Trainee Appraiser Hours

[Tiffany Gibbons]

8 hours is the maximum number of hours allowed for experience per SFR. If you notice, the 'actual' hours add up in excess of 8.

In rural areas, sometimes it can take 2 hours just to take all the comp photos. Especially if there is acreage and large outbuildings involved.

 

[Tiffany Gibbons]

In the beginning, the trainee takes more hours to do the reports. The more recent hours should be shorter than the beginning.
Like an appraisal report in convincing the reader, there should be a story in how the hours differ.

For me, the assignments got more difficult the more my supervisor thought I could learn from the experience. Like Divorce and Probation work. He used them as teaching experiences. I also worked with the guy in our office that did outlying counties and the appraiser who did relocation appraisal exclusively just to better learn to measure and examine the McMansion market. That guy would have me measure and he would measure and we'd both sketch them when we got back to the office. It's easier to see your weaknesses and work on them. Nowadays, no one has time for that.

 

[andrew81]

I'll have to look into if Florida allows putting in travel time to the hours.

The instruction on the Florida Experience Log

Trainee Hours as Recorded by Supervisory Appraiser: This is the total number of hours that the Applicant (T) accumulated during the process of completing the assignment (actual hours worked on the appraisal). This is attested to by the supervisor’s signature.

 

[David S]

Hey everyone,

I am a trainee apprasier and have been working for about 6 months now. I have begun to log my hours in excel since we need 1500 hours to apply for a residential license and I am trying to figure out an approriate amount to put on my time sheet for each appraisal. Can anyone who has been through the trainee process advise me to what they did to log their hours? Right now for residential appraisals I have been putting between 3-7 hours depending if I drove to the property or not & commercial up to 10 hours (although those will count seperately). Just looking for some advice on the timekeeping process.
Thanks

Recalled when I was trainee. I have three mentors / supervisors. Each them will write down the hours on the separate log sheet. At the first 2 years, they only gave me 5 hours per report since I did inspection most time and prepare some documents, like run to city hall for permit paper etc. At the late 2 years, they gave me 10 hours per report since I did inspection and partial / draft report. All said don't write down more than 10 hours per residential report. Otherwise state appraisal board will question you. That's why it took me four full years to upgrade into appraisal licensee. Per rule, the hour only count when you actual on site do the inspection or you actual doing the report. Driving time can't count, even you spent 2 or 3 hours drive 40 or 50 miles to and from the subject and comps. Learning appraisal software or getting familiar with all the MLS, database, county record website can't count too. Another trick is those hours have to be reasonable to a average trainee, No necessary your ACTUAL hours. e.g, if I am a slow person and spent 2 days to complete a report, you can't claim 15 or 20 hours on that report.

 

[bk_cali]

I put 12 hours for the reports when I was just starting out, then worked my way down to 8 hours when I was more comfortable doing the reports. I never put less than 8 hours for any report.

 

[BRCJR]

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