Home appraisals(CA) - I'd like to contact someone I can intern with. Is it true this is procedure for 1 year?

Question

California Appraisal study's -

I'm in study presently, & would like to know if internship can be done with anyone licensed with the state. This includes someone already working with a government agency and/or an insurance company. Is it mandatory to intern?

Also, there is a program I recently found out I will need at a cost of $2400. Is there something available at a lesser cost?

Thank you.... Tony

Answer 1

Home appraisers in California are licensed by Office of Real Estate Appraisal (OREA). OREA's licensing requirements can be found here:

http://www.orea.ca.gov/html/lic_reqmts.shtml

It is not mandatory to intern (you can be hired full-time or part-time instead), but you must work under the technical supervision of a licensed appraiser. You can only apply for a residential license after you have accrued at least 2,000 hours of work experience in appraisal (which is approximately equivalent to one year of full-time work).