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The core objective of this course is to acquaint the learner with potential health hazards associated with Radon Gas. You will learn about the creation of radon gas, radon gas health hazards, testing and remediation techniques, and an agent's responsibilities.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Health Consequences

Lesson 2: Radon in Homes

Lesson 3: Testing

Lesson 4: Remediation

Lesson 5: Agent Responsibilities

Lesson 6: Recent Court Cases

Leeson 7: EPA Program

Learning Objectives

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

• Understand the potential health hazards associated with radon gas 
• Learn about creation of radon gas 
• Define types of testing and remediation techniques
• Discuss agent responsibilities 

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Welcome to Residential Environmental Hazards!

This course begins with an overview of global environmental problems. These include global warming, destruction of rain forests, and the depletion of the ozone layer. How the government is attempting to solve our national and community environment is covered by a section on federal and state environmental laws and agencies. Important court cases add to this information. The regulations and guidelines of those agencies that grant mortgages are also covered. Information pertaining to national and local problems are discussed including hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands & flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal.

Learners are also introduced to the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions that affect individual sites and building. They are shown how it is possible for a real estate professional to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards without extensive additional training.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Environmental Problems Introduction

Lesson 2: Levels of Environmental Screening & Auditing

Lesson 3: Drinking Water

Lesson 4: Sanitary Waste Disposal

Lesson 5: Soil Contaminants

Lesson 6: Asbestos

Lesson 7: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Lesson 8: Radon

Lesson 9: Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Lesson 10: Nearby Hazardous Waste Sites

Lesson 11: UREA Formaldehyde Insulation (UFFI)

Lesson 12: Lead Paint

Lesson 13: Air Pollution

Lesson 14: Wetlands & Flood Plains

Lesson 15: Mold

Lesson 16: Meth Labs

Lesson 17: Other Hazardous Substances & Problems

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify the major global environmental problems including global warming, destruction of the rain forests, and depletion of the ozone layer.
• Brokers will be able to identify the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendment, and the Re-Authorization Act (SARA), and how these have significantly affected the ownership and use of American residential, commercial and industrial real estate.
• Discuss other federal and state laws and regulations relating to environmental hazards.
• Describe how the various environmental aspects of hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands and flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal affect the environment.
• Identify how the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions affect individual properties.
• Develop the skills needed to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards and detrimental conditions.
• Know when there is a need for using an environmental specialist to make Phase I, II, and III inspections and audits.

About

Welcome to Residential Environmental Hazards!

This course begins with an overview of global environmental problems. These include global warming, destruction of rain forests, and the depletion of the ozone layer. How the government is attempting to solve our national and community environment is covered by a section on federal and state environmental laws and agencies. Important court cases add to this information. The regulations and guidelines of those agencies that grant mortgages are also covered. Information pertaining to national and local problems are discussed including hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands & flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal.

Learners are also introduced to the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions that affect individual sites and building. They are shown how it is possible for a real estate professional to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards without extensive additional training.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Environmental Problems Introduction

Lesson 2: Levels of Environmental Screening & Auditing

Lesson 3: Drinking Water

Lesson 4: Sanitary Waste Disposal

Lesson 5: Soil Contaminants

Lesson 6: Asbestos

Lesson 7: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Lesson 8: Radon

Lesson 9: Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Lesson 10: Nearby Hazardous Waste Sites

Lesson 11: UREA Formaldehyde Insulation (UFFI)

Lesson 12: Lead Paint

Lesson 13: Air Pollution

Lesson 14: Wetlands & Flood Plains

Lesson 15: Mold

Lesson 16: Meth Labs

Lesson 17: Other Hazardous Substances & Problems

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify the major global environmental problems including global warming, destruction of the rain forests, and depletion of the ozone layer.
• Brokers will be able to identify the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendment, and the Re-Authorization Act (SARA), and how these have significantly affected the ownership and use of American residential, commercial and industrial real estate.
• Discuss other federal and state laws and regulations relating to environmental hazards.
• Describe how the various environmental aspects of hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands and flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal affect the environment.
• Identify how the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions affect individual properties.
• Develop the skills needed to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards and detrimental conditions.
• Know when there is a need for using an environmental specialist to make Phase I, II, and III inspections and audits.

About

Welcome to Residential Environmental Hazards!

This course begins with an overview of global environmental problems. These include global warming, destruction of rain forests, and the depletion of the ozone layer. How the government is attempting to solve our national and community environment is covered by a section on federal and state environmental laws and agencies. Important court cases add to this information. The regulations and guidelines of those agencies that grant mortgages are also covered. Information pertaining to national and local problems are discussed including hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands & flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal.

