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Georgia Real Estate License Continuing Education Classes Online - Continuing Education 6 Course Package: - 24 hours
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Continuing Education 6 Course Package: - 24 hours
Only $139
Real Estate Continuing Education Requirements
All individuals who hold an active real estate license and whose license number is above 100,000 are required to complete 24 hours of Commission approved continuing education during each four year renewal period. If your license number is less than 100,000 you are not required to complete continuing education for renewal. A renewal period begins four years prior to the current renewal due date. Example: Your renewal due date is March 31, 2006. Commission approved continuing education must be completed between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2006. Continuing education completed before or after that date range is not acceptable for this renewal period.
COURSE TITLE HOURS COST
Environmental Hazards 3 Hrs $30.00
Using the Internet to Serve Clients 3 Hrs $30.00
Fair Housing 3 Hrs $30.00
Contracts Purchase & Sales Agreements 4 Hrs $40.00
Skills for Professional Success 8 Hrs $80.00
PACKAGE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Georgia 25 Hrs Post License Legal Fundamentals Course
Georgia Legal Fundamentals is a 25-hour course required by the Georgia Real Estate Commission for real estate licensees needing to fulfill the salesperson post-license educational requirements in Georgia. The course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal fundamentals of real estate.
Georgia Legal Fundamentals contains the following six modules:
- Real Estate Negotiations
- Code of Ethics
- Asset Management
- Titles and Records
- Listing Agreements
- Agency Relationship and Documentation
Modules begin with an introduction, learning objectives and key terms. As students work through the course, they can keep the learning objectives in mind and refer to the key terms as necessary. The modules are divided into lessons, which are followed by 10-question quizzes to test student comprehension. Modules conclude with activities and case studies allowing students to apply the knowledge they have gained to real-world situations; each module is followed by a final quiz. The introductions, lesson summaries and module summaries are all available in a printable format for reference purposes.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Asset Management
Asset Management will provide insight into decision-making techniques used in choosing a strategy to maximize the value of an income-producing property. Real estate agents who deal with residential/commercial property investments will benefit from this introductory course on asset management.
Course objectives in this course are:
Asset Management Essentials,
Case Study: San Felipe Court
Assumptions
Buying vs. Leasing
Distressed Property
Bad investment Decisions
Environmental Hazards - Approval Code: 38489
This course is designed to increase your knowledge about expanding environmental issues and laws that have an impact on environmental problems. This course Identifies the procedures used to locate toxic waste sites, the responsibilities for clean up and steps that may be taken to minimize future liabilities.
While real estate agents are not expected to be environmental experts, the same disclosure rules apply as to other facts about a property. That is, if environmental information is known to the sales agent and it would affect a prudent purchaser's decision to buy, it must be disclosed. Because of this, licensees should be familiar with the nature of these problems as well as the laws and regulations that are intended to protect both the consumer and the environment.
Using the Internet to Serve Clients
- APPROVED FOR: 3 HOURS CE CREDIT
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
In this module students will learn about the Internet and how it has affected the real estate industry. Students will also learn about the elements of websites and how to market themselves and their sites on the Internet. The final lesson teaches students to communicate effectively over e-mail.
The conclusion of this module presents real world dilemmas and applications of the information presented. As the student completes this module, he or she should try to paint a big picture of Internet issues, which the module will address with comprehensive content questions, practices and case studies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the effects of disintermediation on real-estate professionals
- Be able to explain the issues that apply to Internet Data Exchange and Virtual Office Websites
- Have increased knowledge about the basic components of and terms related to the Internet
- Know how to generate contacts through the development of an effective website
- Evaluate and be able to implement Internet marketing methods
- Understand important guidelines for writing emails that will help generate effective dialogues
TOPICS COVERED:
- LESSON 1: Overview of the Internet
- LESSON 2: Effects on the Real Estate Industry
- LESSON 3: Websites
- LESSON 4: Marketing on the Internet
- LESSON 5: Email
- LESSON 6: Real Estate Practice
Fair Housing Approval Code: 38490
This course is designed to increase your knowledge of federal and state fair housing laws and related civil rights and anti-discrimination laws that affect real property transactions. All real estate licensees need to understand who is protected by the fair housing laws, what acts are prohibited by these, and how the fair housing laws are enforced.
