Louisiana Real Estate Broker Total Access Continuing Education Library

Make Accessibility Your Business in Corporate Louisiana Real Estate!

This Louisiana real estate course is designed to provide a foundation in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ensuring an understanding of how this landmark civil rights law directly impacts individuals with disabilities. By going beyond mere compliance, this course promotes high professional standards; breaks down complex regulations; and fosters successful, inclusive relationships with all clients.

With a focus on what is and is not your business when working with people with disabilities in corporate real estate, this practical, engaging course uses scenarios, videos, practical exercises, and quiz questions to examine how to mitigate risk and expand your market potential. Topics include the evolution of accessibility requirements and standards, the history and significance of the ADA’s five titles, key terms related to the ADA and accessibility, best practices in working with individuals with disabilities, the Department of Justice’s four key priorities for property improvements to promote accessibility, responsibility for improvements, and ADA requirements regarding service animals.

IMPORTANT: This course must be completed by 11:59 pm CT on December 31, 2027, in order to obtain the continuing education credit.

Inform Yourself on Real Estate Ethics to Fulfill Your Ethics Training Requirement

Based on Everyday Ethics in Real Estate, this Louisiana course presents the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Code of Ethics and information on making ethical decisions in a 4-hour format that can be used to fulfill NAR’s real estate ethics training requirement. Through an in-depth discussion of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, you will be able to understand the responsibilities and duties required of REALTORS® and how the code can be used as a guide to proper conduct for all real estate practitioners. It includes case studies and interpretations based on actual situations of alleged unethical conduct.

Key Points:

• This course satisfies NAR’s ethics requirements; completion must be provided to a board or association of REALTORS®.
• You will examine the common ethical issues you may encounter in your real estate career.
• To test your understanding of real estate ethics, you will be presented with the facts in the study and then asked to decide what the ethical outcome should be.
• Select case studies in the course have been animated to make the content interesting and memorable.

This course was designed to meet the Code of Ethics training requirement for members of the National Association of REALTORS®. You must confirm that your local board or association of REALTORS® will accept this course, and you must provide proof of course completion to the board or association.

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Complete Your NAR Fair Housing Training & Establish Smart Business Practices that Comply with Fair Housing Laws in Louisiana

Today’s real estate practitioner must establish business practices that comply with fair housing laws and offer equal professional service to all. Consistency, objectivity, and documentation are critical in accomplishing this objective. This 4-hour LA course includes the topics pertinent to fair housing in today's real estate world, including the law, property management, advertising, and diversity and unconscious bias.

This course was designed to meet the fair housing training requirement for members of the National Association of REALTORS®. You must confirm that your local board or association of REALTORS® will accept this course, and you must provide proof of course completion to the board or association. A document containing justification for how our course meets NAR requirements is included on the student dashboard.

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Center Your Real Estate Career Around Upholding Ethical Principles

This online video real estate course will teach you how to cultivate success in real estate transactions by upholding ethical principles. It will help you better connect with, communicate to, and create loyal, long-term clients. The presenter, a national speaker and author, brings a one-of-a-kind, passionate delivery of this course through engaging stories and the practical application of course topics. This video course will keep you on the edge of your seat while learning techniques that you can put to use immediately and throughout your career.

Key Points:

• Take a unique, brand-new approach to ethics in real estate unlike other continuing education courses you’ve taken
• Learn real techniques to help you build relationships in both personal and professional paths
• Watch 20+ interesting video segments
• Understand the importance of maintaining ethical principles and how to apply them in your transactions

Learn How to Navigate the Ins and Outs of RESPA in Louisiana

RESPA—the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act—applies to loans associated with federally related mortgage loans and was created to help home purchasers make informed decisions about their real estate transactions, as well as prohibit unlawful practices by real estate settlement providers. This online LA real estate course guides you through the requirements of the law, so you can avoid running afoul of it. Learn why the RESPA law was created, who it impacts, the implications of violating the law, and examples to help you avoid the behavior that leads to fines, censure, loss of license, and/or imprisonment.

Key Points:

• Engaging video presented by knowledgeable real estate professionals
• Understand the ins and outs of the RESPA real estate law in Louisiana
• Get examples of behavior that constitute RESPA violation

Use the knowledge gained from client horror stories to implement best practices and provide a positive client experience.

