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Appraisal Institute, "The Recognized Authority in Real Estate Appraisal."

Beginner's Guide to HTML from The National Center for Supercomputing Applications web site will get you started on building your own web site. This site stays real busy thus you may get several 'Object Not Found' or 'Operation Timed Out' messages. Just keep knocking and you can probably get in.

Bureau of the Census is a good source for social, demographic, and economic information.

Bureau of Economic Analysis provides information on such key issues as economic growth, regional development, and the Nation's position in the world economy.

Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

Odyssey's BizCalc Calculators will put the Hewlett Packard HP 12c or the Texas Instruments BA-II Plus calculator on your computer, handheld, or Palm Top.

The Counselors of Real Estate is an international group of seasoned real estate practitioners who provide advisory services to clients on property and land-related matters. Members of the organization are awarded the CRE (Counselor of Real Estate) designation. Only 1,000 practitioners worldwide carry the CRE designation.

Department of Commerce, established to promote American businesses and trade. Its some of its responsibilities include expanding U.S. exports, developing innovative technologies, gathering and disseminating statistical data, measuring economic growth, and granting patents.

Department of the Treasury. The mission of the Department of the Treasury is to formulate and recommend economic, fiscal and tax policies; serve as financial agent of the United States Government; enforce the law; protect the President and other officials; and manufacture coins and currency.

Department of Veterans Affairs has basic info on VA mortgage programs with lots of other information for this country's veterans. To all you veterans out there: Thanks for the contributions and sacrifices you made to insure our freedom. Job Well Done.

Employee Relocation Council (ERC) has information on relocation and human resource issues such as transfer activity and costs, home sale and purchase, relocation policy development, and dual career and family concerns.

FannieMae is the world's largest diversified financial company and the nation's largest source of home mortgage funds. FannieMae doesn't lend money directly to home buyers; instead, they make sure mortgage lenders have money to lend to home buyers.

FedWorld, from here you can drill through to most federal government web servers.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a wide range of services which includes publication of flood maps.

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (FRB) conducts the nation’s monetary policy by influencing the money and credit conditions in the economy in pursuit of full employment and stable prices.

Kodak has a web site full of digital cameras that work well with WCA's Photo Manager.

Library of Congress makes its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

Marshall & Swift provides current and informative building cost information.

Microsoft will help you fully utilize the internet in your appraisal practice. Start with their Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. Add such plug-ins such as Outlook Express for your email and newsgroup messaging. Have multiple offices? Get their Netmeeting plug-in for transferring files, sharing applications, chatting, and collaborating on shared files, all in your own conferencing area. They even throw in a web phone and a drawing board.

MIT Center for Real Estate is within the School of Architecture and Planning. The Center sponsors a full agenda of research on issues related to real estate development, investment, and management.

NASA, well not really an appraisal site but relates well to out of this world value requests.

RealAudio Player is a browser plug-in for streaming an audio feed across the internet to your computer. Several sites now utilize this technology for the delivery of news, sports, and financial reports. Also check out AudioNet for real time radio broadcasts from across the nation and other uses of audio feed streaming.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is an independent bureau of the Treasury Department. The word currency in the agency's title is a historical anomaly; since the 1930's, the agency has had nothing to do with the issue of U.S. currency. Rather it is the oldest federal financial regulatory body and oversees the nation's federally chartered banks.

Small Business Administration operates a publicly available dial-up electronic bulletin board system called SBA ON-LINE. It has information on starting or operating a small business.

Technology Sales & Service builds trouble free computer networks especially designed for real estate appraisers and other business professionals. TSS also operates TISLink an internet service provider which hosts web sites for clients nationwide.

Thomas Legislative Information is a service of the Library of Congress. Provides federal legislative information on the internet. Keep an eye on what your elected officials are doing.

US Department of HUD was created to allow the Federal Government to tackle urban problems and substandard and deteriorating housing in a coordinated manner.

William N. Kinnard, Jr., Ph.D., SREA, MAI, CRE: William N. Kinnard, Jr., the President of Real Estate Counseling Group of Connecticut, Inc., has a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds the SREA, MAI, CRE and ASA designations, as well as the CMI (Institute of Property Taxation) and the FCA (AICAM). Dr. Kinnard, was Educational Consultant for the Society of Real Estate Appraisers for 20 years, and for the Society of Industrial Realtors. He was President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association. He teaches regularly for the Appraisal Institute and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He is also Chairman of Dickey & Kinnard, Inc., Corona Del Mar, California.

William B. Rayburn, DBA, MAI, CFA: As CEO of Seminars, Inc. Bill Rayburn is one of the more dynamic instructors on the financial and real estate education circuits today. Bill also serves as the president of FNC, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in the development of financial applications in artificial intelligence. He also serves as a faculty member at the University of Mississippi, where he teaches financial and real estate courses at both the MBA and PhD levels. Bill has authored numerous articles on real estate and financial valuation. He also authored or co-authored several banking and appraisal texts. As a chartered financial analyst, Bill serves as an examiner for the CFA exams. Fantastic!

Wilson Computer Applications' RealEasy appraisal software is a cutting edge appraisal software package that includes digital imaging and mapping with tech support second to none. WCA is also in the front trenches of EDI development.

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