Online Appraisal CE Courses
New! Mandatory CE Requirement: Seven hour Valuation Bias course.
Beginning January 1, 2026, a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course will be required for Continuing Education.
The first time a Licensee completes the Continuing Education requirement for this course, the course length must be 7 hours. Every 2 calendar years thereafter, the course length must be at least 4 hours.
To complete the requirement, click on the link: 7- Hr. Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations. The appraisal board will accept this course for satisfying the new requirement.
When completed, save the certificate of completion, and submit it to the Real Estate Appraiser Board.
You will still complete 28 hours of continuing education, but they must include the new 7-Hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations.
In other words, your 28-hour CE requirement will be 7-Hour USPAP (mandatory); 7-Hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations (mandatory); and 14 hours of elective topics.
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $149 | Enroll |
28-Hour Renewal Package (Includes 7-Hour USPAP)
| Credit Hours: 28 | Tuition: $575 | Enroll |
7-Hour National USPAP Update 2024
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $259 | Enroll |
Approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation.
7-Hour National USPAP Update 2024-2025 Live Online
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $285 | Enroll |
Appraising ADUs and Modern Homes
| Credit Hours: 4 | Tuition: $105 | Enroll |
Are ADUs popping up in your market? Or maybe you're seeing more tiny homes, modular builds, and other housing alternatives. This four-hour continuing education course, Appraising ADUs and Modern Homes, helps you make sense of these trends and equips you with the skills to value them confidently.
You'll dive into zoning and placement requirements, learn how to identify and measure ADUs using ANSI® standards, and explore valuation methods when traditional comps fall short. We'll cover GSE eligibility rules, Form 1004 reporting for ADUs, and practical tips for handling scope of work decisions. Plus, you'll get strategies to address marketability challenges for tiny, modular, and factory-built homes, so you can deliver accurate, USPAP-compliant appraisals in every situation.
Appraisal Technology and GSE Appraisal Review
| Credit Hours: 4 | Tuition: $105 | Enroll |
This course provides four hours of continued education in Appraisal Technology and GSE Appraisal Review. In this course we will explore the relationship between Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) and their review of ethical and legal standards and emerging technology. The review of appraisals can be a significant part of an appraisal business and understanding what technological tools are available to you and your professional limits will help make the process less daunting.
Topics include appraisal review for GSEs like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and integrating multiple appraisal approaches for valuing complex properties. You'll learn how to use emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, to improve the appraisal review process. This includes re-evaluating appraisals for accuracy and fairness, ensuring compliance with GSE standards, and addressing potential biases. A significant portion also covers the legal, ethical, and professional standards in the appraisal industry as they relate to the review process and technology use. Altogether, this course equips you with the tools to conduct thorough and unbiased appraisal reviews.
Appraising Homes after Natural Disaster
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $135 | Enroll |
Natural disasters create complex challenges for real estate appraisers, requiring specialized knowledge, ethical judgment, and regulatory awareness. This 7-hour continuing education course prepares appraisers to confidently evaluate residential properties affected by events such as floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
You'll learn how to assess physical damage, identify market impacts, and navigate post-disaster conditions using standards outlined in USPAP. The course explores the roles of federal and state agencies, including FEMA and HUD, and explains how their programs intersect with the appraisal process. You'll also examine ethical responsibilities in high-stakes situations, along with key valuation considerations such as stigma, highest and best use, and extraordinary assumptions.
Throughout the course, you'll engage with real-world scenarios and practical tools that support credible, compliant appraisal reports in disaster-impacted markets. Whether you're expanding your expertise or preparing to serve communities in recovery, this course offers timely insight and professional guidance tailored to today's evolving risk landscape.
The Appraiser’s Tech Toolkit
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $135 | Enroll |
Are you ready to discover how emerging technologies can elevate your appraisal practice? The Appraiser’s Tech Toolkit is a seven-hour continuing education course crafted for appraisers eager to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving field. This course offers an engaging dive into tools like Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automated Valuation Models (AVMs), and mobile technologies, breaking down how they work and how to use them effectively. Together, we'll explore the ethical and professional guidelines for integrating these tools, with insights into USPAP rules, federal and state regulations, and AQB standards. Through practical scenarios and expert guidance, you'll gain the skills and confidence to work smarter, meet compliance requirements, and prepare for the future of appraisal technology. Let's unlock your potential in the world of tech-enabled appraisals!
