Learning Home Measurement – Video Series
Created Exclusively for Residential Appraisers & Real Estate Professionals
$99.95
Certified for 5 hours of continuing education in CA, CO, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MI, NJ, OH, TN, TX and WA. *Pending approval in AL. More approved states coming soon!
Course Description
Learn the methods and procedures for measuring and calculating square footage in detached single-family dwellings, based upon the American National Standards Institute Square Footage-Method for Calculating ANSI® Z765-2013 Guidelines. This course is a collection of home measurement videos developed by Hamp Thomas, a certified residential appraiser and Realtor® with over 25 years of experience. Learn from Hamp how adhering to the ANSI® Standard can protect real estate professionals, their companies and their clients.
Course Goal
The goal of this course is to teach appraisers and real estate professionals how to better estimate “finished living area” based on the ANSI® measurement standard. From basic ranch-style homes to complex one and one-half stories, with sloped ceilings, dormers, and many unique measuring circumstances. Students will gain a better perspective on measuring residential square footage. Rediscover the “art” of estimating finished living area with the ultimate home measurement video guide.
Course Objectives
- Review the rules of ANSI® and the importance of following a standard of measurement
- Discuss the “Tools of the Trade”
- Explain the “Rules of Thumb” in rounding measurements
- Examine the measurement of stairs
- Define GLA or Gross Living Area
- Learn how to calculate the total measurement when utilizing interior dimensions
- Define the proper measurement of Garages- where the measurement begins and ends
- Learn the proper method for determining “finished” living area, Bonus Rooms, and other Finished attached and detached spaces
- Explore the methods and procedures for measuring Townhomes and Condos and the importance of verifying finished new construction
- Learn to measure corners and caps, chimneys, fireboxes, and bay windows
- Examine the measurement of dormers, upper levels, and rooms with sloped ceilings
- Identify how to properly report above & below “grade” living areas
- Understand the basics of home measurement and learn how to properly measure a single-family dwelling, based on the ANSI® measurement guideline
- Summarize the fundamentals of square footage math
- Discover the importance of square footage disclosures
- Illustrate the importance of price-per-square-foot in all real estate valuations and review the benefit of following a recognized standard of measurement
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Course Author
Hamp Thomas
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
