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This 24-hr CE Renewal package is designed for licensees who wish to renew their Iowa real estate license.
To select your own elective courses, mark the boxes of the respective electives. You will want to select 24-hrs. When done, click 'Add to Cart'

This “VA (Veterans Administration) Funded Loans” course is designed to provide 3-hrs of continuing education. The course gives an overview of the VA loan, who can qualify, eligibility and the process for VA loan approval as well as gives advantages of VA loan to buyers and disadvantages to seller. Requirements and qualifications may change so please check with lender for current information.

Using real world examples, this course teaches awareness, sensitivity and compliance with the Fair Housing and ADA Laws.

The course is written to provide the licensee with a better understanding of real estate valuation. Get the knowledge and tools needed to serve clients and more easily communicate with clients, banks and appraisers.

This 12-hr CE Renewal package is designed for licensees who wish to renew their Iowa real estate license.
To select your own elective courses, mark the boxes of the respective electives. You will want to select 12-hrs. When done, click 'Add to Cart'

This 12-hr CE Renewal package is designed for licensees who wish to renew their Iowa real estate license. This package includes 12 hrs of electives that are taken online on your own self-paced schedule. See details for course titles. 

• Property Management Essentials (3 hrs)
• Buyer Representation and Managing Relationships (3 hrs)
• Comparative Market Analysis and Broker Price Opinions (3 hrs)
• Policies to Reduce Risk (3 hrs)

Gain an improved understanding of the role of policies in reducing liability and improving services.

This course covers the importance of a policy manual and the standard types of information and materials necessary for constructing a good policy manual. Serves as an aid for those creating a policy manual. Improves your ability to provide consistent professional services to consumers and avoid liability.

Course enables students to:

• Explain importance of a policy manual
• Increase compliance with the law
• Improve level of service to consumers
• Execute better management of high-risk areas of practice
• Aid in the development of a policy manual

Learn the tools to analyze investments and better service clients 

This course covers basic investment concepts and analytical tools. The instructor provides real estate and financially-based models to help licensees rank and analyze investment alternatives and risk.

Course enables students to:

• Define the traits of a sophisticated investor
• Analyze client requirements effectively
• Recognize investments as a combination of risks
• Define the vocabulary and terminology associated with investments
• Make use of analytical tools and valuation models
• Know the metrics and how to organize data
• Rank investments based on key risk factors and potential returns
• Discover important aspects of negotiating
• Know when and how to select competent third-party experts for clients
• Paint a road map to risk and return

This course provides licensees with the essentials necessary to perform calculations for common real estate transactions.

This course covers the proper methods for solving today’s common real estate math problems. Conveys proper use of real estate math as a communications tool. Provides licensees with improved knowledge of math to enable more effective and competent communication with the public.

Course enables students to:

• Understand the math involved in real estate transactions
• Learn the steps to solve math problems
• Classify the 12 types of math problems regularly seen and used in real estate:

1. Commission and split calculations
2. Net proceeds
3. Profit percent
4. Loan points
5. Annual property tax
6. Straight loan interest
7. First payment of amortized loan
8. Discount of a note
9. Inflation of price
10. Prorating
11. Area math
12. Appraisal using cap rate

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

Buyer agency laws vary from state to state but this course focuses on the specialty tools of serving the single client, to protect and guide, pay full attention to needs; disclose material facts, advice and counsel; grow new business, negotiate for your best interests and attempt to resolve any problems to the client's best advantage.

Course enables students to:

• Understand how buyer representation serves the client
• Learn the types of agencies and relevance of single agency
• Understand the buyer representation contract
• Learn the duties, obligations, and benefits of buyer representation

This 24-hr CE Renewal package is designed for licensees who wish to renew their Iowa real estate license. This package includes 24 hrs of electives that are taken online on your own self-paced schedule. See details for course titles. 

• Property Management Essentials (3 hrs)
• Using Home Inspections to Protect Your Clients (3 hrs)
• Applied Ethics in Practice: Case Studies (3 hrs)
• Buyer Representation and Managing Relationships (3 hrs)
• Green Homes - Benefits to Buyers and Sellers  (3 hrs)
• Comparative Market Analysis and Broker Price Opinions (3 hrs)
• Steps to Analyze Investment Property 3 hrs)
• Policies to Reduce Risk (3 hrs)

This course covers Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) and Broker Price Opinions (BPOs), an opinion of value developed according to industry standards by a real estate licensee.

Learn the standards, procedures, methods of adjusting and calculating the BPO. This 3-hour session is used to explain duties and responsibilities associated with the BPO assignment; professional standards for selecting comparables; grading conditions; and how to adjust comparables to calculate value. Concepts taught in the course are valid for CMA, BPO and general valuations.

Course enables students to:

• Define and describe a BPO
• Know the Recent BPO Legislation
• Understand related duties and obligations
• Understand standards set by the industry regarding:
  • Selecting Comparables
  • Know how to qualify and value features
• Understand BPO terminology
• Use simple mathematical models of BPO
• Improve communications with appraiser, lender, and client