As humans, we are bound to make mistakes, and each mistake is an opportunity to learn. In this online real estate course, you will learn about mistakes other licensees have made so that you can avoid making the same mistakes and negatively impact your clients. This LA real estate agent course explains the impact of negative client experiences, licensees’ fiduciary duties, and representation relationships. It also covers 11 different real-world examples of mistakes made by real estate licensees, the legal and ethical issues present, and the best practices for each scenario.

Key Points:

• Understand the impact of negative client experiences and how to remedy them
• Learn the best practices for providing a positive client experience

From Farmland to Innovative Living—Discover What’s Trending in Louisiana Real Estate

Real estate is a transformative field and always has been. Join us on a journey through history to understand the societal and environmental changes that agriculture and construction development have undergone and where they lead us to in housing today. You’ll take a look at the evolution of agriculture and modern-day agricultural trends, sustainable construction trends including passive and net-zero design, and alternative living spaces such as microliving. Stay in tune with the newest trends and find out where real estate development and construction are headed for the future.

Strengthen Your Ability to Recall and Apply Your Real Estate Knowledge Accurately and Quickly

This Louisiana real estate continuing education course serves as a review of important real estate concepts and plays out as a question-and-answer game of all things real-estate-related. Topics covered in this online course for LA brokers include real property, ownership rights, encumbrances, types of ownership, title issues, required disclosures, zoning issues, land-use regulations, building codes, types of construction, and energy efficiency.

Better Understand Common Tax Situations to Help You and Your Clients

Taxes are a part of every real estate transaction, and Real Estate and Taxes: What Every Agent Should Know provides a foundation for common tax situations. You will learn the basics of what is relevant to real estate transactions, your business, and when you should refer clients to a tax professional. This LA real estate course contains numerous examples, case studies, and a key takeaway checklist to provide real-world application.

Help Your Clients Avoid Financing Pitfalls

From initial contact through the closing, real estate agents must move with the market. In this course, you’ll learn how economic conditions—such as rising interest rates and employment indicators—along with many other factors, affect every client decision. This course will guide you step-by-step so you can help buyers choose the right type of funding. In addition, you’ll be able to ensure buyers and sellers are getting the best possible price, all while providing a smooth transaction.

Experience pre-recorded, instructor-led video courses that allow you to review each lesson or segment when your schedule allows...and as often as you like. All you need is a reliable internet connection and a comfortable chair!

• Key Points
  Know what lenders will accept and what they will not, so you can advise your clients appropriately
• Have a solid lender commitment with every offer
• Learn how to set your client’s expectations during the offer, after the offer, and going into the closing
• Avoid last-minute financing changes that can delay closing

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You and Your Customers Too

This course examines unconscious biases and helps you to address them in your life and real estate practice. Eliminating both conscious and unconscious bias is not only the right thing to do for your clients and customers, but it also can open a new world of opportunity. In this video course, you will look at how you can create a bias-proof process that will lead to numerous benefits.

Key Points:

• Address key areas such as buyer consultation, seller consultation, listing appointments, open house leads, and internet inquiries
• Gain awareness in areas you didn’t know were problematic
• Address unconscious bias at various points of the transaction with buyers and sellers
• A workbook is included as an electronic resource

Dive into Fair Housing History Like Never Before

In this dynamic real estate course for Louisiana brokers, students will go beyond the surface and examine systemic biases that have historically influenced housing practices. Through engaging lectures, immersive real-life stories, and discussions, students will uncover the roots of housing discrimination and dissect the historical evolution of Fair Housing. Prepare to be enthralled as the lecturer unravels the complexities of redlining, steering, and other discriminatory practices that have affected marginalized communities. Gain valuable insights into the challenges faced by historically disadvantaged groups and learn what real estate professionals can do to fight for housing equality.

Key Points:

• This real estate course offers a unique, brand-new approach to Fair Housing unlike traditional Fair Housing courses.
• Captivates audiences with real-life stories in video lectures.
• Includes interactive practice activities to test on Fair Housing topics.

Learn the Difference Between Buyer and Seller Representation and How to Represent Both

Relationships and representation are a key part of the real estate industry. This online video course looks closely at buyer and seller representation to help you more clearly define these relationships, roles, and duties. Topics discussed include evolution of agency representation, current legal issues, types of agency, exclusive vs. nonexclusive contracts, negotiating for each side, and Fair Housing concerns to keep in mind. You will leave the course better prepared to represent both buyers and sellers.