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AREA is proud to partner with CareerWeb to offer all of the Real Estate Appraisal courses required by the Nevada Real Estate Appraisal Commission to obtain and maintain your Real Estate Appraiser classification. In addition to Pre-License courses, AREA provides Continuing Education courses that fulfill educational standards established by the Division.

Please call 888-883-9720 or email education@area-ga.com for more information about Appraisal courses in Nevada.

 
Real Estate Appraiser Pre-License Courses
Nevada Registered Intern Package – 60 Hour ($449.00)
This course provides an introduction to real estate appraisal. The course focuses on the basic principles and practices of appraisal. It covers real estate concepts, finance, and the valuation process. Neighborhood analysis is explained, and the concept of highest and best use is addressed. Data collection, site description, and improvement description is also covered. The course will instruct students in detail how to fill out the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR). The state of Nevada does not allow the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) 15 hour course to be delivered via distance learning.
Qualifying Courses for Real Estate Appraisers
Residential Sales Comparison and Income Approach - 30 Hours ($295.00)
Provides an introductory understanding of fundamental concepts of appraising. Guides you through the different data that needs to be collected and reviewed during the appraisal process. Explains how to use sales comparison grides and how to search for public comparable sales data in a computerized database. Describes the advantages and limitaions of the sales comparison approach.
Residential Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach - 15 Hours ($200.00)
This course is designed to provide you with an introductory understanding of fundamental concepts of appraising; it focuses on the valuation of vacant land parcels and the development of the cost approach. Develop your skills by creating a current cost estimate using market extraction, interview techniques, and information provided by professional cost data sources. This course also covers the origin of the appraisal assignment to a final value estimate using various cost approach applications.
Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use - 15 Hours ($200.00)
This course covers the relationship between market analysis and highest and best use. You will learn how to find the information you need to make a highest and best use decision and how to interpret the information you find. It also provides information how to read and map a market area for a subject property and discover the essential links between market analysis, highest and best use analysis, and the three approaches to value (cost, sales comparison, and income capitalization).
Residential Report Writing and Case Studies (v2) – 15 Hours ($200.00)
This course demonstrates practical writing exercises necessary to produce convincing appraisal reports in daily practice. Course objectives are achieved through the mastery and application of residential valuation procedures, grammar rules and writing techniques, and specific writing assignments based on a residential case study. Participants will practice writing effective narrative comments for form appraisal reports and learn how to explain valuation procedures and conclusions to users of reports. The techniques applied in this course are useful in real-life situations.
Continuing Education Courses for Real Estate Appraisers
Appraisal Methods – 14 Hours ($175.00)
The course is appropriate for students who are interested in receiving 14-hours of continuing education credit. The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the appraisal methods. Students will learn the principles of value, the three approaches to value - sales comparison, cost, and income, reconciliation and gross monthly rent multipliers.
Overview of the Appraisal Process - 14 Hours ($175.00)
The course is appropriate for students who are interested in receiving 14-hours of continuing education credit. The purpose of this course is to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the appraisal process. This course covers the types of value, the valuation process, general and specific data analysis, residential real estate markets, neighborhood analysis, site and improvement description and analysis and the concept of highest and best use.
Residential Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach - 14 Hours ($175.00)
This course is designed to provide you with an introductory understanding of fundamental concepts of appraising; it focuses on the valuation of vacant land parcels and the development of the cost approach. Develop your skills by creating a current cost estimate using market extraction, interview techniques, and information provided by professional cost data sources. This course also covers the origin of the appraisal assignment to a final value estimate using various cost approach applications.
Residential Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use - 14 Hours ($175.00)
This course covers the relationship between market analysis and highest and best use. You will learn how to find the information you need to make a highest and best use decision and how to interpret the information you find. It also provides information how to read and map a market area for a subject property and discover the essential links between market analysis, highest and best use analysis, and the three approaches to value (cost, sales comparison, and income capitalization).
Residential Report Writing and Case Studies (v2) – 14 Hours ($175.00)
This course demonstrates practical writing exercises necessary to produce convincing appraisal reports in daily practice. Course objectives are achieved through the mastery and application of residential valuation procedures, grammar rules and writing techniques, and specific writing assignments based on a residential case study. Participants will practice writing effective narrative comments for form appraisal reports and learn how to explain valuation procedures and conclusions to users of reports. The techniques applied in this course are useful in real-life situations.
A URAR Form Review (v2) - 7 Hours ($129.00)

The course will instruct students in detail how to fill out the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (URAR). Students will be taken through each section of the URAR where they identify and complete the required fields. This course provides the student with the guidelines and direction to create URAR reports which are in compliance with USPAP.

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