Scams, Scoundrels, and Real Estate Stings (6-Credit Hours)

This critical real estate course provides 45-hours of home study with our premier textbook, California Real Estate Principles. You will learn the underlying principles of the real estate industry that are paramount to your long term career success. This course is designed to provide you with in-depth exposure to the issues in real estate laws that are specific to the California real estate practitioner. You’ll explore topics such as time management, the listing and selling process, property valuation, closing the sale, escrow procedure, taxes, financing, and more that are accompanied with explanations that make the law understandable to you. This comprehensive course not only prepares you for your licensing exam, but also lays a solid foundation to a career in real estate.

Topics Include:

• The Business of Real Estate
• The Nature of Real Property
• Ownership of Real Property
• Transferring Real Estate
• Encumbrances
• The Law of Agency
• Contracts
• Financing Real Estate
• Government-Sponsored and Other Financing
• Escrow and Title Insurance
• Real Estate Taxation
• Landlord and Tenant
• Real Estate Appraising
• Residential Design and Construction
• Government Control of Land Use