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The Appraisal Institute, the leading association of real estate appraisers, releases episode four in season three of its popular “Face Value” podcast, hosted by Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS and Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS.

The episode focuses on International Appraisals featuring guest Cesar Cantu Martinez, appraiser and international director of the Board of Directors at the Appraisal Institute. Cantu Martinez discussed some of the differences between appraising in the US and Mexico, including the creation of his own database of comps and the use of listings as comps. Martinez talked about the challenges facing the appraisal industry in Mexico, including low pay for appraisals of lower-priced residential and rural properties. He discussed some broad changes to the real estate market in Mexico, including the effects of foreign investment, inflation and changing generational lifestyles that have affected the valuation of ranches. Cantu Martinez called for the translation of AI educational materials into Spanish and other languages to make those materials more accessible to international appraisers and improve the industry both inside and outside the US.

Appraiser-centric -- in line with all the Appraisal Institute’s communications -- the new Face Value podcast is targeting audiences across the wider real estate industry. Member input and podcast ideas are welcome and encouraged, please send them to [email protected].

The Appraisal Institute, the leading association of real estate appraisers, releases episode three in season three of its popular “Face Value” podcast, hosted by Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS and Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS.

The episode focuses on Wine Appraisals featuring guest Nick Cadigan, MAI, the Appraisal Director for American AgCredit’s Northern California region who specializes in vineyard and winery appraisal. In advance of the podcast recording, Cadigan sent hosts Boizot and Vailas a Chardonnay and a Pinot Grigio in order to taste the two wines in real-time during the podcast. In addition to providing some wine tasting tips, Cadigan discussed some of the challenges to acquiring information on vineyards in order to appraise them. He defined ABA and talked about its role in the valuation. Cadigan also discussed some major changes that may affect the valuation of vineyards, including a decline in wine consumption among millennials and the effect of climate change on production. At the end of the episode, Vailas and Boizot ranked the wines they tasted.

Appraiser-centric -- in line with all the Appraisal Institute’s communications -- the new Face Value podcast is targeting audiences across the wider real estate industry. Member input and podcast ideas are welcome and encouraged, please send them to [email protected].

The episode focuses on Yellowbook Appraising, with insights from guests Tim Hansen, Director at the US Department of the Interior’s Appraisal and Valuation Services Office, and Michael Brady, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS.

They discuss the nuances of Yellowbook guidelines, debunking myths, and exploring the differences between Yellowbook and USPAP.

Member suggestions for future episodes are welcome at [email protected].

Face Value, the Appraisal Institute's podcast has relaunched for season 3. Catch up with hosts Warren Boizot and Tonia Vailas, hear about their ideas for new episodes, and send along your own to [email protected]!

In this special episode, Face Value podcast hosts Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS, and Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS, are joined by Appraisal Institute President-Elect Sandy Adomatis, SRA, who also serves as the AI PAREA primary subject matter expert, and Ray Martinez, Ph.D., AI’s senior manager of technology-based education and a key member of the AI PAREA team, to discuss the recent launch of AI’s Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (AI PAREA) program, as well as provide listeners with program updates and information on how you and other aspiring appraisers can get involved.

In the new episode of Face Value, hosts Warren Boizot, SRA, and Tonia Vailas, MAI, sit down with Smedmore Bernard, Jr., MAI, Brent Quashie and Elana Wroten to discuss the Appraiser Diversity Initiative (ADI) program, speak about their experiences and how the program has been beneficial, advice they’d give to others and share details about the brand-new William S. Harps DEI Award.

In the latest episode of Face Value, Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS, and Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS, sit down with Mark Linne, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, Mark Ratterman, MAI, SRA, and Eric Schneider, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, to talk about the ways they have achieved success within the Appraisal Institute, how others can get involved and what those processes look like.

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In the new episode of Face Value, hosts Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS, and Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS, sit down Betsy Hughes, SRA, AI-RRS, and Bo Bass, MAI, and cover everything from swamp-based predators, to close encounters with a wrench, to... murder?!

We've had a lot of important discussions, relatable moments and association updates on Face Value. Here are just some of our favorites. Catch up on past episodes and listen to a variety of valuation topics. Stay tuned for another new episode, coming soon!

In the latest episode of Face Value, hosts Warren Boizot, SRA, AI-RRS, and Tonia Vailas, MAI, AI-GRS, are joined by Matt Atwood, Candidate for Designation, and Michelle Patton, MAI, to discuss the Appraisal Institute's "Volunteers of Distinction" (VOD) program, what it means to be a VOD honoree, giving back and getting involved with AI and more.