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Includes revelations about the 25 game-changing market factors pushing and pulling our California real estate market. Numerous charts vividly display critical data shaping tomorrow's real estate transactions, with narration about the insight you need to anticipate future action in our real estate market.

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California's first – and only – video-based renewal experience. 6 hours of cinematic video supported with online reading, audio and quizzes. The course contains a comprehensive overview of ownership concepts and real estate law, the use of various types of listing agreements, proper handling of property disclosures, applied real estate valuation, notes and their provisions, and foreclosure proceedings.

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A collection of today’s hot-button real estate issues currently affecting California real estate transactions. Topics include licensee conduct, conditions of purchase, buyer's contracts and contingencies, property management, real estate finance, current real estate economics, as well as controversial real estate myths obscuring California’s dynamic market today.

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Studying this course will dramatically increase your competency in handling the legal aspects of both residential and commercial landlord-tenant relationships under California law. Best of all, the long-term and recession-proof occupation of income property management and leasing is a consistent moneymaker.

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Discover how you can expand and even perfect your ability as a real estate agent to document disclosures by using the correct forms. Forms are presented as checklists to assist you in the preparation of listing and purchase agreements to help you better understand all the contractual aspects of a California real estate sales transaction.

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Learn how a commercial agent evaluates and arranges transactions on various income-producing properties for owner and investor clients. This book has vast scope in practice and offers compelling advice on leasing, property management, tax analysis and syndication.

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Prepare for any discussion about taxes on any type of real estate transaction or ownership you might encounter—principal residence, business-use property and income producing property. Covers the brand new proposition 19 progressive tax scheme which significantly alters prop 13 benefits for parent-child property transfers and transfers of assessments to a replacement residence for homeowners aged 55 or more.

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A manual on the best practices for originating, servicing and foreclosing on consumer and business mortgages under state and federal rules. Topics include licensing and management, consumer mortgage practice and reports, types of mortgages, consumer protection laws, servicing, default and foreclosure and private lender mortgages.

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Discover how to prepare the proper documentation and advise investors on the purchase of seller-occupied, one-to-four unit residential property in foreclosure in California. Learn the financial benefits, risks, legal consequences and the deferred tax impact of carryback financing arrangements.

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Discover how to create investment groups and control large income properties structured as an LLC providing a liability shield for all participants. Learn the financial benefits, risks, legal consequences and the deferred tax impact of carryback financing arrangements.

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Select one of our 45hr CE Package

Each of our ten 45-hour CE packages include the DRE mandated

20 BO-AFTER hours comprising Implicit Bias, Office Management, Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk Management, and
25 Hours of Consumer Protection

Select your reading method

Complete as soon as six days by selecting printed and e-book or just e-book (without timer)
Or complete within 3 days by selecting online-timed e-book requiring 45 hours of reading
After enrolling, you may switch to a different course or upgrade from e-book to printed book for a fee of $17.50

Education and Licensing Preamble

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Testing Procedures

tabular breakdown of the 190 test questions for a 45 hour renewal course. 200 quiz questions. 9 individual tests

STEP 1: Your course outline

Your 45-hour continuing education package is divided into 3 sections. Each section has its own quizzes and exam(s). To complete your 45 hours, follow your personalized course outline online.

STEP 2: Your minimum study time before taking exams

On enrollment, your course reading materials are immediately available online. You may complete your course in as little as 6 days, unless you are enrolled in the 45-hour online-timed course (104). You may test on no more than 15 credit hours of continuing education during a 24-hour period.

STEP 3: Take the quizzes

Quizzes are mandatory and available online immediately after enrollment. Quizzes are not timed and there is no minimum passing score. you have unlimited quiz attempts. Quizzes are taken online by clicking on "Take Quiz" link in your course outline. Feedback on your quiz performance and quiz answers are provided after you complete each quiz.

STEP 4: Take the final exams

Before reviewing any course material online, DRE requires you to acknowledge, under penalty of perjury, that you are the person enrolled, and you will be the only person to complete the course.

You must pass all exams with a score of 70% to receive 45 hours of continuing education credit. Exams are multiple choice and open book. The exam(s) for each section become available only after you've met the minimum study time and taken the quizzes for that section. You may only test on 15 hours of continuing education (one section) per 24-hour period. Sections must be completed in sequential order. The maximum time allowed per exam is equal to 1 minute per question. Exams are available online by clicking on the "Take Exam" link in your course outline. Online exams are graded instantly upon completion.

When you fail any exam, a backup exam is immediately available online. If you also fail the backup exam, the section automatically resets requiring you to repeat the study and exam process. For Sections 1, 2 and 3 resets, you retake the quizzes and wait the minimum study time before receiving 2 more attempts to pass the section exam.

Minimum study times for reset sections vary;

two days when you fail Section 1 or 2 exams;
four days when you fail both sections 1 and 2 exams; and
for Section 3, you wait 3 hours per failed exam.

You incur no charge for retakes on resets during your 1-year enrollment.

NOTICE: Students enrolled in 45 hour CE packages other than #203 and 702, have their scores for exams on Sections 1 and 2 averaged. When your averaged score is less than 70%, both Sections 1 and 2 reset.

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Student testimonials

I liked the videos, for me it was a better way of studying and picked up on things I either forgot or did not know.

Brian G.
DRE Broker
on Package #1001

This was painless. It was helpful. The course work was right on target. This is pure perfection.

real estate agent Greg Doud, former student of firsttuesday courses

Greg D.
DRE Broker
on Package #901

The course was relevant to today's real estate market. It helped explain the practice and laws in real time.

Theresa H.
DRE Sales Agent
on Package #901

Very professional overall. The website and licensing course materials are very well organized and easy to navigate.

Gary G.
DRE Broker
on Package #901

I was able to learn a new concept that makes me more marketable in my profession.

David M.
DRE Sales Agent
on Package #405

When I had questions, the first tuesday representatives were courteous and professional. Excellent customer service.

Lynne W.
DRE Broker
on Package #901

I felt like the material was well organized and easy to use.

Julianne S.
DRE Sales Agent
on Package #603

45-Hour DRE Continuing Education

Welcome to DRE License Renewal CE, by firsttuesday

Click the study method you prefer for your courses

Select the 45-hour CE package you want to study

Select one of our 45hr CE Package

Select your reading method

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45-Hour DRE Continuing Education

Welcome to DRE License Renewal CE, by firsttuesday

Click the study method you prefer for your courses

Select the 45-hour CE package you want to study

Select one of our 45hr CE Package

Select your reading method

Education and Licensing Preamble

STEP 1: Your course outline

STEP 2: Your minimum study time before taking exams

STEP 3: Take the quizzes

STEP 4: Take the final exams

STEP 1: Your course outline

STEP 2: Watch and read the materials and meet your minimum study time

STEP 3: Take the quizzes

STEP 4: Take the final exams

45-Hr Course Preview

Student testimonials

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