Continuing Education for NC Real Estate Brokers & Teachers
Zoom COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Remember: all brokers must take the correct Update and an elective, including non-resident brokers.
Remember: all brokers must take the correct Update and an elective, including non-resident brokers.
Choose either the BIUP or the GENUP based on your license status. Update courses are not offered on-demand.
(Elective courses can be taken via Zoom or on- demand. )
General Update (GENUP) 2025-2026for PBs and Full Brokers (CourseXXXX)
Remember: all brokers must take the correct Update and an elective, including non-resident brokers.
This course is required of all NC real estate licensees with provisional or full broker status who wish to get or remain active.
Zoom Schedule here.
BIC Update (BICUP) 2025-2026 for Brokers-in-Charge and BIC Eligibles (Course XXXX)
This course is required of all NC BICs and BIC-Eligibles (North Carolina real estate continuing education requirement).
Zoom Schedule here.
Zoom Elective: Tiny Houses, ADUs, and Other Pint-Sized Living Spaces
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
Tiny homes have been around North American for a long time, but it was the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession that sparked renewed interest in tiny houses as an affordable housing solution. . While the brokerage community at large has not invested significant educational resources into the subject of tiny homes, consumers and even brokers are motivated to learn more. The recent trend to add accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to existing properties is yet another area of interest. This course is an effort to meet consumer and broker need to acquire information about tiny home basics.
Zoom Schedule here.
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
Ever since the Internet arrived in our home around 1999, I have been honing my skills to find great resources for my hobby but also for my professional interests, including real estate brokerage and education.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are robust sources of information, but it can be very challenging to find those resources.
We will visit Chat GBT and also those resources that are freely available on subjects such as property locational attributes, taxes, environmental and tax matters, lending, material facts, licensing, and more.
Zoom Schedule here.
More Zoom classes coming!
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
Zoom Elective: 30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better)
I'm always developing new courses for Zoom.
Watch this space!
30 Websites that Brokers and Consumers Should Know (or Know Better) / On-Demand
Ever since the Internet arrived in our home around 1999, I have been honing my skills to find great resources for my hobby but also for my professional interests, including real estate brokerage and education.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are robust sources of information, but it can be very challenging to find those resources.
We w
Ever since the Internet arrived in our home around 1999, I have been honing my skills to find great resources for my hobby but also for my professional interests, including real estate brokerage and education.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are robust sources of information, but it can be very challenging to find those resources.
We will visit Chat GBT and also those resources that are freely available on subjects such as property locational attributes, taxes, environmental and tax matters, lending, material facts, licensing, and more.
Everything I Know, About Real Estate I Learned from the Movies (and TV)
Land and real estate brokers are often motifs and characters in television and movies. I’ve often kidded my students that every great book and movie has real estate at its core, citing of course Gone with the Wind, but also The Good Earth, Citizen Kane, and many more.
This course reviews a variety of critical concepts in real property t
Land and real estate brokers are often motifs and characters in television and movies. I’ve often kidded my students that every great book and movie has real estate at its core, citing of course Gone with the Wind, but also The Good Earth, Citizen Kane, and many more.
This course reviews a variety of critical concepts in real property theory and NC license law/rules by examining clips from cinema and television.
Watch Debbie interweave her love of movies with real estate themes!
Tiny Houses, ADUs, and Other Pint-Sized Living Spaces /on-Demand
Tiny Houses, ADUs, and Other Pint-Sized Living Spaces /on-Demand
Tiny homes have been around North American for a long time, but it was the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession that sparked renewed interest in tiny houses as an affordable housing solution. . While the brokerage community at large has not invested significant educational resources into the subject of tiny homes, consumers
Tiny homes have been around North American for a long time, but it was the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession that sparked renewed interest in tiny houses as an affordable housing solution. . While the brokerage community at large has not invested significant educational resources into the subject of tiny homes, consumers and even brokers are motivated to learn more. The recent trend to add accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to existing properties is yet another area of interest. This course is an effort to meet consumer and broker need to acquire information about tiny home basics.
