In the minutes of the February meeting of the Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board, there is a proposed change on how licensed Trainees possibly in the further, will go about becoming Certified Appraisers. Some of the changes will be,
1) Trainee experience requirements changed from 2 to 5 years
2) Use exam modules to test experience
3) Test trainees periodically during that time to evaluate the experience they have gained
4) Advancement to certification will require successful completion of each level of experience evaluation
To get more information use this link, https://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/FREABMeetings.html and click on the February 4 & 5 meeting minutes.
While I feel the possible change to 5 years might be excessive, but with the housing market slow down we are currently in, it might take 5 years go get enough appraisal reports or hours. I do think that the rest of the recommendation are needed to make sure Trainees are getting the right mentoring, and education that is needed to do the job. One recommendation I would like to make is that Florida, needs to look into the North Carolina rule that newly Certified Appraisers CANNOT have trainees working under them for the first 2 years.
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