CE 331 RED FLAGS: REAL ESTATE PROPERTY INSPECTION:

Red Flags Property Inspection Guide by James C. Pendergast.

Recent litigation has charged real estate agents with the responsibility of inspecting property for "Red Flags" (visual signs or indications of a defect). Brokers and agents who understand and comply with disclosure laws stand a better chance of avoiding legal liability or having a sale fall through. 
CE 332 COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SALES: 

Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Sales by Bill W. McCoy III.

This book teaches the fundamentals of commercial investment real estate, and provides working knowledge of the field. It will benefit all real estate practitioners to endeavor to provide competent service in the area of real estate investment. 
CE 333 ETHICS IN REAL ESTATE: 

Ethics and Real Estate by Doris Barrell, CRB, CRS, GRI

This course teaches the fundamentals of ethical behavior with regard to Real Estate. Often ethics becomes the choice of one right versus another right. Which is the greater right? Questions are raised in each chapter to provide a basis for serious thought by the student. 

This course also meets the 2 1/2 hour training requirement of the National Association of Realtors on ethical training if approved by your local NAR affiliate board of realtors.
CE 334 REAL ESTATE AND TAXES: 

Real Estate and Taxes! What Every Agent Should Know by Vernon Hoven

The purpose of this course is to dispel the mystery surrounding the taxation of real estate. This course helps you to understand why real estate is a better endeavor than it has been in the past, but only if the taxpayer understands the new tax rules. It is written for the real estate licensee who works with real estate investors and not for real estate tax specialists. 
CE-112 BUYER REPRESENTATION IN REAL ESTATE: 


Buyer representation, also known as buyer agency, is one of the industry's most significant trends and has transformed the ways real estate professionals think about and conduct their day-to-day business. The goal of this course is to: 1) explain the beginnings of buyer representation, 2) identify the components of a buyer agency relationship, and 3) show how agents can incorporate buyer agency in their real estate practice.
CE-110 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND MANAGING RISK: 


Real Estate Property Management is a highly specialized but rapidly growing sector of the real estate profession. If you are not a property manager yourself, you are likely to work closely with property managers at some point. It is important to understand the issues property managers have to deal with, and understand the basic principles underlying the profession.
CE-109 RISK MANAGEMENT: 


Risk and Risk Reduction in a nutshell: The risk of legal liability is becoming an increasingly serious problem for real estate brokers. This course is intended to provide brokers and salespersons with: 1) An outline of the basic causes of risk, and 2) The remedies designed to minimize the risk.
CE-111 REAL ESTATE FINANCE TODAY: 


Real Estate Finance Today in intended to present an overview of the basics of residential real estate financing including a discussion of the important current trends in mortgage lending. The course provides an update on new affordable loan products, various types of government loans, and special programs for the self-employed or borrowers with adverse credit. There is also a review of the ways the government has influence over the mortgage lending industry including the Congressional Acts that most directly protect the customer.