Course Descriptions

Description:

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding and working knowledge of the procedures and techniques required to estimate the market value of vacant and improved properties. This course concentrates on the skills you need to estimate the market value of properties using two approaches to value: the cost approach and the sales comparison approach.

• Recommended text: Property Assessment Valuation, 3rd edition (obtain from IAAO)

Cancellation Policy: There is a $100 cancellation fee.  Includes faxed/emailed registrations. Requests for partial refunds must be received by TAAD in writing by September 1, 2025. There are no refunds for cancellations received after September 1, 2025.

Description:

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding and working knowledge of the procedures and techniques required to estimate the market value of vacant or improved properties by the income approach. This course covers real estate finance and investment, capitalization methods and techniques, analysis of income and expenses to estimate operating income, selection of capitalization rates, and application of the approach.

• Recommended text:   Property Assessment Valuation, 3rd edition (obtain from IAAO)

Cancellation Policy: There is a $100 cancellation fee.  Includes faxed/emailed registrations. Requests for partial refunds must be received by TAAD in writing by September 29, 2025. There are no refunds for cancellations received after September 29, 2025.

Description:

This course provides an introduction to mass appraisal and is a prerequisite for the IAAO 300-level course series. Topics covered include single-property appraisal versus mass appraisal, components of a mass appraisal system, data requirements and analysis, introduction to statistics, use of assessment ratio studies in mass appraisal, modeling of the three approaches to value, and selection of a mass appraisal system.

• Recommended textbook: Fundamentals of Mass Appraisal (FMA)

Cancellation Policy: There is a $100 cancellation fee.  Includes faxed/emailed registrations. Requests for partial refunds must be received by TAAD in writing by September 8, 2025. There are no refunds for cancellations received after September 8, 2025.

Description:

The Real Property Modeling Concepts course presents a detailed study of the mass appraisal process as applied to residential and income-producing properties. Topics covered include a comparison of single-property appraisal and mass appraisal, the major steps in the mass appraisal process, data requirements, market analysis, use of sales ratio studies, cost approach, sales comparison approach, gross and net income analysis, capitalization rate development, model specification and calibration, valuation review techniques and maintenance.

Please note: former 311 (Residential Modeling Concepts) and 312 (Commercial/Industrial Modeling Concepts) have been redesigned into this one 5-day course.

Cancellation Policy: There is a $100 cancellation fee.  Includes faxed/emailed registrations. Requests for partial refunds must be received by TAAD in writing by November 10, 2025. There are no refunds for cancellations received after November 10, 2025.