4 Year Degree Requirement For Cert Appraisers

[Digger88]

Have you looked at alternative school settings? There are an abundance of options out there for degrees from accredited institutions.

hes 16 and has been in several alternative schools already. just trying to think ahead but he is adamant that he knows he needs a college degree. just trying to figure out a worst case scenario.

 

[Mr Rex]

online classes.

 

[BRCJR]

I didn't mean to sound insulting. But it is what it is.

Was not taking it as you being insulting. Only trying to figure out how one could tell a person was degreed or not by reading/reviewing an Appraisal Report.
I have reviewed thousands in the last decade and never read that into it.

 

[hastalavista]

hes 16 and has been in several alternative schools already.

I was just 17 when they threw me out of high school. I was in alternative school for a week and then took a test to get out early.
I eventually went to college (2-years when I was in my teens; completed my 4-year degree in my late forties).
I never liked high school (obviously) but did well when I made it to college. Your son may have a similar experience.

Good luck!

 

[Michigander]

Appraisers should respect the profession and reject any and all attempts at watering down the education requirements.

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[Digger88]

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i hear you but what does a bachelors degree in caribbean studies have to do with appraising a house? i have taught many trainees that worked for me and i couldn't have cared any less about their prior schooling.

 

[TXTea]

i hear you but what does a bachelors degree in caribbean studies have to do with appraising a house?

Do you seriously know someone with a caribbean studies degree?

I have a BBA and an MBA. One of the best appraisers I have ever known is an MAI with a music degree. My trainee has an education degree. I know several appraisers with engineering degrees. And I even know an appraiser with a philosophy degree and another with a history degree. What's the common denominator? These are educated people and I think we want that in this profession. We have enough dumb-azzes in the appraisal profession. Knocking down the education requirements will attract more.

 

[Michigander]

There are a lot of excellent intelligent appraisers out there who do not have degrees, but the purpose of going to a degree requirement was to ADVANCE the profession, not keep the status quo. I liked what TxTea said about "respecting" the profession. If we consider it a profession worthy of that name, then we want to advance it. At least my opinion. Oh, and I didn't have a degree until a few years ago and am in my mid-50's. Just figured it was worth advancing myself, and a degree was a tool towards doing so. I take my profession seriously enough to have done that, but know that a lot of people are simply not in the position to do so. At this point though, we have enough appraisers that we shouldn't look to ratcheting back recent moves towards advancement.

 

[JTip]

A fellow appraiser's kid went to the college fair last week. They said that your first year's salary in the field of study should be able to pay off all your student loans, as a rule of thumb. He said many kids left the fair sad and disparaged while parents were scratching their heads.

 

[Elliott]

Why would someone with a Caribbean studies education make a good appraiser? I know appraisers with an economics degree make excellent appraisers.