From the RESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE

John Conway, SAMA Winona County

Residential 201

I remember in 2016 I received an MAAO email from the late Dan Whitman about joining a new committee that deals with residential properties. I was intrigued by it, made a request to my region that I wanted to join this committee and I was voted in to represent Region 1. It has been one of the best decisions I ever made. Since being a part of the Residential Committee, it’s been great getting to know other people around the state. Also, it’s been very rewarding being involved in a committee that develops classes for Summer Seminar and bigger projects like our Residential 101 class. It’s a good feeling helping out your peers with educational material and helping your peers achieve their CEH’s. Speaking of classes and CEH’s, I’m writing this to tell you about our next fun project; our advanced Residential 201 class. When our committee developed Residential 101, the idea for the class was to help newer/beginner assessor’s. Residential 201 will tackle more difficult, specific properties. This 15 hour, two day class will have topics that will include, log homes, tiny homes, obsolescence of a house (economic, functional & physical), historic homes, pole buildings with living quarters (aka = Shoust), executive homes and waterfront properties. I’m sure we all have came across these type of properties and sometimes they are challenge to determine what they are really worth, especially when you’re lacking the data. Residential 201 will help guide and give you advice on how to look at these type of properties. It’s been a challenge creating a course like this because of the extra research you have to do. But my Residential Committee team is up for the challenge, just like we were when we created Residential 101. Our goal is to teach this class on October 25th and 26th, 2023. We look forward to seeing you all in class!

John Conway, Winona County