Certified General Appraiser Exam Q&A
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hypothetical condition - ✔✔a condition, directly related to a specific
assignment, which is contrary to what is KNOWN by the appraiser to exist on
the effective date of the assignment results, but is used for the purpose of
analysis.
Extraordinary Assumption - ✔✔something that is BELIEVED to be True for the
sake of the Appraisal... but may or may not be True as of the Effective Date of
the Appraisal.
Appraisal - ✔✔the act or process of developing an opinion of value
Marketing Period - ✔✔Time Period required to actually sell the property once
the decision to sell is made. Time necessary to close a sale.
Exposure Time - ✔✔the time period assumed to have occurred prior to the date
of the appraisal
Attributes of Land - ✔✔unique in location and composition, physical immobile,
durable, finite, and useful
Four Powers of Government - ✔✔1. Police Power
2. Eminent Domain
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,3. Taxation
4. Escheat
(PETE)
Police Power - ✔✔zoning, health codes, building codes, traffic, environmental
regulations, air
Eminent Domain - ✔✔the RIGHT of government to take private property for
public use
Condemnation - ✔✔The PROCESS of exercising eminent domain through court
action.
Concepts of Land - ✔✔geographic and environmental, legal, economic, social
Forces that Influence Real Estate - ✔✔Social, Economic, Governmental,
Environmental (SEGE)/
Agents of Production - ✔✔Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurial Coordination
(LLCEC)
Factors of Value - ✔✔utility, scarcity, desire, effective purchasing power (USDE)
Valuation Process - ✔✔1.Definition of Problem
2. Scope of Work
3. Data Collection and Property Description
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, 4. Data Analysis (HBU and Market Analysis)
5. Land Value Estimate
6. Three Approaches to Value
7. Reconciliation
8. Report
Going Concern Value - ✔✔The value of an established business including the
value of real property and goodwill generated through business operations.
Includes Real, Personal, and Intangibles.
Investment Value - ✔✔The value of the property to a particular investor, based
on his or her specific requirements, discount rate, expectations, and so on.
Substitution - ✔✔when several similar or commensurate things are available
the lowest price will attract the greatest demand and widest distribution.
Individual Ownership - ✔✔sole proprietorship
General Partnership - ✔✔partnership in which partners share equally in both
responsibility and liability
Limited Partnership (LP) - ✔✔A partnership consisting of one or more general
partners and one or more limited partners. General partner is liable and limited
partners are to the extent of their initial investment
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hypothetical condition - ✔✔a condition, directly related to a specific
assignment, which is contrary to what is KNOWN by the appraiser to exist on
the effective date of the assignment results, but is used for the purpose of
analysis.
Extraordinary Assumption - ✔✔something that is BELIEVED to be True for the
sake of the Appraisal... but may or may not be True as of the Effective Date of
the Appraisal.
Appraisal - ✔✔the act or process of developing an opinion of value
Marketing Period - ✔✔Time Period required to actually sell the property once
the decision to sell is made. Time necessary to close a sale.
Exposure Time - ✔✔the time period assumed to have occurred prior to the date
of the appraisal
Attributes of Land - ✔✔unique in location and composition, physical immobile,
durable, finite, and useful
Four Powers of Government - ✔✔1. Police Power
2. Eminent Domain
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER:
619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT
,3. Taxation
4. Escheat
(PETE)
Police Power - ✔✔zoning, health codes, building codes, traffic, environmental
regulations, air
Eminent Domain - ✔✔the RIGHT of government to take private property for
public use
Condemnation - ✔✔The PROCESS of exercising eminent domain through court
action.
Concepts of Land - ✔✔geographic and environmental, legal, economic, social
Forces that Influence Real Estate - ✔✔Social, Economic, Governmental,
Environmental (SEGE)/
Agents of Production - ✔✔Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurial Coordination
(LLCEC)
Factors of Value - ✔✔utility, scarcity, desire, effective purchasing power (USDE)
Valuation Process - ✔✔1.Definition of Problem
2. Scope of Work
3. Data Collection and Property Description
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, 4. Data Analysis (HBU and Market Analysis)
5. Land Value Estimate
6. Three Approaches to Value
7. Reconciliation
8. Report
Going Concern Value - ✔✔The value of an established business including the
value of real property and goodwill generated through business operations.
Includes Real, Personal, and Intangibles.
Investment Value - ✔✔The value of the property to a particular investor, based
on his or her specific requirements, discount rate, expectations, and so on.
Substitution - ✔✔when several similar or commensurate things are available
the lowest price will attract the greatest demand and widest distribution.
Individual Ownership - ✔✔sole proprietorship
General Partnership - ✔✔partnership in which partners share equally in both
responsibility and liability
Limited Partnership (LP) - ✔✔A partnership consisting of one or more general
partners and one or more limited partners. General partner is liable and limited
partners are to the extent of their initial investment
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