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| Apr 26 – Apr 26 | Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Call Customer Support to Purchase Call Customer Support to Purchase |
Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model (3.75 Credits) This course examines the factors driving today’s real estate market, beyond the newspaper headlines. Facts, trends, and hard data illustrate how the foremost factors for Baby Boomers no longer apply. You will learn how Millennials, today’s largest real estate client group, prefer to buy, sell, rent, strategize, and communicate with you. After this course, you will have a better understanding of how to represent these clients. This course will challenge your approach to working with today’s buyers and sellers, and educate you about their specific preferences, including how builders and the real estate industry are responding to Millennials. Essential client expectations and patterns are explored, so you can re-tool your skill set of knowledge and practices, as well as reposition your branding and image to reflect an understanding of the new model. This course prepares you to work effectively and productively with Millennials, resulting in helping them achieve their real estate goals. Join us for this compelling look into the future of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Apr 28 – Apr 28 | The Twenty Most Cost-Effective Home Improvements Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Weekend |
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$49.00 | Call Customer Support to Purchase Call Customer Support to Purchase |
Here are 20 cost-effective home improvements that add value and enjoyment for every homeowner.
Home owners are constantly asking “what home improvements should I do to add value to my house.” In this information packed course, you will learn what home improvements give the best and most immediate return on investment, and which ones will add value over time. We’ll examine energy efficient appliances and through calculations, determine if upgrading to higher efficiency makes sense. You will also learn the difference between a properly maintained property and an updated property through understanding basic home inspection standards. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 01 – May 01 | 2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Maple Grove, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want—7.5 Credits Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis, and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce for 7.5 hours of appraisal continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 04 – May 04 | Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 10 – May 10 | 2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Hinckley, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want—7.5 Credits Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis, and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce for 7.5 hours of appraisal continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 11 – May 11 | Unsellable to Sold: Can Every House be a Dream Home? (Includes Energy) Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Learn what it takes to get an unpopular home sold! This course will help you guide your clients through the process of seeing not only what a property is, but what it has the potential to become. You will start by helping your clients define exactly what they are seeking. You’ll learn how to ask questions about both present needs and potential future requirements. You’ll also learn about the shifting demographics of our maturing population and how to effectively communicate with multiple generations. Learn about the opportunities to modify a home to make it saleable by tweaks, modifications, or major remodels. You will learn about the costs associated with improvements and the Return on Investment (ROI) for a variety of house projects. You will help your clients be able to visualize a property beyond what they can envision themselves. Case studies will help you gain a new understanding of how properties changed to become clients’ dream homes! This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics Include:
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| May 15 – May 15 | The Twenty Most Cost-Effective Home Improvements Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Evening |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
Here are 20 cost-effective home improvements that add value and enjoyment for every homeowner.
Home owners are constantly asking “what home improvements should I do to add value to my house.” In this information packed course, you will learn what home improvements give the best and most immediate return on investment, and which ones will add value over time. We’ll examine energy efficient appliances and through calculations, determine if upgrading to higher efficiency makes sense. You will also learn the difference between a properly maintained property and an updated property through understanding basic home inspection standards. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 17 – May 17 | 2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Saint Cloud, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
2018 Spring Education Tour - Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want—7.5 Credits Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis, and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce for 7.5 hours of appraisal continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 18 – May 18 | Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course (4-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$159.00 | Add to Cart |
Don’t miss your EPA lead-safe certification renewal and lose your EPA Certified Renovator status. Secure your seat and enroll today! Attention all Minnesota contractors and remodelers who became an EPA Certified Renovator in year 2010 or earlier. That certification will expire after 5 years. You must complete this new 4-Hour EPA Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course in order to maintain your Certified Renovator status. Brightwood offers this EPA-approved 4-hour refresher course that will add an additional 5 years to your Certified Renovator status. This new course satisfies all the refresher requirements and includes a hands-on training session on testing for lead and cleaning verification. At the end of this course, you will receive an EPA certification showing your successful completion of the course, including photo ID. Remember that the EPA is finding and fining uncertified contractors for not being certified or for not following the RRP rules and procedures. The fines are up to $37,500 per occurrence per day. Don’t take a chance—take this fast-paced hands-on course and renew your EPA lead-safe certification. Topics include:
NOTICE: Students seeking EPA recertification are required to provide their initial individual (not firm) certified renovator certificate prior to this class. As a requirement of the EPA, the training provider must collect a copy of each student’s prior course completion certificate (i.e., the initial 8 Hour Lead course certificate with the photo identification) prior to the student taking the 4 Hour Refresher Course. In order to receive EPA credit for the 4 Hour Refresher course, you must provide a copy of your initial individual (not firm) certificate prior to the class start. There are three ways to provide your initial certificate:
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our Customer Service Department during regular business hours at 888.523.1020. EPA accreditation to Virginia College, LLC DBA Brightwood College for the purpose of certification under section 402 of TSCA for the renovator - refresher discipline. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 4 hours for continuing contractor education.
