Appraisal & Consulting

Appraisal Institute annual meeting to feature The Appraisal Foundation's Steven Elliott as speaker - July 23rd - 25th

Steven Elliott, SRA, MRA, the chair of The Appraisal Foundation's board of trustees, has been added as a general session speaker for the App...

No excuse to miss the ripple that is soon to arrive

Famously, well at least famous up here in Vermont, Ethan Allen stood in a New York courtroom in 1770 and defiantly told the King's attorney ...

President's message: R.I. industrial market summary

As of January 2013, our newly merged Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute has been working hard to put forward ...

Appraisal Institute updates Residential Green & Energy Efficient Addendum

The nation's largest professional association of real estate appraisers released an updated form intended to help analyze values of energy e...

Exit and storm strategies become apparent and visible

Early as it might seem to the snapshot professional for an exit strategy, most investors have been looking out at the end of soft money and ...

Critical thinking & templates: Appraisers love their forms and their templates

The National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking Instruction defines critical thinking as " the intellectually disciplined process o...

Sequestration: keep your eyes on the road and keep trucking

On March 1st the day before the first day of Sequestration, jobs and securities markets appear to be stable with upside improvements. The ne...

Good time to be a candidate for designation with Appraisal Institute

The Appraisal Institute's Candidate for Designation program was launched on January 1st and it is off to a great start. The Appraisal Instit...

Keeping up with changing regulations for appraisers

The parade of regulations focused on appraisals continues to stream by. They are coming from both state and federal agencies and affect appr...

AI courses and events calendar announced for 2013

The Massachusetts and Rhode Island Chapter of the Appraisal Institute has announced its courses, seminars, and events schedule for 2013. As ...