| To become licensed
as a Florida Real Estate Sales Associate, an individual
must have received a “pass notice” from an
accredited course of the type we offer, must apply to the
Florida Real Estate Commission, must be at least 18 years
of age, a high school graduate or equivalent and have no
serious criminal history. After passing the course
exam and receiving approval from the Florida Real Estate
Commission, the applicant must take and pass a state exam
with at least 75 out of 100 questions correct. Following
satisfactory completion of the state exam, the applicant
must become employed by an owner of real estate or a real
estate broker in order to have an active Real Estate Salesperson’s
license
To pass the course, a student may not miss
more than 8 hours of scheduled classroom instruction and
have at least 70 questions out of 100 questions correct
on the classroom final exam. If absences exceed 8
hours and are necessary due to verified medical reasons,
the student may make up a portion of the missed hours in
a future class during the 30 days following the end of
the course and take a course exam afterwards during the
same 30 days.
Retake Exams for students who failed the
course exam are scheduled once a month from 12-3p.m.. The
retake exam fee is $25. A student is only allowed
to take one retake exam and must wait at least 30 days
and no longer than one year after the course exam. |
Practical Residential
Real Estate Finance
A hands on examination of how
to address real estate finance issues in the field. The discussion
includes the practical applications of qualifying the buyer,
computing mortgage payments, and estimating closing costs.
Real Estate Finance Overview
A useful overall view of the financing
aspects of real property including mortgage money market,
source of supply and demand for financing, loan processing,
mortgages, government involvement, tax aspects of real property
and subordinate financing.
Fundamentals
of Escrow
The theory and practice of escrows,
covering the roles of real estate broker and escrow holder,
nature of the escrow relationship, step by step outline of
processing, ethics and specialized escrows. For all brokers
and agents involved in closing, whether escrow is handled
in house or outside.
Property
Management Basics
For real estate brokers, salespersons,
owners and managers of income producing properties with major
emphasis on small and medium apartment complexes. Topics:
Marketing and maintenance, the management plan, resident
manager's selection, advertising, records and procedures
for operating the property.
Real Estate
Practice
The program includes important
elements which comprise real estate practice in Florida,
including time management, the listing and selling process,
property valuation, advertising, closing the sale and escrow
procedure, financing, property and income taxes, exchanges,
investment and business opportunities. |
