Illinois Real Estate Continuing Education Online Courses
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Illinois Real Estate CE Packages
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IL Real Estate Broker Management
Illinois 4-Hour Core
Throughout the course we will be referencing text from the Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000.
Agency Law – A Broker's Perspective
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Review the history of agency law and common law
- Explore the key elements of fiduciary responsibility and the consequences for failing to carry them out
- Discuss different ways an agency relationship may be formed and terminated
Educating Homebuyers
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Gain confidence teaching buyers about the buying process
- Learn to show buyers how to get their finances to purchase a home
- Know how to help buyers systematically search for a home in in their current market
- Understand how to teach buyers how to negotiate like a pro
Educating Sellers
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Educate your sellers during the listing presentation.
- Teach your clients of the importance of staging to sell.
- Help sellers understand strategies when their home hasn’t sold.
- Teach sellers how to evaluate and handle multiple offers.
- Help sellers better navigate contract negotiations.
Fair Housing
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Discuss fair housing law developments through the years
- Examine advertising policies and exemptions through case studies
- Pocket useful tips on how to stay clear of discriminatory practices in sales, rentals, and financing of real estate
Finding Your Focus: Niche Marketing for Real Estate
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Uncover processes for thinking strategically about developing a real estate specialty
- Explore different real estate niches and their potential opportunities
- Identify strategies for marketing your niche
Going Green: Elements of an Eco-friendly Home
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Learn how homebuyers can reduce their environmental footprint
- Examine the costs of sustainable materials
- Explore pros and cons to eco-friendly materials and homes
Handling Multiple Offers
Helping Buyers Narrow in on Their Dream Home
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Learn techniques to help buyers prioritize their must-have list
- Explore how you can simplify the home-buying process for your clients
Helping Clients Understand Real Estate Financing
This course will cover a brief history of the mortgage industry and introduce the players. We will discuss financing, security instruments, and legal clauses commonly included in these instruments. We’ll look at various loan types, including government-backed mortgage programs and discuss mortgage fraud and predatory lending. Finally, we will examine the loan process, qualifying standards for borrowers, and mortgage laws.
How to Work with Real Estate Investors – Part 1
Tom Lundstedt is known as the funniest investment and tax guy in America. His programs have entertained and enlightened more than 3,000 audiences from sea to shining sea. He’s a former Major League baseball player whose striking combination of humor and real-world examples makes his subjects spring to life.
ABRIDGED DESCRIPTION
Boost your knowledge of working with real estate investors.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Explore insights on the investor market and uncover opportunities to grow your business
- Learn the skillsets, terminology and experience required to work with investor clients
- Gain confidence in evaluating an investment property
- Supplement your learning with real world case studies, worksheets, audio, and video
How to Work with Real Estate Investors – Part 2
Tom Lundstedt is known as the funniest investment and tax guy in America. His programs have entertained and enlightened more than 3,000 audiences from sea to shining sea. He’s a former Major League baseball player whose striking combination of humor and real-world examples makes his subjects spring to life.
ABRIDGED DESCRIPTION
Master the skills you need to work successfully with real estate investors.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Gain confidence in evaluating real estate investment properties
- Examine cash flow, NOI, depreciation, rate of return, cap rate, cash on cash and more
- Learn how to leverage five different methods to determine a rental property’s value
Implicit Bias Awareness and Cultural Competency
NAR: Ethics in the Age of Disruption
Every three years, the National Association of REALTORS® requires members to complete a REALTOR® Code of Ethics course in order to remain in good standing with their local, state, and national associations.
NAR: May the Code Be With You
Real Estate Investing: Beyond the Basics
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Narration
- Learn how to use an investment property worksheet to analyze a property
- Explore how to determine a property’s investment value quickly and effectively
- Uncover the ins and outs of the passive loss rules
- Examine how to maximize the tax-savings benefits of depreciation through a bifurcation strategy
Real Estate Safety: Protect Yourself and Your Clients
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Explore tips for protecting yourself and your clients
- Identify safety tips for getting a client’s home ready to sell
- Learn how to conduct safe showings
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Define sexual harassment according to Illinois Public Act 100–0762.
• Describe mandates of Illinois Public Act 100–0762.
• Discuss federal mandates related to sexual harassment in the workplace.
• Explain how to report sexual harassment in the workplace.
• Discuss the impact of sexual harassment in the workplace.
• Identify interventions to help persons who have been sexually harassed.
• Discuss ways to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
Taking the Distress Out of Distressed Properties
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FAQs
What is real estate continuing education?
Continuing Education or CE courses are required for retaining and renewing your real estate license. Colibri offers a range of accredited real estate CE courses and classes in Illinois.
What are the continuing education requirements for real estate in Illinois?
If your Real Estate Broker License was issued between 11/1/2021 and 10/31/2023, you are required to complete 45 hours of Post License education (which includes the required 1 hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training) prior to renewing your license by 4/30/2024. If your Real Estate Broker License was issued on or after 11/1/2023 (and your license expiration date is 4/30/2026), you are required to complete 45 hours of Post License education (which includes the required 1 hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training) prior to renewing your license by 4/30/2026.
How many hours of continuing education are required for Illinois real estate license?
You are required to complete 12 hours of continuing education by your education renewal deadline for your license in Illinois.