Qualifying Broker Live Course Calendar

Here are 20 cost-effective home improvements that add value and enjoyment for every homeowner.

Homeowners are spending more time and money on fixing up their homes than ever before. In fact, U.S. Census Bureau statistics indicate that maintentance and repairs make up about 30 percent of the expenditures. The other 70 percent is spent for alterations, major replacements, additions, and outside additions and alterations.

This is your guide to 20 home improvements that will maximize resale value. You will learn where the money goes in a typical remodeling job, as well as how much is spent on kitchen and bathroom remodeling, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and more. Discover tips and ideas to help you communicate with your clients and customers about value-added home improvements.

The course category is education.

Topics include:

• Trends in remodeling spending
• Setting spending priorities
• Maintenance and repairs
• Kitchen and bathroom remodeling
• Avoiding hidden mechanical costs
• Roofing and siding
• Window upgrades that save energy
• Environmental concerns
• Cost vs. value analysis

Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) are increasingly present in New Mexico homes.  Does this represent value?  Can this create difficulties for the transaction?

This course will familiarize you with the impact and potential pitfalls that Solar PV can have on a transaction.  Can Solar PV truly add value?  What must you address in your transactions to protect the public?

Topics Include:

• History of PV in New Mexico
• PV Value, Yes or No
• Questions to ask for listing and buyer brokers

The course category is education.

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.

How is real property described?

This class will show the student how to describe real property.  Students will be given examples of why a Survey is important and the regulations that oversee them.  We will cover the different types of Surveys and their purpose.  You will gain an understanding of preparing for a survey, how to read them and how Title searches fit into the process.

Topics Include:

• How is Real Property Described
• Why get a Survey
• Regulation of Surveyors
• Types of Surveys
• How to read and explain a Survey
• Survey and Title Insurance
• Typical issues addressed/Resolved via Surveys

This course is a core elective.

We are always seeking the beauty of nature, building more and more in the forests among the trees, so we must understand that wildfire is a natural hazard.

This class is designed to provide attendees with a detailed summation of current aspects of wildfire risk in real estate and the application of responsible real estate growth. 

Discussions will include the constantly evolving complexities related to both commercial and residential responsible land use, positive environmental planning, and manageable real estate growth, as they apply to wildfire risk.

Topics Include:

• Residential real estate and wildfires
• Real estate business relevance and wildfires
• Property management and wildfires
• The importance of smoke and contaminate testing after a wildfire

What are the Game Changers?

This course answers today’s compelling questions about what is happening in the real estate industry, as well as what is the required response to remain relevant in the changing environment. The only thing constant in the real estate business is change. Rapidly changing market conditions require real estate agents to be adaptable. They must be ready to adjust and do their business in different ways with precise accuracy, employing the right tools and deploying the right approach to provide high quality service (representation) that clients want.

The days of traditional real estate brokerage are becoming a memory. Property information that used to be proprietary to real estate licensees only is now available to the general public. These are only a few of several forces impacting the real estate industry today.

Topics Include:

• New Factors
• How is the Game Changing?
• Who are the Game Changers?
• What is Required to Be a Player?
• Changed Landscape
• Where is the Impact Most Significant?
• Brokerage Structures
• Recognizing Client Needs: The Real Estate Licensee Response
• What is Necessary for an Agent to Be Effective and Essential to a Client?
• Service Beyond Expectations
• Expectations and Competencies

The course category is education.

How do our ethics affect your business decisions?  Working ethically is essential to building your business. 

Details:
This course provides an overview of the challenges and obstacles facing those who seek to make ethical considerations an essential part of their business practices.
Will provide attendees opportunities to think through the process from morality, ethics and integrity, with a special emphasis on NAR Code of Ethics. 

Topics Include:

• Basic types of ethical reasoning
• Characteristics of business ethics
• NAR “Pathway to Professionalism”
• Code enforcement processes

The course category is ethics.

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.

