2023 Annual Fall Conference

Join us for our award-winning ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE

After a 3-year hiatus due to COVID, we are thrilled to resume this signature conference "LIVE". While the tradition continued during the pandemic via ZOOM for our 2020, 2021, and 2022 conferences, you've told us how eager you are to learn in a non-virtual classroom setting and literally rub elbows with other real estate professionals! We are committed to bring back together the real estate appraisal profession's "most in-the-know" presenters to guide you through the opportunities and the latest developments that affect your profession, your profitability, your business - your future.

Earn 7 Hours of CEC
This in-person classroom offering is approved for 35 points of Appraisal Institute CEC. Applications for 7-hours of continuing education credit are being submitted to the California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA) and California State Board of Equalization (SBE training credit for assessors). ASFMRA, IRWA, and ASA typically offer reciprocal credit for AI approved offerings; be sure to check directly with your organization before registering.

On-site Check-in and Networking 7:45am (Pacific Time)

Conference Hours 8:30am – 5:00pm (Pacific Time)

Post-Networking Social 5:00pm - 6:30pm (Pacific Time)

State of the Economy: How Much More Uncertainty?

About our Keynote
Christine Cooper is Chief U.S. Economist and Managing Director at CoStar Group, providing insights and analysis of national and regional macroeconomic conditions, and overseeing commercial real estate analysts across the nation.

Before joining CoStar, Christine led the Institute for Applied Economics at the Los Angeles County Economics Development Corporation, producing numerous studies and presentations for government agencies, industry leaders and legislative bodies. She has been a lecturer at California State University Long Beach, Pepperdine University and, most recently, at the University of Southern California's Sol Price School of Public Policy. Dr. Cooper holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California with research emphasis in economic development and institutional economics.

The rise in interest rates over the past 12 months have taken a toll on the real estate markets. Transaction activity is down significantly, and real estate values have declined. Markets are expected to thaw once some semblance of interest rate stability is achieved, but when will that arrive and what will it look like?

(A) Office to Residential Conversions
(B) Ask the "Mortgage Originator" Experts: Residential
(C) Land Use Entitlement: Pave the Way to Development
(D) Expanding Your Appraisal Practice

• Learn the difference between Computer Vision and ChatGPT
• Find out where you can use the different AI Technologies
• Should you use ChatGPT to write parts of your appraisal report?
• What are the advantages of using AI in appraising?
• Are there any potential pitfalls of using AI in appraising?
• What does the future of appraising look like?
• How will AI be regulated in the profession? 

Craig Steinley, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS is the 2023 National President of the Appraisal Institute and has served on AI’s National Board of Directors since 2014. He was the 2018 President of the Association of Appraiser Regulatory Officials (AARO) and has also served that organization in multiple capacities. Craig specializes in litigation support and the appraisal of complex properties when he is not representing AI. He has testified before Congress, the Appraisal Subcommittee, and countless state governmental as well as trade and professional organizations on behalf of AI and has been directly involved in “AI’s (the Appraisal Institute’s) considerations regarding AI (artificial intelligence)”.

Dr. David Wilk, MAI, CRE is the Managing Director of Infrastructure and RE Optimization in Colliers International Washington, DC office. He has over 35 years of valuation, counseling, and management consulting experience with public and private enterprises around the world while also concurrently being in academia for 34 years. He is Assistant Professor of Finance and the Director of the Real Estate Program at Temple University Fox School of Business; a former Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Georgetown University, and the University of Delaware Lerner College of Business. David is also the Founder of i3o, LLC, a value creation entity focusing on the how innovation, infrastructure, inclusion will drive real estate and human capital optimization.