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International Equivalency Course: General

International Equivalency Course: General

About this course

This course has been designed to aid professional real property valuers around the world in establishing a standardized measurement of their individual valuation knowledge, expertise, and experience. This theory-based curriculum includes descriptions, examples, and discussions that will stimulate real property valuation professionals from any region.

What you’ll learn

  • Identify the seven steps of the valuation process and the questions that need to be asked at each step.    
  • Describe the sections of a valuation report and identify the items typically addressed in each section.    
  • Identify the relationships between the three approaches to value and the appraisal principles of substitution, supply and demand, balance, and externalities.
  • List the steps needed for independent analysis.

Course curriculum

  • Introduction
  • Module 1: Concept Highlights
  • Module 2: Highest and Best Use and Land Valuation
  • Homework Problems 1-16
  • Module 3: Subdivision Development Analysis and Cost Estimates
  • Module 4: Depreciation
  • Homework Problems 17-25
  • Module 5: Sales Comparison Approach—Introduction
  • Module 6: Sales Comparison Approach—Analysis
  • Module 7: Income, Vacancy, and Expense Estimates
  • Module 8: Rates and Procedures Used in Capitalization
  • Homework Problems 26-37
  • Module 9: Yield Capitalization Application
  • Module 10: Review Problems
  • Conclusion and Exam Preparation

Course Provider

Appraisal Institute (AI)
Appraisal Institute (AI)

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