Sam Martin MA, BSc, IFA, Realtor™, e-Pro™, is the owner of SamTheTutor.com, Inc. Sam is one of 550 Certified Uniform Standards of Professional Practice (USPAP) instructors worldwide. Sam has been teaching appraisal and real estate classes since 1988. He has taught for a variety of institutions, most recently: Harper College and the Chicago Association of Realtors. Sam specializes in appraisal instruction, textbook writing and review, and writing classes for online delivery. He also provides USPAP compliance consultation services for appraisers and regulatory agencies. He has taken advanced educational technology courses from University of Calgary (at a distance), and workshops from Sloan-C (the Sloan-Consortium). He is working on developing appraisal principles for virtual appraising in Second Life™. Sam is working on his Master of Online Teaching certificate from MVCR. Sam is also working on his Ph.D. in education (specialization in Educational Technology) from Walden U. Sam, as his alter-ego Haviland Uriza, spoke on a panel concerning Land Valuation at the OpenMLS Metaverse Conference, Oct. 27, 2007. This conference was entirely virtual, and was held in Second Life™. Sam holds a patent (http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6606607.html) for a business process, which is implemented online using proprietary software. Call for licensinig details.Sam has fought appraisal- and mortgage-fraud his entire professional life, and has performed investigations for the State of Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois Coalition of Appraisal Professionals (ICAP), the National Association of Realtors™ (NAR), the Illinois Association of Realtors™ (IAR), the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA), and the Chicago Association of Realtors™ (CAR). Sam is on the REEA Publication Committee, and serves on CAR’s Education Foundation, and on their Education Workgroup. He holds an Illinois Certified Residential Real Estate Appraisal and Real Estate Broker license. Specialties:

USPAP Instruction Appraisal Instruction Adult Education Distance Education Mortgage and Appraisal Fraud Prevention Course Design