The Home Measurement Specialist program offers two advanced online classes designed for real estate professionals, appraisers, and property data collectors, focusing on accurate square footage calculations and understanding their impact on home valuation. Graduates will gain skills to increase profitability, improve client service, and expand their business, while mastering the art of home measurement and the influence of square footage on property comparisons. This unique program enhances professional value and provides lasting career benefits.
The Home Measurement Specialist (HMS®) certification offers 9 hours of non-CE education through two classes: a 4-hour course on ANSI basics and a 5-hour video course on measuring and calculating square footage. This program provides real estate professionals with significantly more knowledge than their peers and the latest industry insights, enhancing career-long expertise.
The HMS® designation demonstrates a commitment to accuracy and quality, making you a valuable resource for clients. Ideal for agents, appraisers, and property data collectors, it positions you at the forefront of industry trends, particularly with the growing importance of accurate square footage measurements. No formal licensure is required, only a desire to provide quality service. Earn your HMS® certification to stand out, attract more clients, and enhance your professional future.
Created Exclusively for Residential Appraisers & Real Estate Professionals
Learn the methods and procedures for measuring and calculating square footage in detached single-family dwellings, based upon the ANSI® Standards. This course is a collection of home measurement videos developed by Hamp Thomas, a certified residential appraiser and Realtor® with over 30 years of experience. Learn from Hamp how adhering to the ANSI® standard can protect real estate professionals, their companies, and their clients. Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned pro, this course will tech you the fundamentals for measuring finished living areas based on the ANSI® Standard. Learn something today you can use at work tomorrow!
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Created Exclusively for Residential Appraisers & Real Estate Professionals
This course will teach you the basic techniques and procedures for measuring single-family residential dwellings. The measurement and area computation methods are based upon the American National Standards Institute Square Footage-Method for Calculating ANSI Z765. The course explains, in detail, the most recent updates of ANSI and the most often mentioned measurement questions. Whether you’re a new trainee or a 20-year veteran appraiser, this course will review the most common measurement issues seen by appraisers and give detailed information on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac requirements related to ANSI. Help to understand the “art” of home measurement and the changes ahead in the future of LiDAR and measuring.
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Author of “Measuring Square Footage with ANSI”, the Guide to the Standard & ANSI FAQs –The American Measurement Standard – Death of an Industry, Real Estate Appraisal – Reporting Square Footage to MLS – Professional’s Dictionary of Real Estate Terms” and online courses; ANSI, Home Measurement, & the Power of Price-Per-Square-Foot appraisal CE course; and Public Records, Square Footage & the Power of Price Per Square Foot, and the Big Data-Big Trouble online class for Real Estate Professionals.
Since 2003, Hamp has promoted the establishment of one “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, a home’s size has never been more important. Hamp created the Home Measurement Specialist certification for those who truly want to understand the power of size in all real estate valuations. HMS is a registered trademark.
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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 twenty years. We have an information crisis in the real estate industry and Big Data can never work without Better Data to rely on. Appraiser/CDEI/CRS/ABR/GRI/MNAA/PSA/HMS/Realtor®. Moore County, NC
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