Alabama Real Estate Institute Spreading Wings Thank you Realtors® and students of Alabama Real Estate Institute. Because of your loyal support through the years, I have the distinct pleasure of proudly announcing two new programs that expands our service area beyond our state boundaries. Real Estate Agent Scholarship and Broker Affiliate Program An Innovative “Broker Affiliation Program” This program will …
Real Estate Buyers – Know What You’re Signing
“AS IS” Term Can Cost You A Fortune I don’t mean to scare anyone but as a real estate educator, trainer, and coach, I feel a responsibility to everyone that might buy real estate in Alabama sometime in the future that you should be told about your legal rights and obligations. If you are former students of our school you …
Contracts To Purchase Real Estate
Real Estate Agents Want to Know One of my standard continuing education classes is Contract Law. It never fails that when I’m marketing my CE classes, people ask, “Why don’t you teach something more exciting like social networks, or something that will help us to get more business?” My come back is usually, “I have those classes in my training …
Government Paid Vacation For REALTORS
Government Paid Vacation I’ve been getting phone calls the last couple weeks from Realtors® in north Alabama and the surrounding area. Summer season is about to begin here at the beach and people are looking at CE classes they can take so their vacation will be tax deductible. Occasionally, I send fliers about CE classes at the beach and reference …
Danger Lurks for Realtors
For years now, in my training classes, I have been warning real estate agents to take particular caution when meeting new prospective buyers to view property. This holds true for agents holding open houses as well. In my “Qualified Brokers Management” classes I have strongly encouraged Brokers to make certain showing policies mandatory. In recent years policies dealing with new …
MARS—A Candy Bar or A Law?
MARS—A Candy Bar or A Law? When I think “MARS” I automatically think chocolate. My second thought is outer space. To Realtors® MARS now has a very important connotation. The Federal Trade Commission, a part of our government that seems to have no boss, issued a new Mortgage Assistance Relief Service Ruling effective Jan. 31, 2011. The reason it is …