Kansas
Online Real Estate
Continuing Education

Learn the tools to analyze investments and better service clients (3 hrs).   
*For an extended version of this course, please see the 4-hr 'Basics of Investment Property' course. 

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.

KREC Core Course

The Real Estate Commission uses Core Course to provide updates and information on select, timely topics.

Course Features Include:

1. Accepted by the Kansas Real Estate Commission.  
2. The ability to complete the courses online and at your convenience
3. Low price, high-quality, narrated courses
4. Easy to use
5. Well received and reviewed by other real estate professionals

Course Development
Our courses are developed with knowledge of the real estate market. Our instructor, David Catanzaro, has taught and practiced real estate for over 20 years.

This 'Code of Ethics: Pathways to Professionalism' course is designed to provide 3-hrs of continuing education and meet the NAR ethics requirement. It is at your Board / Association's discretion to accept this course. Check ahead of purchase.

This 'Code of Ethics: Pathways to Professionalism' course is designed to provide 3-hrs of continuing education and meet the NAR ethics requirement.

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

Course Features Include:

1. Accepted by the Kansas Real Estate Commission.  
2. The ability to complete the courses online and at your convenience
3. Low price, high-quality, narrated courses
4. Easy to use
5. Well received and reviewed by other real estate professionals

Course Development
Our courses are developed with knowledge of the real estate market. Our instructor, David Catanzaro, has taught and practiced real estate for over 20 years.

The Home Inspections course is a Commission-approved elective course that counts toward 3-hrs of continuing education credit to be used toward license renewal or reactivation.

Learn how to use home inspections to the advantage of your clients.

Course covers topic of how home inspections benefit and protect buyers and sellers. Licensees learn levels of inspector certifications and the purpose and benefits of inspection. Course provides the licensee with an understanding of the condition of a property, costs to maintain, and how to reduce risk to buyer and licensee.

Course enables students to:

• Describe the purpose and use of a home inspection
• Explain how home inspections benefit / protect both buyers and sellers
• Describe the home inspector’s scope of work and presentation of results
• Discover the scope of a home inspection; the areas / components it includes
• Recall the seller’s disclosure obligations
• Understand the scope of the agent’s role in home inspections
• Recall where to find credentialed inspectors
• Recognize your role as an agent in educating clients on the benefits of having a home inspection

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 
   

Learn about the ethical dilemmas in the practice of real estate through real world case studies.

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.

Course Topics:

Course enables students to:

• Compare ethics of trade organization with statues of license law
• Increase knowledge of ethics & license law
• Learn to disclose personal interests in transactions
• Learn to protect and promote client's interest, while being honest with all parties
• Be able to discuss the difference between puffing and misrepresentation
• Better spot potential ethical pitfalls
• Recognize the impermissibility of concealment of pertinent facts
• Learn how to cooperate with other real estate professionals to advance the client's best interests
• Discern the obligation to make your position in a transaction known and the obligation to disclose affiliated relationships
• Be familiar with RESPA
• Recognize that the paying of commission does not establish agency
• Know the necessity of not commingling clients' monies, provide equal service to all clients, direct clients to third party professionals when necessary

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 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

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.

Learning objectives:

• Define and describe a Broker Price Opinion (BPO)
• Become aware of BPO legislation
• Understand related duties and obligations
• Understand standards set by the industry with regard to:
• Know how to select comparables
• Know how to qualify and value features
• Understand BPO terminology
• Use simple mathematical models of BPO
• Improve communications with appraiser, lender, & client

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.

Learning Objectives:

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

Course Topics:

Topics include:

• Importance of a policy manual
• Important policies
• How to develop a policy manual
• Office policies
• Electronic and Internet policies
• Standard forms
• Mandatory disclosures
• Improving customer service
• Increasing compliance with laws
• Ethics
• Risk management

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

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

Includes 12 total hours of CE.  9 hours of elective hours and 3 hours of Core   

This 12-hour package can be used toward the current renewal period or to make up credits for a previous biennium.  

Course list:
1. Kansas Core Course (3 hrs, M20107, KS)
2. Using Home Inspections to Protect Your Clients (3 hrs, E20068, KS)
3. Benefits of 1031 Exchange for Investment Clients (3 hrs, E20061, KS)
4. Basic Steps to Analyze Investment Property (3 hrs, E20060, KS)

Customizing to include Core courses:
We customize the package (free of charge).