GSU Library Research Guides: Real Estate: Appriasal/Valuation

Resources

Marshall & Swift
Marshall & Swift is a provider of building cost data. They provide cost manuals, desktop applications, online solutions and education programs to help professionals create accurate cost valuations of commercial and residential real estate in the U.S., U.S. territories, Canada and select foreign cities worldwide.
RSMeans--Reed Construction Data
RSMeans is a supplier of construction cost information. A product line of Reed Construction Data, RSMeans provides accurate and up-to-date cost information that helps owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors and others to carefully and precisely project and control the cost of both new building construction and renovation projects.
Argus Financial Software
ARGUS Software provides valuation and appraisal tools for the commercial real estate industry.

Georgia Associations

Georgia Real Estate Appraiser Board
A regulatory body that protects the public interest. Provides information on how to become an appraiser and highlights regulations related to apprasials.
Georgia Real Estate Commission
The purpose of the commission is to protect the public interest. The commission reviews complaints, issues licenses, and establishes regulation.

Associations

American Land Title Association
The American Land Title Association®, founded in 1907, is the national trade association and voice of the abstract and title insurance industry. ALTA® members search, review and insure land titles to protect home buyers and mortgage lenders who invest in real estate.
American Society of Appraisers
he American Society of Appraisers is an international organization of appraisal professionals and others interested in the appraisal profession. ASA is the oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all of the disciplines of appraisal specialists.
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
American Society promotes the professions of rural appraisal, real property review appraisal and farm management.
Appraisal Institute
The Appraisal Institute is a global membership association of professional real estate appraisers with 91 chapters throughout the world. Its mission is to advance professionalism and ethics, global standards, methodologies, and practices through the professional development of property economics worldwide.
International Association of Assessing Officers
The International Association of Assessing Officers is a nonprofit, educational and research association. It is a professional membership organization of government assessment officials and others interested in the administration of the property tax.
National Association of Independent Fee Apraisers
The National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers was founded in 1961 as a non profit professional association of real estate appraisers. The Association's objectives are to raise the standards of the appraisal profession, gain recognition for its members as qualified professionals, and to promote fellowship among appraisers.
National Residential Appraisers Institute
NRAI is a membership organization made up of real estate sales people, brokers, appraisers, and other fields in real estate to educate appraisers and real estate agents.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RICS was founded in London in 1868 as an independent, not-for-profit organization. RICS provides a professional qualification in land, property, construction and the associated environmental issues.
The Appraisal Foundation
The Appraisal Foundation was established in 1987 to implement the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) through an independent board, the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB). It is authorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standards and appraiser qualifications.

Books

The Appraiser's Sourcebook : A Guide to Understanding the Regulation of Real Property Appraisers by The Appraisal Foundation
Call Number: Ref. HD1389.5.U6 A67 2004
This document was created as a reference guide to be utilized by state regulatory agencies, real property appraisers, instructors, appraiser associations, and users of appraisal services. In addition to providing an in-depth study of the history and regulatory process, the State Regulatory Agency Directory contained in this text is a useful contact guide for appraisers and users of appraisal services.