We are the Community of Asset Analysts
Our Mission:
The Community of Asset Analysts (the Community) is dedicated to advancing modern valuation methods, including evidence-based valuation, transparency, critical thinking, and data science techniques. Our purpose is to:
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Advocate for the Profession: Unite professionals in the asset analysis field to exert a positive influence on the real estate industry and promote public trust.
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Promote Education and Awareness: Enhance member knowledge through comprehensive education and information services, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
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Provide Valuable Services: Offer beneficial services to our members at a reasonable fee structure, ensuring accessibility and value.
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Uphold High Standards: Promote and maintain high standards of conduct among members, ensuring integrity, professionalism, and excellence in all aspects of asset analysis.
By focusing on these core principles, we aim to support our members in their professional endeavors and contribute to the advancement of the Community.
It Is Our Hope
to provide a platform for those who believe that change happens, and we need to be players and leaders of that change.
George Dell, SRA, MAI, ASA, CRE, LAI, CDEI
How we started
The Community of Asset Analysts (CAA) was officially founded in 2019, when we held the first meeting after an education event teaching Stats, Graphs, and Data Science 1 and 2 over four-days in Detroit, MI. Many of our group’s leaders voluntarily attended to help and support what George Dell’s Valuemetrics.Info had been building for many years.
We continue to grow. We have a mission.
Our underlying premise for service is that the best results combine expert judgment with computer power. The computer power is easy to understand. Speed, memory, and data. The expert judgment comes from appraisers who have an understanding of the valuation process, market familiarity, and the regulatory system.
But there is a third element: the connection between the expert and the full data. This third element involves the connection between human judgment (model decisions) and computation (algorithms) and (now) artificial intelligence.
From George Dell's Analogue Blog, September 27, 2017, entitled Don't Rgue With Me?:
In today's edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune paper, there was an article about jobs and technology. A short paragraph in that article, by Phil Blair in “Career Advice.”
"As our tools improve, technology magnifies our leverage and increases the importance of our expertise, judgment, and creativity. . . .Could you find yourself being replaced by automation? What skill sets are you developing today that may be automated within your work life? Are you willing to adapt to the new qualifications?"
Are you willing to learn?
