Center
for Real Estate Education
Real Estate
Continuing Education
Computer and Internet
courses:
CHECK
IT OUT: HOME INSPECTION IN REAL ESTATE PRACTICE
3 Hours Continuing Education, 
Understand the importance of property inspections and
how to advise your clients about the inspection process. Also,
learn how to prepare a home for inspection and how to limit your
liability during the inspection process.
PRINCIPLES
OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
3 Hours Continuing Education,
Understand the different types of
commercial real estate including office
space, retail space and storage facilities. Additional topics include
industrial real estate brokerage, site selection, land development,
and
the effect of local and regional labor markets on commercial real
estate.
TAX
FREE EXCHANGES
3 Hours Continuing
Education,
Covers the basics of a tax free
exchange of residential investment property. Topics covered include
requirements of a tax free exchange, types of exchanges and the
methods for transferring title when an exchange takes place.
BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT IN A REAL ESTATE OFFICE
4 Hours Continuing Education,
Topics covered include guidelines
for office financial and human resource management as well as
budgeting, business planning, and government regulations.
METHODS
OF RESIDENTIAL FINANCING
6 Hours Continuing Education,
All of the various forms of residential
real estate financing; including conventional, FHA, VA Loans,
loan assumptions, purchase money mortgages, alternative
financing are explained in this course. Lessons are also included
on legislation relating to finance.
PRICING
PROPERTY TO SELL
6 Hours
Continuing Education,
This course presents methods and
principles for pricing property. Pricing compared to appraisal,
basic concepts of pricing property, principles of value, approaches
to pricing property, application of the market data and replacement
cost methods are covered in detail in this program.
TAX
ADVANTAGES OF HOME OWNERSHIP
6 Hours Continuing
Education,
Course covers types of tax benefits for homeowners and how to calculate the taxes
that will impact the purchase of a home.
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