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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. On the first day, you will develop an understanding of basic statistics and statistical analysis and learn how those skills can be used in valuation and evaluation practice. On day two, 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. Successful completion of the course and exam should satisfy most states' education requirements in the content area identified as real estate finance, statistics, and valuation modeling.
Note: QE 2008 Course

PLEASE NOTE
This course has a 1-hour offline exam. 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 are taking this class to meet state qualifying education requirements · you are taking this class to meet the qualifying education requirements for an Appraisal Institute designation

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:

· if you are taking this class to meet the continuing education requirements of an Appraisal Institute designation

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:

· Work with basic statistics and statistical analysis, and recognize how those skills can be used in valuation.· Describe the essential functions of real estate finance markets; recognize the impact of credit conditions on values and appraisal; and calculate and interpret fundamental numbers, such as loan payments and balances.

AICP members may be able to earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity. Visit www.planning.org/cm for a list of approved offerings.

AI CE Credit for Designated members, Candidates for Designation and Practicing Affiliates

· Attend Only = 175 points (residential) or 70 points (general) · Attend and Pass Exam = 225 points (residential) or 140 points (general) · Pass Exam Only = 200 points (residential) or 125 points (general)

Audience

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

Equipment

A Financial Calculator is required for this class.You must be familiar with calculator operation. Answers to problems in course material are shown using the HP-12C. Please do not expect to be taught how to use a financial calculator. You can take a financial calculator into the exam provided you clear the memory banks before hand. The allowed calculators are: HP 10b, HP 10bii, HP 12c, HP 17bii, HP 19bii calculators or Texas Instruments (TI) BA II PLUS. Other calculators are prohibited in the exam.

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 a seminar once it begins, you may cancel out of the seminar before the official seminar end date. Once you cancel out of a seminar, however, you must start the seminar over at the beginning in any later enrollments. You cannot be placed into the seminar where you left off before canceling.

The following tuition refund policy is in effect for canceled online seminars based on the amount of material completed in a seminar:

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

• More than 25% of the seminar completed: no tuition 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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