The more knowledgeable you are about fair housing, the less likely you will be to commit fair housing violations. Course topics covered in this course include transactions covered by the law, discrimination, HUD advertising guidelines, equal housing opportunity, the equal credit opportunity act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
ERC Relocation: Assisting Corporate Transferees
Relocation presents an array of new challenges and opportunities to all real estate professionals. This course covers the definition of “relocation” and the development of the relocation industry. We explain how relocation affects the roles of various real estate professionals, including appraisers, home inspectors and real estate salespersons, and brokers.
We walk the student through a relocation transaction, covering the assignment, or re-assignment, of an employee through the selling of the employee’s home. Some of the steps in this process require specific explanation. This course covers those points in specific lessons; for example, we devote one lesson to how different companies manage relocation and the types of programs that they commonly institute. The latter half of this course addresses how relocation affects common real estate concerns. These concerns include disclosure law, agency, tax law, fair housing, and non-discrimination issues.
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
- Understand the definition and development of the relocation business.
- Appreciate the impact relocation has had on the professional roles of those persons traditionally associated with the real estate industry.
- Grasp the various steps in the relocation process.
- Recognize the various steps that comprise a relocation transaction.
- Understand the different types of relocation plans and programs.
- Recognize fair housing legislation as it relates to relocation.
- Know how to avoid unfair discrimination.
- Recognize the various protected classes under federal fair housing legislation.
- Comprehend the importance of agency and property disclosure.
Contracts Purchase & Sales Agreements
Clear, mutually-acceptable agreements are an essential component of the legal transference of ownership. In the practice of real estate, contracts are the instruments used to describe and record the agreements surrounding the conveyance of property. Some type of contract is nearly always involved, whether a salesperson is promising to sell a property within a specified period of time, a prospective buyer is placing an offer on a house or a seller is considering an offer on property.
Before entering into a legally binding agreement, real estate professionals must fully understand the contracts that govern their industry. Failure to understand contracts opens a licensee to various kinds of liability and can seriously damage one's professional reputation. Therefore, it is vital that real estate professionals learn this material so that they can protect themselves against errors, oversights and misunderstandings.
In this module, the student will learn about the types of general contracts as well as the different kinds of real estate contracts. The module begins by providing the student with an overview of the various types of contracts: bilateral, unilateral, implied, express, executed, executory, valid, void, voidable and unenforceable. Once the student is introduced to the different types of contracts, he or she learns what makes a contract legally enforceable, this being the five components that make a contract valid: mutual assent, legally competent parties, consideration, lawful objective and adherence to a statute of frauds.
- Introduction to Contracts
- Contract Fulfillment
- Real Estate Contracts
- Contracts, Purchase and Sales Agreements
The fourth and concluding lesson in this module presents real-world dilemmas and concrete applications of the information presented in the rest of the course. As the student completes this module, he or she should try to develop a broad picture of environmental issues and how they fit into the larger practice of real estate; the last lesson will help with this project by presenting comprehensive content questions, practice problems and case studies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:
- Name and explain the various components of a valid contract.
- Identify the differences between a unilateral and bilateral contracts.
- Describe the various types of contracts.
- Recognize the difference between a forbearance and performance agreement.
- Outline the features of a contract (and the contracting parties) that make a contract legally binding.
- Recognize the general features of an incomplete or incorrectly completed contract.
- Identify when a contract can be discharged.
- Recognize the different kinds of real estate contracts.
