Real estate agent and appraiser educator, Melanie J. McLane has decades of experience in all facets of real estate education: from course development to presentation. She is a REBAC Hall of Fame trainer and was RSPS of the Year in 2012. She was recently named Pennsylvania’s REALTOR® of the Year.
Melanie is a certified appraiser, licensed associate broker, and seasoned real estate educator. A veteran of 36 years in the real estate industry, she has owned and operated a real estate brokerage, taught everything from pre-licensing through designation courses, and continues to practice as both an appraiser and an associate broker. She is a certified USPAP instructor.
In addition to her own courses, Melanie’s sessions include most of the National Association of REALTORS®, REBI and REBAC courses.
“Your class was more than helpful with understanding the different avenues of buyers on the Internet. Thank you for taking time after class as well to help with my individual questions. I am in the process of using some of the information and answers you gave me with my market leads.” – Terry Burbank
Featured Sessions
Age in Place: Accessible Design, Smart Homes, & the Agent
Plan on working with Millennials, Boomers, or the generations in between? This course is for you. The aging Baby Boomer population and advancing technology, is changing both new construction and existing housing. Builders, agents, and others in the industry will be challenged to find housing designed for all of life’s stages, abilities, and sophistications. Read More . . . “She is a wealth of knowledge and our members like that when she teaches she teaches to the meat, there’s no fluff with her.” – Lacy Schuldt, Director of Education and Professional Development, Minneapolis Area REALTORS® An office policy and procedures manual can be the most dynamic document you have in your broker arsenal. Real estate licensees affiliated with a brokerage look to management for guidance in determining how they will respond to specific real estate situations that may or may not be covered by real estate law. Reduce your vicarious liability for licensee performance and build a firm foundation for your company mission and vision by attending this vital course on building your office policies. Here’s a course designed for both appraisers AND real estate agents! Written by Melanie McLane, this AQB-approved session reviews fundamental construction methods, both old and new, in residential real estate. The 7 hour course covers construction from site preparation through completion. Major components of a house are identified including building materials and mechanical systems. Further, the course reveals ‘red flags’ that are discernible to agents and appraisers when inspecting a home for a listing, sale, or valuation. Finally, the course describes how physical and functional issues in houses affect value. This 7 hour course is offered in cooperation with Hondros Learning. PROMO VIDEO “You shared a lot of important information in a fun way.” – Cathy Mackenzie Everyone who looks at an appraisal report, it seems, wants to find errors, fault or even fraud—or minimally, they just want to understand what is in the report. In this class, we examine the requirements of USPAP for preparing a report which has “credible results”. We will review what appraisers must do to abide with USPAP; what other layers of requirements are created by their clients, and how to review an appraisal report to determine whether the report is “credible” or not. We will cover typical red flags, such as missing data, overuse of boilerplate, inconsistency of data and unsubstantiated adjustments. 3 – 4 hours READ THE ARTICLENEW Policy Matters! Designing Your Office Policy Manual
Basic Construction Refresher
Anatomy of an Appraisal