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Starting a new career means working with industry experts to guide you through it. Our real estate educators provide years of expertise, relative to your area, to ensure a first-time pass on your exam — and success in your local market.

Rhoda Moss Latimer

Rhoda Moss Latimer

Licensed to teach in: New Jersey

Rhoda is a broker and sales associate in New Jersey. She’s also a licensed instructor and a practicing REALTOR®, owning a successful real estate business since 2004. Prior to her real estate career, Rhoda held a leadership role for a major New York City financial firm. She’s been an active instructor since 2014, and she believes in bringing real-world experience into the classroom with engaging and animated teaching methods — with a little humor to boot. She holds the following certifications/designations: ABR, AHWD, SFR, CDPE, e-Pro, SRS, CIPS, RENE.
Richard Gallegos

Richard Gallegos

Licensed to teach in: Nebraska, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin

Richard “”RJ”” Gallegos has 20-plus years in the real estate industry. He has consulted, served as IOR, or taught directly in all 50 states. RJ has numerous publications written and copyrighted via the Library of Congress. He’s also a certified distance education instructor (CDEI) and distinguished real estate instructor (DREI), as designated by the Real Estate Educators Association to set the standard for excellence in real estate instruction.
Sarah Crandall

Sarah Crandall

Licensed to teach in: Georgia

Sarah Crandall obtained her real estate license in 2015 after completing a master’s in psychology. She became SFR-certified in 2021 and is honored to have obtained awards for production, customer service, and public speaking. During the course of her real estate career, Sarah has served on multiple committees with her local board of realtors. Additionally, she taught classes for the brokerage under which she’s currently licensed to include the Psychology of Sales, Time Blocking 101, Finding Your Why, and Negotiations. Sarah also currently serves as a mentor for her brokerage.
Sarah Santa Ana

Sarah Santa Ana

Licensed to teach in: Virginia

Sarah Santa Ana has found success in real estate for over 20 years. Working with more than 1,000 transactions, Sarah built her own brokerage from the ground up. Currently, she teaches Virginia real estate pre-licensing classes and works/teaches at Move4Free Realty, where she produces millions of dollars in transactions annually.
Season Bryant

Season Bryant

Licensed to teach in: Michigan

Season Bryant is a Michigan native with nearly 25 years of experience as a real estate agent. Season’s professional experience range from educational instruction in a variety of specialties, including management, marketing, sales, and customer service. She holds a bachelor’s in business administration with a dual major of management and marketing from Northwood University; she holds a master’s in business administration with an emphasis in marketing from Central Michigan University.
Stephanie Buccella

Stephanie Buccella

Licensed to teach in: California

Stephanie has been a real estate broker in California for over 16 years. She has managed several broker offices in North Orange County, and her latest position was as regional manager of a well-known brokerage in the area. In this role, she managed more than 175 agents, conducting training and business planning sessions. Throughout her career, Stephanie has also sold homes as a broker; most recently, she closed two multi-million-dollar homes. Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in organizational management.
Steve Landfield

Steve Landfield

Licensed to teach in: New York

Steve entered the New York real estate market in 2007 and began teaching real estate a year later. During his teaching tenure, he was an instructor at Baruch College, City University of New York, several other smaller programs and, today, Colibri Real Estate. For the last 13 years, Steve has worked at a top real estate firm in Manhattan — Nest Seekers International — where he helped establish a commercial real estate business; at one point, he managed a team of 10 commercial agents. He also has a background in environmental hazard safety and is… More
Steve entered the New York real estate market in 2007 and began teaching real estate a year later. During his teaching tenure, he was an instructor at Baruch College, City University of New York, several other smaller programs and, today, Colibri Real Estate. For the last 13 years, Steve has worked at a top real estate firm in Manhattan — Nest Seekers International — where he helped establish a commercial real estate business; at one point, he managed a team of 10 commercial agents. He also has a background in environmental hazard safety and is an EPA-certified lead paint risk assessor. He teaches EPA/HUD lead safety inspection to New York City housing inspectors. He’s also licensed with the New York State Department of Labor as a mold abatement supervisor, and he teaches mold remediation to the staff of the New York City Housing Authority. In his tenure, the governor of New Jersey appointed Steve to the New Jersey Human Relations Council, where he focused on housing discrimination issues.
Thomas Vaughns

Thomas Vaughns

Licensed to teach in: California

Thomas Vaughns has practiced real estate in California for over 10 years. His current credentials/designations include California real estate broker, CREN, CGT, RPA, FMA, J.D. (juris doctor), LLM (in real estate) and LLM (in taxation). His areas of expertise include landlord/tenant rights, real estate development, residential and commercial acquisitions/sales, facility management, sustainability and recycling, and property management.
Tracy Gatewood

Tracy Gatewood

Licensed to teach in: Alabama

Tracy Gatewood is the broker/owner of a commercial real estate firm that specializes in retail, restaurants, hotels, land, and investment properties. She began her career in real estate as a marketing manager in the shopping center industry, working for General Growth Properties (formerly Rouse Co.), where she won an ICSC MAXI and ICSC MAXI Merit award for marketing excellence in public relations and retail sales and promotions. Her favorite real estate practice is pairing investors to strategic assets to be transformed into highest and best use. As a small business advocate, she also enjoys working with small business owners to secure premier sites in Alabama.
Trudy Nishihara

Trudy Nishihara

Licensed to teach in: Hawaii

Trudy is a Honolulu native who is bilingual/bicultural in English and Japanese. orn and raised in Honolulu, Bilingual/bicultural in English and Japanese. He has been a full-time realtor in Hawaii since 1986 and a broker since 1989. In his tenure, Trudy was the director of the Honolulu Board of Realtors, as well as president of the Hawaii Association of Realtors; he was also a chair on the Real Estate Commision.
Velore Brown

Velore Brown

Licensed to teach in: Georgia

Velore Brown has been actively involved in the real estate industry for more than 30 years as an agent, associate broker, managing broker, real property appraiser, Michigan property tax assessor, and educator. She currently owns a real estate brokerage firm, as well as Atlantic Real Estate Institute, LLC in Savannah, Georgia. Velore holds a bachelor’s in finance and management from DePaul University in Chicago. She also holds 15-plus real estate-related licenses, designations, and certifications. Additionally, Velore holds the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) Gold Standard Instructor (GSI) certification. She has also earned the Certified Distance Education Instructor (CDEI®).
Victoria Scalzo

Victoria Scalzo

Licensed to teach in: New Jersey

Victoria has been teaching real estate for 25 years. She’s been licensed since 1985 in New Jersey and is now a broker of a management company.
Victoria Tudor

Victoria Tudor

Licensed to teach in: New Jersey

Victoria is the president and founder of True Real Estate Group and has worked in the real estate space for 10 years. She started her career as a salesperson and, through diligence and hard work, has moved up the real estate echelons. She looks forward to teaching individuals how to achieve success in the real estate industry.