These real estate courses are all designed to either teach a new area in which an agent can diversify and specialize or to keep agents up to speed on changes and developments in the industry. To date, AREU has had more than 25,000 real estate agents enrolled in its classes over the last two years.
“It is absolutely essential, with current market conditions, that real estate agents know the ins and outs of REOs and short sales. This two-day program is an intense course with the latest industry changes, new laws and regulations and creative solutions to be successfully in today’s homeownership environment,”
According to AREU President Shane Mask, “Both types of transactions must be handled very differently from traditional real estate sales, require more paperwork, more time to complete and our courses teach agents specific and proven methods to succeed with these sales.”
In 2007 alone, Cathy McDaniel taught more than 10,000 real estate agents. She is the author and co-founder of the REOS and RESS designations and has been involved in the REO arena for some 16 years. Cathy is an industry expert on matters related to foreclosures, BPOs, short sales, foreclosure prevention and intervention, consumer advocacy and FHA financing. Cathy is a licensed instructor in seven states—Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Nevada and Arizona—as a result, her programs count as continuing education program for real estate licensees in these states.
She holds her real estate broker’s license; a housing counseling and education certification from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority; is a master-level certified foreclosure agent instructor with foreclosure.com;
The two-day REO Specialist course, is broken into four classes, BPOs and REO Listings; Managing Your REO Listing; Working with a Buyer Purchasing an REO Property; and Financing Your REO Purchase plus Latest Technology. AREU provides continuing support, after course completion, with a members-only site, www.certifiedREO.com and a news release template to assist agents in announcing their new designation and specialized training.
For more information about American Real Estate University, award-winning instructor Cathy McDaniel, to view video testimonials from real estate professionals who have taken the course, or to inquire about having AREU come on site to teach continuing education real estate courses, visit http://www.AmericanREU.com or call 770-602-4800. At the website, you will find course listings in a variety of areas from new to experienced agent as well as real estate designations and real estate technology classes.
