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Understanding Bias: Historic Disparity in Appraisal
No full textExplore how the Franklin County Auditor’s Office partnered with the Kirwan Institute to uncover and address racial bias in the mass appraisal process. This session highlights the power of community outreach, education, and strategic communication in building trust and driving appraisal reform. Learn how you can apply similar strategies to foster equity and transparency in your own jurisdiction
The Virtual Assessor: AI-Powered Workflows for Modern Mass Appraisal
No full textDiscover how assessors are using AI and high-resolution aerial imagery to streamline fieldwork, uncover hidden value, and support fair, defensible assessments. This session highlights real-world use cases like sketch verification and change detection and explores how these tools align with IAAO standards and evolving assessment workflows
Challenges in Special-Use Property Valuation: Case Study Insights
No full textGain key insights into appraising special-use properties by exploring property, market, and industry-specific factors essential for accurate valuation. This session uses real-world case studies to illustrate critical appraisal steps, methodologies, and challenges, equipping attendees with best practices for determining market value for both fee simple and assessment purposes
The Magic of Leading Through Change: The Future is Now!
No full textLeading through change requires incredible skill and magic. This interactive session will explore leadership concepts for change. You have never been part of a session like this where the audience will interact to ensure that everyone walks away with much needed knowledge. You do not want to miss this session
Harnessing street-view imagery: A success story from Skagit County
No full textThe presentation titled Harnessing Street-View Imagery: A Success Story from Skagit County will delve into the transformative impact of street-view imagery on property valuation and GIS operations within Skagit County. Since obtaining the imagery in the fall of 2023, the county has seen significant improvements in accuracy and efficiency in property assessments. This presentation will showcase how the integration of street-view technology has enhanced data collection, reduced fieldwork costs, and improved the overall efficiency of the Assessor\u27s Office. Attendees will gain insights into the implementation process, challenges faced, and the tangible benefits realized. The session aims to provide a comprehensive overview of best practices and lessons learned, inspiring other jurisdictions to consider similar advancements
Advancing fairness and accuracy: AI and machine learning in mass appraisal
No full textMass appraisal plays a crucial role in efficiently and equitably valuing large numbers of properties, but achieving fairness and accuracy remains a challenge. While traditional models like linear regression have been commonly used, machine learning has proven to be effective offering several benefits and strengths. To better understand these methods, the IAAO AI Taskforce has been tasked with researching and comparing various AI methodologies. In this panel, we will take an international perspective, comparing datasets from multiple countries to explore how these AI models—such as Decision Trees, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and Neural Networks—can be adapted to different valuation environments. By examining case studies across diverse regions, we aim to highlight best practices in using AI to create accurate and equitable property values worldwide
From the Field to the Final Value: Unlocking Mobile Potential
No full textThe demand for enhanced data collection tools and heightened data quality is becoming increasingly critical to all aspects of appraisal operations. A well-designed and fully integrated mobile solution not only increases productivity but greatly improves data quality resulting in more consistent and predictable values leading to fewer appeals.
MobileAssessor is helping 10,000 users across nearly 400 jurisdictions in the US and Canada to streamline appraisal operations and drastically increase productivity
Modernizing Assessment: From Spreadsheets to Smart Maps
No full textLet’s talk modernization. Evolving GIS technologies can be leveraged to enhance workflows to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Come explore how replacing spreadsheets and static systems with interactive maps and apps allows appraisers to dynamically view IAAO standard sales ratio statistics for any group of sales and stratify the sales based on property characteristics as well as share authoritative property information in a map-based application, providing modernize customer service, and promoting fair and equitable property values
“Beyond the acre”: Using GIS and AI to determine curtilage and other land use allocations
No full textPresentation: Utilizing AI for Property Tax Assessment and determining use areas. The presentation will explain in depth, a successful artificial intelligence project done by the Tippecanoe County Assessor’s Office in detail. Here is a brief synopsis of the project that the presentation will be about: We will explore an innovative approach taken by the Tippecanoe County Assessor’s Office in response to recent legal interpretations regarding property tax assessments, specifically concerning the definition of curtilage as it relates to Indiana\u27s property tax caps
Modern Techniques in Market Segmentation: Analyzing Residential Modeling
No full textUnveiling the results of Tyler’s market modeling for residential properties in New Castle County, Delaware. Building on the market segmentation techniques from last year\u27s IAAO Conference, this session will delve into the methodology, key findings, and conformity to IAAO Standards