What I’ve Learned in Two Weeks of Real Estate Broker’s Classes

by Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy on August 9, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

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{ 28 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Jim Duncan 08.09.07 at 8:12 pm

:)

2 Jeff Brown 08.09.07 at 10:17 pm

Duh

3 Jonathan Dalton 08.09.07 at 11:34 pm

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I refuse to believe there isn’t extensive training, especially given the consistently superior experiences I’ve had when dealing directly with agent/brokers on transactions.

(cough)

4 Benjamin Bach 08.10.07 at 2:21 am

Weird. I had the exact same teacher when I got my licence here in Ontario

5 Chris Lengquist 08.10.07 at 5:46 am

I once had to explain a pre-printed provision regarding clear title in a standard contract to a “broker”. Her response was “I don’t think I’ve ever even read that before.”

Enough said.

6 Greg Swann 08.10.07 at 6:25 am

Here’s the other end of it. I believe that out of the 80 questions on the Broker version of the Arizona State licensing test, only one was targeted to that test. All the rest were questions that seemed to me to have come from the Salesperson’s test.

7 April Groves 08.10.07 at 6:59 am

OMG!! You got me…after a hang up I had with my blog yesterday, I thought yours was messing up too!

Now…I am laughing out loud and particularly glad I am working from home today because I am sure I look ridiculous!!

8 Steven Groves 08.10.07 at 8:30 am

I’m with April - ROFL!!!!

9 Kelley 08.10.07 at 9:25 am

I keep thinking about getting a Broker license, but I’m told it’s the Salesperson class, all over again. True?

10 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy 08.10.07 at 10:40 am

Kelley - I’m 30 hours through the 90 hours of classes. So far, it’s all been a repeat of pre-licensing classes — almost word for word from what I remember.

The networking with other attendees has been the best part.

I think it’s a worthwhile endeavor though. It can’t hurt to have “Broker” (or Associate Broker) by your name. More valuable in the consumers eyes, IMHO, then any designation available.

And of course if you REALLY want to work for yourself, it’s a must have.

11 jp moses 08.10.07 at 3:29 pm

Ok, this one took me a second. I saw it late last night but didn’t get it. Today I saw you in MyBlogLog and followed you back here. Saw your post again, and now the humor hit me. Nice!

I guess that’s what I get for reading blogs at 2am!

…jp

12 Norm Fisher 08.10.07 at 6:12 pm

Lol! Hopefully there are no points for attitude. I see you’re not bucking for the teacher’s pet position. :)

13 Kevin Boer 08.10.07 at 9:27 pm

Brilliant! Hope you have your laptop and some wifi with you at these classes so you can actually get some work done!

14 John L. Wake - Realtor 08.10.07 at 9:54 pm

Have you had, by chance, that one teacher who is so full of it you want to strangle him?

Don’t miss the 2 review classes at the end. Great teacher. You could probably just take them and easily pass the test.

15 Charles Woodall 08.11.07 at 7:17 am

Now that’s funny! It’s really a shame too. As you mentioned, having Broker beside your name is probably the most worthwhile effort for a designation you can make. However, I think all of us that have done it would say you learn less achieving broker than working toward any other designation.

16 Teresa Boardman 08.11.07 at 8:20 am

I got my brokers license last winter. Was most disappointed in the classes. Silly me I thought I would learn something new.

17 Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy 08.11.07 at 7:04 pm

“Have you had, by chance, that one teacher who is so full of it you want to strangle him?”

Not yet John, but thanks for the warning…

18 Candice from Bullhead! 08.12.07 at 4:04 pm

LOL Jay . . . when I first saw this post somehow I knew it would be blank! :)

I guess I was lucky. I got really good ‘new’ broker education when I took my hours a few years back. The daughter of a former Commissioner was the teacher and her dad, the BIC at the next door office, sat in on our class every day, answering questions. There were only 5 of us and it was the teacher’s first time teaching the broker class.

Once we got to the ‘27 hours’ portion and other salespeople were in class, it was all pretty routine.

19 Maureen Francis 08.12.07 at 9:45 pm

I am so blissfully optimistic that I always go into these kinds of things thinking that I am going to learn something great. I hoped the same for you.

20 Kristal Kraft 08.13.07 at 11:47 am

OK so AZ broker classes are as useful as the typical class for CE credit? At least you can get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s!
kk

21 David G 08.13.07 at 4:10 pm

Wiping the coffee off my screen. Thanks for the laugh Jay.

22 Jacquelyn 08.14.07 at 8:12 am

Hee hee…

23 Chris Butterworth 08.14.07 at 10:39 am

Sadly, that’s the funniest post I’ve read in awhile!

24 Richard Johnston, RE/MAX 08.15.07 at 1:26 am

Why am I not surprised. Even if you did learn something, I’m sure it doesn’t apply to the real world.

25 Flats for sale 08.16.07 at 4:51 am

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26 Derek Burress 08.17.07 at 4:47 pm

Here in North Carolina, we have 60 hours of pre-licensing, and 3 30-hour broker classes. after that and two years of experience we can take the Broker in Charge class and start our own business. We learned more in our broker classes than we did pre-licensing. One section on contracts, a second on measuring houses and commercial real estate (selected broker topics) and I am not sure what the third class was on.

27 Justin 08.21.07 at 4:18 pm

Great post thanks for the laugh.

28 rorysiems 08.12.08 at 9:15 pm

If it’s a question about extensive training then I strongly oppose the notion. There are real estate companies that are offering extensive training to their employees for better customer dealings and enhancement in client relationship. This is what you need in a real estate arena for good market response.

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