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Ethics
This course is intended to provide real estate licensees with a
broader, more flexible, and in-depth coverage of the many aspects of
ethics in the real estate industry.
Provides coverage of conduct that is considered to be ethical in
the practice of real estate.
Also seeks to illustrate conduct that might be unethical and
trigger a violation of one or more sections of the Business and
Professions Code.
Agency Covers the
agency relationships created in a modern real estate brokerage practice.
This course reviews the duties, required disclosures, and
confidences legally required by an agency relationship.
Discusses the delivery requirements of agency disclosures by both
the listing and selling agents.
The course also details the practical considerations created by
in-house sales, cooperative sales, dual agency,
and buyers brokerage.
Fair
Housing This course is designed to provide real estate licensees with
knowledge of Federal and State fair housing laws relating to the sale and
rental of real estate.
It also covers both Federal and State civil rights and
anti-discrimination laws relating to real property transactions and
business establishments.
The course illustrates practices that could be considered
discriminatory in commercial and residential transactions.
Trust Funds Provides the
licensee with knowledge of the legal requirements for receiving and
handling trust funds in real estate transactions.
This course details the legal requirements for maintaining a trust
fund account and the accounting records needed to account for trust funds.
Also discusses topics such as the reconciliation of accounting
records, audits and examinations, and consequences of trust fund
conversion.
Risk
Management
Assessing risks and reducing the potential legal
liabilities that go hand-in-hand with operating a modern real estate
brokerage is a key concern for both brokers and their sales associates.
This course focuses on the control, reduction, avoidance, and shifting of
risk to avoid the legal consequences of a lawsuit in the residential real
estate market. It pinpoints specific areas of risk and how brokers and
salespeople can effectively protect themselves in their day-to-day
operations.
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