Recently, Walitt Solutions announced that its founder and principal consultant, Joshua Walitt, has been appointed to the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation (TAF), effective Jan. 1, according to a release.
The ASB is the body responsible for developing, interpreting, and amending the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the national ethics and performance standards for the appraisal profession.
Comprised of eight members appointed by TAF’s Board of Trustees, the ASB holds authority over the subject, style, and content of USPAP, as well as related guidance and communications.
Walitt joins the ASB as a nationally recognized valuation and compliance expert with more than two decades of experience in real estate, regulation, and education.
He joins as an individual, though through his firm, Walitt Solutions, he has provided consulting and training services to lenders, appraisers, management companies, technology providers, and regulatory agencies across the United States.
"I've built my career on the belief that strong standards protect both professionals and the public," Walitt said in the release. "Serving on the Appraisal Standards Board is an opportunity to contribute to the framework that ensures credibility, consistency, and public trust across our profession."
A former member of the Colorado Board of Real Estate Appraisers and immediate past president of the National Association of Appraisers', Walitt has also served as an adjunct faculty instructor at Colorado Mesa University and as a frequent national speaker on appraisal compliance and modernization.