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