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Gain an understanding of green homes and their influence and impact on buyers and sellers.

The course objectives include understanding Green as a new way of thinking, learning the terminology, understanding the benefits, analyzing savings, and learning to leverage this knowledge to better market green homes.

This course is a must for all agents who want to provide good service for clients interested in Green and/or LEED homes.     

The course learning objectives:

• Explain Green as a new way of thinking
• Learn the terminology of Green Homes
• Understand the benefits of Green
• Analyze how it reduces the cost of home ownership
• Explain how it increases purchasing power

Gain knowledge, reduce liability by learning more about Fair Housing and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Fair Housing is a three hour course accepted for Continuing Education Credit by the Hawaii Real Estate Commission.
This course is designed to educate the CE Student on the subject of the Federal and State Fair Housing Laws.

The objective is to increase awareness, sensitivity and compliance with the Laws. The session will explain how to comply with Fair Housing Laws, providing all clients and customers Equal Housing Opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, AIDS/HIV or need for use of service animals.

This course is a must for all agents who want to provide good service in compliance with the law.

The course objectives:

• Create Awareness of Fair Housing and American's With Disabilities Acts
• Define the protected classes and rights of those persons with disabilities
• Explain Equal Rights and Fair Housing by Providing Examples and Stories
• Provide general understanding of the Agents' Obligations under Fair Housing and Americans With Disabilities Act

The course covers:

•  Fair Housing Act
• Amendments to the Act
• Prohibited Practices and Investigations
• Significant Changes to the Act
• New Construction
• Accessibility Requirements
• Reasonable Modifications / Accommodations
• Protected Groups
• Avoid the Appearance or Practice of Discrimination
• Individuals with Disabilities
• Occupancy Standards under HUD Guidelines
• Marketing within Fair Housing Laws
• Complaint Procedures
• Penalties for Violations
• Practices, Policies, and Procedures to provide Equal Opportunity

Learn about the ethical dilemmas in the practice of real estate through case studies. NOTE: This course is not eligible for NAR Credit, if looking for dual credit please find our course that includes the words: "Code of Ethics" in the title. 

Learn about the ethical dilemmas in the practice of real estate through case studies. NOTE: This course is not eligible for NAR Credit, if looking for dual credit please find our course that includes the words: "Code of Ethics" in the title.

This course reviews the methods of creating buyer agency, methods of developing new business and duties of the buyer agent.

Increase your market penetration through these specialized techniques. Single agency by design. This course reviews the methods of creating buyer agency, methods of developing new business and duties of the buyer agent.

Learning objectives:

• How buyer representation serves the client 
• Types of agency and relevance of single agency 
• Understanding the buyer representation contract 
• The duties; obligations and benefits of buyer representation 

Great course for learning the basics about the requirements and benefits of Chapter 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.

1031 exchange is a swap of one investment property for another that allows capital gains taxes to be deferred. Learn the requirements and benefits of Chapter 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code and how to leverage them for your client.

Course Topics:

• Basic Rules of an Exchange
• Understand: Productive Use
• Investment Property
• Inventory
• Dealer
• Personal Use
• Like Kind property
• 45 day ID, 135 Extension "180 days"
• Second Half Rule
• Three Property Rule
• 95% and 200% Rules
• Example of an Exchange
• Forms to Execute an Exchange
• When to Seek Professional Advice