On the structural questions facing American valuation
An automated valuation model is not a faster, cheaper appraiser. It is a price predictor, which is a different thing. A working map of which parts of the appraisal a machine can absorb, which it cannot, and where the line moves over the next five years.
Read Issue 02 →The argument that the profession is splitting into a commoditized residential commodity tier and an elevated commercial complex-asset tier - and the strategic implications for individual MAIs.
Specific, dated predictions on waiver share, the Certified General population, PAREA adoption, brokerage consolidation, and the MAI brand. On-the-record forecasts the editor expects to be held to.
The five durable adjacent paths for credentialed valuation professionals: tax appeal, asset management, brokerage capital markets, PropTech, and federal. Comp ranges, skill transfer, and structural reasons most practitioners stay put.
The Valuation Strategist is an independent publication on the structural questions facing the American real estate valuation profession. It is written for the people who do this work, the people who buy it, and the people who will decide what it looks like in ten years.
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