Real Estate CE 3 Hrs. RE Legal Issues

Practical issues from the real world of real estate closings. Hear what escrow officers have to say about streamlining your transaction, removing roadblocks and dealing with the requirements page in the preliminary title report. Understand the changes surrounding the new HUD-1 Settlement Statement and avoid the most common issues that delay and frustrate the closing of a real estate transaction.

Title Security Agency of Arizona

Country Inn Suites, 7411 North Oracle, Tucson, Arizona

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Wednesday, October 28, 2009

If you are one of those individuals who has developed a love affair with books then Allison Bartlett’s recent work, “The Man Who Loved Books Too Much” is for you. Bartlett takes you on a journey through the true story and antics of John Gilkey, thief of  books and obsessed neurotic. Bartlett’s trip into the world of collectible and rare books and the people who inhabit it is worth the journey.

More than the detective story built around the schemes and very successful attempts by Gilkey to steal these treasures, is Bartlett’s insight into the passion that books have inspired over the centuries. When we begin to understand that books are the propellant fuel behind the progress of mankind and our evolution of knowledge, we also begin to appreciate fully the past attempts of book burners, hoarders and even religious institutions to stifle and limit access to the books. For in our past the books were everything.

As detached, neurotic and eccentric as we may find Gilkey, we learn he is not the first to be obsessed by books. Seeing the books as a symbol of wealth and success may be the sanest part of Gilkey’s perceptions since we do indeed find the books and the bookcases as a backdrop in every movie, scene and story about what makes life good.

I think Bartlett is correct. There is something mesmerizing about holding a good book in your hands. Whether it pulls you back into your childhood, forward into your fantasies, there is probably a bit of Gilkey in all of us. We just have a clearer sense of right and wrong. You will enjoy this book as an adventure, as a piece of history and as in insight into the beauty of a good book.

Real Estate CE 3 Hrs. General

Buyers and sellers tell us precisely what we need to do in order to get them to hire us and be satisfied customers. That information is in the NAR Profile of Homebuyers and sellers. Use the power of those statistics to increase your conversion ratio and serve your clients with ease and success. This course is being sponsored and taught at:

Metro Title

2502 E. River Road, Tucson, Arizona

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Course Creators CEO and national speaker, Theresa Barnabei, will be presenting a two hour seminar entitled “Winning Strategies for 2010” in Roanoke, Virginia in collaboration with Acquisition Title.

Theresa will be helping real estate professionals in the Virginia area establish a whole new mindset that will enhance their success in the coming year including coverage of the following topics:

• Gettting a head start on organizing your business
• Keeping your head in the right marketplace
• Staying head and shoulders above the competition
• Heading in the right social media direction

This fast paced cutting edge presentation will be at the Holiday Inn, Roanoke-Tanglewood, Route 419 and 1581, 4468 Starkey Road, SW from 2:00 – 4:00.

To reserve your space today, contact Acquisition Title at (540) 989-0884.

Course Creators has been selected by Commissioner Judy Lowe and the Arizona Department of Real Estate as the education provider to assist with the kickoff and orientation training for ADRE’s new Classroom Monitoring Program. In an effort to raise the bar and delivery of real estate education throughout the State of Arizona, ADRE has implemented a program to put more monitors in classroom’s to insure a higher quality of education.

ADRE has selected throughout the state a number of monitors who will be charged with the mission of attending various education classes and returning to the Department feedback on the quality of the education and whether or not the courses are meeting ADRE education standards. Hats off to our real estate Commissioner Judy Lowe for this increased commitment to our licensees.

The first orientation for the monitoring program will be held on October 20th at the ADRE offices in Phoenix. Course Creators is honored to have been chosen by the Department to assist in the roll out and training for this program. Welcome to a whole new era of real estate education in Arizona.