BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55bc457173194a35e5b073b750bf3af0377 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:2022 MAAO Summer Seminars DESCRIPTION:
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The Summer Seminars are offering topical seminars for assessors in person only. p>
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Raffle & Social Event
MAAO's U40/10 Committee will be hosting a raffle event wit h numerous items that you could win! Tickets will be available to purchase via cash or card. Please contact Troy Halter at 651-266-2029 or troy.halter@minneapolismn.gov if yo u have questions. All proceeds will be used for the Family Scholarship fund . The winners of the event will be announced during the evening buffet.
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Educational Seminars
1 CEH per education hour for attendance at seminar sessions has been appr oved by the State Board of Assessors. Carefully choose seminars that equal 4 hours each day for a total of 8 hours in two days. Register early - class room limits subject to change based on demand.
Unders
tanding Legal Descriptions - 2hrs
SS1 Wednesday, 1:0
0 - 3:00 PM
SS2 Wednesday, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Instruct
or: Josh Schoen, SAMA, Rice County Assessor
This seminar is desig
ned to help appraisers better understand legal descriptions. Legal descrip
tions may be complicated and a bit intimidating, but they don’t have to be.
The discussion will include aliquot portions of a section, metes and bound
s, platted lots, assumed bearings vs. county coordinate systems, strip desc
riptions, exceptions, area descriptions, riparian lots, Torrens vs. Abstrac
t, and more.
SS3 Wednesday, 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Instruct
or: Randy Ripperger, CAE, TEAM Consulting, LLC
The workshop will
look at the different classifications of self-storage properties and how al
l three approaches to value can be used to value these types of properties.
Month-to-month leasing, the impact of new supply, reliance on external dem
and generators and management intensity all makes analysis and valuation of
these properties difficult. Also, included is some information on what aut
horities in the field say lays ahead for the industry. Several EXCEL spread
sheets and templates are included in this material to help in analysis and
valuation.
MN RESIDENTIAL FORM REPORT - 4hrs
SS4 Wednesday, 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Instructor: Patrick
Chapman, SAMA, Ramsey County
This seminar will assist individual
s in writing a residential demonstration form report. The students will be
provided with the most complete and up to date checklist to refer to as the
candidate writes their report. The student reference manual will also prov
ide step-by-step instructions for writing the report and will include many
examples to help them successfully complete their report.
Ag
Homestead: The Basics - 2hrs
SS5 Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00
Instructors: Sue Schultz, SAMA, McLeod County Assessor and Doug Bruns
, SAMA, Renville County Assessor
This seminar is an overview of w
hat properties qualify for the agricultural classification to be considered
ag homestead. This includes ag intensive and exclusive.
Spe
cial Ag Homesteads and Entities - 2hrs
SS6 Wednesday
, 3:00 – 5:00
Instructors: Sue Schultz, SAMA, McLeod Coun
ty Assessor and Doug Bruns, SAMA, Renville County Assessor
This s
eminar focuses on special ag homesteads and entities to qualify for homeste
ad as well as the application process.
Fair Farmland Rent Eco
nomics - 2hrs
SS7 Wednesday, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
SS8 Wednesday, 3:00
- 5:00 PM
Instructor: Nathan J. Hulinsky, Unive
rsity of Minnesota
Determining a fair farmland rent agreement is
a challenge with volatile prices. Topics covered include county land rent t
rends, farmland values, budgets, worksheets from both the landowner's and f
armer's point of view. Understanding what impacts the land rental prices ar
e important to determining land values. Commodity prices and input prices p
lay a large role in land rental rates, this will be analyzed as well.
Different Obsolescence of a House - 2hrs
SS9 Wednesday, 1:00
- 3:00 PM
SS10 Wednesday, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Instructo
r: John Conway, SAMA, County Assessor, Winona County
This course
goes over the different obsolescence of a house. We will go over physical,
functional, and economic obsolescence of a house. Pictures of examples wi
ll be shown and having the class discuss and give their examples will be do
ne as well.
Dollar Stores Market Trends - 2hrs
SS11 Wed
nesday, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
SS12 Wednesday, 3:00 - 5:00 PM
<
em>Instructors: Mitch Simonson, MAI, Simonson Real Estate.
