Sales Agent Licensing

Course Descriptions and Contents

To view each book's Table of Contents, click on the title.

Real Estate Principles^{^}*
Real Estate Principles is a general course which reviews the numerous basic concepts all prospective real estate agents need to know before taking the state licensing exam, including the fundamentals of estates, transfers, forms of ownership, encumbrances, agency obligations, landlord-tenant relationships, listings, purchase agreements, and title insurance.

Also covered are the various financial arrangements used in real estate transactions and escrow instructions for closing, as well as basic appraisal methods.

Real Estate Practice*
The use of forms to make disclosures, present an analysis, or enter into an agreement on any aspect of a real estate related transaction is the essence of Real Estate Practice. Each form is presented as a checklist of items and provisions to be considered when using the form, based on guidelines and rules for their use.

Legal Aspects of Real Estate**
The ownership and conveyancing in California of estates and licenses held in real estate are covered in Legal Aspects, as well as all vestings, including rights of survivorship, living trusts, and the LLC for real estate syndication.

INCLUDES...clouds on title, slander of title, partition by co-owners, adjacent owner disputes, water rights, public trust of water, common driveways, easements, encroachments, nuisances, preliminary title reports, and title insurance.

Real Estate Finance
Discover what every well-informed real estate broker must know about private lending and carryback sales — including types of notes and trust deeds and their provisions, as well as seller financing schemes.

PLUS MORE...the foreclosure process, private and judicial, FHA, VA, and Cal-Vet loans, private mortgage insurance, and related tax aspects. No math involved.

Property Management
The detailed and exacting rules of leasing and renting both residential and non-residential income properties are examined and applied in hundreds of vivid landlord/tenant situations encountered daily by owners, managers, and leasing agents.

PLUS...all forms and notices required to establish management and leasing agencies, to create, manage, and terminate tenancies, and to preserve rent obligations for enforcement.

Real Estate Appraisal^{^}
The study of the science of evaluating the worth of real estate interests, whether for price, rent, or loan, is a requisite to sales, mortgage, and leasing transactions. Appraisal theory and practice is a review of real estate characteristics establishing or diminishing value, the many approaches to valuation, computer access to online data, and an opinion of value.

Real Estate Economics^{^}
The economics of a parcel of real estate are characterized in light of land use patterns, supply and demand factors, forces driving the housing sector, business cycle influences on non-residential income properties, and local demographics, and are based on principles ranging from national monetary and taxing policies to local use restrictions and cyclical national, regional, and local economics.

Escrows^{^}
A complete introductory course designed for teaching basic escrow theory. Topics include an overview of escrow, basic escrow processes, exchange escrows, note and trust deed escrows, and the laws, regulations and sale of a business. Thorough examples of escrow transactions are included!

Real Estate License Preparation^{^}
If you really want to pass the California State Sales Agent exam, this book will truly help you make the 70% grade on your first try. The extensive multiple choice questions presented for review are weighted between subjects as imposed by the DRE. Comes with Interactive CD-ROM — PC only.

It's easy to become
a Sales Agent!

Complete the three required courses, study the State Exam Prep Book, apply for and pass the State Exam and receive your license in as little as three months!

See the DRE's Sales Agent Licensing eligibility requirements.

How first tuesday Licensing Courses Work:

1. Order your courses. All first tuesday courses are homestudy courses. We deliver the materials in print, online and on CD-ROM (the books for courses marked with a "^" are only available in print). Online access is immediate; mailed items ship the business day after the order is placed and arrive within 5-7 business days.

2. Study your materials. The state-mandated minimum study time is 18 days per course. The maximum study time is one year from the date of your order.

3. (Optional) Take the quizzes. Optional quizzes are provided with all first tuesday licensing courses. Answers are provided to help you measure your understanding of the material.

4. Pass your course exams. The open-book course exams can be taken online or through the mail. Each course exam is 100 multiple choice questions over 2 hours and 30 minutes. The passing score for each course exam is 60%. You may take your course exams as many times as you need to pass within your one-year enrollment period.

5. Obtain your Certificates of Completion. Once you pass your course exams, you may print your own Certificates of Completion online. We will also mail you copies. The Certificate of Completion for each course must accompany your application for the State Exam.

6. (Optional) Study the State Exam Prep Book. Prepare for the State Exam by reviewing a pool of sample questions representing topics commonly covered in the State Exam.

Questions? Call us at 800.794.0494 or see our Licensing Course Instructions!

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