Skills for Professional Success
This course focuses of three distinct areas: home inspection, asset management, assist clients to buy/sell property on a tax-favorable basis. The first module instructs real estate licensees on the basics of home inspection. This course presents an overview of the home inspection business and explains how it fits into the real estate industry as a whole. In addition, the course covers the regulatory bodies and professional organizations associated with home inspection. At the conclusion of this course, the student will understand the methods used to inspect homes, will know what to look for when examining properties, both inside and out, and will understand the various types of inspection reports and the differences between them.
The second module provides an introduction to the basics of asset management. It introduces the student to the key ideas and concepts of management as well as the techniques a manager will use to evaluate the market and evaluate the financial impact of alternatives in order to make properly informed decisions. The student will learn how to handle distressed properties and how to successfully market a revenue-increasing strategy.
The third module teaches the real estate professional how he or she can help clients in buying and selling property on a tax-favorable basis. This includes highlighting on the many important aspects of Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 and on the benefits of the 1031 exchange for the investor, licensed real estate agent/broker and other parties to the transaction. The student will learn which properties qualify under Section 1031 and how to use the various types of 1031 exchanges to enhance the client's position in the investment real estate market.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the development of home inspection in the inspection business
- Know the tools needed and conduct expected in the field
- Distinguish various field report styles and know the benefits and drawbacks to each
- Understand an inspector's professional liability
- Recognize the steps in the examination process
- Identify common misconceptions about home inspection
- Value membership to a reputable, non-profit home inspection organization
- Know the extent of home inspection legislation
- Appreciate the different ways states regulate the home inspection industry
- Be familiar with the basic concepts of asset management
- Be familiar with the common decisions faced by an asset manager
- Know what a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is and the benefits of investing in one
- Understand the risks and rewards associated with real estate investment
- Know how to conduct a useful market study
- Understand how interest rates affect the real estate market
- Be able to calculate the depreciation of residential and commercial real property held for business or investment
- Be familiar with the financial ratio methods of valuation, including Price to
- Earnings Ratios and Cap Rates
- Know how to create a pro forma projection for a real estate investment alternative
- Know the basics of a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis
- Know how to use the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to compare the values of several alternatives
- Be familiar with distressed properties and how to handle them
- Know the important factors to consider when refinancing
- Be able to apply these concepts in the real world
- Be able to identify motivated buying and selling clients
- Know the attributes of qualified and non-qualified products and how they can be of benefit to the sales process
- Be able to identify the restrictive rulings of the 1031 exchange program
- Know how money can be accumulated using pre-tax dollars, accumulate interest on a tax-deferred basis, and create litigation protection
- Know charitable strategies of creating income and tax relief for individuals or families owning highly-appreciated real estate
- Know about Charitable Gift Annuities, and the annuity payments, income benefits and tax advantages associated with them.
- Know the parameters that the IRS uses to define a valid like kind exchange
- Know the pros and cons of various exchanging alternatives
- Know the mechanics of a successful tax-deferred exchange and the role of each party in those exchanges
- Be familiar with exchange documentation and the role of a qualified intermediary
TOPICS COVERED:
- MODULE 1: Home Inspection
- LESSON 1: The Role of Home Inspection
- LESSON 2: In the Field
- LESSON 3: The Inspection Process
- LESSON 4: Common Misconceptions of Home Inspection
- LESSON 5: Professional Standards
- LESSON 6: Home Inspection Legislation
- MODULE 2: Asset Management
- LESSON 1: Introduction to the Concepts of Asset Management
- LESSON 2: Evaluating the Market
- LESSON 3: Weighting Alternatives
- LESSON 4: Property in Distress
- LESSON 5: Marketing
- LESSON 6: Real Estate Practice
- Module 3: Tax Favorable Real Estate Transactions
- LESSON 1: Introduction to Tax Favorable Transactions
- LESSON 2: Estate Liquidation Strategies Estate Liquidation Strategies
- LESSON 3: Introduction to 1031 Exchanges
- LESSON 4: Exchanges
- LESSON 5: Case Studies and Real World Practice
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