Brokerage Success: Protecting People, Property, and Other Firm Assets

Overview

Operating a real estate brokerage involves considerable risk to all of the firm's assets (people, physical assets, and the information it collects and stores), all of which should be protected. Additionally, firms need to do what they can to protect assets held by their clients during real estate transactions. This course, designed to meet the Georgia Real Estate Commission's broker continuing education requirement, focuses on strategies broker can implement to minimize risks to those assets, including physical and digital controls, office policies, supervision, and training. 

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Regulator 

 

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Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the types of information assets that should be maintained by the brokerage firm, risks associated with these assets, and the broker’s supervisory responsibilities for protecting them
  • Describe why firms must retain and protect information and what types of information are the most valuable to the firm
  • Identify different types of malware and strategies to help safeguard a firm’s physical and digital data
  • Identify the types of private information the firm typically keeps, the associated risks, methods that can be used to steal it, and strategies the broker should implement to protect data privacy
  • Identify security risks to licensees and clients and describe the strategies brokers and licensees can implement to help keep people safe
  • Define sexual harassment and describe strategies brokers can use to prevent and address this issue
  • identify security risks that affect a firm’s physical assets and strategies brokers can use to protect them
  • Recognize scams and criminal activities that jeopardizing client’s assets work and how brokers can help their clients minimize these risks


Designed For:

Georgia Real Estate Brokers 




Course Information

Adding additional credit may change exam requirements.