Thinking of becoming a real estate appraiser

[James A Oates Jr]

TL:DR

Thinking of becoming an appraiser to better understand ARV numbers and possibly increase value.

Good afternoon,

I am seriously thinking about becoming a real estate appraiser. You may be thinking, why would any investor or future investor want to do that? I have a BS in Accounting, I am also working towards becoming a CPA. I want to invest in real estate, however after creating my monster of a spreadsheet to analyze potential deals, I am finding that I have no way of knowing what a real after repair value would be. I do not have any background in construction or anything of the like. I just know that I dont trust anyone else ARV numbers...Perhaps I am simply Paranoid...Therefore I am contemplating becoming an appraiser so that I can learn what would really increase or decrease value in potential investments. Does anyone out there have any insight?