Can I Get a Referral Fee on That? And Other Money Matters
Tiny Houses, ADUs, and Other Pint-Sized Living Spaces /on-Demand
I receive a lot of email and phone inquiries from brokers asking about how they can legally receive referral fees (or rebates or discounts) when they want to purchase or sell properties in markets outside their jurisdiction.
Brokers also ask, "Can I get referral fees when I return? Do I have to join an MLS or belong to an association of R
I receive a lot of email and phone inquiries from brokers asking about how they can legally receive referral fees (or rebates or discounts) when they want to purchase or sell properties in markets outside their jurisdiction.
Brokers also ask, "Can I get referral fees when I return? Do I have to join an MLS or belong to an association of Realtors?" And "What if my buyers or seller decide at the last minute that they are going to break their contracts? Am I still owed a commission?" "What if my clients default on a sales contract? Can I still get paid."
I'll answer these questions...and more.
For Your Own Good: The Realtor Code of Ethics
This course meets the NAR membership requirement that must be completed every three years as well as providing elective credit. In addition to discussing the Realtor Code, we also discuss various strategies for improving ethical decision making and work with a variety of case studies.
This course won "Real Estate Program of the Year" fr
This course meets the NAR membership requirement that must be completed every three years as well as providing elective credit. In addition to discussing the Realtor Code, we also discuss various strategies for improving ethical decision making and work with a variety of case studies.
This course won "Real Estate Program of the Year" from the Real Estate Educators Association.
Before you take this course, are you sure it is required for you? Read here.
Insurance: I've Got You Covered / On Demand
Ironically, insurance is a product we pay for and hope we never have to use.
Generally, insurance should only be purchased to protect you against a catastrophe that you could not afford. It’s a financial safety net, helping you and your family recover after something bad happens — such as a death, disability, fire, theft, lawsuit or car ac
Ironically, insurance is a product we pay for and hope we never have to use.
Generally, insurance should only be purchased to protect you against a catastrophe that you could not afford. It’s a financial safety net, helping you and your family recover after something bad happens — such as a death, disability, fire, theft, lawsuit or car accident.
There are many aspects of acquiring property that should generate this question: Do I need insurance to cover that problem? North Carolina real estate brokers should have a basic understanding of insurance related to real estate transactions and property management. By being knowledgeable about insurance related to real estate transactions, brokers can better serve their clients and help them navigate the complexities of buying, selling, or managing property while minimizing risks and protecting their interests.
Brokers should also be able to identify good resources to help consumers with any insurance concerns they have, Including choices of insurance policies and companies, methods of reducing premiums, and types of coverage.
Everything I Know, About Real Estate I Learned from the Movies (and TV)
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Land and real estate brokers are often motifs and characters in television and movies. You will enjoy this video-rich course which includes clips from Burlesque, It's a Wonderful Life, Raisin in the Son, Money Pit, and more!
Watch Debbie inter-weave her love of movies into this real estate elective.
"I've been meaning to email you that y
Land and real estate brokers are often motifs and characters in television and movies. You will enjoy this video-rich course which includes clips from Burlesque, It's a Wonderful Life, Raisin in the Son, Money Pit, and more!
Watch Debbie inter-weave her love of movies into this real estate elective.
"I've been meaning to email you that your class on Monday was the most interesting and inventive CE ever. ... I loved your movie theme approach. Imagine, a fun CE that actually counts! " Kathy McGrath, David Weekly Homes
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Despite efforts by the NCREC (North Carolina Real Estate Commission) to advise brokers that various stigmas do not create the necessity of consumer disclosure, confusion reigns. This confusion may be due to the law itself which states that murders, suicides, and illnesses do not have to be disclosed—true—but if asked a direct question by
Despite efforts by the NCREC (North Carolina Real Estate Commission) to advise brokers that various stigmas do not create the necessity of consumer disclosure, confusion reigns. This confusion may be due to the law itself which states that murders, suicides, and illnesses do not have to be disclosed—true—but if asked a direct question by consumers, brokers cannot lie. Moreover, there are many different types of stigmas—not just ones associated with death.
