Sara Schwarzentraub has held the SRA designation since 1978.  As a nationally approved instructor, she has taught numerous courses and seminars since 1988.  Standards has been one of the mainstays of her teaching since 1991.  Most recently she has been teaching Residential Design and Functional Utility and Residential Consulting, two new seminars by the Appraisal Institute.  In addition she teaches the new Serving the Client: Application and Use of the Streamlined Forms Process.

This year Ms. Schwarzentraub serves as the chair of Membership Development and Retention, on Seminars Subcommittee and an Education Trust director for the Appraisal Institute.  In 1999 Ms. Schwarzentraub served as National Chair of Regional Chairs.  This also put her on the Executive Committee for that year.  She has served on the Board of Directors and on faculty and education committees as well as being active in the early 1990's on state and national legislative committees.  She served as Chair of the California Coalition of Appraisers during the passage and early implementation of appraiser licensing. 

Ms. Schwarzentraub owns Inter-State Appraisal Service, a small fee firm specializing in residential, residential income and residential litigation appraisal and consulting services.  She and her husband have owned that company since 1984.  Her clients include relocation companies, attorneys, direct lenders, Fannie Mae,  and selected mortgage brokers.