Hamp Thomas is currently the director of the Institute of Housing Technologies, LLC. Hamp is the president and founder of The Measure Man Real Estate Services and Carolina Appraisers & Real Estate. He is the author of the American Measurement Standard, the Size Matters - Residential Square Footage books and continuing education course series, the real estate continuing education course What Every Agent Should Know about Appraisers and the Appraisal Process, and  numerous other CE courses, webinars, videos, and blogs. Hamp also authored the Professional's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, Home Measurement Basics, Solving the Square Footage Puzzle, and his latest book Death of an Industry-Real Estate Appraisal. Hamp has written local, regional and national articles and been featured in Realtor Magazine and the Appraisal Journal. Learning Library and Realtor®University offer the "Size Matters" webinar and his videos are posted on Realtor® TV. He is currently working to establish the new CMS (Certified Measurement Specialist) Designation/Certification through the Institute of Housing Technologies. The CMS© designation will provide agents, appraisers, assessors, home measurement specialists, and many others with a broad understanding of how to measure, calculate, and communicate residential square footage. Students will discover the importance of "size" to property comparison and valuation, and why it pays to use "size when you advertise" for professional Realtors. A Certified Residential Appraiser, Certified Residential Specialist; (CRS), Certified Distance Education Instructor; (CDEI), State Approved Continuing Education Instructor, Accredited Buyer's Representative; (ABR), Graduate of the Realtor Institute; (GRI), and a Realtor®, Hamp takes a unique approach to this topic and bases his education programs on the needs of the professional real estate practitioner. Common sense, down to earth information, provided in a manner you can learn today and use tomorrow.