Course Descriptions

APPRAISAL (877-87)
Required for Broker's Exam
Covers the fundamental principles of evaluation properties. Learn the basic essentials of determining property values. Excellent course for new licensees. One of the most important of the 8 courses required to qualify for the real estate brokers license examination due to the fact the tougher questions on the brokers exam are those relating to appraisal.

ECONOMICS (1579-96)
Economics or Accounting Required For Broker's Exam
May be used as an elective if Accounting already taken. Provides an overall view of those factors which create and change values of real property. Very interesting and an excellent course for those looking to maximize their knowledge of the factors that bring about negative or positive changes in property values.

ESCROW (848-87)
Elective for Broker's Exam
Escrow's is a must for new licensees. This course follows the procedures taken by the escrow company from beginning to end in the escrow process.

FINANCE (834-86)
Required for Broker's Exam
This course covers the fundamentals of the money market, creation, control, and lending of money. Students will acquire a knowledge of how our money system works and how this money system is used in providing needed funds for real estate transactions. Covers "Conventional," "Government-backed," and "Creative" financing techniques.

LEGAL ASPECTS (835-86)
Required for Broker's Exam
This real estate law course covers in more detail, those areas of law touched upon in the Real Estate Principles Course.

MORTGAGE LOAN BROKERING
AND LENDING (1573-95)
Elective for Broker's Exam
This is one of the first comprehensive textbooks dealing with loan brokering and lending strategies.

PRACTICE (878-87)
Required for Broker's Exam
This is another course which is a must for new licensees. The practice course is a storehouse of information covering virtually all areas of office set-up, office procedures, contracts, sales techniques and other practical applications of which the new licensee should have a knowledge.

PRINCIPLES (1572-95)

• PRE-REQUISITE COURSE TO TAKE SALES AGENT'S LICENSE EXAM - Principles covers more of the basic fundamentals of real estate than any of the other courses
• Principal Text & Assignments Specially Written For Sales & Broker License Exams
  Not all principles textbooks are alike. This specially written text doesn't waste your Valuable time reading non-essential subject matter! The Principles textbook was specially selected for having "by far" the most information pertinent to the actual license test. Each of the 150 assignment questions have been written to cover subjects specific to the actual State license exam.

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (878-87)
Elective for Broker's Exam
A good course for those interested in learning the fundamental procedures for effectively managing real property.

SUGGESTED ORDER OF COURSE COMPLETION FOR BROKER APPLICANTS:
We suggest taking courses in the following order.
If you have already completed one go to the next.

1st, Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending. 2nd, Property Management. 3rd, Economics. 4th, Escrow. 5th, Practice. 6th, Finance. 7th, Legal Aspects. 8th, Appraisal. Last, before exam...Principles.

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