Descriptions

Description:

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar has been moved from the TAAD Office to the Austin Marriott North in Round Rock.

Do you want to know more about administration of homestead exemptions?

Many of the attendees at our recent Exemptions Seminar 2023 asked for additional information on all things having to do with homestead exemptions.  That session’s instructor, Matthew Tepper of McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen, has graciously agreed to instruct an additional day’s presentation on this topic to meet students’ needs.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted by December 4, 2023; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations or no-shows after December 4, 2023.

Registration for TAAD members only; fees must reflect current membership status.

Description:

A seminar that will take you through the basics of managing personnel and the usual tasks a manager is responsible for in the day-to-day life of an office.  The material contains general guidelines for these tasks and will use scenarios to help you gain working knowledge and practice finding solutions for these skills.

Topics covered:

• Identify the USPAP Standards relating the appraisal management
• Recognize Organizational Structure
• Apply Planning and Goal Setting in your organization
• Understand Budget Development
• Know how to Select New Employees & Recruit
• Develop Employee Training
• Performance Plans
• Know How to Discipline and Coach Employees
• Wrap up & Final Questions

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted by March 18, 2024; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations after March 18, 2024.

Registration fees must reflect current membership status.

Description:

This workshop will review the characteristics that determine construction quality for residential properties by use of the Marshall & Swift Valuation Service.

House images will be included in the presentation and will lead to extensive classroom participation. Actual construction costs will also be considered as a guide to determining quality. Images will also assist in the discussion on rating homes for condition in relationship to the definition and description for each condition rating. The determination of condition will lead directly into calculations for effective age.

Effective age will be defined and demonstrated on how to extract it from the market. Several data sets will be provided for the students to calculate effective age and how to use for the development of a depreciation or percent good table. Topics discussed are: USPAP review, cost approach, quality, condition, physical deterioration using effective age, functional obsolescence, external obsolescence and depreciation and effective age extraction.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted by March 20, 2024; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations after March 20, 2024.

Registration fees must reflect current membership status.

Description:

This seminar focuses on managing personnel.  The material contains general guidelines for handling employees and takes you through various scenarios to help find solutions happening every day in the appraisal office.  This is an interactive workshop that encourages and solicits attendee participation and problem solving.  Attendees are encouraged to provide their own situations that they may have dealt with in the past.

• Learn Effective Communication
• Develop Better Listening Skills
• Working with Difficult People
• Hiring Employees and Recruitment
• Employee Development
• Motivating Employees
• Delegation
• Performance Evaluations
• Discipline and Coaching

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted by March 19, 2024; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations after March 19, 2024.

Registration fees must reflect current membership status.

Description:

The purpose of this workshop is to provide some guidance and suggestions on the process of analysis and valuation of metal buildings converted to living areas, or what we call “barndominiums.”  These are structures that appear to be metal-clad farm buildings, but part or all the structure has been finished on the interior and used as living area. Some are used as a temporary living area while the owners construct a new stick-built home, while others are built as a permanent residence. The framing can be pole or steel.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted in writing by March 21, 2024; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations later than March 21, 2024.

Registration fees must reflect current membership status.

Description:

Topics for this session include history, trends, how to distinguish between manufactured homes, modular homes, panelized homes and pre-cut or kit homes, financing and Internet sources for research and information. All three approaches to value will be discussed and examples given. Considerable time will be spent on developing replacement cost new from the marketplace, comparing to cost manuals, and calculating indexes. Depreciation and gross rent multipliers will be extracted from actual market data.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Requests for refunds must be in writing and submitted in writing by March 22, 2024; a $75 cancellation fee will be deducted.  No refunds for cancellations later than March 22, 2024.

Registration fees must reflect current membership status.