The v
aluation of dollar stores is case study course that will apply to many juri
sdictions across the state. At its core, it’s a single tenant retail valuat
ion seminar themed around the rising growth of dollar stores.
Land Valuation - 4hrs
SS13 Thursday, 8:00 AM - noon
This sess
ion will cover different types of land valuation for assessment purposes. W
e will discuss the pros and cons of each method, adjustments to land as wel
l as the mass appraisal of land based on each valuation method. Vacant land
and how to handle the valuation of land when vacant land sales don't exist
will be discussed as well.
Minnesota Tax Court 101 - 4hrs
SS14 Thursday, 8:00 AM - noon
Instructor: Brett Hall,
MAI, SRA, SAMA, Principal Commercial Appraiser, Hennepin County
This seminar will cover the basics of performing valuations to be used in t
he Minnesota Tax Court. Topics include a review of important dates, proper
and improper methodologies for valuing the fee simple interest, review of
important tax cases and discussions of recent hot topics such as protectiv
e orders.
New Appraiser Round Table - 4hrs
SS15 Thursday
, 8:00 AM – noon
Instructors: Mary Wells, Independent Con
tract Assessor; Jean Popp, SAMA, Morrison County Assessor; Jason Jorgensen,
SAMA, Mille Lacs County Assessor; and John Thompson II, AMA, Redwood Count
y.
Topics covered in this seminar include:
Valuation of Barndominiums
- 4hrs
SS16 Thursday, 8:00 – 12:00
Instructor: Ran
dy Ripperger, CAE - TEAM Consulting, LLC
The purpose of this work
shop is to provide some guidance and suggestions on the process of analysis
and valuation of metal buildings converted to living areas. What we call B
arndominiums are structures that appear to be metal clad farm buildings but
part or all the structure has been finished on the interior and used as li
ving area. Some are used as temporary living area while the owners construc
t a new stick-built home, while others are built as a permanent residence.
The framing can be pole or steel.
MN RESIDENTIAL FORM REPORT
WORKSHOP - 4hrs
SS17 Thursday, 8:00 AM - noon
Instr
uctor: Patrick Chapman, SAMA, Ramsey County
This “Hands On” semin
ar will assist individuals in writing a residential demonstration form repo
rt. Form Report Graders will be in the room to provide assistance and answe
r questions as you write your report. Bring your Form Reports and laptops.<
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Desktop Reviews Using Technology like GIS &a
mp; Cyclomedia - 2hrs
SS18 Thursday
, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
SS19 Thursday, 10:00 AM - noon
In
structors:Josh Schoen, SAMA, Rice County Assessor and Matt DeFlori
n, SAMA, Dakota County Residential Supervisor
You have heard abou
t desktop reviews. In this course you will see examples of how Minnesota ju
risdictions are using technology such as GIS and Cyclomedia to complete pro
perty visitations and the processes surrounding it.
Sales Ver
ification Processes and DOR Listing Spreadsheets from a County's Perspectiv
e - 2hrs
SS20 Thursday, 8:00 - 10:00 AM
SS21 Thursday, 10:00 AM
– noon
Instructors: Laura Aamodt, SAMA, Commercial Prope
rty Appraiser and CAMA Coordinator, Washington County; Gale Zimmer
man, DOR PTCO; and Mark Vagts, DOR PTCO
This seminar covers a Cou
nty's perspective of how to verify and code a residential and commercial sa
le and why is it important to verify a sale and how this can help you in th
e long run. This seminar will also go over a County's perspective on how yo
u can dig deeper with the sales listings that the DOR sends out and why it
is important to check and clean up your reports from the DOR.
COVID-19 Considerations
MAAO is following the current g uidance from the Minnesota Department of Health. Each educational offering is subject to cancellation if mandated by the Governor or due to a change i n COVID conditions. A 100% refund will be processed for any registrant due to a COVID-related cancellation. Attendance at any course is at the risk of the employer and attendee. MAAO will not be held liable.
ADA Policy
If you have a disabil ity and may require some accommodations at any event, please notify us via email to educationcoordina tor@mnmaao.org at least two weeks prior to the course, and we will atte mpt to make reasonable arrangements.
Questions?