Start Date: 5/24/2024 9:30 AM PDT
End Date: 5/24/2024 11:30 AM PDT

Venue Name: Petaluma Community Center

Organization Name: REAA

Best Practices For Appraisers - Live in Petaluma
Class Cost  - Free for REAA Members/$60 for Non-Members
BREA Approval #24CP986603147 - 2 HRS CE  CREDIT

9:00am - Check-in & Announcements/Networking
9:30am - Class Starts
11:30am - Class Ends

With business slowing down, now is the perfect time to review your business practice protocols and procedures.  Why? To see if they are THE best practices you can have to improve efficiency and for protecting you from any potential liability for your business.  In this class, we will cover how to ensure your appraisal practice complies with USPAP and housing rules against bias.  We will also review scope of work issues,  the competency rule, different types of engagement letters, anatomy of the appraisal fee, and office protocols.  We will go over how to bulletproof your workfile and how to check if your E&0 insurance coverage includes liability for discrimination and other issues.  We will also talk about how to prepare yourself for the upcoming GSE form changes and the role of technology in your appraisal practice. At the end, there will be a small group discussion and sharing of other appraisers' best practices.

Lou Rusert is the current President for the North Bay chapter of REAA and a board member of the Corporate REAA board.  Lou has over 32 years of appraisal experience both working as an independent fee appraiser after retiring from World Savings where she was the regional appraisal manager/vice president of the North Bay Appraisal department covering the counties of Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake and Solano counties. She taught continuing education classes at World and also developed classes for REAA.  She also earned her Accredited Green Appraiser certification from Earth Advantage since 2020.