How's your experience in McKissock?

[Jacob Coleman]

Hi all, I'm doing a review update on McKissock. May I know how's your overall experience with their appraisal courses? Do you like them? Why and why not? Thanks!

 

[Fernando]

Did the online and live web classes. Online was faster for me.
Been procrastinating since they distract from money making but got the classes done for CE.
I was getting close to license expiration but state agency to my surprise was able to issue my license earlier than usual.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

They are OK.

 

[norapp]

Stopped using them when they taught info in the course was dead wrong. Happened twice. Don't ask me what it was. It was several years ago. I called to bring up the fact that the instructor was giving out false info. Their response was the course was old and not updated. Really??? I now use Manfred.

 

[jay trotta]

Taken their classes for a while, just because most local in person option's are very limited. Very limited new and interesting CEU, because it's a mandatory cycle requirement to make $$$$$ and limits interest in offering changes.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

The driest and worst class I've taken live was a McKissock class on Manufactured homes. It was a page by page regurgitation of the PowerPoint slides printed out.

I've taken their on line classes a couple times. My assistant used to take the classes when she was licensed. They are not a lot better but they serve the purpose. I got a class via OREP when everything shut down last spring and I really liked that class for on line. I hope we are back to live classes before the next cycle. I cannot imagine how dreadful USPAP will be on line.

 

[TMG]

I just did their online 7 hour USPAP three days ago. I was able to take the final exam at 6 hours which was nice. Some providers wont let you finish until the allotted time has passed. It was a good class, and everything worked well.

One thing that made me cringe (and its not McKissock's fault) ....75% of the class was about the USPAP differences and requirements of a "Restricted" Appraisal Report vs an "Appraisal Report".

I would like to suggest getting rid of the "Restricted" report. It seems very lame and unnecessary. I think an addendum to an Appraisal Report would cover the whole nonsense.

The other 25% of the class (not McKissock's fault) was about lame edits and rewording to the previous 2019 USPAP. To me, it made the whole USPAP thing look unorganized and over-managed.

Glad I'm done for 2 years.

 

[Trihard]

If you order the 2 year package at the right time you can get two renewal cycles for the price of one. Call them up and also ask for a 15% off coupon.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

I cannot imagine how dreadful USPAP will be on line.

Oh God.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

My next renewal cycle only needs USPAP.
Lord willing and the creek don't rise, that will be all she wrote.
But, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
As Mom used to say.