Learners are also introduced to the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions that affect individual sites and building. They are shown how it is possible for a real estate professional to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards without extensive additional training.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Environmental Problems Introduction

Lesson 2: Levels of Environmental Screening & Auditing

Lesson 3: Drinking Water

Lesson 4: Sanitary Waste Disposal

Lesson 5: Soil Contaminants

Lesson 6: Asbestos

Lesson 7: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Lesson 8: Radon

Lesson 9: Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Lesson 10: Nearby Hazardous Waste Sites

Lesson 11: UREA Formaldehyde Insulation (UFFI)

Lesson 12: Lead Paint

Lesson 13: Air Pollution

Lesson 14: Wetlands & Flood Plains

Lesson 15: Mold

Lesson 16: Meth Labs

Lesson 17: Other Hazardous Substances & Problems

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify the major global environmental problems including global warming, destruction of the rain forests, and depletion of the ozone layer.
• Brokers will be able to identify the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendment, and the Re-Authorization Act (SARA), and how these have significantly affected the ownership and use of American residential, commercial and industrial real estate.
• Discuss other federal and state laws and regulations relating to environmental hazards.
• Describe how the various environmental aspects of hazardous waste sites, acid rain, wetlands and flood plains, drinking water and sanitary waste disposal affect the environment.
• Identify how the many environmental hazards and detrimental environmental conditions affect individual properties.
• Develop the skills needed to screen a property for apparent environmental hazards and detrimental conditions.
• Know when there is a need for using an environmental specialist to make Phase I, II, and III inspections and audits.

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The purpose of this class is to alert brokers to those situations that may cost them large amounts of money, or their license, or both. The course will help protect the public by educating brokers to recognize bad business practices. To be successful in the real estate business world, risks are taken daily. Sales people tend to be risk takers by nature. Our industry has evolved from a "buyer beware" philosophy to "broker beware." Courts are upholding decisions that assign more and more liability to the broker for the problems buyers and sellers experience in their real estate transaction. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that brokers employ all their skills, care, and diligence in the conducting of their business. Brokers should understand that no course substitutes for attorney advice. Each legal situation is different, and the advice of an attorney will guide the broker through the maze of small, but important legal considerations.

This course is intended to make you think and understand the various complex issues in today's real estate business. Many brokers think their errors and omissions insurance will cover them if a legal problem arises. Not so, fraud is usually not covered, and usually the plaintiffs will allege that that is where the broker began to be a problem. A mistake here will be paid from the broker's wallet. Take unauthorized practice of law seriously. Never use "standard clauses" without consultation with at least your broker and/or your attorney. Work hard at understanding the ramifications of the things you write, say, do, or elect not to do. Think before you act!

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Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Fraud

Lesson 2: Misrepresentation

Lesson 3: Disclosures

Lesson 4: Contract Risks

Lesson 5: Broker Liability

Lesson 6: Office Policy

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to

• Discuss the meaning of fraud and the actions or inactions that constitute fraud in a real estate transaction
• Recognize that negligent misrepresentation is asserting a fact that is not true without exercising a degree of care that is required by the circumstances.
• Understand and explain the disclosures
• Explain the kinds of risks that listing brokers have and how that risk is reduced by careful explanation of the duties and obligations of both parties, and any contract terms.
• Define and explain the broker’s responsibility
• Recognize the need for all brokerages to have an office policy.

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Welcome to Safety First!

As real estate professionals, personal safety is something we need to keep in mind in everything we do. It's essential to be conscious of safety concerns that are unique to the real estate profession. As licensees, we are also responsible for the potential risks we introduce to our clients—from the office to an Open House.

While real estate safety courses have often been the focus of REALTOR®-specific training resources, all licensees and their clients benefit from the preparation and it's imperative to simply take the time to learn about the risks.

We will cover three main topics with regard to licensees and their clients & customers:

1. Safety at Work
2. Safety in Public
3. Safety Online & at Home
   
   

There are plenty of pro-active steps one can take to help protect oneself, one's clients, property, and private information alike. Safety should "be on the front burner" in all things. So, let's get started!

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Safety at Work

Lesson 2: Safety in Public

Lesson 3: Safety Online & At Home

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify strategies to ensure the well-being of you and your clients at the office
• Recognize legal risks for real estate licensees (and their effect on customers and clients)
• Outline strategies to ensure everyone's safety when showing properties and hosting Open Houses
• Identify potential dangers online and via social media and teach your clients how to stay safe on the internet

About

Welcome to Safety First!

As real estate professionals, personal safety is something we need to keep in mind in everything we do. It's essential to be conscious of safety concerns that are unique to the real estate profession. As licensees, we are also responsible for the potential risks we introduce to our clients—from the office to an Open House.

While real estate safety courses have often been the focus of REALTOR®-specific training resources, all licensees and their clients benefit from the preparation and it's imperative to simply take the time to learn about the risks.

