Dearborn Real Estate Education (www.dearbornre.com) has a new line of 13 appraisal titles to help real estate schools implement curriculum to meet the new education requirements for Appraisal licensing. The new requirements, written by the Appraisal Qualifications Board (AQB), went into effect in all 50 states on January 1, 2008, and impact all levels of appraisal study. A maximum increase of 120 additional education hours (on top of the existing 80 hours) were added to help professionals reach the highest Certified General Appraiser level, bringing the new total up to 300 total required hours of education.
Dearborn’s new line, written by certified appraisers, covers all four levels of Appraiser study – Appraiser Trainee, Licensed Residential Appraiser, Certified Residential Appraiser, and Certified General Appraiser - and each text is designed around the AQB requirements for that level. The first six books in this series available now cover the requirements for Trainee and Licensed Appraisers. The remaining titles to be released in 2008 will cover Certified Residential and Certified General levels.
“We are very excited to provide this top-quality education solution for our partnering real estate schools,” said Mehul Patel, President of Dearborn Real Estate Education. “Our new textbooks and instructor resources allow schools to easily create and implement new appraisal courses into their existing curriculum. With over 50 years experience providing real estate education materials, we are confident that schools will find our new 2008 AQB appraisal titles to be the strongest ones available.”
About the Authors
Authors Mark A. Munizzo and Lisa Virruso Musial are both Certified General Real Estate Appraisers and are both award-winning instructors.
Mark A. Munizzo, IFAS, is president of The Equity Network, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm. He currently serves on the education council for the Appraisal Foundation Sponsors and is a member of the Examinations Committee for Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. He is a certified Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice instructor and a national instructor with the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA). He received NAIFA’s Instructor of the Year Award in 2002.
Lisa Virruso Musial, IFAS, is president of Musial Appraisal Company and is a practicing commercial real estate appraiser. In addition, Lisa is a national instructor with the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA), and received NAIFA’s Instructor of the Year Award in 2004. She also is a certified Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice instructor.
About Dearborn Real Estate Education
Dearborn Real Estate Education is a leading publisher of real estate training materials nationwide, offering pre-licensing, continuing education and professional development materials to real estate schools and associations. Prepared by the leading experts in the field, Dearborn’s materials cover appraisal, home inspection, property management, brokerage, ethics, law, sales approaches and contracts in print, software and online formats.