and a good RE 101 course is… - Posted by John Merchant, JD
Posted by John Merchant, JD on July 09, 2002 at 21:38:17:
…a local exam prep course for your state’s RE license. These little exam prep courses are available in literally every city in the USA, and though they are pretty basic, they are not some gurus’ attempt to con the student into spending ever more money for ever more courses, and they’re also unbiased toward any particular technique, or strategy…just good general ed. on how RE is bought and sold and financed. And all about the various conveyance and lien documents and situations that happen to RE, and foreclosures, and title insurance, etc., etc…a WHOLE LOT of education for the relatively low cost of the courses.
To find one near you, just look in yellow pages, maybe talk to a RE Broker or two. That’s where they’ll send their new agents for their exam prep courses, so they’ll know who, where, when, the cost, etc.
These courses are not just for new RE agents, but of course most of the students are there for that reason.
But a newbie to RE can’t help but learn a tremendous amount by taking the course even if he/she never gets his/her RE license or ever even has the urge to do so.
Nobody is required to go ahead and get a license after taking the course. Probably there’s a steady percent of the students who never go take the exam…so why’d they take the course? Probably lots of reasons, including maybe to understand what a spouse who is licensed, does to make his/her living.
So I’d urge anybody feeling ignorant or not knowledgeable enough about RE to have a look at these RE 101s. A good starting point.