The purpose of this course is to provide examples of many different types of stigmas; to review research on the impact of stigmas on property value; to analyze various lawsuits regarding stigmatized properties; and to discuss appropriate disclosure practices and requirements.
Is Your House Killing You? Maybe Yes. May Be. Here's Why. / On-Demand
Do You Want to Hear Something Really Scary? A Course on Stigmatized Properties
Is Your House Killing You? Maybe Yes. May Be. Here's Why. / On-Demand
For decades, real estate agents have been educated about environmental factors that can affect the habitability and resale value of residential properties as well as the health of their occupants. Since the 1990s, real estate professionals have been required to disclose the possible presence of lead-based paint in most residential prope
For decades, real estate agents have been educated about environmental factors that can affect the habitability and resale value of residential properties as well as the health of their occupants. Since the 1990s, real estate professionals have been required to disclose the possible presence of lead-based paint in most residential properties built before 1978. Radon gas testing and disclosure has been an issue for real estate agents since the 1980s. Costly litigation in the late 1990s made brokers nervous about the possible presence of mold.
Real estate professionals are compliant individuals. If there is a statute or rule that requires that they must disclose something that may affect a seller’s decision to sell or a buyer’s decision to buy, they will do so. But they often to do not know the reason or the background for the disclosure. In some cases, particularly with mold and radon, it is in the interest of multibillion-dollar industries to make sure that real estate agents disclose the possibility of environmental hazards. In some cases, there is poor or dated or no science behind the statutes or rules governing a real estate broker’s disclosure practice, and in that vacuum, environmental myths proliferate.
This course is an effort to separate the myths regarding mold, radon, and other environmental hazards from their realities.
Fair Housing: Legal, Ethical and Demographic Considerations
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
This course counts for both NCREC elective credit and for NAR membership requirements in NC.
Real estate brokers should study fair housing to ensure they comply with laws prohibiting discrimination in housing, which means treating all potential buyers and sellers equally regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disabil
This course counts for both NCREC elective credit and for NAR membership requirements in NC.
Real estate brokers should study fair housing to ensure they comply with laws prohibiting discrimination in housing, which means treating all potential buyers and sellers equally regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, thus avoiding legal repercussions and upholding ethical practices within the industry; essentially, it's crucial for providing fair access to housing for everyone and preventing biased practices in the real estate market.
The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) recently implemented a new rule: its members are required to complete Fair Housing / Anti-Bias Training upon becoming a member, and every 3 years thereafter, coinciding with the Code of Ethics training timeline. This requirement is in addition to the Code of Ethics training. This requirement will begin January 1, 2025 with a deadline of December 31, 2027.
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
This is a challenging course is designed for serious real estate practitioners, appraisers, and investor-wannabes who want to understand more about how to calculate returns on investment. Students receive a professional textbook and an Excel spreadsheet with enrollment in the course.
You will need a calculator for this course, but it ca
This is a challenging course is designed for serious real estate practitioners, appraisers, and investor-wannabes who want to understand more about how to calculate returns on investment. Students receive a professional textbook and an Excel spreadsheet with enrollment in the course.
You will need a calculator for this course, but it can be a simple, hand-held calculator. We will work together step-by-step on creating a investment analysis using the most sophisticated ROI--financial management rate of return. The course focuses on long-term (more than one year) investments rather than short-term. Real estate fraud poses a significant threat to both consumers and professionals. adherence to real estate laws,
Multiple Offers: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly / On-Demand
Investment Fundamentals? What's My Return on Investment/On Demand
Multiple Offers: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly / On-Demand
In this course, we discuss those ethical and legal challenges and deal with the appropriate handling of multiple offers.
Escalation clauses, buyer love letters, and other strategies are part of this program.
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
It’s not unusual that real estate students and brokers have questions when they get to issues of joint ownership of property. Many of our clients are in second marriages, divorced, widowed, or living with partners, and their questions are often highly personal and relevant to their own lifestyles and relationships.
I untangle those compl
It’s not unusual that real estate students and brokers have questions when they get to issues of joint ownership of property. Many of our clients are in second marriages, divorced, widowed, or living with partners, and their questions are often highly personal and relevant to their own lifestyles and relationships.
