[/caption] NOTE: This blog was written by ProSchools’ webinar guest speaker, Charlie Rouse, Oregon Certified Home Inspector #2.  Join ProSchools’ live webinar featuring Charlie on August 19 speaking on “The Home Inspection Process: Deal or No Deal”.  Find Charlie’s contact information at the conclusion of this blog. Click here to see a list of ProSchools [...]Tags: Certified Home Inspectors, home inspection, homeinspection, Inspection, Oregon Home Inspectors, Real estate

The State of Washington has new requirements for obtaining a new real estate license and renewing a current license.  As of July 1, 2010 a new real estate licensee must take 90 clock hours of pre-licensing education including 60 hours of Fundamentals and 30 hrs of Practices and pass a state broker exam. The new licensee will become a [...]Tags: Real estate, Washington real estate, Washington real estate continuing education, Washington real estate new rules

Getting your principal broker’s license can open the door to a lot of opportunities for you. You may open your own real estate business, manage a real estate office for an established firm and supervise other brokers or property managers. You may continue to work under your managing broker but with a PB license, you [...]Tags: Oregon real estate agency, principal broker license, real estate license

Just a short blog to tell you about Washington Department of Licensing’s new website! It is user friendly with easy to use links to guide you to a variety of Washington licensing information. Check it out at http: www.dol.wa.gov/.       If you are thinking of getting your Washington real estate license or already are a Washington real estate [...]Tags: Washington real estate license

Assisting and advising sellers who are facing foreclosure is part of a real estate agent’s job. Before stepping into this arena, you need to know the options sellers have to prevent foreclosure. There are many options that do not include selling the home in which your seller may choose to keep their home, even after [...]Tags: deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, foreclosure avoidance, HUD, loan modification, short sale

Most home owners prefer to hire an experienced real estate licensee who has a good reputable name for listing their home. Newly licensed real estate agents usually start their careers by working with buyers, gradually taking listings as they gain experience and name recognition.   ProSchools offers some basic tips for you to consider when representing sellers: Seller [...]Tags: real estate license, real estate licensees, real estate sales

This blog article is created to differentiate between getting an Oregon real estate license and an Oregon property manager license. In Oregon, both property managers and real estate licensees are regulated under the Real Estate Agency and you can not be dually licensed. What is the difference between holding a real estate or a property manager [...]Tags: OR real estate license, OR real estate property manager license, Real Estate Agency, Real Estate Education, real estate exam

Senate Bill 640 - Beginning January 1, 2011, all Oregon real estate licensees must: •Take continuing education from a certified provider; •Complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license; •Complete a three-hour Law and Rule Update course as part of the 30-hour requirement; •Maintain own records of continuing education for hours completed on or [...]Tags: certified course provider, Oregon real estate agency, Oregon real estate continuing education, real estate broker, real estate licensee, real estate principal broker, Senate Bill 640

ProSchools offers a prelicense real estate course, covering the various types of agency that can be established between a real estate agent and his clients. A new real estate agent needs to fully understand dual agency as this is can become an area of conflict and potential legal trouble. Dual agency occurs when a real estate agent [...]Tags: dual agency, real estate agent, Real Estate Education, real estate license

ProSchools online real estate courses are designed to help you pass your state and national exams the first time. Passing your ProSchools course is the first step. You will also need to learn the various types of housing construction and home repair issues and be able to best advise your clients when working in the [...]Tags: home repairs, lead based paint, radon gas, real estate home inspection, real estate licensee