The following web sites and information is provided for our West Valley College students.  The resources are available free from government and businesses.  Some services, such as the Santa Clara MLS provide limited information such as "active listings" in the free public domain and additional listing data in the subscriber domain not available to the general public. 

California State and Federal Government:

• Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA)
• Employment Development Department (EDD)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 
• U.S. Department of Housing (HUD) 

Select County and City web sites:

• City of San José On-Line Permits
• Santa Clara County Assessor
• Santa Clara County GIS
• Santa Clara County Home page
• Santa Clara County Recorder's Online System
• Santa Clara County Tax Collector
• Santa Cruz County GIS
• Santa Cruz County Planners Department
• Santa Cruz County Recorder's Online System 
• San Mateo County Home page
• San Mateo County Recorder's Online System
• San Mateo County Tax Collector

Real Estate Transaction Information:

• CraigsList (south bay) 
• NDC (National Data Collective)
• RealQuest
• RE Infolink (Santa Clara MLS)
• Zillow

Misc:

• a la mode (Software: WinTotal, XSites, etc)
• a la mode Appraisers Support
• a la mode Training Library
• APEX (Sketching Software)
• Acheson Appraisal Classes
• Appraisal Institute, NorthCal
• Appraisal Scoop.com
• Appraisal Standards Board (Online 2008/2009 USPAP)
• AppraisersForum
• Automated Valuation Technologies (Valuation tools such as Regression Plus)
• Bay Area Commercial Brokerage Houses
• Building Cost.net (Free Construction Cost Service)
• Dearborn Publishers Appraiser Qualifications Matrix and Textbooks
• Real Estate Journal.com (Wall Street Journal)
• Real Estate Mortgage Fraud
• Real Estate Report
• San Jose Business Journal 
• San Jose Mercury News Real Estate Section
• San Jose Mercury News RE blog
• SwiftEstimator (Marshall & Swift Construction Cost Service)
• Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
• West Valley College
• Yahoo Groups (Total2000 users group)
• Yahoo Real Estate

Forms and reference materials:

• Fall 2008 RLEST094D Class, Letter Size URAR form.pdf
• Student URAR Class Forms1.PDF
• Student URAR Assignment 1.PDF
• Student URAR Assignment 2.PDF
• RE Appraisal Technology (A non-printable white paper by Mike Angles)