Registration / Class Schedules

This North Carolina Real Estate Commission-approved 75-hour course (including examination) consists of instruction in basic real estate principles and practices, including real estate law, financing, brokerage, closing, valuation, management, taxation and real estate mathematics. Also included is instruction on construction, land use, environmental hazards, property insurance, NC real estate law and North Carolina Real Estate Commission Rules. Satisfactory completion of this broker pre-licensing course will qualify the student to take the state real estate licensing examination.

• Broker Prelicensing Class - 75 hours - This North Carolina Real Estate Commission-approved 75-hour course (including examination) consists of instruction in basic real estate principles and practices, including real estate law, financing, brokerage, closing, valuation, management, taxation and real estate mathematics. Also included is instruction on construction, land use, environmental hazards, property insurance, NC real estate law and North Carolina Real Estate Commission Rules. Satisfactory completion of this broker prelicensing course will qualify the student to take the state real estate licensing examination.
  
  

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission requires any person licensed after October 1, 2005 to complete a minimum of 30 hours annually to maintain Provisional Broker status. All three of these courses must be completed within three years of initial licensing.

Broker Relationships & Responsibilities 30 hours - This course is only available to agents LICENSED after Oct 1, 2005. The course outlines agency relationships and duties, as well as working with both sellers and buyers within the area of residential sales.

Contracts & Closing - 30 hours - This course is only available to agents who were LICENSED after Oct 1, 2005. The course involves a review of selected law concepts, the preparation of real estate sales contracts, as well as closing procedures and statements.

Selected Topics - 30 hours - This course is only available to agents who were LICENSED after Oct 1, 2005. The course offers an introduction to commercial real estate brokerage, property management basics, loan fraud issues, fair housing do's and don'ts, as well as characteristics of manufactured and modular homes.

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission requires that all licensees complete a minimum of eight (8) hours of Continuing Education by June 10 of each year in order to renew a license.

• Continuing Education - Mandatory Update 2011/2012 - 2011 – 2012 Mandatory update reviews the Broker’s role in short sale transactions, various property management issues, selected offer to purchase addendums, agents use of Broker Price Opinions and License Law changes for the current year.
  
  
• Broker- in- Charge Annual Review Course 2011/2012 - You must be a Broker-in-Charge to register for this course. The course is mandatory for all Brokers-in-Charge (you'll receive 4hrs elective credit).
  
  
• Continuing Education - The Out of Towners - A Course on how to deal with corporate out of town buyers. Discussion on what out of town buyers are looking for and how real estate differs from state to state and country to country. We will discuss the top ten tips in selling a corporate seller's house quickly and how to fill out a Broker Market Analysis for a Relocation Company.
  
  
• Continuing Education - Risky Business - Agents will discuss such potential pitfalls as: selling undeveloped land (contaminated wells, impervious surface rules, underground storage tanks) signing on behalf of a client, lease purchases, hardwood floors, what improvements require a building permit, dangers of short sales and more. We will discuss what errors and omissions insurance does and does not cover, how to handle angry buyers and sellers and how to reduce the risk for everyone involved in the transaction.
  
  
• Continuing Education - Good News in a Bad Market - Students will take a look at opinions of both national & state experts on the health of our economy & why they claim our economy is moving forward & the worst is over. Why North Carolina is projected to be one of the fastest growing & best states to sell real estate in the country. Agents will discuss "7 Good Reasons to Buy a Home," so we can provide our buyers with more confidence in this current economy. We will offer very specific & statiscally based tips to help sellers get their homes sold in this slower market.
  
  
• Continuing Education - For Your Own Good: Realtor Code of Ethics - For Your Own Good: The REALTOR Code (NC 2420) This program meets the NAR quadrennial requirement for ethics training for all REALTORS beginning January, 2009 (and ending Dec, 2012) as well as state license renewal credit. This program deals with: ƒÏ The most significant ethical challenges to the real estate profession. ƒÏ The purpose of a code of ethics and how it can help resolve ethical dilemmas. ƒÏ The critical elements of the REALTOR Code of Ethics plus the critical changes to the Code made in 2011.
  
  

• NC State Exam Review for Out of State Agents - Simply State Section is a 4 hour review session designed to help potential and out of state licensees pass the 40 questions presented on the N.C. Real Estate exam that deal specifically with laws and practices in North Carolina. Topics such as North Carolina License Law, Prohibited Practices, Property Taxation, Sales & Agency Contracts, Residential Square Footage Guidelines and a complete HUD 1 closing statement will be reviewed.
  
  

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission allows for Continuing Education credit for all approved designation courses.