I untangle those complex concepts surrounding such ownership as estate by entirities, joint tenancy, and tenancy in common as well as the rather abstract issues of title and ownership. When I discuss those topics, love (or its absence) has everything to do with the decision that we make regarding holding title with others.
Title is also an abstract concept and challenging to grasp, particularly because title concepts are rooted in archaic language and customs that date back to feudal England.
It is the purpose of this course to help real estate licensee grasp the concept of title as well as to provide insight into the process of title assurance, so that real estate consumers can rest easy that whatever ownership interests they are acquiring are both marketable and insurable.
Easements: Right Up Your Alley…and Other Unexpected Places / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
Like many of my courses, this course on easements was suggested and inspired by one of my students. As I looked into the possibility of writing such a course, my first thoughts were “Will my students be interested in this subject?” and “How important is knowledge about easements to North Carolina (NC) brokers?”
I was surprised as I began
Like many of my courses, this course on easements was suggested and inspired by one of my students. As I looked into the possibility of writing such a course, my first thoughts were “Will my students be interested in this subject?” and “How important is knowledge about easements to North Carolina (NC) brokers?”
I was surprised as I began reading about easements that very little about this subject taught to NC prelicensing students. Yet I receive a number of calls and emails from my students every year about transactions that had easement troubles—sewage easements, drainage rights of way, and the like. None of their easement problems were easy to resolve. I often had to go down the rabbit hole of research to help guide them about possible resolutions.
I was also surprised to find that easements were interesting! Well, maybe easements aren’t as interesting as what’s on Netflix, but brokers might find that knowing more about easements would help them in their next transactional encounter.
How Do Assumable Mortgages Work? / On-Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
Now that interest rates are 7% and higher, younger (less experienced) brokers need to understand how and when to employ sellers’ assumable mortgages. The purpose of this course is to help brokers identify mortgages that could be assumable or taken subject to or “wrapped” and discuss the legal issues and consequences for borrowers.
In add
Now that interest rates are 7% and higher, younger (less experienced) brokers need to understand how and when to employ sellers’ assumable mortgages. The purpose of this course is to help brokers identify mortgages that could be assumable or taken subject to or “wrapped” and discuss the legal issues and consequences for borrowers.
In addition, this course will review concepts such as mortgage contracts (mortgage deeds and deeds of trust); mortgage notes; due-on-sale and acceleration clauses; and novation.
It is the intent of this course to familiarize real estate licensees with these complex regulations and issues and to provide them with the information to respond appropriately to consumer questions about assumptions, subject tos, and wraparounds.
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
Almost all of the problems a broker can face before, during, and after negotiations on a residential sale have been anticipated by the Offer to Purchase and Contract (also known as the 2T) created by the NC Association of Realtors.
If it's been a while since you have used this form or if you just need to know where the form provides you
Almost all of the problems a broker can face before, during, and after negotiations on a residential sale have been anticipated by the Offer to Purchase and Contract (also known as the 2T) created by the NC Association of Realtors.
If it's been a while since you have used this form or if you just need to know where the form provides you with a solution to a contract problem, this course is for you.
Secret Agent: Confidentiality and Disclosure / On-Demand
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
From Heaven to Hell: Air, Surface, & Subsurface Rights / On-Demand
Are you an agent with secrets? Does your listed property have a nasty narrative--a suicide? ghost? grave in the back yard? Is there a zoning change in the future? or a hurricane in the property's past? Do you have disclose that a nuclear facility is a 45-minute drive away? Do you wonder what you must keep confidential and what you must d
Are you an agent with secrets? Does your listed property have a nasty narrative--a suicide? ghost? grave in the back yard? Is there a zoning change in the future? or a hurricane in the property's past? Do you have disclose that a nuclear facility is a 45-minute drive away? Do you wonder what you must keep confidential and what you must disclose?
Learn the answers to these questions in this program.
Thank you so much for an awesome course! I really enjoyed all the different formats throughout the course and even the optional items you included. Most of the self-paced courses I have taken have just been soooo much reading and your course was fresh and kept me interested the ENTIRE time (which means I learned a lot more too!)
