Course Description

This introductory real estate appraisal course meets both California Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA) and California Bureau of Real Estate (BRE) educational requirements. This course satisfies the OREA Basic Appraisal Principles requirement with 30 hours of principles and 15 hours of procedures instruction. This course also applies to the educational requirements for the California BRE real estate broker's and real estate salesperson's license. With a focus on single-family residential property, students have an opportunity to learn the basic appraisal principles and influences in real estate valuation. Instructors also guide students in gaining skills for gathering information to form an opinion based on reasoned judgment of the value of real estate.