This package of courses is designed for those New York Real Estate agents who desire to begin working on their qualifications to become a Broker. By completing both courses you will satisfy your NY 22.5hr CE requirement for license renewal and the 30hr Remedial Qualifying Course as part of the total hours required to satisfy the education requirements for Broker Prelicense.

Includes:

1. 30 Hour Remedial Qualifying Course - Commercial & Investment Properties, Income Tax Issues in Real Estate Transactions, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Taxes & Assessments.


2. ADA and Fair Housing - Satisfies the NY Fair Housing education requirement.

Includes:
1. Commercial Leases - Provisions of office, retail, and industrial leases.

2. Commercial Sales and Exchanges - Commercial sales transaction and tax deferred exchanges.

3. Principles of Commercial Real Estate - Understand the different types of commercial real estate including office space, retail space and storage facilities.

4. ADA & Fair Housing - ADA legislation affects the business of every real estate agent.

Completion of these courses meets the 22.5 hour continuing education requirement to renew a salesperson license in New York.

Includes:
1. Pricing Property to Sell - Pricing compared to appraisal, basic concepts of pricing property, principles of value, and more.

2. Methods of Residential Finance - Conventional, FHA, VA Loans, and alternative financing options.

3. ADA and Fair Housing - What the laws cover and how they pertain to you, refresh your knowledge of the Federal Fair Housing Laws.

4. Ethics in Real Estate - NAR Code of Ethics and case studies.
(Meets NAR's 3-Hour Mandatory Ethics Renewal Training)

Completion of these courses meets the 22.5 hour continuing education requirement to renew a salesperson license in New York.

Includes:
1. Tax Advantages of Home Ownership - Tax benefits for homeowners and how to calculate the taxes that impact the purchase of a home.

2. Basic Real Estate Finance - Financing instruments, mortgages, assumptions, foreclosures, types of loans, closing costs, and more.

3. ADA & Fair Housing - ADA legislation affects the business of every real estate agent.

4. Maximize Your Buyer's Borrowing Power - Finance and a buyer's ability to obtain a real estate loan.

Completion of these courses meets the 22.5 hour continuing education requirement to renew a salesperson license in New York.

Covers basic principles of real estate finance. Topics include financing instruments, promissory notes, mortgages, assumptions, priority of loans, foreclosures, trust deeds, types of loans, sources of funds, loan practices and closing costs.

A brief history of the savings and loan industry progresses into present commercial real estate financing practices. The different types of financing available to commercial properties and their characteristics are explained in detail. Investment evaluation methods including property comparison, appraisal, capitalization rates, and the time value of money are also covered.

This course analyzes the typical provisions of office, retail, and industrial leases. Formulas used to calculate rent, key negotiation points, and technical issues unique to industrial leases are also covered in great detail.

Aspects of the commercial sales transaction and tax deferred exchanges are covered in great detail. You will learn the essential elements of the contract, closing procedures, and documentation in a commercial sale along with the benefits and requirements of a tax deferred exchange.

All of the various forms of residential real estate financing; including conventional, FHA, VA Loans, loan assumptions, purchase money mortgages, alternative financing are explained in this course. Also covers legislation relating to financing.

This course covers two important topics--the New York State Real Property Law and contracts. In the section on the Real Property Law, the provisions of the law related to licensure and operating a real estate business are discussed in detail. In the sections on contracts, the various types of contracts used in real estate are explained, along with some provisions of the Statute of Frauds as they relate to real estate contracts.

Presents methods and principles for pricing property. Covers pricing compared to appraisal, basic concepts of pricing property, principles of value, approaches to pricing property and application of the market data and replacement cost methods

The many different types of ownership available in commercial real estate and their implications are covered in this course. Issues addressed include liability, taxes, regulations, set up, and management as well as the benefits and drawbacks to each.

Course covers types of tax benefits for homeowners and how to calculate the taxes that will impact the purchase of a home.

ADA legislation affects the business of every real estate agent. Find out what the laws cover and how it pertains to you, while refreshing your knowledge of the Federal Fair Housing Laws.

(Meets 3-Hour Mandatory ADA Requirement)

This course describes agency relationships and the inherent conflicts of interest of each, followed by coverage of dual agency, agency policy and procedures for implementing, documenting and changing agency policy.

This course covers the NAR Code of Ethics and reviews case studies pertaining to the code. Sample scenarios are included as a decision making practice for licensees.

(Meets NAR's 3-Hour Mandatory Ethics Renewal Training)

This course covers the NAR Code of Ethics and reviews case studies pertaining to the code. Sample scenarios are included as a decision making practice for licensees.

(Meets NAR's 3-Hour Mandatory Ethics Renewal Training)

This course covers some important topics related to finance and a buyer's ability to obtain a real estate loan.

Understand the different types of commercial real estate including office space, retail space and storage facilities. Additional topics include industrial real estate brokerage, site selection, land development, and the effect of local and regional labor markets on commercial real estate.

Covers the basics of a tax free exchange of residential investment property. Topics covered include requirements of a tax free exchange, types of exchanges and the methods for transferring title when an exchange takes place.