Need Help to pass VA APPRAISAL STATE EXAM

[Suz-E]

You might want to start with writing in full sentences with proper capitalization and grammar - this is a professional forum, not instant messaging.

Smokey beat me to it. I was beginning to get a bit perturbed as well.


My real question to the original poster is where you took your classes? Online? Classroom?

It just appears from another thread that was posted, the most basic questions were not answered correctly, leading me to believe A. it was online instruction or B. he didn't really pay much attention.

 

[thisforallg]

Whats wrong with all of you

I think i need to end this topic now ,because all i am getting is criticism... no one here look like to help me and at this point i think i just need to find someone else who is more helpfull and not soo hard on me well thanks anyway for you nice criticism

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[Smokey Bear]

Maybe you need to set your sights on a job more commensurate with your abilities. Maybe burger flipping or car wash? Your lack of language skills is not a good sign if you're looking to be an appraiser. And if you don't get that you have to LEARN the material, not just memorize answers, you really don't need to be in this profession. Being an appraiser means being committed to a career-long education, the learning has barely even begun for a trainee.

 

[TEL2002]

I think i need to end this topic now ,because all i am getting is criticism... no one here look like to help me and at this point i think i just need to find someone else who is more helpfull and not soo hard on me well thanks anyway for you nice criticism

I just reread this thread. It looks to me like you received a lot of great advice. We can't help you because we are unable to do the things for you. People suggested different methods of studying, different sources of material, some minimal criteria and basic skills required of appraisers. The criticism dealt with your use of shorthand text messaging on this forum.

Now for some more advice. Toughen up your skin a little bit. Criticism will follow you throughout your appraisal career. You are not special, it has/does follow everyone else. It is the nature of the business, clients & homeowners get upset, because they did not like the outcome of the appraisal. Instead of getting upset about criticism, you must defend your position as being valid...or...realize the criticism is valid and correct your mistakes.

Good luck
PS. Your luck & success is in your hands.

 

[TC]

You might want to start with writing in full sentences with proper capitalization and grammar - this is a professional forum, not instant messaging.

Glad SOMEONE else said it.


TC

 

[Lynne]

I think i need to end this topic now ,because all i am getting is criticism... no one here look like to help me and at this point i think i just need to find someone else who is more helpfull and not soo hard on me well thanks anyway for you nice criticism

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thisforallg = Faraz Khan

It would seem this is a second language. You definately need more practice before you type reports.

 

[Lone Star]

The questions you have asked of the forum members are very basic. If you are going to have any chance of success in this profession, you need to be able to research and find the answers. Much of what we do is research, analysis, and communicating the results of that analysis. If you can't research your state website for licensing questions, or pick up the phone and call them - how will you be able to conduct research on an appraisal assignment? If basic appraisal concepts are eluding you, how will you be able to properly analyze the data you research on an appraisal assignment? And if you can not coherently communicate your questions in a forum like this - how can you expect the users of your research and analysis (appraisal assignment) to understand you?

This isn't meant to be harsh, but so far you haven't demonstrated any of the qualities usually present in those who are successful in this career. Maybe it's just not meant to be. I'd love to paint like Picasso or sing like Sinatra, but it's just not meant to be. If calling your state board is too difficult for you, then this profession will likely send you to an early grave.

Might I ask what is attracting you to this profession? Maybe the answer to that question will help some of us understand where you are coming from.

 

[MBuehler]

Monty i did tookUSPAP EXAM AND PASSED IT last year....i am confued bcoz i heard from some people that your 2000 hours training can start after USPAP exam but i have doubt maybe the 2000 hour training start after you pass the state exam...thats my confusion and if you can answer me i would really appriciate that...coz when i register for state exam ...they send me a letter and i will quote it so u can understand what i am trying to say"""congratulation your application for original licensure as a real estate appraiser has been approved on 04-25-06 by VA real estate appraiser board. ::"

if anyone know the situation plz tell me thankz

Here in PA, as I believe it is true in many other states, your 2000 hours begins AFTER you have completed 45 credit hours of classes, including the 15 hour USPAP course. It may be different in VA. Check with your board for the most up to date information on how to gain a license.

Maybe you can send them a message on your Blackberry. Has WinTotal put forms in Blackberry style ? How are you going to draw floor plans on it ? I have never seen one work, so I would be interested.

You will make a huge amount of money in this busness, if your keep stick to clients who are under 18, think Britney Spears is "sic" and vote weekly on American Idol.

As for you ability to write here, it would be safe to state that any narr. report that you send to a client, will first be laughed at, and then burned.

PLEASE learn how to type complete words that are found in the English text.

My first month as a trainee, I had a LO ask me what 1 BI meant. (That's a one car built in garage) That is the only type of shorthand you can get away with as an appraiser.

Good Luck, and please keep us informed of your progress.

 

[Timothy Mlack]

Here is the Virginia State Website with all online information about real estate appraising... http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/dporweb/apr_main.cfm

I took the test last year. The test can be very confusing sometimes. You really need to understand the concepts that the question deals with. I found a few questions where I had to choose between two answers that I thought were right.

Read the question, if you cant answer it, mark it for later review, and comeback to it later. (The test was on computer and there were many options to skip/mark for review). The test proctor told me it was the fastest she had ever seen anyone take it, which suprised me cause I took my time by skipping the hard questions, then coming back and answering the hard ones, and then again reviewing every question. She also said more people fail it the first time then pass it.

I took my time, was VERY prepared (practice tests, reviews in the book, I never marked answers in the book, that way I could always go back and take the chapter tests and reviews again later)

Of the 3 other appraisers I work with, I am the only one who took his course work online. While my course was very broad and in depth, theirs were focused by the instructor's knowledge of the test and what areas of study to focus on. Even with that knowledge they said they struggled too.

As for trainee hours, my company's policy is experiance begins after passing the test and recieving the Trainee Liscense. Boss wasnt sure about that specific law, but said by doing it this way all "corners are covered" with clients.

One thing I learned is that 90 percent of the course work is background concepts, and that I use only 10 percent on the job. Course work doesnt tell you how to actually do a report, or even what one looks like! But neither does the test.

Good Luck, keep your head up.

 

[BRCJR]

In Virginia your hours of experience (properly documented) may be counted, before you recieve your trainee license, so long as you have a supervisor in good standing with the board.