Class Schedule

APPROVED REAL ESTATE ACADEMY

March 27, 2025 to May 22, 2025

All classes start at 6:30 pm and end at 9:00 pm

ON THURSDAY – LIVE or via Zoom

For More Information, contact:

       Jim Forde Tel Office:  Cell/Text  714-875-0979
Email:  Jim@ApprovedRealEstateAcademy.com

Our ADDRESS

FIRST TEAM REAL ESTATE    

4040 Barranca Pkwy Suite 100

Irvine, CA 92604

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

In addition, we will continue our Zoom classes

at the same time.

PLEASE ENTER ON Barranca Pkwy or West Yale Loop.   Drive around to the

The front of 4040 Barranca Pkwy.  You will see Mimi’s Café.     You will see the signs for First Team Realty. Importantly we face Barranca Pkwy.

Go through the glass doors, which will open. As you enter, you will see Suite 100 on the right. The office door will be open. 

• CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE PRINCIPLES COURSE
• California Real Estate Principles is an introduction to the many aspects of the Real Estate business. This course has been written primarily for the prospective real estate broker or salesperson, but it will also interest the consumer or investor.
• This eleventh edition of the Principles has been revised to reflect current market conditions as well as the legislative and regulatory changes that take place regularly.
• Like our other courses, each unit is divided into sections. Usually, each section has one or more examples of how the material covered may be applied to real-life situations.
• This course contains 15 user-friendly units:
• WEEK 1 – THURSDAY –  March 27,  6:30 pm on Zoom or Live
• CHAPTER    1 – The Business of Real Estate
•  CHAPTER  2 – The Nature of Real Property
•  CHAPTER 3 – Ownership of Real Property
•  CHAPTER 4 – Transferring Real Estate
•  CHAPTER 5 – Encumbrances
•  CHAPTER   6 – The Law of Agency
•  CHAPTER 7 – Contracts
• WEEK 2 – THURSDAY –  April 3, 6:30 pm on Zoom or Live
•  CHAPTER 8 – Financing Real Estate
•  CHAPTER 9 – Government – Sponsored and Other
• Financing
•  CHAPTER 10 – Escrow and Title Insurance
• CHAPTER 11 – Real Estate Taxation
• CHAPTER 12 – Landlord and Tenant
•  CHAPTER 13 – Real Estate Appraising
•  CHAPTER 14 – Residential Design and Construction
•  CHAPTER 15 – Government Control of Land Use

WEEK 3 THURSDAY – April 10, 6:30 pm on Zoom or Live

•  PRACTICE COURSE REVIEW
•  100-QUESTION COURSE FINAL

CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE PRACTICE COURSE

California Real Estate Practice is the practical application of real estate knowledge to meet the needs of buyers, sellers, lessors, and lessees. It is a course on how to succeed in meeting these needs.

California Real Estate Practice is not a repetition of California Real Estate Principles; however, it does cover the practical application of much of what you learned in Principles, as well as the “how” of being a real estate professional.

This course contains 15 user-friendly units.

• WEEK  1 THURSDAY –April 17,  6:30 pm on Zoom or Live
•  CHAPTER   1 – Getting Started in Real Estate
•  CHAPTER  2 – Ethics, Fair Housing and Trust Accounts IMPORTANT:  WATCH THE NEW VIDEOS. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM!
•  CHAPTER 3 – Mandatory Disclosures
•  CHAPTER   4 – Prospecting and Business Development
•  CHAPTER    5 – Listing Presentations Package
•  CHAPTER    6 – Listing Contracts
•  CHAPTER   7 – Servicing the Listing

• WEEK 2 THURSDAY –April 24, 6:30 pm on Zoom or Live
•  CHAPTER  8 – Advertising
•  CHAPTER  9 – The Buyers and Property Showing

     CHAPTER  10 – Obtaining the Offer and Creating the Sale 

•  CHAPTER 11 – From Offer to Closing
• WEEK 3 – THURSDAY – May 1, 6:30 pm on Zoom or Live
•  CHAPTER 12 – Real Estate Financing
•  CHAPTER 13 – Escrow and Title Insurance
•  CHAPTER 14 – Taxation
•  CHAPTER 15 – Property Management and Leasing
•  Practice Course Review
•  100-QUESTION COURSE FINAL

WEEK 1  THURSDAY –   May 8,  6:30 pm on Zoom or Live

 CHAPTER    1 – Nature and Cycle of California Real Estate Finance                                 

 CHAPTER    2 – Money and the Monetary System

 CHAPTER    3 – Institutional Lenders for Real Estate Finance

 CHAPTER    4 – Non-Institutional Lenders

 CHAPTER    5 – Conventional, Insured, and Government Loans

 CHAPTER    6 – Financial Agencies and Lending Programs

 CHAPTER    7 – Junior Loans in Real Estate Finance

WEEK 2  THURSDAY –   May 15,  6:30 pm on Zoom or Live

 CHAPTER    8 – Loan Terms and Note Payments

 CHAPTER    9 – Instruments of Real Estate Finance

 CHAPTER  10 –Real Estate Loan Underwriting

 CHAPTER  11 – Processing Real Estate Loans

 CHAPTER  12 – The Secondary Mortgage Market

• CHAPTER  13 – Loan Defaults and Foreclosures
• CHAPTER  14 – Investment Financing Strategies

WEEK 3 –THURSDAY –  May 22,  6:30 pm on Zoom or Live

•  CHAPTER 15 – Mathematics of Finance Real Estate
•  Special – Review and Practice Exam
•  100-QUESTION COURSE FINAL

REVIEW AND FINAL BRIEFING WITH PRACTICE QUESTIONS

When you finish your three classes, you can start your Review and Final Briefing Practice Questions.

The review course is now in the test center.   Go to www.ApprovedREcourses.com

Our Online Practice Exams will help you understand the subjects you will encounter on the State salesperson or broker examinations.

You will be able to:

• Sort and create exams by subject category
• Create exams of 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 questions.
• Hide questions you previously answered correctly
• Exams grade automatically, providing explained answers

• Answers include links to an extensive real estate glossary