Appraisal Ethics and Valuation Bias
| Credit Hours: 3 | Tuition: $79 | Enroll |
Provides a review of appraisal ethical requirements and how to avoid bias in appraisal practice.
Appraising Energy-Efficient and Green Homes
| Credit Hours: 3 | Tuition: $79 | Enroll |
This course provides three hours of continued education in energy-efficiency and green building that increasingly impacts modern appraisals. The course covers best practices for appraising energy efficient homes including terminology, building features, and credits. Topics include introductions to going green and sustainability, green energy labels, ratings, and certifications. Appraisal professionals will also learn how to valuate green and high-performance properties, incorporating energy-efficient data into an Appraisal report, and resources for green valuations. The course closes with an in-depth review of The Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum.
Appraisal Economics and Value
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $135 | Enroll |
Topics include economic trends, cycles, factors of value, and indicators along with the principles of real estate marketability. This course also dives into market, insurable, use, and investment value.
Reviewing Property Ownership and Real Estate Markets
| Credit Hours: 7 | Tuition: $135 | Enroll |
Topics include property ownership, interests, and rights, which dives into types of estates and forms of ownership along with property rights and public and private restrictions to ownership rights. This course also covers real estate markets and analysis including economic characteristics and analyzing supply and demand.
A Review of Appraisal Approaches and Techniques
| Credit Hours: 14 | Tuition: $269 | Enroll |
How to use the sales comparison approach, the cost approach, and the income approach. This course also dives into considerations for highest and best use, which gives appraisers techniques for deciding which approach should hold the most weight in an appraisal calculation. To wrap this course up, special and emerging appraisal techniques are also covered.
Reviewing Real Estate Title, Transfers, and Contracts
| Credit Hours: 5 | Tuition: $109 | Enroll |
The course also reviews and expands on contract types and requirements along with legal considerations. To wrap up the course, real estate leases are covered in depth with basics, types, elements of, and terminating a lease.
Characteristics Influencing Appraisals
| Credit Hours: 6 | Tuition: $115 | Enroll |
Topics include land and site characteristics and their valuations. This course also dives into architectural styles and construction types including site improvements, placement, styles, size, number, and storage. Location and neighborhood characteristics and factors influencing property values are also covered.
Reviewing Appraisal Valuation Procedures
| Credit Hours: 4 | Tuition: $105 | Enroll |
Topics include problem identification, scoping the work, and appraisal process along with collecting and selecting data for appraisal. Analyzing and organizing data; reviewing and reconciling final value opinions is also covered.
Appraisal Statistics
| Credit Hours: 3 | Tuition: $79 | Enroll |
Unlock the power of data with our Appraisal Statistics course, designed for real estate professionals seeking to enhance their valuation skills. This comprehensive course covers essential statistical tools and methodologies used in real estate appraisal. Learn to recognize and utilize descriptive statistical measures and dispersion to accurately summarize and describe property data. Dive into inferential statistical methods and probability concepts to evaluate the significance of trends and patterns in the real estate market. Master regression analysis techniques, including multiple regression analysis and automated valuation models (AVMs), to forecast property values based on various attributes. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to make data-driven decisions and provide precise, reliable appraisals that stand out in the competitive real estate industry.
National Appraising for the Supervisor and Trainee
| Credit Hours: 4 | Tuition: $105 | Enroll |
Required course for the Trainee and Supervisor. National Appraising for the Supervisor and Trainee addresses the national topic areas for supervisory appraisers and trainee appraisers specified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) of The Appraisal Foundation in the 2015 Real Property Appraiser Qualifications Criteria. Other coursework discussing the similarities and differences of specific jurisdictional qualifying regulations may supplement this course.