Qualifying Broker Live Course Calendar

The NMREC Core Course replaces the NMREC Mandatory Course.  This course will need to be completed annually to maintain your license.

All licensees must take the 4-hour NMREC Core Course to renew their real estate license.  This 4-hour course is an annual required course and must be completed each year of your license renewal. This course is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. 

Topics Include:

• A review of E & O claims and how our industry can reduce them
• Score brokers on the broker duties in an interactive case study where we watch a deal unravel, unfold and play out
• The latest legal updates on a federal, state, local level
• Rule changes from the New Mexico Real Estate Commission
• How to improve the QB/QB relationship via the independent contract agreement
• Latest changes to Broker duties

The course category is mandatory.

Real estate is still one of the best investments available anywhere.
This introductory course can open the door for you to the lucrative investment real estate market. If you are unfamiliar with selling residential real estate as an investment, you’ll get a step-by-step guide to the fundamentals you need to get started.

This course focuses on the basic investment concepts in residential real estate investments. From the beginner in real estate to the seasoned professional, you will gain a better understanding of the role of real estate in an investment portfolio. You will also learn the advantages and disadvantages of real estate as an investment vehicle, as well as the difference between equity and debt investments. Finally, you will learn several methods for the evaluation of residential real estate investments. In short, you’ll discover new opportunities for you and your investors.

Topics Include:

• Tax advantages
• Cash flow analysis
• Investment property financing and management
• Exchanges
• Real estate tax law

If you are not up-to-date with zoning, it can easily change the course of a deal!

Zoning can be defined as a tool or mechanism that is used in planning and utilization of land. This is most commonly put into practice through the various branches of local government. The term zoning is derived from the practice of assigning set, permitted use of lands based on mapped areas that separate one land use from another.

This course is outlined to provide an easy-to-follow overview of some of the main elements that revolve around zoning, as they apply to commercial real estate. We will also lay out a simple format to follow when it comes to local municipal planning.

Topics Include:

• Zoning history
• Zoning categories
• Application of zoning
• Basic exceptions in zoning

This course is a core elective.

The NMREC Core Course replaces the NMREC Mandatory Course.  This course will need to be completed annually to maintain your license.

All licensees must take the 4-hour NMREC Core Course to renew their real estate license.  This 4-hour course is an annual required course and must be completed each year of your license renewal. This course is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. 

Topics Include:

• A review of E & O claims and how our industry can reduce them
• Score brokers on the broker duties in an interactive case study where we watch a deal unravel, unfold and play out
• The latest legal updates on a federal, state, local level
• Rule changes from the New Mexico Real Estate Commission
• How to improve the QB/QB relationship via the independent contract agreement
• Latest changes to Broker duties

The course category is mandatory.

The NMREC Core Course replaces the NMREC Mandatory Course.  This course will need to be completed annually to maintain your license.

All licensees must take the 4-hour NMREC Core Course to renew their real estate license.  This 4-hour course is an annual required course and must be completed each year of your license renewal. This course is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. 

Topics Include:

• A review of E & O claims and how our industry can reduce them
• Score brokers on the broker duties in an interactive case study where we watch a deal unravel, unfold and play out
• The latest legal updates on a federal, state, local level
• Rule changes from the New Mexico Real Estate Commission
• How to improve the QB/QB relationship via the independent contract agreement
• Latest changes to Broker duties

The course category is mandatory.

If a dispute is not resolved through mediation, or if mediation is not required REALTORS® shall submit the dispute to arbitration in accordance with the policies of the board.

This course will help the licensee understand the hearing process for both NAR Ethics infractions and Arbitration disputes and how to effectively guide either party. This course will also define the role of Realtor Consul in either hearing process.

Topics Include:

• NAR Ethics and Arbitration Hearings similarities and differences
• NAR guidelines for the hearing process
• The Role of Realtor Consul
• Appropriate and Effective questions

The course category is ethics.

Many of the most important elements that revolve around commercial real estate and municipal planning have to do with architectural guidelines.

How can you be better equipped to see the link between the basic physical characteristics and how they apply to commercial real estate within the field of architecture? See how municipal plans impact real estate. Familiarity with architectural guidelines, especially as they apply to municipal planning, can carry essential knowledge for anyone who wants to be proficient in the multiple facets and industries that center around commercial real estate.

This course provides an easy-to-follow overview of some of the main elements that revolve around architecture, as they apply to commercial real estate.

Topics Include:

• Architectural guidelines in use
• Working with an architect
• Architectural drawings
• Municipal approval

This course is a core elective.

This course will provide students with a basic understanding of how courts create law via rulings and interpretation of laws. We will discuss disclosure requirements based on the New Mexico Real Estate License Law and Commission rules, required disclosures listed in the Broker Duties and how courts van impose additional duties via rulings and risk management techniques. We will review six appellate court opinions and understand what the courts have said about how we must act in the real estate profession.

