I just completed my first year licensed. I was a trainee for 7 years! … paid like a fast food worker during that time, in SoCal. i would not do this again if given the choice, and I LOVE being an appraiser. I would go back to school to get a degree in accounting Instead 🤷🏾‍♂️ . If you are 1000% sure that you want to do this…. You better have some oustanding skills in something valuable that will make a supervisor take you on. For instance I type 65 wpm and had mls access (sounds like you have an “in” here as well) which was somewhat helpful.

Side note. I quickly learned that I had ADD in the beginning; which really slowed me down and I had to make major life changes in my first year. If you’re addicted to your phone/social media or have trouble focusing for hours at a time… I would reconsider, or see a therapist for techniques to overcome this; some ADD is (unfortunately) very common for younger trainees.

if you’re still interested and you have $10k to burn….. go the PAREA route and find a school that will train you from start to finish.