Heather Brown
From Heaven to Hell: Air, Surface, & Subsurface Rights / On-Demand
The Devil's in the Details: A Review of the Offer to Purchase Form / On-Demand
From Heaven to Hell: Air, Surface, & Subsurface Rights / On-Demand
Are you an agent with secrets? Does your listed property have a nasty narrative--a suicide? ghost? grave in the back yard? Is there a zoning change in the future? or a hurricane in the property's past? Do you have disclose that a nuclear facility is a 45-minute drive away? Do you wonder what you must keep confidential and what you must d
Are you an agent with secrets? Does your listed property have a nasty narrative--a suicide? ghost? grave in the back yard? Is there a zoning change in the future? or a hurricane in the property's past? Do you have disclose that a nuclear facility is a 45-minute drive away? Do you wonder what you must keep confidential and what you must disclose?
Learn the answers to these questions in this program.
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
It’s not unusual that real estate students and brokers have questions when they get to issues of joint ownership of property. Many of our clients are in second marriages, divorced, widowed, or living with partners, and their questions are often highly personal and relevant to their own lifestyles and relationships.
I untangle those compl
It’s not unusual that real estate students and brokers have questions when they get to issues of joint ownership of property. Many of our clients are in second marriages, divorced, widowed, or living with partners, and their questions are often highly personal and relevant to their own lifestyles and relationships.
I untangle those complex concepts surrounding such ownership as estate by entirities, joint tenancy, and tenancy in common as well as the rather abstract issues of title and ownership. When I discuss those topics, love (or its absence) has everything to do with the decision that we make regarding holding title with others.
Title is also an abstract concept and challenging to grasp, particularly because title concepts are rooted in archaic language and customs that date back to feudal England.
It is the purpose of this course to help real estate licensee grasp the concept of title as well as to provide insight into the process of title assurance, so that real estate consumers can rest easy that whatever ownership interests they are acquiring are both marketable and insurable.
Easements: Right Up Your Alley…and Other Unexpected Places / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
What's Love Got to Do with It? Real Estate and Relationships / On Demand
Like many of my courses, this course on easements was suggested and inspired by one of my students. As I looked into the possibility of writing such a course, my first thoughts were “Will my students be interested in this subject?” and “How important is knowledge about easements to North Carolina (NC) brokers?”
I was surprised as I began
Like many of my courses, this course on easements was suggested and inspired by one of my students. As I looked into the possibility of writing such a course, my first thoughts were “Will my students be interested in this subject?” and “How important is knowledge about easements to North Carolina (NC) brokers?”
I was surprised as I began reading about easements that very little about this subject taught to NC prelicensing students. Yet I receive a number of calls and emails from my students every year about transactions that had easement troubles—sewage easements, drainage rights of way, and the like. None of their easement problems were easy to resolve. I often had to go down the rabbit hole of research to help guide them about possible resolutions.
I was also surprised to find that easements were interesting! Well, maybe easements aren’t as interesting as what’s on Netflix, but brokers might find that knowing more about easements would help them in their next transactional encounter.
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GENUP
GENUP
"Thank you so much for the excellent BIC update class. As much as we may moan and groan about having to take this every year; I find that I always walk away with some great information. This year was no exception. You managed to 'wow' us with your knowledge and expertise once again. I loved the creative ideas you presented for owner
"Thank you so much for the excellent BIC update class. As much as we may moan and groan about having to take this every year; I find that I always walk away with some great information. This year was no exception. You managed to 'wow' us with your knowledge and expertise once again. I loved the creative ideas you presented for owner financing.... I look forward to finding a time to take a few more of the wonderful classes that you teach. It is always such a pleasure." --Jessica Bryan
BICUP
GENUP
GENUP
"Just a quick note to tell you how much I enjoyed having Debbie Long as the CE instructor yesterday. She was smart, articulate, professional, well-prepared, and entertaining. For the first time in the 7-8 years that I've been taking CE, I did not spend most of my time either bored or looking at the clock to see when the course would end!" --Mike Field