Whether you are involved in ownership, management or leasing of rental property, it is important that you have a thorough understanding of New Mexico Landlord-Tenant laws. 

This course provides an in-depth analysis of the provisions of the Uniform Owner/Resident Relations Act, including the obligations of both owners and residents.  Learn the proper way to notify tenants, how to properly handle deposit refunds, and the step by step process involved in an eviction procedure. You will also learn the Act’s requirements regarding disposition of property abandoned on the premises and what your rights are regarding right of entry.

 Avoid litigation down the road by learning your rights and responsibilities as a landlord!

Topics Include:

• Key definitions
• Service of notice
• Payment of rent
• Deposits
• Owner obligations
• Resident obligations
• Right of entry
• Disposition of property
• Unlawful removal
• Eviction process

This course is a core elective.

The line between residential real estate and commercial real estate does not have to be blurred because of lack of basic knowledge!

Commercial real estate is a broad subject that has numerous components and can be extremely complex. Commercial property itself typically includes office buildings or complexes, malls, shopping centers or separate individual retail stores, multiple types of industrial property, warehouses, medical center, hotels, farmland, and multi-family housing. The practice of commercial real estate incorporates many terms and acronyms that must be understood to interpret it clearly and gain an accurate picture of the numerous components that play a role.

Commercial Real Estate Overview was developed with the fundamentals of commercial real estate, focusing on principles, as well as applicable local laws and standards.

Topics Include:

• Introduction to commercial real estate
• How sales play a part in commercial real estate
• Leasing and the basics
• Property management

When a commercial property owner lists their property for sales and the buyer submits a purchase offer, the pre-qualification is different than applying for a residential mortgage.  In a residential mortgage, the lender can pre-qualify a borrower based on their personal income and credit.  In a commercial loan, the lender can give a rough estimate based on property type, loan-to-value ratio and net operating income. This course will give the basic understanding of commercial real estate financing and general metrics used by lenders.

Zoning, exceptions, variances—what does it all mean?

This course will provide you with a brief history of zoning and how it all began. Explore the zoning code, how it is applied and the office that oversees the code. You will learn to identify zoning codes, determine what they mean, and interpret their bearing on your clients.

Topics Include:

• Why Zoning?
• History and evolution of zoning codes
• Important definitions
• Sector plans and development
• How to determine a zoning code
• Special exceptions/variances
• Amending a zoning code

The NMREC Core Course replaces the NMREC Mandatory Course.  This course will need to be completed annually to maintain your license.

All licensees must take the 4-hour NMREC Core Course to renew their real estate license.  This 4-hour course is an annual required course and must be completed each year of your license renewal. This course is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. 

Topics Include:

• A review of E & O claims and how our industry can reduce them
• Score brokers on the broker duties in an interactive case study where we watch a deal unravel, unfold and play out
• The latest legal updates on a federal, state, local level
• Rule changes from the New Mexico Real Estate Commission
• How to improve the QB/QB relationship via the independent contract agreement
• Latest changes to Broker duties

The course category is mandatory.

All qualifying brokers must take this course to renew their real estate license every three years!

All qualifying brokers must take the Qualifying Broker Refresher course to renew their real estate license. Even qualifying brokers who are otherwise exempt from mandatory continuing education must take this course. This course does not count for any CE credit hours toward your 36-hour renewal requirement. It is important to note that the Qualifying Broker Refresher is just that—a refresher course.  This course is not a thorough teaching on any one topic, but rather a review of information that qualifying brokers should understand.

This course is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. It is structured around six modules, a fictional case study, and the New Mexico Real Estate Commission Rule book. You will also find extra resources and additional information located at the end of each module.

Topics Include:

• Qualifying broker roles, responsibilities, and requirements
• Qualifying broker duties and rules that impact qualifying brokers
• Legislative and regulatory influences
• Impact of judicial decisions on a brokerage
• Risk reduction in the 21st century

When questions arise that relate to the construction industry and real estate, how do you answer them?

Construction is one of the most visible and tangible categories when it comes to the field of commercial real estate and municipal planning. It is one of the elements that ties in both multiple trades and civic envoys as the process unfolds. 

As the end product, construction provides many of the “tools of the trade” for the commercial real estate industry as a whole. This is the case from simple renovations for a new usage or tenant improvement work to larger construction projects.

This course shows an easy-to-follow map of some of the main elements that revolve around construction, as they apply to commercial real estate.

Topics Include:

• Simple construction overview
• A licensed contractor’s work
• Construction and contracts
• Certificate of Occupancy

This course is a core elective.