Wildfire Risk in Real Estate (3 Credit Hours)

We are always seeking the beauty of nature.  Building more and more in the forests among the trees that will, sooner or later turn into flames.  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.  This class will provide a view of the main elements that revolve around 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 import of smoke and contaminate testing after a wildfire

IMPORTANT: All students attending a live online class must have their webcams enabled and remain in view of their camera for the entire duration of the class. Kaplan also requires the use of Zoom for live online classes. You must have Zoom downloaded and installed on your computer/laptop, and you must have a Zoom account.

Key Points:

• Identify the current working components of risk involved with wildfires as they apply to responsible land use and how they function
• Explain how land use and development principles where fire risk is prevalent impact the real estate broker and client, and how to keep them current
• Understand the current working components in the applied theory risk reduction and recognize the impact that such standards can play in the overall real estate “eco-system”
• Illustrate to his or her customer or client the varied links between wildfire risk and expected municipal congruity as a means to evaluate the relevant legal standards conveyed and utilized in implementing safe practices
• Summarize the importance of safe environmental planning, and manageable real estate growth as related to potential wildfire risk