ACOW - Appraisers' Coalition of Washington

ACOW proudly sponsors:
American Home Appraisals Winter Seminars
for Appraisers
February 5, February 9 and February 11, 2010

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The Appraisers' Coalition of Washington (ACOW) is a Washington non-profit corporation organized by the Washington chapters of all appraisal organizations that are member organizations of the Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council.

Legislative Bills

Click here to view a status update on legislative bills.

ACOW is working on a task force to draft legislation to regulate AMCs in WA. If you have any input or suggestions please email, Stan Sidor at ssidor@gvakm.com. To view the draft click here.

Share your ideas

The Appraisers Coalition now has a blog.
Visit now, and let your comments be heard.
http://wa-acow.blogspot.com/

News

“Tired of working for an AMC? – Solutions provided by ACOW. Click here for more information.

Letter from Stan Sidor to Ralph Birkedahl concerning Proposed Rule Making, WAC 308-125-120 Fees and Charges.
To view this letter click here.

ACOW Meetings

The next ACOW meeting will be announced shortly and ACOW members will be notified.

The meetings will take place in Seattle and Tacoma at 6PM at the addresses below.

To attend meeting please phone ahead because doors are locked early.
Tacoma – Stan Sidor (253) 722-1445
Seattle – Barry Wilson (206) 838-1233

To view the agenda for the Thursday, December 10 meeting click here.

Tacoma:
GVA Kidder Mathews
In the Wells Fargo Plaza
1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 1400
Tacoma, WA
click here for directions

Seattle:
Lamb Hanson Lamb Offices
650 S. Orcas St, Suite 114
Seattle, WA 98108
click here for directions

NOTE: By phone via Free Conference Call:
(218) 339-4300, Entry Code is 872158#

Letter and response to REAC

Click here to view the letter written by Jim Irish on behalf of ACOW to the Washington State Real Estate Appraiser Commission about the problems of education and enforcement within our state.

Click here to view the response letter from Ralph Birkedahl, Appraiser Program Manager.

Summit Highlights

Summit XI
Summit XI was a great success! Thank you for attending. To see the brochure click here.

Summit IX
Click here to view slides of the Narrative Report Writing Seminar that Dean Potter and Cheri Farivar taught at the ACOW Summit IX.