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| May 18 – May 18 | Accessibility, Certifications, and Energy Improvements (Includes Energy) Class (3-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$39.00 | Add to Cart |
In this course, you will learn more about Minnesota making the contractor registration program permanent, as well as the details of this program. You’ll also explore universal design and how contractors can achieve new certifications, which are part of this rapidly growing market. In addition, you will review eight energy-related sales opportunities and receive an hour of energy focusing on an energy-conscious remodel. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| May 18 – May 18 | The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze? Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
What’s all the hype about? Witness this emerging market segment as you learn about the new world of tiny house living. In The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze?, you’ll learn the origin of the tiny house, different types of tiny houses, the structural elements, costs and considerations, valuation of property, and when a tiny house is considered real property. We’ll also identify financing options specific to the tiny house and introduce you to tiny house communities developing across the country. The tiny house is a reflection of expressed values by a growing number of buyers today: simple living in natural surroundings and smaller more-efficient living spaces. This course will reveal a client group whose needs may be unclear, until now. This course will prepare you to be knowledgeable of the construction and informed about market needs as well as provide you with options to discuss with your clients who are seeking this type of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| May 25 – May 25 | Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| May 29 – May 29 | Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model (3.75 Credits) This course examines the factors driving today’s real estate market, beyond the newspaper headlines. Facts, trends, and hard data illustrate how the foremost factors for Baby Boomers no longer apply. You will learn how Millennials, today’s largest real estate client group, prefer to buy, sell, rent, strategize, and communicate with you. After this course, you will have a better understanding of how to represent these clients. This course will challenge your approach to working with today’s buyers and sellers, and educate you about their specific preferences, including how builders and the real estate industry are responding to Millennials. Essential client expectations and patterns are explored, so you can re-tool your skill set of knowledge and practices, as well as reposition your branding and image to reflect an understanding of the new model. This course prepares you to work effectively and productively with Millennials, resulting in helping them achieve their real estate goals. Join us for this compelling look into the future of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jun 06 – Jun 06 | Unsellable to Sold: Can Every House be a Dream Home? (Includes Energy) Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Learn what it takes to get an unpopular home sold! This course will help you guide your clients through the process of seeing not only what a property is, but what it has the potential to become. You will start by helping your clients define exactly what they are seeking. You’ll learn how to ask questions about both present needs and potential future requirements. You’ll also learn about the shifting demographics of our maturing population and how to effectively communicate with multiple generations. Learn about the opportunities to modify a home to make it saleable by tweaks, modifications, or major remodels. You will learn about the costs associated with improvements and the Return on Investment (ROI) for a variety of house projects. You will help your clients be able to visualize a property beyond what they can envision themselves. Case studies will help you gain a new understanding of how properties changed to become clients’ dream homes! This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics Include:
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| Jun 07 – Jun 07 | The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze? Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Evening |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
What’s all the hype about? Witness this emerging market segment as you learn about the new world of tiny house living. In The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze?, you’ll learn the origin of the tiny house, different types of tiny houses, the structural elements, costs and considerations, valuation of property, and when a tiny house is considered real property. We’ll also identify financing options specific to the tiny house and introduce you to tiny house communities developing across the country. The tiny house is a reflection of expressed values by a growing number of buyers today: simple living in natural surroundings and smaller more-efficient living spaces. This course will reveal a client group whose needs may be unclear, until now. This course will prepare you to be knowledgeable of the construction and informed about market needs as well as provide you with options to discuss with your clients who are seeking this type of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| Jun 15 – Jun 15 | Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jun 21 – Jun 21 | Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
