  Recently released by Fannie Mae, after March 19, 2022, loan casefiles meeting certain requirements will receive the option to obtain a desktop appraisal reported on Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (Desktop) (Fannie Mae Form 1004 Desktop).  As the world changes, so do processes and methods used in many businesses including the appraisal profession. While alternative appraisal services like bifurcated, hybrid, and desktop appraisals and evaluations aren’t new, they are becoming more popular. Many appraisers are uncertain about the general requirements of each service, how appraisal standards might apply, and how these services might create liability. You’ll gain more clarity about the different services being requested which will help you to decide if these services are for you. It will review the expectations of alternative appraisal services, potential uses, appraisal standard implications, scope of work, and liability concerns as it applies to residential and commercial assignments. And it will review evaluation formats and the business opportunities for them.

Cancellation Policy

Questions:

Contact Lisa Weiss at lisamayweiss@hotmail.com or (856) 415-0281

Click here for a downloadable PDF of the latest educational offerings.

Fall Dinner Meeting and Seminar

• 2 CE Hours
• 4:00 – 6:00 pm NJ Appraiser Law & Regulations     
• Presenter: Susanne Curran, MAI, AI-GRS
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm Buffet dinner (cash bar) and chapter meeting

NJ Appraiser Law, Regulations   N.J.S.A. 45:14F-1, et seq. Real Estate Appraisers Act

Purpose: This course is required by NJ regulations every two years.  Students will learn about the law itself, the regulations that pertain to the law including specific areas noted in the regulation.

13:40A-5.4 (b):  All licensed and certified real estate appraisers shall be required to complete a two hour course on New Jersey law and rules governing the practice of real estate appraising.

Questions? Need help enrolling?

Email:  lisamayweiss@hotmail.com   Call: 856.415.0281

Cancellation Policy

Click here for a downloadable PDF of the latest educational offerings.