Question & answer report released

The Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation has released its question and answer report.

View the report here.

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Convention to feature appraisal track

The Michigan Association of REALTORS® is pleased to bring its members another valued-packed Convention & Expo September 25 – 27 at the Amway Grand Plaza and DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids.

Come and reminisce about peace, love and freedom as the 1960’s are brought back to life with this year’s theme. Register today at MAR’s web site to make sure you have a spot at the biggest event of the year for Michigan REALTORS®.

MAR will once again feature an appraisal track at this year’s convention. One of the featured speakers of this track will be Carole Bullion, owner and president of Classic Title Agency. She has over 20 years of experience in the real estate/title insurance industry.

Comedian Dave Coulier will be this year’s keynote at the Grand Assembly. The Detroit native is best known for his work on the long-running hit, Full House. He is also famous for his voice-over talent that has been featured on Scooby Doo and the re-syndicated version of The Jetson’s. Dave can currently be seen hosting Animal Planet’s new hit TV series, Animal Kidding, a take off on Kids Say The Darndest Things with animals. In the fall of 2005 Dave starred with Bo Derek in I Can’t Believe I Wore That on the WE Network. In the spring of 2006 Dave was featured on Fox network’s Skating with Celebrities.

Other speakers already confirmed for this year’s event include: Jeff Ammon, Gail Anderson, Walter Bond, Renwick Congdon, Darryl Davis, Deanna DuRussel, Dann Farr, Jim Gillespie, Larry Lokker, Greg McClelland, Robert Morris, Jerry Pujals, Tony Rubelski, Robert Siciliano, Kevin Smith, Terry Watson, Verl Workman and Holly Ziegler.

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2008 AQB qualification criteria changes

Senate Bill 1016 was introduced to the Senate on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, which has amended Article 26 of the Michigan Occupational Code to adopt the 2008 AQB Qualification Criteria for all levels of licensure in Michigan taking effect January 1, 2008.

The Department of Labor & Economic Growth plans to implement the firm date scenario for the 2008 AQB Qualification Criteria. Under this plan, all applicants submitting applications beginning in January 2008 must meet the new criteria, including education, experience and exam. Applications received by the department prior to January 1, 2008 must meet the current education and experience requirements by December 31, 2007 to qualify to take the examinations required for state licensed, certified residential or certified general real estate appraiser licensure. This means that an applicant must meet the current criteria for experience and education by December 31, 2007; and, the Department must receive this applicant’s application by December 31, 2007. Applicants have one year from the date the department approves them to take and pass the exam. No extensions will be given for exam approval. If the applicant fails to take and pass the exam within this year, he/she must reapply and meet the 2008 qualification criteria upon reapplication. In order to take the current license exam, applicants must take and pass the appraiser exam before January 1, 2008. If these applicants cannot take the exam prior to January 1, 2008 or fail to pass the exam by this date, they must take and pass the revised 2008 criteria examination.

For more information visit DLEG's web site.

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MiCREA Monthly
June 2006

• Question & answer report released
• Convention to feature appraisal track
• 2008 AQB qualification criteria changes
• Get client leads by registering with Michigan Living Network