2026 Annual Fall Conference: Real Estate and Appraisal Symposium

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Now also approved for 7-hours of Oregon ACLB credit!

The Northern California Chapter’s Annual Fall Conference has been a fall tradition for 76 years!

We’ve never missed a year And, we know many of you won’t want to miss this fabulous conference either! Earn 7 hours of CEC  Attend for FREE!  Be the 176th registrant to receive a tuition refund post conference Get all the Details – View Conference Brochure

 

 

Closing General Session
“Ask the Experts”

Plan Your Day of Customized Learning
Breakout Sessions include
– Assessment Appeals for Residential Appraisers
– Updates on the URAR and NEW UAD 3.6
– Stump the USPAP Instructors:  Nuances, Compliance and What’s Coming Next?
– Credibility in Action: Adjustments, Conversations & Best Practices
– Data Centers: An Overview of Utilization of Energy in Real Estate: Power and Data
– Data Center Valuation: Impact on Land Values
– Boundaries, Business and Building Your Brand
– Most Injurious Use: Separating Legal Rights vs Market Reaction
– Beyond the Four Tests: Highest & Best Use Under Pressure
– Real Estate Professionals Unfiltered: Mistakes We’ve Made So You Don’t Have To
– Commercial Market Update: Expectations of the Experts
– Valuation of Fractional Interests for all Appraisal Practitioners
– Artificial Intelligence and the Appraisal Workflow: Automating the Process, Not the Judgment

 

 

Presenters
– Jeanine M. Kraus, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, Chief Appraiser, Bank of Stockton
– Kyle Paquin, MNAA, AGA, Valuable Appraisal
– Mark Ritchie, President, RITCHIE Commercial
– Mike Conroy, Executive Director, Econic Company
– Greg Migdale, AI-GRS, Owner / Appraiser, Monterey Cypress Appraisal
– Jacinto A. Munoz, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS, CRE, Managing Director | Principal, Cogito Realty Partners LLC
– John Hillas, MAI, SRA, Hillas Appraisal
– Michelle Patton, MAI, AI-GRS, SR/WA, R/W-AC, Senior Appraiser, Chapman & Patton
– Robin L. Thornton, Partner, Nossaman LP
– Anthony Jenny, Jenny & Jenny, LLP
– Quirina Mitchell, MAI, Director, BBG, Member of the San Francisco Assessment Appeals Board
– James Murren, MAI, Valbridge Property Advisors
– George Comitos, MAI, AI-GRS, Senior Appraiser, Valbridge Property Advisors
– Jeff Smith, MAI, Senior Vice President, Data Center Valuations Practice Leader, CBRE | Valuation & Advisory Services
– Sean Sargeant, MAI, SRA, Data Center Valuations, CBRE | Valuation & Advisory Services
– Ashley Jordan, Valuation Specialist, Colliers International
– Brian Rapela, MAI, Managing Director, Joseph J. Blake & Associates
– Kelly Snider, Principal, Kelly Snider Consulting
– Dominic D. Dutra, Principal, 3D Strategies, Inc.
– Erik Hayden, Founder & CEO, Urban Catalyst
– Craig Owyang, MAI, SRA, AI-GRS, AI-RRS, CRE, Kidder Mathews
– Melissa Bach, MAI, Cushman Wakefield
– Brian Melshimer, SRA, Sierra Nevada Appraisal Group
– Antonio Vazquez, Member, Third District, California State Board of Equalization
– Josh Fronen, MAI, Managing Director, Valbridge Property Advisors
– Elizabeth Byun, Principal Appraiser, San Mateo County Assessor’s Office
– Charles H. Packer, Lathrop GPM
– Joshua Daniel, SRA, Certified Residential Appraiser, Probate Referee, Santa Clara County
– Clinton Freeman, MAI, Director, Integra Realty Resources
– Steve Salmon, MAI, Garland and Salmon

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Joining us from Out of Town? We’ve Got You Covered
Come Early!  Stay Late!  Say Good-bye to Traffic!
Guest Room Blocks are available for Thursday, October 15 and/or Friday, October 16.  Both hotels are within walking distance of the So. San Francisco Conference Center ~ literally across the parking lot!  Book early – blocks expire 10/01 (or sooner if they sell out).

Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Suites San Francisco Airport
– 264 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco
– Starting at $119.00++ per night
– Click here to reserve accommodations under the Appraisal Institute group block at the Four Points by Sheraton

Doubletree by Hilton San Francisco Airport South Boulevard
– 275 South Airport Boulevard, South San Francisco
– Rates starting at $159.00++ (includes complimentary parking)
– Click here to reserve accommodations under the Appraisal Institute group block at the Doubletree by Hilton SF Airport So.

 

A Special Note About Registering:

• Never attended an Appraisal Institute Offering or not yet updated your password / log-in since October 1, 2019 – follow these simple steps before registering.
• This LIVE  Classroom/ In-Person program is approved for 7-hours of California BREA CEC (#26CP754601668), 7-hours of Oregon ACLB (#AINC-C0925-1860) and 35 points (7-hours) of Appraisal Institute CEC and pre-approved for 7-hours of California SBE/BOE for assessors.  Note: BOE no longer issues CAR numbers.

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Standard Rate – $475

 

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