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Online Homestudy Courses - Iowa

Homestudy courses from the Iowa Association of REALTORS® offer you the convenience of completing your education requirements at your own pace, at your home or office.

No classroom time required!

Homestudy is convenient
Rules and Regulations
  1. A maximum of 18 homestudy hours may be used to renew your license.
  2. You must complete each homestudy course, including any retakes of the final exam, within 6 months of purchasing the course.
  3. You must score 90% or better on the final exam.
  4. You must submit a Student Affidavit for each homestudy course you complete. We cannot issue a certificate until the Student Affidavit has been submitted to us.
  5. We are automatically notified when you complete a homestudy course, and will issue a certificate via email within 6 business days of course completion.
  6. All homestudy sales are final; no refunds or exchanges are available.
 

Mandatory Courses

 
Law Update (Online) – Cost: $50.00
8 hours Real Estate Mandatory and/or Elective CE

8 hour class updating real estate agents on changes to the Code of Iowa and the Iowa Administrative Rules.
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Ethics - Acting with Integrity (Online) – Cost: $40.00
4 hours Real Estate Mandatory and/or Elective CE

This course introduces the latest research in business ethics and includes images, charts, and graphs to help you master the concepts, plus video role-plays and chapter-summaries to keep you engaged. Additionally, this class satisfies the NAR quadrennial ethics requirement.
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Elective Courses

Section 1031 Exchanges (Online) - Cost: $30.00
3 hours Real Estate Elective CE

This course will cover basic and intermediate exchange principals including how to determine if an exchange is appropriate, what properties qualify for exchange treatment, how and when to use a qualified intermediary company to structure the transaction, documentation requirements, important rules and restrictions, reverse exchanges and complex exchange issues.
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Buyer Representation (Online) – Cost: $40.00
6 hours Real Estate Elective CE

Buyer Representation discusses the advantages and dangers of being a buyer’s agent. Included are a review of agency and disclosure as it relates in a buyer’s agent. Buyer brokerage contracts and commission payment methods are also discussed.
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Environmental Issues In Your Real Estate Practice (Online) –
Cost: $40.00

6 hours Real Estate Elective CE

To sell to today's more safety-conscious consumers, real estate agents must be able to recognize hidden environmental hazards and advise their clients about how best to deal with hazardous conditions.
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Fair Housing (Online) – Cost: $40.00
6 hours Real Estate Elective CE

Fair Housing is a course in which civil rights, the Fair Housing Act, the Housing and Community Development Act, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act are brought together to determine the importance of inclusive and nondiscriminatory real estate practices. Basing its content on laws and landmark court cases, Fair Housing gives an overview of the possible penalties for violating these laws in practice and advertising.
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Risk Management (Online) – Cost: $40.00
6 hours Real Estate Elective CE

Risk Management discusses ways to minimize the risk of liability through risk shifting, risk anticipation and risk control. The course describes a variety of situations that may lead to potential problems for brokers and is designed to aid in managing risk.
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Red Flags (Online) – Cost: $40.00
6 hours Real Estate Elective CE

Recent legislation has increased the role that agents play in inspecting property for potential defects or safety hazards. This electronic course is effective in guiding non-experts in detecting "red flags" in and around the home.
The course also features valuable information on asbestos, radon, and lead. Students can learn about this vital information through interactive exercises, detailed illustrations, and a detailed glossary of vocabulary words. Moreover, end-of-unit quizzes test students on material they have read in each lesson.
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