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Basic Real Estate Finance covers everything you ever wanted to know about real estate finance in detail. Topics include financing instruments, promissory notes, mortgages, assumptions, priority of loans, foreclosures, types of loans, source of funds, loan practices and closing costs. This course provides real estate professionals with an enhanced understanding of financial concepts, instruments and practices, which will enable them to better serve their clients and customers. (course approval:DEE1797)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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. (course approval:DEE1808)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

Commercial Leases 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. (course approval: DEE1794)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

Commercial Sales and Exchanges covers aspects of the commercial sales transaction and tax deferred exchanges 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. (course approval: DEE1793)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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. (course approval: DEE1549)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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. (course approval: DEE1548)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

Structuring Ownership in Commercial Real Estate covers the many different kinds of ownership available in commercial real estate, as well as their implications. Issues addressed include liability, taxes, regulations, set up, and management, as well as, the benefits and drawbacks to each. (course approval: DEE1792)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

Course covers types of tax benefits for homeowners and how to calculate the taxes that will impact the purchase of a home. (course approval: DEE1796)

Approved for 6 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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. (course approval: DEE1800)

Understand the importance of property inspections and how to advise your clients about the inspection process. Also, learn how to prepare a home for inspection and how to limit your liability during the inspection process. (course approval: DEE1799)

Approved for 3 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

Ethics in Real Estate 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. This course will insure that real estate professionals have a strong understanding of the National Association of Realtors �® (NAR) Code of Ethics and understand the difference between ethical and unethical behavior. (Course Approval - DEE1550)

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

This course acquaints students to specific laws pertaining to commercial real estate ownership, transactions and federal laws governing real estate agencies. Includes agency, contracts, deeds, easements, estates in land, zoning, restrictions, tenancy, liens, foreclosures, title transfer, leases and court decisions. (DEE1801)

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. (course approval: DEE1798).

Approved for 3 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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

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. (course approval: DEE1795)

Approved for 3 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.

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. (course approval: DEE1551)

Approved for 3 hours of elective credit in South Carolina.