Appraisal Instructors

Mel Black

BA, EdS, JD

Mel is the former executive director of the North Carolina Appraisal Board and former Education Officer at the North Carolina Real Estate Commission. Now an attorney in private practice, Mel represents clients from around the state before their licensing boards.  He also has written and regularly teaches appraisal continuing education classes through-out the state. He is an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor. Mel also teaches Real Estate continuing education by request.

Joyce Pusey, SRA

Joyce Pusey holds the SRA designation from the Appraisal Institute, and has been a real estate appraiser since 1984. She has also been a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina, since 1980.

Since 1990, she has also taught appraisal pre-licensing courses and continuing education. She is the author of several appraisal continuing education courses, and holds the prestigious AQB Certified USPAP Instructor
designation.

Joyce has owned her own real estate appraisal firm (Pusey & Associates, Inc) since 1992