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aka "Mr. ANSI"
Author of “How to Measure a House” based on the ANSI® Guideline; the American Measurement Standard, Death of an Industry-Real Estate Appraisal; Professional’s Dictionary of Real Estate Terms; Size Matters books and online courses; ANSI, Home Measurement, & the Power of Price-Per-Square-Foot appraisal CE course; and the Appraisal Process for Real Estate Professionals CE course. Since 2003, Hamp has promoted the establishment of a “Mandatory” national measurement standard. All real estate professionals must use the same language to create and communicate residential square footage. Until there is a universal agreement on this issue, and all Realtors® are required to be responsible for reporting an accurate square footage total in MLS, all property valuations are at risk (CMA’s appraisals, AVM’s, etc.), leaving home buyers and sellers at the mercy of who determines the size (and value) of their home. In a price-per-square-foot world, one-half of this all powerful formula is created by a hodge-podge of methods across the country. The real estate industry must find a way to join the rest of the standardized world.
Specialties: Certified Residential Appraiser. Residential square footage expert, who has researched public records, MLS, AVM’s, the appraisal industry and big banking for the last ten years. We have an information crisis in the real estate industry and the Golden Rule is alive and well. Appraiser/CDEI/CRS/ABR/GRI/Realtor®. Moore County, NC
Bryan S. Reynolds, CDEI™ is a KY/TN Certified General Real Property Appraiser, a registered agent with the TN State Board of Equalization and an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor. He has testified and appeared in various courts, planning and zoning boards as both an expert and as an agent making valuation arguments before local and state hearing officials and Administrated Law Judges. Reynolds is the owner of Bryan S. Reynolds & Associates, Reynolds Appraisal Service and a partner in Appraiser eLearning, www.appraiserelearning.com. He provides residential and commercial valuation services throughout the region and various educational offerings, mentoring, consulting and litigation support services throughout the country as well as being available for lectures and is well known for his Think Outside the “Check” Box approach.
AQB Certified USPAP Instructor
Certified General Real Property Appraiser
Consultant
Litigation Valuation Expert
FHA Lender Selection Roster Appraiser
Expert Witness
Tim Andersen is an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor, consultant, and reviewer. He also does commercial real estate appraisal and Florida tax appeal work. He travels throughout the US teaching USPAP, and is an Approved Instructor for the Appraisal Institute. Besides all facets of commercial real estate appraisal, other areas of expertise include writing, producing, and presenting webinars on all areas of real estate appraisal.
Specialties: Appraisal Institute member, designated as an MAI, Master of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal , AQB Certified, USPAP Instructor, State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, Instructor with the Appraisal Institute, Experienced Public Speaker
Candace “Candy” Cooke has been a real estate professional since 1983. She’s a Texas-licensed real estate broker who lists and sells properties in Central Texas and a certified general appraiser with experience valuing residential and commercial properties. Candy has managed and developed residential and commercial real estate and arbitrated tax protest cases. She contracted for several years with the State of Texas in assessing appraisal districts to determine school district funding.
Candy was in the first class of NAR’s Masters of Real Estate (MRE) program and is a strong believer in professional education. She’s now a prolific and enthusiastic educator who shares her knowledge and passion with both agents and appraisers in many forums, including at conferences, live-virtual classrooms, and her wildly popular Cooke’d Real Estate Facebook community group.
Senior Instructor – Texas Association of REALTORS®, April 2007 – present
Qualifying and Continuing Education instructor for adults licensed with the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Melissa Bond is a Certified Residential Appraiser licensed in Mississippi and Louisiana. Since 1994, she has been the sole proprietor of her thriving real property appraisal practice. This practice specializes in fee appraising for VA, FHA, Fannie Mae, title companies, attorneys, school districts, and the general public. Melissa is also a State Compliance Reviewer performing investigative reviews for USPAP-compliancy adherence.
As a Continuing Education Provider and author, she has personally developed over 27 continuing education courses for real property appraisers, tax assessors, lenders, underwriters, REALTORS, etc. She has developed, coordinated, and presented course studies that align with current and prospective licensing issues as presented by the Mississippi and Louisiana State Licensing Boards, as well as, the Standards Board.
