Basic Real Estate Appraisal

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Summary: Some other books are better than this one
Review: I don't know why colleges use this book as a required textbook. This book is DEFINITELY not a good book for someone who is new to real estate apraisal. The book did't explain things very clear especially some very important things like "Highest and Best Use". There are some other book that explain the real estte concepts better than this one. You definitely will not pass the real estate appraisal exam if you only read this book

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Summary: there are better real estate appraisal books out there
Review: This book was required for a college class. I found it obtuse and the illustrations/photographs were unclear, as in, there was a photo of a house, but why it was an example of a particular appraisal situation was unclear. I found another book published by the Department of Real Estate (California) to be much more consise and clear. For someone new to the subject, this book seems to make the topic more difficult than necessary. If it is required for a college class, there isn't much you can do about it, but if you are just looking for info on the topic of appraisal, I would suggest another book. Good luck!

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Summary: Good Title... This book is BASIC
Review: This is a college level textbook for complete beginners in the field of Real Estate and specifically Real Estate Appraisal. As such, it gives a nice overview of the profession and of appraisal techniques and not a whole lot more. To get more in depth to the level of feeling professionally competent, you will need to add on with other books and classes. But this is a very good start.

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Summary: RE Appraisal
Review: This is a great book that is used in some of the colleges for textbook. It explains the fundamentals of real estate appraisal by using pratical examples which we may experience everyday. In addition, it clearly shows the calculations, number by number with detailed explainations to make the readers easy to understand the concepts. It really helped me a lot in the real estate business.