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This 12-hour Nebraska real estate license renewal package provides you the easiest and most cost effective way to complete your real estate Continuing Education Requirements. Includes 6 hours of "R" credit.

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This 18-hour continuing education course package for Nebraska provides you the fastest and most cost effective way to complete your real estate Continuing Education and Broker Approved Training Requirements to renew your Nebraska real estate license. This course package contains at least 6 hours of "R" credit and meets the REALTOR® Ethics requirements.

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This 18-Hour Teams license renewal package for Nebraska real estate licensees provides you the fastest and most cost effective way to complete your real estate Continuing Education and Team Training Requirements. This course package contains at least 6 hours of "R" credit and meets the REALTOR® Ethics requirements (Check with your local association).

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There is so much we as listing agents can do to serve our sellers, regardless of the state of the local real estate market and the economy. We aren't helpless. We aren’t powerless when it comes to selling houses. Even in a difficult market, we have far more power and control over whether our listings sell than we give ourselves credit for.

This course is about how to sell those listings you work so hard to get, so that you actually see a paycheck for your efforts and, of course, get yourself a delighted seller who will be happy to refer business to you for years to come. Because it doesn’t matter if you’re the best FSBO converter on the planet—or have an expired campaign to die for—if you can’t sell those listings you’re so good at getting, then what’s the point?

Topics Covered

Lesson 01:Preparation and Pricing 1-10
Lesson 02: Pricing, Condition and Accessibility 11-22
Lesson 03:Challenges, Checklists and Marketing 23-45
Lesson 04:Advertising, Inspection & Appraisal 46-64
Lesson 05:Evaluating Your Listings 65-74

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand why the first 30 days are critical in any listing
• Explain what motivates us during the initial listing period
• Understand what information we should be gathering during this time
• Explain what happens after the first 30 days - i.e. What is at risk
• Relate the value of accessibility
• Recognize the impact of price reductions and underpricing
• Describe the importance of property condition
• Explain how to reduce the potential for hurt feelings during a transaction
• Recognize the importance for real estate professionals to do only what they are hired to do. Do not exceed your responsibilities during a transaction (i.e. acting like a home inspector)
• Discuss the need for good correspondence. Anything observed or overheard which may be of importance should be recorded.
• Identify the need to stage properties.
• Recognize the need for having the appropriate checklists to help identify areas of concern.
• Define the need for the real estate professional to ask questions about any "red flags" that they may find, see, or smell
• Define advertising, offers, inspection, appraisal and elaborate on how to handle each
  Take simple steps you can take that will ease the transaction for the most important people - your clients and customers.

Lead can also be found in the soil and in water sources caused by old lead pipes or lead solder.  
 

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With increasing concern about global warming, interest is growing among consumers about what “going green” means to them. Builders want to know technical details of what it means to “build green,” how many of these details have already been incorporated in their building practices, and what it will cost to add or change materials or practices. Due to the economic law of supply and demand, equally important in the advancement of green building and selling is how to create awareness and resulting demand for these better-designed, better-built homes. In this course, we will identify practical benefits that the “high performance home” provides and features that deliver these benefits. The biggest challenge in the green marketplace is how to communicate this value to consumers effectively enough to change buying preferences. Attracting busy consumers’ attention long enough to educate them about how to buy a home is no small task and demands the right media and message.

We’ll explore the most effective ways to utilize photographs, charts, certified green labeling, press exposure, Internet and print mailings.

When the connection is made between the value of today’s mainstream green “high performance home” and today’s energy-conscious, environmentally concerned consumers, sales of new and existing green homes will assume the commanding position in the marketplace that they deserve.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: HPH Benefits and Features

Lesson 2: Your Market Niche

Lesson 3: Market Your Expertise

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• We’ll begin with an overview of green terminology and of what is included in various shades of green
• We’ll then review the features of the high-performance home. This was covered in detail in the online course Green Building: Benefits and Features of the High-Performance Home.
• We’ll then identify the benefits that mainstream buyers will pay for.
• We will explore tools and strategies with which to market to new homebuyers and establish relationships with area builders.
• We’ll also look at the enormous potential market for “greening” existing homes.

Finally, we examine most effective ways to market your business through press, the internet, and print.

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Since 2001, EcoBroker Certified professionals have become the best sustainability advocates the fiduciary service professional industries have ever known. EcoBrokers protect the interests of property owners and buyers by focusing on quality due diligence, property disclosure, ethics, advocacy, and the energy and environmental opportunities available to ensure real property performs at its optimal operational and financial efficiency, as sustainably as possible. Each year EcoBrokers return to learn about the current trends and opportunities in real estate and sustainability.

The intent of this Trends Course is to help EcoBrokers stay out-in-front, as the best of the best in sustainability advocacy and the ethics of service. This course is all about the core principals, kindness, professionalism, and ethics that have distinguished EcoBrokers over the course of their service to property owners, buyers, and anyone else interested in learning about and taking advantage of sustainability technologies and services.

It's also about differentiating.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Ethics, Advocacy, and Values

Lesson 2: Green Financing Solutions

Lesson 3: Solar Due Diligence and Solutions

Lesson 4: Water Due Diligence and Solutions

EcoBroker Background

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the interest of owners and buyers, and ethics involved, regarding property.
• Understand the role of sustainable environment while dealing with real estate property.
• Identify potential advantages of sustainable technologies and services for real estate property.

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Welcome to Ethics & Professional Practice!

A new member who has completed the New Member Code of Ethics Orientation shall not be required to complete additional ethics training until the next three-year cycle.