Millennials: Challenging the Traditional Real Estate Model (3.75 Credits) This course examines the factors driving today’s real estate market, beyond the newspaper headlines. Facts, trends, and hard data illustrate how the foremost factors for Baby Boomers no longer apply. You will learn how Millennials, today’s largest real estate client group, prefer to buy, sell, rent, strategize, and communicate with you. After this course, you will have a better understanding of how to represent these clients. This course will challenge your approach to working with today’s buyers and sellers, and educate you about their specific preferences, including how builders and the real estate industry are responding to Millennials. Essential client expectations and patterns are explored, so you can re-tool your skill set of knowledge and practices, as well as reposition your branding and image to reflect an understanding of the new model. This course prepares you to work effectively and productively with Millennials, resulting in helping them achieve their real estate goals. Join us for this compelling look into the future of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jun 22 – Jun 22 | Good, Better, Best: When Quality, Price, and Value All Matter Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Finally, a course that tells you everything you need to know about legitimate value that matters in today's rigorous appraisal world. Calling all real estate agents, contractors, builders and appraisers...our expert instructor takes you from the glitzy showroom to covert back alleys of valuing products and features of homes with the focal lens of an appraiser, contractor/builder AND real estate professional in mind. You'll learn the universal language used by appraisers that contractors and real estate agents can translate to knowledge that pays when advising clients on everything from product selections to appropriate offers on property or identifying an appropriate listing price for selling a property. You’ll acquire an insider's view of how value is defined and assigned by the appraiser. Also, you'll understand the consumer criteria of price, longevity, performance, aesthetics, and resale for a variety of property elements. Learn what does and does not have monetary value in an appraiser’s eyes with a snapshot of the essential tools and assessment methods used to establish the ultimate value of a property. Also, learn where value lies from a cost approach so you can help your clients identify poor quality in spite of acceptable appearance. Find out what the six surprising low-cost, high-value materials are, what type of siding lasts the longest, and which foundation type will save you the most money in the long run. Learn about the real differences in construction quality, what has monetary value and what has aesthetic value alone. The instructor translates otherwise confusing terms and definitions into useful information you can communicate with your clients. Whether your interest is in existing property, new construction or proposed renovations, you’ll pick up essential information to increase your professional competence, evident in your next client conversation. This course has been approved for real estate, appraisal, and contractor continuing education for 7.5 hours of continuing education credit. This course does not include the energy hour for contractors. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce for 7.5 hours of real estate continuing education. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce for 7.5 hours of appraisal continuing education. Topics Include:
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| Jun 25 – Jun 25 | The Twenty Most Cost-Effective Home Improvements Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
Here are 20 cost-effective home improvements that add value and enjoyment for every homeowner.
Home owners are constantly asking “what home improvements should I do to add value to my house.” In this information packed course, you will learn what home improvements give the best and most immediate return on investment, and which ones will add value over time. We’ll examine energy efficient appliances and through calculations, determine if upgrading to higher efficiency makes sense. You will also learn the difference between a properly maintained property and an updated property through understanding basic home inspection standards. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jun 29 – Jun 29 | The Weird, Wild, and Wonderful World of Real Estate Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Join us for a journey through some of the weird, wild, and wonderful real estate trends in the industry today. We will examine your clients’ interests reflected in emerging trends, including design and product selection. You will see some non-traditional shelters and learn about a variety of the unusual products used as building materials, including recycled and reused products, and the potential and surprising hazards associated with them. Next, you will take a walk on the wild side, exploring some new trends in living arrangements and how Mother Nature can affect real estate. This course teaches you how to recognize potential dangers, as well as what to do if a property has sustained damage from forces such as wind, water, and pest infestation. You will leave this class with an understanding of how weird and wild industry trends affect the real estate market and your clients’ preferences. Finally, you will learn about some wonderful new alternatives that will help you work with today’s clients like never before! This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics Include:
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| Jul 12 – Jul 12 | The Twenty Most Cost-Effective Home Improvements Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
Here are 20 cost-effective home improvements that add value and enjoyment for every homeowner.