We will cover three main topics with regard to licensees and their clients & customers:

1. Safety at Work
2. Safety in Public
3. Safety Online & at Home
   
   

There are plenty of pro-active steps one can take to help protect oneself, one's clients, property, and private information alike. Safety should "be on the front burner" in all things. So, let's get started!

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Safety at Work

Lesson 2: Safety in Public

Lesson 3: Safety Online & At Home

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify strategies to ensure the well-being of you and your clients at the office
• Recognize legal risks for real estate licensees (and their effect on customers and clients)
• Outline strategies to ensure everyone's safety when showing properties and hosting Open Houses
• Identify potential dangers online and via social media and teach your clients how to stay safe on the internet

About

Welcome to Safety First!

As real estate professionals, personal safety is something we need to keep in mind in everything we do. It's essential to be conscious of safety concerns that are unique to the real estate profession. As licensees, we are also responsible for the potential risks we introduce to our clients—from the office to an Open House.

While real estate safety courses have often been the focus of REALTOR®-specific training resources, all licensees and their clients benefit from the preparation and it's imperative to simply take the time to learn about the risks.

We will cover three main topics with regard to licensees and their clients & customers:

1. Safety at Work
2. Safety in Public
3. Safety Online & at Home
   
   

There are plenty of pro-active steps one can take to help protect oneself, one's clients, property, and private information alike. Safety should "be on the front burner" in all things. So, let's get started!

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: Safety at Work

Lesson 2: Safety in Public

Lesson 3: Safety Online & At Home

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify strategies to ensure the well-being of you and your clients at the office
• Recognize legal risks for real estate licensees (and their effect on customers and clients)
• Outline strategies to ensure everyone's safety when showing properties and hosting Open Houses
• Identify potential dangers online and via social media and teach your clients how to stay safe on the internet

About

This Advanced Real Estate Principles (Unit II) course is divided into 5 Modules (6-hours each).

• Module A - Agency and Property Disclosure (REC. 3582)
• Module B - Real Estate Contracts (REC. 3583)
• Module C - Ethics and Real Estate (REC. 3584)
• Module D - Measurements and Valuation (REC. 3585)
• Module E - Fair Housing (REC. 3586)

This course aims to help licensees become more proficient in the practice of real estate and reinforce important topics. The course begins with an overview of licensing requirements and the South Carolina License Law before delving into agency relationships and conflicts, service delivery, and property disclosure issues.

Next, licensees will analyze common real estate contracts, classifications, and issues and learn how to deftly handle multiple offers, contingencies, and counteroffers. The Ethics module will examine ethical concepts and dilemmas and prepare licensees to identify ethical situations, assess the facts, explain the ethical choices, and state the reasoning behind a choice.

The Measurements and Valuation section will help learners perform basic real estate calculations, accurately measure property, understand legal property descriptions, and perform a property market analysis. The final module explores fair housing laws, avoiding fair housing violations, and effectively serving multi-cultural real estate consumers.

Topics Covered

Course Topics:

• Module 1 - Agency and Property Disclosure
• Module 2 - Real Estate Contracts
• Module 3 - Ethics and Real Estate
• Module 4 - Measurements and Valuation
• Module 5 - Fair Housing

A licensee can live anywhere in the United States and is not required to be a U.S. citizen. A licensee can hold only one type of real estate license at a time within the state.

Learning Objectives

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

• Explain key points in agency as required by federal and state laws
• Describe property disclosures required by federal and state laws
• Properly respond to consumer inquiries
• Design a disclosure procedure demonstrating appropriate behavior and documentations
• Critique and analyze common real estate contracts
• Complete common real estate contracts
• Explain the provisions of common real estate contracts
• Identify situations involving real estate ethics
• Assess the facts of ethical situations
• Explain the ethical choices involved and state the reasoning behind the choice
• Demonstrate basic calculations used in measuring property
• Accurately measure a specific example
• Perform a market analysis on a property
• Identify practices that violate fair housing laws
• List the protected classes and exemptions under the Fair Housing Act
• Demonstrate how to implement fair housing practices

A licensee can live anywhere in the United States and is not required to be a U.S. citizen. A licensee can hold only one type of real estate license at a time within the state.

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Welcome!

This Step by Step to Sold program has everything you need to help your sellers properly and successfully prepare their home for market, but that is really only the beginning...

In this program we invite you to learn the deeper components of a number of different disciplines to get the biggest impact which include: Staging, Feng Shui and Neuroarchitecture. As a real estate professional, some things we will cover will be familiar and some may be completely new.

You will receive many tips you can use in making homes more inviting and with the use of Feng Shui you can create a respite of peace and tranquility in any space. You will also learn tips that can help your buyers in the search of their new home, but we will get into that later in the course.

