The Bluegrass Chapter Welcomes You!
Welcome to the Bluegrass Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and thank you for visiting. The Appraisal Institute is a global professional association of real estate appraisers, with nearly 17,000 professionals in almost 50 countries throughout the world. Its mission is to empower valuation professionals through community, credentialing, education, body of knowledge and ethical standards. Its core values is dedicated to excellence, professionalism, ethics and integrity; committed to leadership and innovation; devoted to an inclusive and welcoming community. The Bluegrass Chapter is one of 66 chapters of the Appraisal Institute.
The Bluegrass Chapter offers top-notch education opportunities in the form of advanced education, qualifying education, professional development courses and continuing education seminars. Turn to the Bluegrass Chapter-AI for all your real estate appraisal education needs! Whether you’re working toward your appraisal license or certification, residential, general, or specialized practice, the Bluegrass Chapter-AI can help you achieve your career goals. We present more high quality offerings than any other classroom provider in the region, and have students from all over the lower 48, and the upper 2. We invite you to attend one of our many educational offerings, and rest assured that the Bluegrass Chapter-AI does not cancel education classes!
Join us at a chapter meeting or participate in a chapter event! Chapter meetings and educational opportunities are a great way to meet and network with appraisers active in our market area.
We encourage you to investigate the benefits of joining the Appraisal Institute!
Final Seminars for 2024
Business Practices and Ethics – December 5th
IN PERSON AT THE COUNTRY INN AND SUITES:
https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/search/business-practices-and-ethics/524262
ON ZOOM:
https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/search/business-practices-and-ethics/524261
Getting It Right from the Start: A Workout Plan for Your Scope of Work – December 6th
IN PERSON AT THE COUNTRY INN AND SUITES
https://www.appraisalinstitute.org/education/search/getting-it-right-from-start-workout-plan-for-your-scope-of-work/524264
Upcoming 2025 Education Calendar
All courses will be held at the Country Inn and Suites (Louisville) and will be instructed by Rick Carlile, MAI, SRA. (unless otherwise noted)
General Appraiser Income Approach Part 1 – March 17-20
General Appraiser Income Approach Part 2 – April 14-17
General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach – May 12-15 (Instructed by Mark Smeltzer, MAI, SRA, AI-RRS)
Advanced Income Capitalization – June 9-13
General Market Analysis & Highest & Best Use – July 28-31
Advanced Market Analysis & Highest & Best Use – Aug. 11-15
Advanced Concepts & Case Studies – Sept. 22-25
Gen. Appraiser Site Valuation & Cost Approach – Oct. 13 – 16
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Q4 BOD Meeting – Dec. 5, 2024
Q4 Chapter Meeting – Holiday/Installation Dinner – Dec. 5, 2024
Annual Installation Dinner Meeting Thursday, December 5th, 2024
7-Hour USPAP Compliance Rule Change in Kentucky
A decision was finalized recently by the Kentucky Real Estate Appraisers Board (KREAB) regarding when 7hr USPAP can be taken to comply with Kentucky regulations.
Kentucky license holders must take 7hr USPAP between January 1st – May 31st of the release year. Historically, Kentucky license holders have been able to take the class as soon as it was released…typically November and December before the effective date of January 1 the following year.
The KREAB position now is that to be in compliance, license holders must complete the class no sooner than January 1. This means that if a Kentucky license holder takes 7hr USPAP prior to January 1, they must take the class again, after January 1, within six months, to be in compliance. As a result, our offerings of 7hr USPAP will not begin until after January 1, 2024.
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