Home owners are constantly asking “what home improvements should I do to add value to my house.” In this information packed course, you will learn what home improvements give the best and most immediate return on investment, and which ones will add value over time. We’ll examine energy efficient appliances and through calculations, determine if upgrading to higher efficiency makes sense. You will also learn the difference between a properly maintained property and an updated property through understanding basic home inspection standards. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jul 16 – Jul 16 | Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Jul 17 – Jul 17 | Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course (4-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$159.00 | Add to Cart |
Don’t miss your EPA lead-safe certification renewal and lose your EPA Certified Renovator status. Secure your seat and enroll today! Attention all Minnesota contractors and remodelers who became an EPA Certified Renovator in year 2010 or earlier. That certification will expire after 5 years. You must complete this new 4-Hour EPA Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course in order to maintain your Certified Renovator status. Brightwood offers this EPA-approved 4-hour refresher course that will add an additional 5 years to your Certified Renovator status. This new course satisfies all the refresher requirements and includes a hands-on training session on testing for lead and cleaning verification. At the end of this course, you will receive an EPA certification showing your successful completion of the course, including photo ID. Remember that the EPA is finding and fining uncertified contractors for not being certified or for not following the RRP rules and procedures. The fines are up to $37,500 per occurrence per day. Don’t take a chance—take this fast-paced hands-on course and renew your EPA lead-safe certification. Topics include:
NOTICE: Students seeking EPA recertification are required to provide their initial individual (not firm) certified renovator certificate prior to this class. As a requirement of the EPA, the training provider must collect a copy of each student’s prior course completion certificate (i.e., the initial 8 Hour Lead course certificate with the photo identification) prior to the student taking the 4 Hour Refresher Course. In order to receive EPA credit for the 4 Hour Refresher course, you must provide a copy of your initial individual (not firm) certificate prior to the class start. There are three ways to provide your initial certificate:
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our Customer Service Department during regular business hours at 888.523.1020. EPA accreditation to Virginia College, LLC DBA Brightwood College for the purpose of certification under section 402 of TSCA for the renovator - refresher discipline. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 4 hours for continuing contractor education.
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| Jul 17 – Jul 17 | Accessibility, Certifications, and Energy Improvements (Includes Energy) Class (3-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$39.00 | Add to Cart |
In this course, you will learn more about Minnesota making the contractor registration program permanent, as well as the details of this program. You’ll also explore universal design and how contractors can achieve new certifications, which are part of this rapidly growing market. In addition, you will review eight energy-related sales opportunities and receive an hour of energy focusing on an energy-conscious remodel. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| Jul 24 – Jul 24 | The Weird, Wild, and Wonderful World of Real Estate Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Join us for a journey through some of the weird, wild, and wonderful real estate trends in the industry today. We will examine your clients’ interests reflected in emerging trends, including design and product selection. You will see some non-traditional shelters and learn about a variety of the unusual products used as building materials, including recycled and reused products, and the potential and surprising hazards associated with them. Next, you will take a walk on the wild side, exploring some new trends in living arrangements and how Mother Nature can affect real estate. This course teaches you how to recognize potential dangers, as well as what to do if a property has sustained damage from forces such as wind, water, and pest infestation. You will leave this class with an understanding of how weird and wild industry trends affect the real estate market and your clients’ preferences. Finally, you will learn about some wonderful new alternatives that will help you work with today’s clients like never before! This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics Include:
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| Jul 27 – Jul 27 | The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze? Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
