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Commercial and Investment Real Estate Certification Program

Edward Smith, Jr., Smith Commercial Real Estate Edward Smith, Jr., Smith Commercial Real Estate
Edward Smith Jr., CREI, ITI, CIC, GREEN, MICP, CNE has authored and will be instructing this extensive program that teaches the foundations needed to provide commercial and investment real estate brokerage services. This program also helps agents conform to the NAR Code of Ethics which prohibits providing specialized services without proper training. Whether you are a Realtor or not this is sound advice. This program includes topics from all of Ed’s courses and new material. This three day program will provide 22.5 hours of NYS Continuing Education credit and includes the mandatory 3 hours of Fair housing/Discrimination training for license renewal. Graduates will receive a Certificate of Completion and be recognized as “Commercial and Investment Real Estate Certified” (CIREC) agents. In this program you will learn: What buyers and tenants expect you to know about various property types. How to do Financial Analysis and how investors compare opportunities. The tax ramifications of selling property and the benefit of 1031 exchanges. All about commercial leases, Requests for Proposal, Letters of Intent. Tenant and Buyer Representation. Discrimination issues and laws, Fair Housing, Americans with Disabilities Act. Green concepts and rating systems. To understand personalities and generational traits. Negotiating concepts and tactics. Ed Smith is the author of more than a dozen Real Estate continuing education courses, six books on commercial and investment real estate and over 150 published articles. He has taught 1,000’s of agents to do commercial brokerage. The program will be offered by various Boards of Real Estate (you do not have to be a member to take the classes) Long Island Board of Realtors is offering the program on October 14, 15 and 16, 2015 Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors is offering the program on November 5, 12 and 19, 2015 A modified four day version is being offered by the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors on December 1, 3, 8, and 10, 2015
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