24-Hour Broker Renewal 2022-2024

This continuing education course addresses the specifics of the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics and ethical practices and decision-making for real estate professionals. Additionally, this course may potentially be approvable for REALTORS® who wish to fulfill Code of Ethics requirement from the National Association of REALTORS®. Check with your local REALTORS® association.

Examine a variety of issues facing real estate brokers today.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Explore the violations that real estate commissions across the country most commonly see 
• Gain insights on transaction management, disclosure, commissions, advertising, brokerage policies, and more

Most people have questions about taxes in a real estatetransaction. It may not be apparent, but taxation is an indirect—yetimportant—factor affecting the value of property. In this course, we will seehow taxes impact buying and selling real property. As a student, use this unitfor general knowledge about real estate taxation; however, always refer yourclients and customers to an expert for their own tax information as well ascurrent tax laws.

 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• Learn the tax-saving benefits of owning real estate.
• Differentiate the deductions and the capital gains exclusion for main and second homes
• Gain an understanding of 1031 exchanges. 

You’ll learn from experts who have prospered in their real estate careers by working with distressed property transactions. Foreclosed and short sale properties were very prevalent after the housing bubble burst, but their numbers are much lower today. Still, there are homeowners who want to consider short sales as a way to avoid foreclosure, and there are lenders that want to reduce their inventory of foreclosed properties. This real estate market is one way to expand your business while serving the needs of sellers, buyers, and lenders.

To be successful in the real estate industry, you need to study the trends to understand the consumer, so you can know how to provide better service. Today’s consumers are looking for real estate agents who understand technology and can use various technologies and applications to communicate. In this course, we will discuss the best methods of communication when working with Millennial and tech-savvy consumers. You will learn why video is one of the number one tools you need to take advantage of to attract these consumers. By the end of the course, you will have the resources you need to take advantage of current technology and apps that will help you communicate effectively with a variety of consumers.

Being a listing agent is a huge responsibility. Do you feel confident educating your sellers about the process? In this course, we will provide you with tools and information to help you educate sellers so that you can secure listings and smoothly guide your sellers to successful closings. 

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Educate your sellers during the listing presentation. 
• Teach your clients of the importance of staging to sell.
• Help sellers understand strategies when their home hasn’t sold.
• Teach sellers how to evaluate and handle multiple offers.
• Help sellers better navigate contract negotiations.

Do you feel confident teaching your clients about the homebuying process? This course provides you with tools, techniques, and ideas to educate buyers and guide them through the homebuying process, so they know exactly what to expect and what they need to do to successfully find and purchase the home they want.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Gain confidence teaching buyers about the buying process 
• Learn to show buyers how to get their finances to purchase a home
• Know how to help buyers systematically search for a home in in their current market 
• Understand how to teach buyers how to negotiate like a pro