State-certified residential real estate appraiser
Education and experience requirements
To be eligible to become a state-certified residential real estate appraiser, you must meet all of the following education and experience requirements.
There’s no specific order required to gain this education and experience. After you have completed these requirements, you’re eligible to take the state-certified residential appraiser exam.
Experience
Before you may take the exam, you must:
- Find a certified appraiser willing to supervise your work experience as a trainee.
- Work under the supervisory appraiser to get a minimum of 2 years’ real estate appraiser experience (24 months and 2,500 hours). Hours may be treated as cumulative in order to achieve the necessary hours of appraisal experience.
Education
To be eligible to take the exam, you must successfully complete:
- An associate degree or higher in any field or 21 semester hours (at least 3 semester hours each) in all of the following:
- English composition
- Principles of economics (micro or macro)
- Finance
- Algebra, geometry, or higher mathematics
- Statistics
- Introduction to computers: Word processing/spreadsheets
- Business or real estate law
and
- A total of 200 classroom hours of approved real estate appraisal courses, including all of the following:
- Subject Hours required
- Basic appraisal principles ..........................................................................30 hours
- Basic appraisal procedures 30 hours
- Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPA.…..15 hours
- Residential market analysis and highest and best us......………..15 hours
- Residential appraiser site valuation and cost approach …………..15 hours
- Residential sales comparison and income approaches …………..30 hours
- Residential appraiser report writing and case studies…………….15 hours
- Statistics, modeling and finance ……………...........……………..15 hours
- Advanced residential applications and case studie………………….15 hours
Electives …………………………………………………………………………………..20 hours
How to apply to take the certification exam
1 - Complete a Real Estate Appraiser Certification Application. If you’re from outside Washington State, please complete the Consent of Service form included in the application.
2 - Attach copies of all education documentation.
3 - Enclose a completed experience log. You won’t get credit for restricted appraisal reports.
4 - Enclose a check or money order for the $370 application fee (payable to the Department of Licensing). Fees are non-refundable.
5 - Mail the application, documentation, and fee to us at the address shown on the application.
6 - Allow a minimum of 2 weeks for processing. We’ll review the application and determine if you’re eligible to take the exam. Then we’ll send you a letter stating you’re approved to take the exam, or explaining why your application was denied.
7 - Schedule your exam online, by phone, or by mail with Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. (AMP). For more information, see the Candidate Handbook on the AMP website.
