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Submitted by Rick Olson (MLG)News report from Bruno , NE  In 1981, Herman Ostry and his wife, Donna, bought a farm a half mile outside of Bruno , Nebraska , a small community sixty miles west of Omaha .The property had a creek and came with a barn built in the 1920’s. The barn floor was always wet and muddy.  When the creek flooded in 1988, the barn ended up with 29 inches of water covering

Estimated values can be reviewed in a variety of ways including scatter plots, GIS mapping and stratification analysis.  Extreme data may create visible problems. Sample scatter plot-sale ratios versus effective age: Here the variation in the oldest (+100 years) properties compares reasonably well to the more typical 50 to 60 year ages. Sample GIS mapping: Ratios can be mapped to look for patterns and problems.   And you can satisfy your inner artist. Sample stratification statistics:

Part 1: In the Land of Extreme Data Extremes challenge valuation models. We have to be conscious of data extremes in the property inventory: They may deserve review. They may deserve exclusion from sales modeling. They may even deserve attention in model variable design or coefficients.   Have you ever wondered what local data extremes are lurking out there?   It appears the smallest single family home in Winnipeg proper is a 312 square feet

  2012 marks the 9th annual Doors Open Winnipeg, a free event put on by heritage Winnipeg that opens up buildings of historical and architectural interest to the public.  Volunteers offer a variety of tours.  Many of the buildings remain “working” buildings rather than museums.  Visitors in the past have rung the bell of historic Holy Trinity Anglican Church (1884), toured the new Hydro Building, accessed the awesome basement vault of the Bank of Montreal at

Welcome New Member Marc Connelly – Steinbach Province of Manitoba – Assessment Services Our condolences: To the family of  Jim Tease, an accredited member of the AAOM for many years and President in 1963. Jim passed away in January, 2012 at the age of 89.  He received an Honorary membership in the AAOM after retiring from the Provincial Assessment Department. The AAOM was very pleased that Jim was able to attend the AAOM’s 50th anniversary Conference