Learn about the roles of the property manager, fair housing laws, fiduciary duty, and rental forms.

The Property Management course is designed to provide licensees with an understanding of the roles, responsibilities and issues involved with property management. This course covers the handling of day-to-day issues, administrative activities, and legal practices. 

 Course enables students to:

• Define and understand the role of the Property Manager
• Create and apply a property management log to comply with Fair Housing laws
• Understand Property Manager's fiduciary duties
• Become familiar with standard rental forms
• Synthesize the essence of case studies with professional practice
• Create a Property Management job description and department
• Identify risks and develop a strategy to reduce those risks

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

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.

Learn about social media, advertising rules and guidelines in the practice of real estate.

This course provides licensees with information about the applicability and proper (compliant) usage of social media for the real estate professional. Key topics include the import of social media in real estate, the usage of social media mediums (ex: Facebook) and the advertising rules and guidelines that will allow you to make use of online media and advertising.

Course enables students to:

• Recognize how technology has impacted real estate profession and consumer
• Better comply with advertising rules when using online media
• Understand the use and applicability of social media in real estate

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

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

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.