No College Degree for Cert Generals or Residential Appraisers

[Zoe]

I read your heart Joyce .

 

[chad hampton]

You know that the 4yr degree for all CRs/CGs requirement was only in place for a few years, right? What they're doing now is returning to the "some college" criteria of the 2008 version.

You could say they tried it and ended up going back.

Yes, it was a move in the right direction back then. Look, I don't necessarily think you need a 4 yr degree for an appraisal certification, but I think a 2 year or equivalent is a pretty basic barrier of entry. This isn't 1970, most everyone attends some form of higher learning these days (and really that's been the case for 30 years). And its safe to say, the ones that don't we don't want representing banks going into people's homes.

We can have the debate all day long about if a degree means anything. I agree it's not what it used to be.

But we have done all of the following in the last few years - about to remove the degree requirement, cut the required QE damn hear in half, and removed the experience/supervisor requirement. And that's just what I can think of. I assume you worked hard and paid your dues to get your license. I value mine and I'm sure you valued yours. When you have no hardship to get something, you don't value it. That's my issue.

That's part of protecting public trust.

 

[George Hatch]

I have a problem with PAREA. Experience was always the bigger barrier to entry. The difference between QE/Experience vs the full academic degree prerequisite is that QE and experience are actually job related.

 

[Essexfenwick]

MAI and SRA still require college degree.

 

[Joe Flacco]

The SRA does not require a bachelor's degree anymore.

 

[glenn walker]

MAI and SRA still require college degree.

Flacco is correct no SRA doesn't.

 

[George Hatch]

I didn't know. I don't keep up with what they do. When did they change that?

 

[Joe Flacco]

I didn't know. I don't keep up with what they do. When did they change that?

Probably when they started losing $$$$$$

 

[glenn walker]

I didn't know. I don't keep up with what they do. When did they change that?

A Long tine ago nobody reads the fine print there have always been alternative education options.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

Yes, it was a move in the right direction back then. Look, I don't necessarily think you need a 4 yr degree for an appraisal certification, but I think a 2 year or equivalent is a pretty basic barrier of entry. This isn't 1970, most everyone attends some form of higher learning these days (and really that's been the case for 30 years). And its safe to say, the ones that don't we don't want representing banks going into people's homes.

We can have the debate all day long about if a degree means anything. I agree it's not what it used to be.

But we have done all of the following in the last few years - about to remove the degree requirement, cut the required QE damn hear in half, and removed the experience/supervisor requirement. And that's just what I can think of. I assume you worked hard and paid your dues to get your license. I value mine and I'm sure you valued yours. When you have no hardship to get something, you don't value it. That's my issue.

That's part of protecting public trust.

Would a reidential appraiser benefit mosst from a vocatioal educaation, or an academic educaion?