Platinum Institute of Real Estate Preferred Courses
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Preferred Course List
- You are a real estate professional and want to build your skills to make more money.
- You need to renew your license and want to go above and beyond your CE requirements.
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- You are a broker or salesperson and need to renew your license.
- You want to save $$ on your CE courses.
- Includes NAR Ethics course.
- You are a Broker In Charge and need to renew your license.
- You want to save $$ on your CE courses.
- Includes NAR Ethics course.
The purpose of license law 40-57 is to protect the consumer when involved in a real estate transaction. In this chapter, we will look at parts of 40-57-135, which pertain to the disclosure of personal interests in real estate. You will learn about the duties you owe customers and clients, including the duty of disclosure. In particular, we will review when and how disclosure must be made if you have a personal interest in a property that you are buying, selling, or renting.
We will continue to review the disclosure laws from 40-57 that pertain to advertising. Another important disclosure that you need to make is regarding agency relationships. It’s important to understand the different types of agency and what they mean to customers versus clients. Not only do you need to have consumers sign a Disclosure of Brokerage Relationships form, but certain types of agency also require additional forms to be completed.
As a licensee, you have a responsibility to ensure that material facts are disclosed. According to SC statute, a seller must furnish to the buyer a written disclosure statement, and it may be delivered electronically through the Internet or other similar methods. It is important for you to understand what is considered a material fact and know your responsibilities when it comes to their disclosure.
There are many other disclosures that you must be aware of as a licensee. It is important to make sure that the parties to the transaction are aware of anything that could impact their decision to ratify the contract. This includes knowing when fees are being paid by multiple parties, multiple buyers in a transaction, or if a licensee wishes to purchase a company listing. Other disclosures that you should be aware of include environmental hazards and health risks. We will wrap up the course with a discussion about the disciplinary action that may be taken against a licensee when disclosures are not properly made.
The seller’s expectation (multiple offers or not) is to get the best price possible in the situation. Buyers expect to have a chance to get their best offer in front of the seller for consideration. Problems handling multiple offers stem from disregarding their expectations. Therefore, dealing with multiple offers involves using practices and procedures that give the seller a chance to get the best price possible in the situation and the buyers the chance to get their best offer in front of the seller.
It is the presentation and agency duties that create most multiple offer problems. When presenting multiple offers to sellers, real estate licensees must follow their state’s licensing rules and regulations and REALTORS® must follow the NAR Code of Ethics. This course describes how listing agents should present multiple offers to their sellers and how buyer’s agents may help buyers make their offers attractive to sellers.
It is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of real estate licensees and is approved for 2 hours of continuing education.
Sometimes buyers don't know what they want, or they think they know what they want, but nothing is quite right. This course will start with the importance of having buyers pre-approved for financing if they need it. We will provide some techniques to help buyers prioritize the things they want in a home and adjust his or her standard buying strategies to suit the needs of different buyers. While summarizing some important consumer preference studies we will shed light on how real estate licensees can simplify the home-buying process. We know that every buyer is different and this course will drill down the facts to help buyers discover what they truly want in their home.
One of the best ways to promote and market yourself to potential clients is, arguably, by becoming an expert in areas that benefit them. Although as a real estate licensee you should never give financial advice, the better you understand the concepts, processes, challenges, and calculations associated with real estate financing, the better you can assist your clients through this often-frustrating process.
This course will cover a brief history of the mortgage industry and introduce the players. We will discuss financing, security instruments, and legal clauses commonly included in these instruments. We’ll look at various loan types, including government-backed mortgage programs and discuss mortgage fraud and predatory lending. Finally, we will examine the loan process, qualifying standards for borrowers, and mortgage laws.
Although every effort is made to maintain the accuracy of this course, recent changes in laws and procedures may not yet be reflected in the content.
Cultural diversity itself isn't a problem — our differences have always been there; they're what make us unique. When working with people from another culture or background, you need to understand them and where their ideas of right and wrong come from. Culture is the way we were raised and the values, beliefs, and standards for behavior we learned. However, when you follow the Platinum Rule, “Treat others the way THEY want to be treated.” you are more likely to get clients and listings, make sales, and have a successful real estate career.