Melissa has served on various Boards and Committees at the local and state levels for REALTOR and appraiser organizations, associations, and coalitions. Through training opportunities, Melissa has been highly successful in opening and maintaining lines of communication between the REALTOR and appraiser professions.
Serving as an appraiser advocate for licensees, Melissa has assisted numerous appraisers in successfully defending themselves when faced with a consumer complaint before his/her licensing board.
Scott Cullen is a boots-on-the-ground appraiser from Minneapolis / St Paul where he has been a Certified Residential since 2001. Scott is cofounder of Solomon, a suite of cloud based calculators that use cost data to help appraisers extract depreciation from the market and develop market based adjustments for the sales grid.
Beyond grid adjustments, Solomon supports other assignment results for appraisers like effective age, remaining economic life and site value.
Scott graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and stays busy as a fee appraiser, supporting the Solomon user base and developing CE classes on the Cost Approach.
Joshua Walitt is the principal consultant for Walitt Solutions. He provides short- and long-term consulting services related to compliance, valuation, education, review and investigations. Clients include lending institutions, appraisers, appraisal management companies, attorneys, education providers
and regulators.
With over 20-years of experience, Walitt’s skillset includes appraisal, banking, regulations, policy, instruction, licensing and enforcement. His core goal is to foster a clients’ efficiency, accuracy, compliance and growth through appropriate methodology and technology, sound reasoning, communication skills and proper oversight.
He writes for industry publications and speaks at events such as the Appraisal Institute’s Annual Conference, Appraisal Summit and Expo, Valuation Expo, Appraiser’s Conference and Trade Show, Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials, and other client and industry conferences. Walitt designs seminars and continuing education courses for online and classroom delivery.
He was the 2021 Vice President of the National Association of Appraisers. Walitt is an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor, holds the SRA & AI-RRS designations with the Appraisal Institute, is a member of the National Association of Appraisers (MNAA), holds a Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI) certificate, has served on the Colorado Board of Real Estate Appraisers and he is an Appraisal Institute approved instructor.
James A. Baumberger is CEO and part-owner of First Choice Appraisal Management (FCAM), operating an ethical cost-plus business model in CA, ID, NV, OR, and WA. Jim has an outstanding record of providing inspirational executive leadership for appraisal organizations serving the financial services industry. His past positions include Collateral Services Manager for Washington Mutual, Regional Chief Appraiser for Bank of America, Division Appraisal Manager for World Savings, Mortgage Group Leader for Wachovia Bank, and President of Synergy Appraisal Services.
As a certified residential appraiser, Jim’s 28 years of professional appraisal practice includes valuation services for eminent domain, lending, litigation, marketing, and relocation purposes. In addition, Jim has authored numerous qualifying and continuing education courses and training seminars for industry professionals. He frequently presents customized training for agents, appraisers, loan originators, loan processors, and mortgage underwriters.
Jim served for four years on Oregon’s Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board (ACLB), which is the state’s regulatory agency for appraisers and appraisal management companies, including two years as ACLB Board Chair from 2014 through 2016. He currently serves on the executive board of the Oregon Mortgage Bankers Association (OMBA) and chairs the Oregon Association of Realtor’s Appraisal Subcommittee (OAR). With his compliance knowledge, appraisal and real estate expertise, and lending experience, Jim is well-prepared to instruct industry professionals and empower their success.
Jack Bailey is an appraiser, author, and business owner. He is a Nashville native, serving the local appraisal community there for over 30 years. He regularly speaks at appraisal events and has written many courses throughout his career.
MAI, Member, Appraisal Institute; Member #9317 (1992)
SRPA, Senior Real Property Appraiser – Appraisal Institute (1990)
SRA, Senior Residential Appraiser – Appraisal Institute (1989)
Textbook Author and Instructor, “Introduction to Income Capitalization”
Instructor to Japanese appraisers studying income property valuation in the United States
President, Nashville-Middle TN Chapter of the Appraisal Institute, 1999
With a background that began in banking, Mr. Walitt enjoys examining regulatory compliance topics. In his daily work, one central goal is to increase efficiency through the use of technology, routine, and analytical tools. He is a Candidate for SRA Designation with the Appraisal Institute.
SRA, MNAA, CDEI. Compliance Manager. Certified Residential Appraiser
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