Modern Appraisal: Timeless Concepts, New Tech (4 hr CE) – Virtual

Balancing efficiency, credibility, and accuracy can be daunting. Technology increasingly gives appraisers an edge, but only when it is used correctly. This hands-on course answers the practical questions: What are my obligations when I rely on technology? How do analytical tools help me stay objective? What are the concepts behind these tools, and how do I fold them into daily work? And how does the analysis reach my report and my workfile?

Using a single running property, from loading the data to a reconciled value, the course demonstrates, through actual live data analysis, how to derive market-based adjustments with trend analysis, paired sales and resales, regression, and AI, then validate and reconcile the results.

Every method is taught as a transferable concept: how it looks in one app might differ to how it looks in another app. Advisory Opinion 41 anchors the course — a tool does not comply with or violate USPAP; it is the appraiser who must analyze, make decisions to rely, and own the results.

What Students Take Away

• A repeatable workflow for deriving and supporting adjustments from market data
• The difference between paired sales and paired resales, and when each applies
• How to generate usable graphs and tables and how to evaluate the data input
• How to run and read a regression, including dummy variables (for non-numeric characteristics)
• How to use AI for analysis and validate its output against the market
• How to reconcile multiple indicators into one supported figure
• A workfile that keeps the analysis obtainable and compliant under USPAP

Delivery: Live virtual webinar
Length: 4 hours (8:00am–12:00pm MT)
Credit: Appraiser CE

Following the class, there is also an optional bonus hour — a non-CE technology demonstration from Aivre, 12:15pm–1:15pm MT.

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Thank you to the Colorado Chapter of the Appraisal Institute for hosting this class.