The goal of the Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist Certification Course is to help real estate practitioners adapt and apply their core real estate skills, develop business and branding strategies, understand the issues and trends that impact the second-home market, and help buyers choose properties that meet their vacation or investment second-home goals. Participants will gain knowledge of the essentials of buying and selling second-home properties for recreation and investment and build a second-home business

The General Update (GENUP) Course is a four (4) hour course that must be completed by all provisional and non-provisional brokers who are not brokers-in-charge and/or do not have BIC-Eligible status and who wish to renew their licenses for the license year. Refer to Commission Rules 58A .1702 and 58A .1703 for a full explanation of brokers’ annual continuing education requirements and continuing education required for license activation. Brokers-in-charge and brokers with BIC-Eligible status must take the BICUP course each year to maintain BIC-Eligible status, as prescribed by Commission Rules 58A .1702 and 58A .0110. This four (4) hour course will include 210 minutes of classroom instruction and 30 minutes of breaks.

This is a FREE class!

Course Objective

This course will introduce students to the sources of radon, the methods of testing and mitigating for radon, and how to guide their clients on the subject of elevated radon levels measured in a building.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Understand the source of radon;
• Understand, generally, how radon enters a building through negative pressure, building materials and private well-water;
• Understand the incidence rate of elevated radon throughout North Carolina;
• Provide your clients with science-based resources on the human health impacts of radon exposure;
• Understand the essential basic components of radon measurement in a residential setting;
• Understand the meaning of radon test results;
• Identify experts who can explain radon test results to your clients;
• Compare options for radon testing devices and testing timeframes;
• Locate certified radon professionals approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
• Provide consensus-based standards to your clients for both measuring radon levels in a building and mitigating elevated radon levels in a building;
• Understand, generally, different radon mitigation practices for homes with different foundations;
• Guide your client on possible interview questions to pose to a certified mitigator and/or items for a contract when hiring a certified professional; and
• Guide builder clients on how to build with radon resistant techniques.
  

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Riding The Age Wave

Serving Senior Buyers with FHA’s HECM for Purchase Program

LOTSAR is pleased to offer this timely, high content 4 hour Elective CE course which promises to shake up what you think you know about the Wave of Baby Boomers, who make up almost 30% of all new home purchases today.

This Course Promises:

• To help you Capture this Exploding 62+ Home Buying Juggernaut
• Shorten the Sales Cycle, and Increase your Seniors Home Buying Capacity by up to 100%
• Enrich your Brand Value by making the Dream Retirement Home Possible

Join industry educator, and master Real Estate Financing expert Paul Donohue, for an insightful exploration of the massive retiring Age Wave, and how it is transforming housing as we know it. Paul will reveal the scope of this dynamic, rapidly growing home buying segment, and how you can best position yourself to Ride The Age Wave!

The Broker-in-Charge Update (BICUP) Course is a four (4) hour course that must be completed by all brokers-in-charge and brokers who have BIC-Eligible status and who wish to renew their licenses for the license year. Brokers-in-charge and brokers with BIC-Eligible status must take the BICUP course each year to satisfy the Update course requirement and to maintain BIC-Eligible status, as prescribed by Commission Rules 58A .1702. and 58A .0110. This four (4) hour course will include 210 minutes of classroom instruction and 30 minutes of breaks.