Implicit bias is normal. In fact, every person has biases of one kind or another and it’s okay to have different likes and dislikes. Unfortunately, some real estate agents let their biases get in the way and may discriminate against people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. This is the turning point from simple likes and dislikes to breaking fair housing laws and possible censure or loss of license. To avoid this behavior, many businesses and trade organizations encourage their employees and members to participate in implicit bias and diversity training. Discovering and overcoming implicit biases is a critical step toward improving personal growth and other areas of their lives, such as having a successful real estate career.
The course is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of real estate licensees and is approved for 4 hours of continuing education.
Every three years, the National Association of REALTORS® requires members to complete a REALTOR® Code of Ethics course in order to remain in good standing with their local, state, and national associations. Courses that qualify and meet this requirement are offered by Associations. This course covers professional conduct, courtesies, business etiquette, and real-life scenarios. REALTORS® are required to provide a valid certificate of course completion to their local associations. The course must be one provided by a local, state, or national REALTOR® Association.
The deadline for all REALTORS® to complete the mandatory Code of Ethics course is 12/31/2024 and every three-year period following that deadline.
Classes that satisfy the NAR® requirement for the REALTOR® Code of Ethics must contain information about the history of the Code, Preamble, Articles of the Code, Standards of Practice, and the Code's Dispute Resolution Process.
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.
This course is divided into the following:
- Introduction to the Code of Ethics
- Duties to Clients and Customers
- Duties to the Public
- Duties to REALTORS®
- Arbitration of Disputes
This course provides a review of traditional mortgages and discusses nontraditional conventional, FHA, and VA mortgages. Additionally, it describes various types of alternative financing products.
It is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of real estate licensees and is approved for 3 hours of continuing education.
Nearly everyone wants to know what’s coming; what the future holds. Real estate agents are no different…they want to know what the market will look like in the upcoming months. Will interest rates rise? Will it be a seller’s or a buyer’s market? Will affordable new homes come on the market? By studying the current indicators and trends economists and real estate analysts are able to provide relevant economic forecasts to navigate the maze of future uncertainty. However, regardless of how much and effort is put into forecast, at the end of the day a forecast is just a prediction and is basically the equivalent of an educated guess.
This course provides an overview of various forecasts and predictions made for the real estate market in 2023 and describes adaptive reuse and accessory dwelling units. Additionally, it provides a review of economic cycles and the economic theory of supply and demand, which is the backbone of real estate markets.
It is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of real estate licensees and is approved for 3 hours of continuing education.
The federal government taxes individuals and other entities based on their earnings by means of a progressive income tax. In a progressive tax, the more you earn, the higher your tax rate. The important consideration of a progressive tax is that the taxpayer’s obligation increases as income increases, moving the taxpayer to higher tax brackets. One of the reasons for buying real estate is to get relief from taxes.
The tax benefits of homeownership differ from those available to owners of investment property. The legal reduction of tax liability, otherwise known as a tax shelter, is available to all owners of a primary residence as well as to a taxpayer owning investment property. However, different rules apply to each type of property. The rules must be followed carefully to earn the desired tax shelter.
The main purpose of this course is to help further educate licensed real estate and similar industry professionals about trust accounts that are used in a variety real estate formats. Trust accounts are mandated by various municipal entities, and often guided by specific state legislation. This review will delineate multiple areas where trust account types are required, and explain how they work and function within numerous real estate vocations and corresponding business relationships.
Because appraisals are a crucial part of the transaction, real estate agents should understand the appraisal process. Even though you may prepare a competitive market analysis (CMA) for your clients, CMAs are not as detailed, nor do they serve the same purpose as an appraisal. A home appraisal is an unbiased determination of the fair market value of the home by a professionally-trained third party.
This course provides a review of the sales comparison, cost, and income approaches in appraising real estate.
This course provides continuing education hours for licensed real estate licensees. It is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of licensees and is approved for 4 hours of continuing education.
Want to take the distress out of working with foreclosures and short sales? This course was designed with that in mind. 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.
Although every effort is made to maintain the accuracy of this course, recent changes in laws and procedures may not yet be reflected in the content.
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