Personally, I think the CRN is in desperate need of input from SMEs who look at SFR appraising as an extension of the underlying fundamentals as opposed to being an update to Harrison's "How to fill out the URAR".
Tip #1
Find a different term for their current use of "Standard 1", etc. That's just going to cause confusion among noobs . And the idiot contingent among the CRs who train the majority of the noobs. As an example, an "action objective" could be considered an interim step towards a goal. Or some other nomenclature thats distinct from USPAP-speak.
Tip #2
Back way the fark up and get away from the forms-driven (SR2) appraisal development (SR1) mentality. If you're trying to prepare a new generation of appraisers for the more sophisticated environment they're going to be serving over the next 30-40 years of their careers you need a clean break from the form monkey mentality. You need to reframe everything into the underlying fundamentals that will enable them to perform to similar effect in any applicable appraisal protocol regardless of its cosmetics. The applications are the extension of the fundamentals.
That means the specifics of the GSE protocols come dead last on your list. Those "extras" are the addenda to the noob's training, not the main course of instruction. if for no other reason than the fact that the GSEs are not an appraisal entity, they don't understand the esoterics that well, and are in no position to be instructing appraisers on how to appraise. All they know is what is meaningful to their process, which to be sure is a critical component of the appraisal assignment but by the same token is not a separate and distinct expectation that exists on its own.
Tip#3
And while we're at it, those fundamentals include the practical applications of our "The USPAP", so those basics are best integrated into the training, not treated as a separate module that gets added on as an afterthought. There are good and valid reasons for virtually all of those requirements and it's never too soon for appraisers to learn what those reasons are and why adherence benefits them more than anyone else in the transaction.
Tip#4
You can't effectively analyze the specifics of the subject property in isolation to its environment, so the nuts-n-bolts of neighborhood analysis come first, site analysis comes second, improvements analysis come third and HBU analysis comes 4th (not 2nd). "Analysis" consisting of a bit more than simply copy/paste a meaningless generic boilerplate.
Tip#5
Work from the macro to the micro, from the outside>in. Neighborhood > Site > Exterior features of the site improvements > Interior features from the public zone to the private zone > extras not already addressed. THEN you're in a position to relate the subject attributes to its proximate environment, and THEN you can get into market segment identification and analysis. Which will sometimes be different from the neighborhood analysis, even if "different" just means it's a subset of that neighborhood composition.
Tip#6
The current 1004MC is intended as an integral part of the market segment analysis and leads directly into the Sales Comparison, those direct comps being the expression of the trends demonstrated by their larger market.
etc., etc.
We can't create logical and orderly thinkers to operate in a logical and orderly manner without setting that example and structuring their training that way. Most all of the details relate directly back to the fundamentals, anyway - so they're not arbitrary to begin with. Jumping around to elements out of sequence and without use of a progression won't result in a progression, but rather just an accumulation of trivia. It's the difference between memorizing all the details of a specific problem in advance vs being able to think and learn your way - in a structured and logical and effective manner - through any new-to-you situation.
The development of the logical sequence of development is also a requisite step towards getting the logical sequence in explanation and reporting.
So that's it. Get off my lawn.
