This course is geared toward the new assessor but could be beneficial to the seasoned assessor as well. Definitions, the application process along with an explanation of specific events that may have an impact on preferential assessment are just some of the topics that will be covered.

• Randy Waggoner, CPE, Chief Assessor, Perry County
• Deborah Crawford, CPE, Administrative Dir. of Assessment/Tax Claim/Planning, Tioga County

We’ll see you back from lunch at 1:00pm!

This course will cover terminology associated with the income approach to value. Also, the steps in the approach to value will be covered along with reconstruction of the operating expense statements and the determination of the net income. Converting the net income to a value indication using various capitalization approaches and techniques will be discussed and demonstrated.

**Students will need a calculator for this class.

• Richard J. Drzewiecki, MAI, CPE, President, PA General Certified Appraiser, Appraisal & Marketing Associates, Inc.
• Ryan Drzewiecki, PA General Certified Appraiser, Appraisal & Marketing Associates, Inc.

his session will cover the Pennsylvania Land Bank Law which was enacted in 2012. In addition to covering organization issues, the instructor will discuss the cost of blight and abandonment and how land banks function to address this problem. Land bank case studies across the Commonwealth will be shared.

• Christopher Gulotta, Principal, The Gulotta Group LLC

We’ll see you back from lunch at 1:00pm!

The objective of this seminar is to show the similarities and differences, the strengths and weaknesses of the final estimates of the Sales Comparison, and Income Approaches to value. Students will do a case study utilizing both approaches to value to come up with a value conclusion.

**Students will need a calculator for this class.

• Randy Waggoner, CPE, Chief Assessor, Perry County
• Charles ‘JR’ Hardester, CPE, Chief Assessor, Lawrence County

Students will learn the proper procedures involved with validating or invalidating sales to be used in the calculation of the Common Level Ratio (CLR). The validation codes will also be explained in detail.

• Charles “‘JR” Hardester, CPE, Chief Assessor, Lawrence County
• Renee Reynolds, Director, State Tax Equalization Board, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

We’ll see you back from lunch at 1:00pm!

Our speaker will provide an update on legislation affecting assessment offices and an update of cases involving assessment issues.

• Jeff Engle, Esquire, AAP Solicitor, Shaffer & Engle Law Offices, LLC

This seminar is designed to introduce new or less experienced assessors to the appeals process, appeal laws, and some policies and procedures.

• Randy Waggoner, CPE, Chief Assessor, Perry County

We’ll see you back from lunch at 1:00pm!

The twelve principles of value are one of the first areas studied in the process of becoming an assessor. We must understand these basic principles as they are the foundation for the valuation process. This course is a comprehensive review of the twelve principles of value individually, as well as showing how they are interrelated in the work we do every day.

• Rita Yannayon, CPE, Senior Appraiser, Erie County