Arizona Real Estate Continuing Education

Format:

• Online Self-Paced
  Specific topics will be discussed that impact the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction. The purchase contract will be used to illustrate specific points.

Includes:

• Code of Ethics with Case Studies
  Code of Ethics with Case Studies provides actual case studies from the NAR involving hearings on alleged violations, navigating through applicable portions of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, Arizona law, and the Commissioner’s Rules. This course meets the NAR ethics requirement.
• Contract Money Matters
  When properties are bought and sold, most people are dealing with the largest financial transaction of their lives. Crafting the contract in a professional and knowledgeable manner is essential to achieving the client’s goals. Contract Money Matters includes the changes to the financing sections of the AAR Purchase Agreement relating to TRID and the Dodd-Frank Act and includes discussion of the AAR Seller Financing Addenda.
• Agency in Action
  Agency in Action will discuss basic contract law. It also deals with the duties and conflicts that arise in single agency and dual agency and offers suggestions to licensees as to how to navigate the treacherous waters of real estate transactions.
• Arizona Property Taxes, Tax Liens, and Foreclosures
  Arizona Property Taxes, Tax Liens, and Foreclosures will include a comprehensive look at Arizona taxes and tax liens, including the valuation process, how taxes are calculated, common property tax exemptions, how to appeal valuation, and tax foreclosures.
• Fair Housing: The Practical Aspects
  The Practical Aspects instructs and studies the details of how to practice in compliance with the fair housing laws affecting the real estate industry.
• Top 10 Disclosure Issues
  Claims against errors and omissions insurance are a good indication of the most salient problems that occur in real estate transactions. Top 10 Disclosure Issues uses this top 10 list as a starting point for detailed discussions on the problems agents encounter, the disclosures that need to be made to consumers and risk reduction strategies that benefit consumers and real estate licensees.

Format:

• Online Self-Paced
  Specific topics will be discussed that impact the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction. The purchase contract will be used to illustrate specific points.

Includes:

• Code of Ethics with Case Studies
  Code of Ethics with Case Studies provides actual case studies from the NAR involving hearings on alleged violations, navigating through applicable portions of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, Arizona law, and the Commissioner’s Rules. This course meets the NAR ethics requirement.
• Contract Money Matters
  When properties are bought and sold, most people are dealing with the largest financial transaction of their lives. Crafting the contract in a professional and knowledgeable manner is essential to achieving the client’s goals. Contract Money Matters includes the changes to the financing sections of the AAR Purchase Agreement relating to TRID and the Dodd-Frank Act and includes discussion of the AAR Seller Financing Addenda.
• Agency in Action
  Agency in Action will discuss basic contract law. It also deals with the duties and conflicts that arise in single agency and dual agency and offers suggestions to licensees as to how to navigate the treacherous waters of real estate transactions.
• Arizona Property Taxes, Tax Liens, and Foreclosures
  Arizona Property Taxes, Tax Liens, and Foreclosures will include a comprehensive look at Arizona taxes and tax liens, including the valuation process, how taxes are calculated, common property tax exemptions, how to appeal valuation, and tax foreclosures.
• Case Studies in Real Estate Law
  Today, real estate pros face liability claims and the threat of litigation. Case Studies in Real Estate Law will take you on a tour of many appellate and supreme court level cases that have impacted the real estate profession and is designed to help you recognize risk and liability through an examination of actual cases as well as give you practical knowledge and insight into courtroom litigation.
• Fair Housing: The Practical Aspects
  The Practical Aspects instructs and studies the details of how to practice in compliance with the fair housing laws affecting the real estate industry.
• Navigating Arizona’s Commissioner’s Rules
  Navigating Arizona’s Commissioner’s Rules is a “back to the basics” course covering the commissioner’s rules, licensing statutes, substantive policy statements, and laws and rules related to real estate issues which licensees must made in order to meet the ADRE requirements of ARS §32-2136.
• Top 10 Disclosure Issues
  Claims against errors and omissions insurance are a good indication of the most salient problems that occur in real estate transactions. Top 10 Disclosure Issues uses this top 10 list as a starting point for detailed discussions on the problems agents encounter, the disclosures that need to be made to consumers and risk reduction strategies that benefit consumers and real estate licensees.

Format:

• Online Self-Paced
  Specific topics will be discussed that impact the buyer and seller in a real estate transaction. The purchase contract will be used to illustrate specific points.

Includes:

• Broker Management Clinic #1: Rights and Responsibilities
  This particular course—Rights and Responsibilities—satisfies the 3-hour requirement for Broker Management Clinic #1. The course covers statutory requirements related to the operation of a brokerage pursuant to the Arizona Revised Statutes and the Arizona Administrative Code.
• Broker Management Clinic #2: Development and Implementation
  This course—Development and Implementation—satisfies the 3-hour requirement for Arizona Broker Management Clinic #2. The course covers statutory and regulatory requirements related to the operation of a brokerage pursuant to the Arizona Revised Statutes and the Arizona Administrative Code.
• Broker Management Clinic #3: Being the Boss
  This course—Being the Boss—satisfies the 3-hour requirement for Broker Management Clinic #3. The course covers statutory requirements related to the operation of a brokerage pursuant to the Arizona Revised Statutes and the Arizona Administrative Code.
• Agency – The Big Picture
  Buyers and sellers of real estate want assurance that their individual interests are protected. They want to know what type of relationship they have with their sales agent before disclosing confidential information regarding a real estate transaction. In an ongoing attempt to protect consumers involved in real estate transactions, agency laws were created. Though agency laws can vary from state to state, they all provide the same basic requirements.
• Arizona Real Estate Disclosure Issues
  This 3-hour continuing education course covers the fundamentals and obligations of disclosure as it relates to buyers, sellers, and real estate agents.
• Arizona Real Estate: The Residential Contract
  This course contains things that you’ve known and perhaps forgotten or put aside in your haste to make a transaction. There are also surprises tucked into the mix – practicalities including case law examples shared for illustration. Herein you will learn of the most common items addressed in the residential contract along with suggestions for effectively working with them and identifying red flags in both the listing and the purchase and sale agreement.
• Arizona Real Estate: Dealing with Property
  This 3-hour continuing education course covers the fundamentals and obligations of disclosure as it relates to buyers, sellers, and real estate agents.
• Evaluating Current Standards in Fair Housing
  In this course you will learn about the federal anti-discrimination laws, problems that can occur from fair housing violations, and your duties and responsibilities to treat all of your clients fairly and equally under the law.
• Property Tax & Mortgage Valuation
  This course offers a practical view of the relationship of agents and appraisers along with the uses of property taxes and appraisals in two major sections: Tax – Addresses the uses of property taxes, how they are assessed, and how they can be protested. Appraisal – Designed to assist the agent to see how an appraiser assesses property value, how to work with the appraiser, and how to refute or protest an appraisal that does not seem to appropriately fit the property.
• Arizona NAR: Ethical Training through the Standards of Practice
  This continuing education course addresses the specifics of the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics and ethical practices and decision making for real estate professionals. Additionally, this course may potentially be approvable for REALTORS® who wish to fulfill quadrennial Code of Ethics requirement from the National Association of REALTORS. Check with your local REALTORS® association.