What rules do you have to follow when conducting real estate transactions?

This course will review the rules of the New Mexico Real Estate Commission that apply to all brokers in New Mexico. It will cover the statutory basis for licensure and the rules of the New Mexico Real Estate Commission. A relatively large portion of this course is designed to assist you in using the rules book to look up answers to your questions in the field.

Rules of the Real Estate Commission is designed to be interactive to maximize its benefit to you. It is structured around five modules, and your instructor will lead you through each module and encourage participation.

Topics Include:

• Statutory authority
• Structure of the rules
• Review of the most frequently encountered rules
• Rules case study

This course is a core elective.

An easement is a certain right to use the real property of another without possessing it.  An easement fulfills the needs of one property at the expense of another.

If you would like to understand the meaning and implications of an easement, this course can help explain the laws in terms everyone can understand.

Topics Include:

• The importance of easements and how they burden or benefit the various parties
• Explanations of the different types of easements
• The various uses of easements
• Extermination or termination of easements

This course is a core elective.

This 8-hour course is required for those associate brokers who are upgrading their license to qualifying broker status.

This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth look and knowledge of the RANM forms used in real estate transactions. This course focuses on the importance of using current forms and the liability you could face by using outdated forms.

Topics Include:

• Listing Agreement
• Purchase Agreement
• Lead Based Paint Disclosures
• Back up offer and Counteroffer
• HOA and PID Disclosures
• Objection, Resolution and Waiver Notice and Agreement
• And more!

The course is a core elective.

It is not difficult to see how leasing in commercial real estate works in any economy!

A commercial real estate lease is viewed as a legal contract that represents a conveyance of possessory rights to real estate. Legal aspects will vary dependent upon local rules and regulations.

The focal point of this course is the principles that are behind the fundamental elements that make up a commercial real estate lease. The course is outlined to give a very easy-to-understand way of recognizing the potential for any broker in the field of leasing.

Topics Include:

• Categories related to real estate
• Distinctions that play a part
• Functions within the field
• Terminology that ties in

Clear up any questions you may have that relate to commercial real estate sales in one easy-to-follow format!

The spectrum of commercial real estate sales encompasses a large array of property categories, and each commonly carries with it various degrees of complexity that have to be taken into account. The most common way to view commercial real estate sales are categorically by vacant land, pending construction, those with a structure or structures on premises, and those properties that are already comprised of existing tenants.

This course will give you a simple review of how commercial real estate sales really work in today’s market.

Topics Include:

• Vacant land as a starting point
• Structural components and sales
• Tenant occupied properties
• Deciphering basics

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

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.

Property managers face numerous challenges in the day-to-day operations of the properties they manage.

One of the best risk reduction tools available to property managers involves taking courses designed to maximize knowledge in key areas of liability. Property managers often work with individuals who are complete strangers. Useful websites provide an excellent resource to access vital information regarding criminal activity, as well as any connection a rental prospect may have to sex offender sites.

This course will explore several laws that are relevant to property management, such as the Fair Housing Act. Property managers must stay informed of current changes to existing laws to ensure they are in compliance. Past students have raved about the safety tips presented in Property Management Essentials.

Topics Include:

• Stigmatized property and Megan’s Law
• Illegal drug activity
• Safety tips
• Lead-based paint disclosure
• Uniform Owner/Resident Relations Act update
• Fair Housing and property management

This course is a core elective.

Commercial leases are long and intricately tailored legal documents that properly reflect the intent of both Landlord and Tenant with respect to the commercial property.

This eight-hour class is designed to provide attendees with a detailed summation of the principle aspects of a commercial real estate lease.
It is designed to provide an exhaustive view of the main elements that revolve around how a commercial real estate lease is formatted.

Topics Include:

• Lease Sections
• Use Provisions
• Maintenance – Landlords/Tenants
• Assignment & Subletting
• Insurance
• Remedies-Landlords/Tenants

This course is a core elective.

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.