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7 best real estate schools in Illinois (IL) for 2024

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Visit Website Overview Colibri Real Estate is a licensed real estate education provider in Illinois with more than 132 instructors experienced in real estate sales and teaching best practices. In Illinois, real estate agents are called brokers. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5 What’s more, students have a higher than average pass rate of 64%.

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

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Includes current issues and trends in AZ real estate & property inspection issues CE Sales Package #1 with Ethics: 12 of the 24 required hrs of coursework (9 mandatory & 3 general hrs). Vetted by HousingWire | Our editors independently review the products we recommend. You can call, live chat, or email us 7 days a week.

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Redfin named in yet another commission lawsuit

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The complaint states that Jutla is bringing the action against Redfin “for unlawfully agreeing and conspiring to enact and enforce anticompetitive restrictions on Realtors contracting behavior, causing the Plaintiff to pay inflated buyer’s agent commissions on the sale of her home, as well as tandem purchase of a home in California.”

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NFM CIO Christos Bettios on building AI solutions from scratch

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But we also own our own point of sale system. Our team’s success is we’re very close to sales and operations. So our new point of sale system — we want to be better than anybody else. He started his career as a developer and spent 10 years as a senior product manager at Fannie Mae. The big effort we have is a GPT.

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Senate passes VA appraisal modernization bill

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With the passage of HR 7735, known as the “Improving access to the VA home loan benefit Act of 2022,” the VA is now permitting desktop appraisals, and in some circumstances, waiving appraisals altogether. Senate this week passed a bill that streamlines the appraisal process for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mortgage loans.

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7 best real estate classes in Ohio (OH) for 2024

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Buying Options See Details Pricing Education Type* Starting at Package Features Prelicense $1,499 Basic: 120 Hrs of OH Pre-Licensing Coursework. Note: All Prelicense Courses meet Ohio’s 120-hour sales associate pre-licensing requirement. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Distinctive culture challenges call for specialized approaches in title agencies

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With transaction levels at their lowest point since 2010, and staffing levels at a low ebb, it may not seem like the right time to think about company culture. And let’s identify the elephant in the room: experienced title professionals are difficult to find.

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