What’s all the hype about? Witness this emerging market segment as you learn about the new world of tiny house living. In The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze?, you’ll learn the origin of the tiny house, different types of tiny houses, the structural elements, costs and considerations, valuation of property, and when a tiny house is considered real property. We’ll also identify financing options specific to the tiny house and introduce you to tiny house communities developing across the country. The tiny house is a reflection of expressed values by a growing number of buyers today: simple living in natural surroundings and smaller more-efficient living spaces. This course will reveal a client group whose needs may be unclear, until now. This course will prepare you to be knowledgeable of the construction and informed about market needs as well as provide you with options to discuss with your clients who are seeking this type of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| Aug 09 – Aug 09 | The Weird, Wild, and Wonderful World of Real Estate Class (7.5-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Join us for a journey through some of the weird, wild, and wonderful real estate trends in the industry today. We will examine your clients’ interests reflected in emerging trends, including design and product selection. You will see some non-traditional shelters and learn about a variety of the unusual products used as building materials, including recycled and reused products, and the potential and surprising hazards associated with them. Next, you will take a walk on the wild side, exploring some new trends in living arrangements and how Mother Nature can affect real estate. This course teaches you how to recognize potential dangers, as well as what to do if a property has sustained damage from forces such as wind, water, and pest infestation. You will leave this class with an understanding of how weird and wild industry trends affect the real estate market and your clients’ preferences. Finally, you will learn about some wonderful new alternatives that will help you work with today’s clients like never before! This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics Include:
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| Aug 15 – Aug 15 | Tour d' Real Estate: What Homeowners Want (7.5-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Congratulations! We have survived the recent economic crisis and many indicators show that the housing market has rebounded and continues to grow. So what has changed in the last ten years in terms of the house and its components? What are homeowners expecting when building or remodeling a property? This class will help both real estate agents and contractors achieve business success by understanding how the physical house has changed and what their clients are looking for when making housing decisions. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7.5 hours for contractor continuing education. Topics include:
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| Aug 17 – Aug 17 | Mold and Radon: Cause & Effect Class (7-Credit Hours) | Bloomington, MN | Day |
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$98.00 | Add to Cart |
Mold is everywhere; why does it affect one house and not the next? The exact same question can be asked of radon! Attending this full-day course will give you a sound insight into why mold and radon occur in some houses and not in others. You will also learn what steps to take to overcome what appears to be a major problem at minimal cost. Whatever your view on mold or radon, you will come away from this class with a more balanced view of the issues and understand how to achieve physical control of these two concerns. Brightwood's instructors are fully qualified to teach these subjects with skill and humor. Mold and Radon: Cause & Effect is an interesting way to cover these two subjects in a manner that will excite, educate, and entertain you. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 7 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics Include:
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| Aug 20 – Aug 20 | The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze? Class (3.75-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$49.00 | Add to Cart |
What’s all the hype about? Witness this emerging market segment as you learn about the new world of tiny house living. In The Tiny House: Is it a Phase or Craze?, you’ll learn the origin of the tiny house, different types of tiny houses, the structural elements, costs and considerations, valuation of property, and when a tiny house is considered real property. We’ll also identify financing options specific to the tiny house and introduce you to tiny house communities developing across the country. The tiny house is a reflection of expressed values by a growing number of buyers today: simple living in natural surroundings and smaller more-efficient living spaces. This course will reveal a client group whose needs may be unclear, until now. This course will prepare you to be knowledgeable of the construction and informed about market needs as well as provide you with options to discuss with your clients who are seeking this type of real estate. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3.75 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| Sep 06 – Sep 06 | Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course (4-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$159.00 | Add to Cart |
