Certified Appraisers Guild of America

Personal Property Appraisals

Joe Murphy is a member of The Certified Appraisers Guild of America. The Certified Appraisers Guild of America is a professional accrediting organization providing certification of personal property appraisers. With members in all 50 states and 6 Canadian Provinces, The Certified Appraisers Guild of America is North America’s #1 trainer of personal property appraisers. On an annual basis it trains more personal property appraisers than any other organization in North America. The Guild has been instrumental in helping to standardize the personal property appraisal profession. The members of The Certified Appraisers Guild of America form a network of valuable appraisal contacts throughout the Unites States and Canada.

Educational Standards

The training each member is required to complete includes the uniform standards of personal property appraisal practice and appraisal report writing. Special areas of emphasis in the training include Internal Revenue Service appraisal requirements, estate and gift appraisals, charitable donation appraisals, bankruptcy appraisals, insurance appraisals, appraisals for divorce, and casualty loss appraisals. In addition, each member is required to attend our courtroom expert witness seminar with special emphasis on appraisals for courts and testifying court.

Certification

The Certified Appraisers Guild of America confers the professional membership designation CAGA to recognize the completion of the appraiser’s certification education. Members are professionals who have completed the certification process. In addition, the members have made a commitment to the Certified Appraisers Guild’s Code of Professional Ethics and to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

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