Register below to take CE delivered to your computer as streaming video. After registering you will be given instructions as to how to access the self-paced modules.

License law requires all licensees to take 15 hours of continuing education every 2 years in order to renew a license. Of these 15 (fifteen) hours, 3 (three) hours must be the mandatory Risk Management Course; Red Flags and Paper Trails (see course below). The remaining 12 hours can be any approved elective. All of the courses offered by The Career Academy of Real Estate carry the appropriate approvals.

Current Course Offerings

Career or Business
3-hour elective $40

The failure rate for real estate licensees is overwhelming. Surveys show the drop out rate to be extremely high. Why? The number one reason is – agents do not have a plan.

This course gives you the importance of a business plan, shows you steps to design your business plan, prepare goals, prepare a financial plan, and create a budget and let's you recognize strategies that will increase your success in real estate.
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Code of Ethics
3-hour elective. $40

If you are a member of NAR, you must take this course every 4 years and some local boards require it be taken by their members every 2 years. If you are not certain when you last took Code of Ethics, call your local board of realtors. It is not a course that is required by the Alabama Real Estate Commission, however you will receive 3 hours elective CE credit.
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Effective Negotiating
3-hour elective. $40

Identify different methods of negotiating and how to apply when working with/for buyers and/or sellers.

Understand facilitating vs. advocacy when negotiating and how to apply.

Identify and apply critical steps with multiple offers.

Recognize and assess your own negotiating style(s)
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Fair Housing
3 hours elective
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License Law 2008 Update
3 hours elective $40.
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Marketing New Homes, There is a Difference
3 hour elective $40.

Whether you sell new homes on site or sell one new home per
year, this course can help you make more sales and sell more effectively. You have heard it said: knowledge is power, but the application of knowledge is what is powerful. This comprehensive step-by-step course assists you in avoiding common mistakes in`the new home selling process
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New Construction 101 - Land Acquistion
So you really want to be a developer/ Learn what 'not' to do when representing land developer clients. Or yourself, on your first venture into land development. Discover the quick and easy route to successful land purchases and customers. Get the forms that keep you on track from beginning to end. This course is founded on principles established by over 30 years of hands on developing and marketing of new residential developments.
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Organize 4 Results at Home and at Work / Tools for a Successful Closing
3-hour elective. $40

This course will emphasis the importance of being organized in your real estate business and will cover, in detail, how to organize your client files both for buyers and sellers and will include sample forms and checklists. In addition, you will learn how to keep in touch with your clients during and after the transaction.

This course also emphasizes the importance of building a referral-based business and you will be given tools on how to do this. You will hear tips on how to organize your car and the tools necessary to turn your car into your office. Tips on how to organize various areas of your home will also be discussed.

A CD containing all checklists and forms discussed during this course is available below to make it easy for you to customize according to your individual needs.

The CD also includes sample letters to help you in communicating with your buyers as soon as they go under contract as well as letters to send to your sellers during the listing period. In addition, sample letters to be used with your marketing plan are also included. A total of 17 forms and letters!

To purchase, click 'Purchase a CD' below.
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Perils of Foreclosure
3-hour elective. $40

With an astronomical increase in foreclosures, learn to recognize the pitfalls leading to foreclosures.

How can we advise buyer clients to recognize and stay out of these financial situations which could easily lead to future foreclosures?

How can we advise and assist seller clients with financial issues to find alternate ways out of their crisis rather than going into foreclosure?
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RECAD
3 hour elective $40.
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Risk Management Red Flags and Paper Trails
3-hour mandatory course. $40. This is the ONE CE course that you are required by law to take every two years.

Lawsuits are non-productive. Stay on top of your business; keep up with current trends and how to avoid lawsuits.

This course covers:
- Identifying major areas of risk
- Determining appropriate behaviors
- Developing systems that will help protect you
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Staging Homes to Sell
3-hour elective. $40

Staging a home for the market is arranging it to appeal especially to BUYERS! It gives a home the illusion of more space and eliminates negatives. Even beautifully decorated homes can benefit greatly from this revolutionary technique. What to do yourself or what to show owners to do!

The DVD below is offered for sale so that a licensee can purchase it, to give to sellers to help them prepare their homes for sale. Includes live testamonies from satisfied homeowners.

To purchase a DVD showing a home being staged, click 'Purchase a CD' below.
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