FREE FUN CONTINUING EDUCATION IN YOUR OFFICE! *

(Please see State Rules and Regulations below for GAR and TAR Continuing Education State-Specific Rules)

There are many parties that are part of most every real estate transaction. The better all the involved parties work together and understand each other’s roles, the smoother the experience. These classes are to help realtors and home inspectors understand each other’s roles better, thus helping the oh-so-important important client better!

Melanie is a licensed Continuing Education Instructor in Tennessee and Georgia, teaching CE related to many aspects of home inspection to realtors, and she can bring the classes to you! She can offer these classes in any venue, including possibly in your real estate office! *

She does not charge to present the classes, and all registration and certificates is handled easily through on-line registering for classes.

There are many classes available, and if you are licensed in both Tennessee and Georgia, taking the Georgia class (which are all 3 CE hrs.) also gets you whatever CE hrs. the same class offers in Tennessee! (Tennessee classes can be worth from 1 to 3 CE hrs. See class list for details.) See an interesting topic below?…

AVAILABLE CLASSES

Managing the Home Inspection                                                                                                            3 hrs GA   2 hrs TN

Mold: What you need to know about mold and how to read mold sampling reports                3 hrs GA     1 hr TN

Radon and Real Estate Transactions                                                                                                   3 hrs GA      1 hr TN

Understanding Residential Electrical Inspections                                                                            3 hrs GA   3 hrs TN

Home Energy Options and Audits                                                                                                        3 hrs GA       2 hrs TN

The Basics of Heating Systems: For Real Estate Agents                                                                  3 hrs GA   2 hrs TN

Going Green: For Real Estate Agents                                                                                                  3 hrs GA       —-

Air and Water Quality: What Real Estate Agents need to know                                                    3 hrs GA       —-

10 Most Common Home Defects                                                                                                           —–          2 hrs TN

Pests and Environmental Hazards for Real Estate Professionals                                                  3 hrs GA      —-

Avoiding the Aggravation of Home Inspections                                                                                 —–          2 hrs TN

Residential Structural Inspections                                                                                                        —–          2 hrs TN

New Home Construction For Real Estate Agents                                                                              3 hrs GA      —–

Lead Safety: What Real Estate Agents need to Know                                                                       3 hrs GA   2 hrs TN

If you would like more information or would like to schedule a class, contact us now at [email protected] or call/text Melanie at 423.664.3860. We do require at least 10 participants for a class to be scheduled.

We will handle everything! What could be easier??

We look forward to getting to know your team!

Melanie and Clay Crabtree

Tennessee and Georgia State Rules & Regulations

The following is a list of rules / regulations regarding continuing education in the state(s) listed below pertaining to the instructor’s guidelines to legally present and have hours recognized in each state.

Tennessee

• *All courses that are held in a real estate office or brokerage are required to be open to the public AND in a neutral location within the office. For example, the course cannot be held in the main office where non-employees would be sitting amongst company literature and advertisements (i.e., potential recruiting materials), but it could be held in their training or conference room if it is neutrally decorated. When scheduling these courses, make sure to add “Training Room” to the end of the venue name to remain compliant with state regulations.

• All classes must be held for the minimum time required per credit. For example, if the course is approved for 1 credit, you must teach for a minimum of 1 hour for agents to receive credit. If you have a 2 or 3 hour course, you are permitted to take a 10-15 minute break for every hour of learning (i.e. 2hr course = 1 break in the middle).
• All course materials (course outlines, presentations, handouts, exams, etc.) are owned by Preferred Systems, Inc., or exclusive rights have been given to Preferred Systems, Inc. for use in their education programs. These materials may not be distributed without written permission from Preferred Systems, Inc.
• All courses must be advertised and taught under the same title and content they are approved as. You are not permitted to change titles for any reason. The presentations are allowed limited changes, which include adding content to enhance the current slides (personal stories, local laws, regulations, etc.) or changing the color scheme or format. You are permitted to change out images if your images are of better quality. You ARE NOT permitted to delete slides or sections or add your logo/marketing information to any slides except the “About the Instructor” slide and after the Q&A at the end.
• There shall be NO marketing during the delivery of the course material, This includes, but is not limited to, adding your company logo to the PowerPoint slides, verbally promoting your business, or handing out business cards. Marketing IS allowed before or after the course, or during breaks.

Georgia

• All classes must be held for the minimum time required per credit. For example, if the course is approved for 1 credit, you must teach for a minimum of 1 hour for agents to receive credit. If you have a 2 or 3 hour course, you are permitted to take a 10-15 minute break for every hour of learning (i.e. 2hr course = 1 break in the middle).
• Interactive Instruction Required. Schools must present courses to students through interactive instructional techniques. Examples of interactive instruction include such teaching techniques as providing a student (1) the opportunity for immediate exchange with an instructor in a classroom setting and (2) immediate assessment and remediation through computer assisted or other audio or audiovisual interactive instruction. Schools shall not attempt to provide instruction primarily by having students (a) read text material, (b) listen to audio tapes, (c) watch video tapes or films, or (d) study questions similar to those on the state licensing examinations or by combining elements of (a) through (d) above.
• Teaching Methods. While instructors may use such teaching methods as lecture, discussion, questions and answers, etc. in in-class sessions, instruction should also include role play, simulations, or other similar instructional techniques designed to assist students.
• A licensee who has successfully completed a course to meet any part of such licensee’s continuing education credit may not repeat that course unless at least one full year has passed since the completion of that course or use the class credit more than once in a licensing period.
• For all courses under the requirements of this chapter, an “instructional hour” means a period of at least fifty minutes of instruction or other learning activity. In-class instruction and testing in any course shall not exceed seven and one-half hours per day. The school shall hold all in-class instruction between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. with breaks totaling at least fifteen minutes every two hours. The schedule must allow reasonable time for preparation for each classroom session. Instructors shall utilize no more than thirty minutes of audio or video material toward meeting any required in-class (or makeup) hours of instruction unless the Commission grants written authorization for such material prior to its use.
• (4)(a) In order for a school to certify a student as passing a course, the student must attend all the required number of hours of in-class instruction for which the school offers the course.
• Please find the state rules/regulations regarding real estate courses here: https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/520-2 Rules/regulations pertaining to instructors are posted on this page for your review.
• All course materials (course outlines, presentations, handouts, exams, etc.) are owned by Preferred Systems, Inc., or exclusive rights have been given to Preferred Systems, Inc. for use in their education programs. These materials may not be distributed without written permission from Preferred Systems, Inc. You are permitted to send out course outlines and presentations in PDF format to STUDENTS ONLY. Distribution of materials to another school or education provider for approval is not permitted. Please contact us if a school or education provider is asking for the course so they can gain approval for it (as we do grant this permission on a case-by-case basis).
• All courses must be advertised and taught under the same title and content they are approved as. You are not permitted to change titles for any reason. The presentations are allowed limited changes, which include adding content to enhance the current slides (personal stories, local laws, and regulations, etc.) or changing the color scheme or format. You are permitted to change out images if your images are of better quality. You ARE NOT permitted to delete slides or sections or add your logo/marketing information to any slides except the “About the Instructor” slide and after the Q&A at the end.
• There shall be NO marketing during the delivery of the course material. This includes, but is not limited to, adding your company logo to the PowerPoint slides, verbally promoting your business, or handing out business cards. Marketing IS allowed before or after the course, or during breaks.

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