Avoiding Costly Mistakes in Your Real Estate Career

Overview

Being a real estate agent comes with its fair share of challenges--and plenty of opportunities to make (or avoid) mistakes. This courses explores common missteps that can derail a transaction and how to keep your deals moving. You'll learn how to navigate contracts, handle environmental hazards, and sidestep disclosure-related lawsuits. The course also explores strategies for pre-screening clients, handling multiple offer situations, and safeguarding client data.

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Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate the importance of pre-screening clients and helping set realistic expectations for transactions
  • Analyze common contingencies in purchase and sale agreements and strategies to avoid common contract issues
  • Discuss best practices for multiple offer situations and when to use an escalation clause
  • Identify common causes of agency-related lawsuits
  • Explain the use of the seller's disclosure statement, the agent's role in disclosing material defects and environmental hazards, and the importance of home inspections
  • Implement steps to enhance data security
  • Explain copyright considerations for listing photographs and website content
  • Explain the coverage and limitations of errors and omissions insurance in real estate transactions


Designed For:

Real estate agents at all stages of their careers




Course Information

Adding additional credit may change exam requirements.