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Real Estate Finance Statistics and Valuation Modeling

Online Education

Course

Category	General/Residential [G/R]
Level	I
Attendance Hours	14.0
Exam Hours	1.0
Current Price	$ 280.00 AI Price $ 330.00 Full Price

Instructor

Kenneth M. Lusht, PhD, MAI, SRA

Location

Appraisal Institute - Online Education

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Sponsor / Contact

	Appraisal Institute
Email	OL-Help@appraisalinstitute.org
Phone	(877) 674-2447

Description

Overview:
This 15-hour course provides an introduction to statistics, real estate finance, and modeling with applications to residential and commercial real estate appraisal. During the first half of the course you will develop an understanding of basic statistics and statistical analysis and learn how those skills can be used in valuation and evaluation practice. In the second part, you will gain an understanding of real estate finance markets, learn about credit conditions and their impact values on appraisal, and calculate and interpret fundamental numbers on loan payments and balances.

Please note that the course has a mandatory assignment that the instructor reviews. The instructor will release the course completion certificate and/or exam authorization only after the assignment is completed satisfactorily. A review can take 3-5 days. Please plan accordingly. Expedited review is available upon request.

Exam:
This course has an optional 1-hour offline exam. Successful completion of the course and exam should satisfy most states' qualifying education requirements in the content area identified as real estate finance, statistics, and valuation modeling.

You can take the exam at one of our testing centers. Testing center locations in your area can be found by clicking on this link: www.pearsonvue.com/ai. You will have 90 days from the time that you complete the course to take the exam.

Do I have to take the course exam?

You are required to complete and pass a proctored offline exam if:

You may be required to complete and pass a proctored offline exam if:

state licensing board

You are not required to complete and pass a proctored offline exam if:

Syllabus:
Module 1: Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
Module 2: Measures Of Dispersion: The Range, Fractiles and Standard Deviation
Module 3: Statistical Inference: Using Sample Means and Standard Deviations
Module 4: An Application of Statistics Based Valuation: Introducing The Regression Model
Module 5: Introduction to Multiple Regression
Module 6: Real Estate Finance - An Introduction and a Brief History
Module 7: Availability and Cost (Interest Rate) of Mortgage Debt
Module 8: Financing, Value, and Appraisal and Consulting Practice - An Introduction

Learning Objectives:

AI CE Credit for Designated members and Practicing Affiliates:

Audience

Beginning appraisers, real estate professionals, users of appraisal services, accountants.

Equipment

A financial calculator is required. The accepted model used in the course is the HP-12C. Candidates taking most AI exams may bring their own calculator to use during the exam. Candidates should be fully aware that AI courses are developed with HP12C keystrokes, and that using an HP12C is highly recommended.

IMPORTANT! You will be asked to clear the calculator's memory before and after the examination. Only one calculator is permitted in the testing room.

Laptops, cellular phones, tablets, iPads, wearable technology (smart watch, Apple Watch, Google Glass, etc.), and other devices that can store data or connect to the Internet are NOT permitted during the exam. In addition, all watches, wallets, bags, and purses must be removed and stored out of reach prior to taking the exam.

HP-12C calculator user's manual

You must be familiar with calculator operation when the course begins. Answers to problems in course material are shown using the HP-12C. Do not come to class expecting to be taught how to use a financial calculator.

Free Review:Using a Financial Calculator; Formulas, Symbols, Math Review, and Sample Problems and Financial Calculator Practice Exercises

For additional help with the HP-12C calculator, take our online seminar, Using Your HP-12C Financial Calculator

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Basic Appraisal Principles and Basic Appraisal Procedures, or equivalent courses is required.

For Further Reading

•	An Introduction to Statistics for Appraisers
•	Practical Applications in Appraisal Valuation Modeling
•	A Guide to Appraisal Valuation Modeling

Disclaimer

Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to complete an online program once it begins, you may cancel out of the program within 30 days after the official end date. Absolutely no cancellations will be processed after 30 days of the official end date. Once you cancel out of a program, you must start the program over at the beginning in any later enrollments. You cannot be placed into the program where you left off before canceling.

The following refund policy is in effect for canceled online programs based on the amount of material completed in a program:

• Less than 25% of the program completed: $60 cancellation fee

• More than 25% of the program completed: no refund

I agree to the terms and policies set forth under the Appraisal Institute Online Education Policy. I also certify that I am the person identified above under Personal Data and that I will personally complete each assigned module of instruction and any examination(s). I understand and agree that if I misrepresent my identity or arrange for someone else to represent himself or herself as me at any time during the Appraisal Institute online course or seminar, I will be immediately removed from the course or seminar and I will not be entitled to any refund. I further understand that if I am a member of the Appraisal Institute and participated in any misrepresentation of identity, by affirmative act or failure to act, that I will be the subject of a peer review proceeding under Regulation No. 6 for violation of the Appraisal Institute's Code of Professional Ethics and Standard of Professional Appraisal Practice, and that such peer review proceeding may result in termination of my Appraisal Institute membership.

Additional Information

ONLINE CLASS ACCESS
Please allow 1 hour after registration to start an online session in progress (on or after the session start date). Go to www.appraisalinstitute.org and log in with the username and password you used when you registered. You will automatically be taken to the "My Appraisal Institute" page. Near the middle of that page your course will be listed with a link next to it that says "Go To Class".

If you have any questions, please email us at OL-Help@appraisalinstitute.org.

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