Unlike other training classes, this program will also provide decorating tips and cleaning solutions for even the most stubborn stains and odors (yes we will cover pets and smokers!), all the while incorporating and discovering the amazing power of Feng Shui.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: The Program

Lesson 2: Cleaning and Decorating

Lesson 3: Room by Room

Learning Objectives

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

• Appreciate the importance of the Porgram
• Demonstrate Cleaning and Decorating
• Demonstrate Room by Room decluttering

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This course aims to provide licensed real estate professionals with the necessary knowledge to stay updated with the constantly evolving world of taxation.

The course focuses on Taxation topics that pertain to the licensee. The IRS maintains a Tax Code which is continually updated and currently has more than 6,000 pages. Because of the complexity, all licensees should advise their clients to seek tax advice from a professional accountant or CPA. The real estate agent provides general tax and investment knowledge; the CPA provides specific tax assistance and advice. However, the knowledge of tax rules directly affects consumer decision-making. Thus, taxation is an important area for real estate agents to become knowledgeable about, including applicable tax rules regarding investment property, residential owner-occupied property, and also business taxation to support their work as independent contractors. In this course, we do not aim to train expert accountants, but rather to provide the basic tax knowledge expected by consumers of a licensed real estate professional to support licensee competence in their brokerage practice.

At the conclusion of the course, your certificate of completion will be immediately available online in your student account. If you have questions during the course, please post those in the Q&As. This is also a great place to see if your question has already been answered and posted online.

Topics Covered

This course focuses on the following topics:

• The purpose of the Tax Code
• Taxation Terminology and Principles
• Basis
• Capital Gains and Losses
• 1031 Exchange
• Tax principles in the sale and exchange of real property
• Taxation Classifications for Real Property Ownership
• Business tax implications for licensees and real property investors

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Discuss the tax code and how it affects different aspects of the real estate industry
• Explain basic taxation and how brokers can use it to help their clients
• Define the meaning of marginal tax rate
• Describe the specific concerns for residential homeowners, owners of real estate used in a trade or business, as well as the owner of investment real estate
• Demonstrate how this knowledge can increase the real estate agent's commission income and investment income
• List the major reasons for home ownership
• Explain gain and basis and how the client can compute capital gain on the sale of a home
• Illustrate to potential clients why it is important that they seek professional advice from a CPA
• Summarize how purchasing a rental property for an investment can be a tax advantage
• Illustrate how cost recovery is used as a deductible expense
• Explain how income and losses are identified (passive and non-passive income)
• Classify the three types of vacation homes and discuss their tax consequences
• Explain the rules and benefits of the 1031exchange
• Discuss CRTs and how they can help avoid capital gains tax, increase income, and create tax deductions.

Other Outcomes

• Improve professional image.
• Increase income - more expertise.
• Advise clients of options.
• Answer casual questions.
• Make your own personal financial decisions.

Goals

• Be aware of the basic taxation rules regarding home ownership.
• Be aware of the basis taxation rules regarding investment properties.

About

The purpose of this course is to:

1. Introduce the residential real estate agent to basic taxation and to basic investment analysis.
2. Connect that knowledge to the specific concerns of residential homeowners, both primary and second homes.
3. Relate that knowledge to the specific concerns of owners of investment real estate.
4. Demonstrate how this knowledge can increase the real estate agent's commission income and investment income.

Topics Covered

Lesson 1: The Code

Lesson 2: Taxes and the Homeowner

Lesson 3: Primary Residence

Lesson 4: Sale / Exchange

Lesson 5: Other Disposal

Lesson 6: Rental Taxation

Lesson 7: Vacation Homes

Lesson 8: 1031 Exchange

Lesson 9: Charitable Giving

Lesson 10: Taxes and the Agent

Lesson 11: Appendix

Learning Objectives

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

• Discuss the tax code and how it affects different aspects of the real estate industry
• Explain basic taxation and how brokers can use it to help their clients
• Define the meaning of marginal tax rate
• Describe the specific concerns for residential homeowners, owners of real estate used in a trade or business, as well as the owner of investment real estate
• Demonstrate how this knowledge can increase the real estate agent's commission income and investment income
• List the major reasons for home ownership
• Explain gain and basis and how the client can compute capital gain on the sale of a home
• Illustrate to potential clients why it is important that they seek professional advice from a CPA
• Summarize how purchasing a rental property for an investment can be a tax advantage
• Illustrate how cost recovery is used as a deductible expense
• Explain how income and losses are identified (passive and non-passive income)
• Classify the three types of vacation homes and discuss their tax consequences
• Explain the rules and benefits of the 1031exchange
• Discuss CRTs and how they can help avoid capital gains tax, increase income, and create tax deductions.