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Topics Covered

Lesson 1: The Princess Story

Lesson 2: Definitions

Lesson 3: The Code of Ethics

Lesson 4: Antitrust

Lesson 5: Enforcement

Lesson 6: Case Studies

Lesson 7: Arbitration

Lesson 8: Scenario Exercises

Lesson 9: Pathways to Professionalism

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the ethical and moral obligations of acting as a real estate broker
• Explain the difference between the law and ethics
• Identify commonly used real estate terms
• Summarize the obligations that Articles 1- 17 of the Code of Ethics create
• Recognize the various state and federal acts that have been created to prohibit agreements among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, or to engage in any anti-competitive activities
• Recognize the responsibilities of both the Grievance Committee and Professional Standards Committee as part of the professional standards enforcement system
• Define the sanctions used for enforcing the Code of Ethics
• Discuss the outcome of the various scenarios provided in the course which illustrate possible ethics violations
• Explain the purpose of an arbitration hearing and the factors are taken into consideration by Arbitration Hearing Panels
• Summarize the meaning of procuring cause and it’s relevance in broker to broker disputes
• Identify correct answers to all case study exercises
• Recognize the duties and challenges imposed by The Code of Ethics and Pathways to Professionalism
  
  

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In conjunction with local and state REALTOR® boards and associations, we are proud to present this Ethics for REALTORS® course online. This course meets the NAR Ethics renewal requirements and may be reported by students to the local and/or state association upon completion.

For more information on Fair Housing, you can view articles in HUD's library by clicking here. You may also want to watch the video on this page.

Fair housing is a right—not a privilege. Fair housing is the law—not just an idea. Each of us is a member of several protected classes. Fair housing laws apply to and protect all of us!

Verify MLS rules in your area to determine what requirements may exist regarding input of listings. Fines may be imposed on those who fail to input a listing in a timely fashion.

A careful and detailed explanation of the terms of the contract which refer to the duties and obligations of the licensee is the basic risk reduction procedure. Asking for acknowledgement that the buyer or seller understands the contract language and answering all questions posed is good insurance against this type of charge.

Obviously, all licensees should advise the buyer or seller to consult an attorney before signing any real estate form, or do they?

This list of words may be incomplete. Fair Housing Laws were created to level the playing field and to punish those who have been found to discriminate.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: The Code

Lesson 2: Scenarios

Lesson 3: Enforcement

Lesson 4: Additional Issues

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Learn the code of ethics along with the preamble.
• Go through the core basic duties to the clients & customers, duties to the public and duties to REALTORS®. with respective articles.
• Discuss various scenarios, case studies and examples in order to master the Ethics for REALTORS®.
• Learn various enforcements and obligations predefined to be followed along with additional issues and pathways to professionalism.

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This fair housing course focuses on discrimination in the new millennium. Topics include a review of discriminatory trends, federal and state fair housing laws, mortgage lending, diversity, testing and working with public attitudes.

"If we are going to grow, we have to learn how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable."

-- Zeke Morris, Chair, National Association of REALTORS® Fair Housing Act Anniversary Working Group

This course will take you on a journey to help understand the foundation of fair housing laws and to provide information to help avoid violation of the laws by reviewing questions and concerns licensees and their customers might have.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Fair Housing History

Lesson 2: Current Fair Housing

Lesson 3: Cases & Supplemental Material

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the 1968 Act, and Fair Housing Amendments
• Define the protection that these acts give and to whom
• List the exemptions to the Civil Rights Act of 1968
• Discuss the differences between state and federal law with regard to Fair Housing
• Recognize the terms that may, in the context of an advertisement, be considered in violation of federal, state, or local laws
• Discuss the positive and negative aspects of sub-prime lending
• Recognize the signs of predatory lending
• Identify discriminatory acts
• Summarize how to avoid acting in a discriminating manner.

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Learning how to take a proactive role in preventing fair housing violations will reduce a real estate licensee’s exposure to liability. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents, or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and disability.

A real estate licensee’s awareness of federal fair housing laws and sensitivity to consumer diversity is vital to business success, reputation, and growth. Licensees will learn why it is necessary to understand fair housing laws and the impact that both fair housing and diversity have on their business.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Introduction to Fair Housing

Lesson 2: Requirements & Penalties

Lesson 3: Liability & Obligations

Lesson 4: Diversity

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply definitions of the seven protected classes and their exemptions to daily business encounters.
• Identify the criminal history-based housing policies and practices.
• Explain HUD's protection of Non-English Speakers.
• Demonstrate behavior compliant with federal fair housing and related laws (including ADA).
• Compare obligations of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics and REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration to the requirements of the Fair Housing Act.
• Apply an understanding of HUD’s complaint and penalty process regarding fair housing violations.
• Demonstrate person first behavior in the context of diversity.
• Construct a niche marketing plan that reflects an awareness of and sensitivity to diversity

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The United States has a credit oriented economy. The ability to finance large purchases from automobiles to houses weighs heavily on the buying decision. The price of a house is largely a function of the cash needed to purchase (the down payment) and the monthly cost to own (the house payment). Unfortunately, many buyers make poor buying decisions because they fail to consider the entire cost of the loan including interest rate adjustments and prepayment penalties.

This is a comprehensive course that covers all aspects of real estate financing that the real estate professional must know to provide the best service for their clients.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: The Monetary System

Lesson 2: Sources of Money

Lesson 3: Transactions and the Lending Process

Lesson 4: Insurance

Lesson 5: Other Loan Programs

Lesson 6: The Credit Score Process

Lesson 7: The Mortgage Loan Process

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Define Monetary System.
• Identify sources of money and insurance system.
• Relate to the transaction and lending process.
• Interpret the credit score and mortgage loan process.