Getting Your Real Estate Appraisal License

If you are looking for a great career with a lot of opportunity anticipated in the years to come, then you should look at a career in real estate. No other career path offers the income potential that a real estate career can offer without investing years of your time and tens of thousands of dollars. When most people think of a career in real estate, they think of earning a real estate license and launching a career as a real estate agent or broker; but there are other real estate careers with a strong outlook for the future. If sales is not the career for you, you might consider getting a real estate appraiser license.

Qualifications could not be simpler. Although the specifics can vary from state to state, a 15-hour USPAP course is required by every state before you will be eligible to take the test. The number of hours of additional real estate appraisal course hours will be determined by the state in which you wish to be licensed. Generally, you will require between 75 and 150 course hours to qualify to take the real estate appraisal license exam and earn your real estate appraisal license.

Careers in real estate appraisal begin at the trainee level. The education and licensure is to be followed by practical experience hours in order to move up in your career. As you attain the number of appraisal experience hours required by your state, you will be eligible to upgrade your real estate appraisal license to the next level. Instead of waiting for someone else to determine you are ready to advance your career, you are in control of your own destiny; your experience will take you to the next level of your career.

You will need to find a licensed appraiser who will supervise and sign off on your training as you begin your training in your real estate appraisal career. You will also require regular continuing education units in order to maintain an active real estate appraisal license. As with the preliminary educational requirements, the number of hours required will be state specified, but no matter where you live you can count on having to complete continuing education courses on a regular basis.

In most states in the country, you can find an approved online real estate school to complete your educational requirements at your own pace when it suits your schedule. Unlike many college degree programs that can put you deep in debt, the cost of the education required to earn a real estate appraisal license is significantly less than the cost of a single college course. With the anticipated growth in the field of real estate appraisals and the convenience and affordability of starting your career, it is an ideal time to consider getting a real estate appraisal license.

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About The Author: Geoffrey Thompson is an owner and founding partner of Colibri Real Estate, LLC. Since 1996 the companies under this banner have offered online real estate licensing and insurance licensing courses as well as online real estate exam prep and insurance exam prep.