Don’t miss your EPA lead-safe certification renewal and lose your EPA Certified Renovator status. Secure your seat and enroll today! Attention all Minnesota contractors and remodelers who became an EPA Certified Renovator in year 2010 or earlier. That certification will expire after 5 years. You must complete this new 4-Hour EPA Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course in order to maintain your Certified Renovator status. Brightwood offers this EPA-approved 4-hour refresher course that will add an additional 5 years to your Certified Renovator status. This new course satisfies all the refresher requirements and includes a hands-on training session on testing for lead and cleaning verification. At the end of this course, you will receive an EPA certification showing your successful completion of the course, including photo ID. Remember that the EPA is finding and fining uncertified contractors for not being certified or for not following the RRP rules and procedures. The fines are up to $37,500 per occurrence per day. Don’t take a chance—take this fast-paced hands-on course and renew your EPA lead-safe certification. Topics include:
NOTICE: Students seeking EPA recertification are required to provide their initial individual (not firm) certified renovator certificate prior to this class. As a requirement of the EPA, the training provider must collect a copy of each student’s prior course completion certificate (i.e., the initial 8 Hour Lead course certificate with the photo identification) prior to the student taking the 4 Hour Refresher Course. In order to receive EPA credit for the 4 Hour Refresher course, you must provide a copy of your initial individual (not firm) certificate prior to the class start. There are three ways to provide your initial certificate:
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our Customer Service Department during regular business hours at 888.523.1020. EPA accreditation to Virginia College, LLC DBA Brightwood College for the purpose of certification under section 402 of TSCA for the renovator - refresher discipline. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 4 hours for continuing contractor education.
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| Sep 06 – Sep 06 | Accessibility, Certifications, and Energy Improvements (Includes Energy) Class (3-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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In this course, you will learn more about Minnesota making the contractor registration program permanent, as well as the details of this program. You’ll also explore universal design and how contractors can achieve new certifications, which are part of this rapidly growing market. In addition, you will review eight energy-related sales opportunities and receive an hour of energy focusing on an energy-conscious remodel. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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| Nov 07 – Nov 07 | Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course (4-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$159.00 | Add to Cart |
Don’t miss your EPA lead-safe certification renewal and lose your EPA Certified Renovator status. Secure your seat and enroll today! Attention all Minnesota contractors and remodelers who became an EPA Certified Renovator in year 2010 or earlier. That certification will expire after 5 years. You must complete this new 4-Hour EPA Certified Renovator Refresher Training Course in order to maintain your Certified Renovator status. Brightwood offers this EPA-approved 4-hour refresher course that will add an additional 5 years to your Certified Renovator status. This new course satisfies all the refresher requirements and includes a hands-on training session on testing for lead and cleaning verification. At the end of this course, you will receive an EPA certification showing your successful completion of the course, including photo ID. Remember that the EPA is finding and fining uncertified contractors for not being certified or for not following the RRP rules and procedures. The fines are up to $37,500 per occurrence per day. Don’t take a chance—take this fast-paced hands-on course and renew your EPA lead-safe certification. Topics include:
NOTICE: Students seeking EPA recertification are required to provide their initial individual (not firm) certified renovator certificate prior to this class. As a requirement of the EPA, the training provider must collect a copy of each student’s prior course completion certificate (i.e., the initial 8 Hour Lead course certificate with the photo identification) prior to the student taking the 4 Hour Refresher Course. In order to receive EPA credit for the 4 Hour Refresher course, you must provide a copy of your initial individual (not firm) certificate prior to the class start. There are three ways to provide your initial certificate:
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our Customer Service Department during regular business hours at 888.523.1020. EPA accreditation to Virginia College, LLC DBA Brightwood College for the purpose of certification under section 402 of TSCA for the renovator - refresher discipline. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 4 hours for continuing contractor education.
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| Nov 07 – Nov 07 | Accessibility, Certifications, and Energy Improvements (Includes Energy) Class (3-Credit Hours) | St. Paul, MN | Day |
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$39.00 | Add to Cart |
In this course, you will learn more about Minnesota making the contractor registration program permanent, as well as the details of this program. You’ll also explore universal design and how contractors can achieve new certifications, which are part of this rapidly growing market. In addition, you will review eight energy-related sales opportunities and receive an hour of energy focusing on an energy-conscious remodel. This course has been approved by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for 3 hours for continuing contractor education. Topics include:
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