Hello, I have been looking for a career since graduating from a 4 year university in Southern California. majored in Marketing and Demographics, during school and still now I have worked online for the past 4 years, as well as bartended 2 nights a week to make things work. Lately with the economy taking a dump and real estate markets hitting highs and rates are almost as lowas they can go. I have spoke with a regualr at the bar who, good head on his shoulders and he said what about doing what I do, appraiser. Well I went over to his place and sat down with him to fix his computer and got on the topic and gots me asking myself is this for me.
I havea passion for real estate in a investers standpoint, as well as an appraisers. I feel they go hand in hand down the line. But my questions are geared for long term growth in this field.
Will appraisers still be around when the real estate bubble bursts? or when rates go back up? Of coarse they will be around but will they still have good income? This is a biggie for me.. Last thing I need is to get in a career and have it tank and be looking for a career again.
Next I have researched taking the appraiser classes and found http://www.appraiserlicense.com/
From what I understand the process is 1 month for the class, wait a month or longer to get your testing info, take the test, wait again for a couple monthes get your liceanse as a trainee and get going.
If i understand this right after the 1st year / hours You reach the second level, and from there you can go up again a couple levels. At what point does my degree come into effect? If I remember right the guy I was talking to sai if you dont have a degree you can only get so many accredidations. Beyond a pointa degree was needed.
Liceanse transfers: Currently I am located in California, and the girlfriend is back in Philidelphia right now becuase her family decided to jump back there. Since allied schools ie the palce i would take the classes is not accreddited by Pennslyvania would i have to repeat the whole process? Or is there a transfer i could put in for or something ?
Hmmmm some other ones
What is an average appraisers income these days... or should i say without these crazy interest rates. The guy i know was claiming 85k lately with only second level status whatever its called.
If I do this I would like to eventually own a appraiser business and have a couple appraisers under me.... How do I get to this point?
I hope I get some good feedback.....
thisshould help alot of new faces get an idea of what they are getting into.
Kevin
Kevin@Keev.Net
I havea passion for real estate in a investers standpoint, as well as an appraisers. I feel they go hand in hand down the line. But my questions are geared for long term growth in this field.
Will appraisers still be around when the real estate bubble bursts? or when rates go back up? Of coarse they will be around but will they still have good income? This is a biggie for me.. Last thing I need is to get in a career and have it tank and be looking for a career again.
Next I have researched taking the appraiser classes and found http://www.appraiserlicense.com/
From what I understand the process is 1 month for the class, wait a month or longer to get your testing info, take the test, wait again for a couple monthes get your liceanse as a trainee and get going.
If i understand this right after the 1st year / hours You reach the second level, and from there you can go up again a couple levels. At what point does my degree come into effect? If I remember right the guy I was talking to sai if you dont have a degree you can only get so many accredidations. Beyond a pointa degree was needed.
Liceanse transfers: Currently I am located in California, and the girlfriend is back in Philidelphia right now becuase her family decided to jump back there. Since allied schools ie the palce i would take the classes is not accreddited by Pennslyvania would i have to repeat the whole process? Or is there a transfer i could put in for or something ?
Hmmmm some other ones
What is an average appraisers income these days... or should i say without these crazy interest rates. The guy i know was claiming 85k lately with only second level status whatever its called.
If I do this I would like to eventually own a appraiser business and have a couple appraisers under me.... How do I get to this point?
I hope I get some good feedback.....
thisshould help alot of new faces get an idea of what they are getting into.
Kevin
Kevin@Keev.Net