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first tuesday provides statutory courses to earn or extend a license and continuing education courses to renew an existing license. All of our 45-hour continuing education course materials are written and constantly updated by full-time staff researchers and written at first tuesday. The statutory course materials for Real Estate Practice, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Property Management, and Legal Aspects of Real Estate are also written and updated by staff writers.

The first tuesday Journal, a tradition in the real estate community since 1978, is now online for the convenience of all first tuesday members. A one-year first tuesday membership is included in the price paid for enrollment in a correspondence course.

The DRE has changed the rules regarding final exam testing for all 45-hour continuing education courses. Effective February 29, 2008 45-hour final exams will now be administered over a 3-day period as only 15 credit hours of continuing education can be tested on in any 24-hour period. The passing grade has also been changed to 70% or better for 45-hour courses.

*This does not affect 18-month courses, Sales licensing courses or Broker licensing courses in any way.

** First time sales agent renewals, i.e., the 15-hour AFTER course, can still be tested on in one day. However, the passing grade has been raised to 70% or better.

***First time 45-hour broker renewals will require a 4-day testing period.

First Time Renewal Courses for Sales Agents:

Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk Management, the AFTER package by first tuesday.

The fee to enroll in the AFTER courses is $34.50. Click here to enroll.

A total of 15 CE hours is packaged as AFTER courses. The AFTER package includes three hours in Agency, three hours in Fair Housing, three hours in Trust Funds, three hours in Ethics and three hours in Risk Management.

Enrollment in the AFTER package provides sales agents who expire on or after June 30, 2007 with all the hours needed for the very first renewal of their license. Students may enroll in all five courses or in any individual three-hour course.

Final Exam: 25 true/false questions for each subject; total number of questions is 125.

Time allotted: 2 hours, 5 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

45-hour Renewal Courses:

All the 45-hour course packages include your mandatory Survey and Risk Managment courses. Your final exam will now be administered over a 3-day period.

As required by the DRE, first time broker renewal packages will substitute Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics, and Risk Management in the place of Survey, Protecting the Fee, and Risk Management. This will require a 4-day testing period. Please call us for testing details.

To enroll in course package #103, the fee is $54.50. To enroll in course packages 202, 303, 404, 503, 602, 701 or 801, the fee is $69.50. Click here to enroll.

Course Package 103 includes:

Real Estate Matters (by first tuesday) 33 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Real Estate Matters provides you with a diverse selection of real estate topics updating you on current issues. This course will increase your ability to get the results you expect in any real estate transaction.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions; Real Estate Matters: 7 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 36 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Real Estate Matters: 31 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 37 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Real Estate Matters: 32 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 37 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 202 includes:

Buying Homes in Foreclosure (by first tuesday) 12 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Creating Carryback Financing (by first tuesday) 21 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Buying Homes in Foreclosure will show you how to properly document and advise an investor on the purchase of seller-occupied, one-to-four unit residential property in foreclosure.

Enrollment in Creating Carryback Financing allows you to explore the correct structure for a seller's extension of credit to a buyer on any type of property, based on the financial, legal, and tax aspects of carrying paper.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Buying Homes in Foreclosure: 40 true/false questions and multiple choice questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 14 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Creating Carryback Financing: 15 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 19 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Creating Carryback Financing: 35 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 37 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 303 includes:

The §1031 Reinvestment Plan (by first tuesday) 21 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Buying Homes in Foreclosure (by first tuesday) 12 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in The §1031 Reinvestment Plan is designed to give you the confidence needed to work with an investor at any stage of a §1031 reinvestment plan, whether it is a sale or a concurrent or delayed exchange.

Enrollment in Buying Homes in Foreclosure will show you how to properly document and advise an investor on the purchase of seller-occupied, one-to-four unit residential property in foreclosure.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Buying Homes in Foreclosure: 40 true/false questions and multiple choice questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 14 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; The §1031 Reinvestment Plan: 15 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 22 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = The §1031 Reinvestment Plan: 35 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 40 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 404 includes:

Tax Benefits of Ownership (by first tuesday) 33 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Tax Benefits of Ownership will provide you with the impressive ability to advise clients about the current tax rules on any sales transaction to help reduce their taxes and help you build a better client base.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions; Tax Benefits of Ownership: 7 true/false questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Tax Benefits of Ownership: 31 true/false questions

Time allotted: 31 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Tax Benefits of Ownership: 32 true/false questions

Time allotted: 32 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 503 includes:

Limited Liability Company For Group Investments (by first tuesday) 12 CE hours in Consumer Protection
The §1031 Reinvestment Plan (by first tuesday) 21 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in The Limited Liability Company For Group Investments demonstrates how to build your estate and accumulate wealth as a real estate syndicator by creating investment groups to control large income properties with the LLC liability shield for all participants.

Enrollment in The §1031 Reinvestment Plan is designed to give you the confidence needed to work with an investor at any stage of a §1031 reinvestment plan, whether it is a sale or a concurrent or delayed exchange.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Limited Liability Company For Group Investments: 40 true/false questions and multiple choice questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 14 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; The §1031 Reinvestment Plan: 15 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 22 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = The §1031 Reinvestment Plan: 35 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 40 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 602 includes:

Landlords, Tenants and Property Management (by first tuesday) 33 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Landlords, Tenants and Property Management is designed to teach you to be competent in handling all aspects of residential and nonresidential landlord/tenant law.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions; Landlords, Tenants and Property Management: 7 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 37 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Landlords, Tenants and Property Management: 31 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 43 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Landlords, Tenants and Property Management: 32 true/false and multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 45 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 701 includes:

Rights of Ownership (by first tuesday) 33 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Rights of Ownership provides you with relevant information on the rights every owner of real estate holds in regards to the conveyancing of estates and licenses held in real estate, vestings, water rights, easements, and adjacent owner disputes.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions; Rights of Ownership: 7 true/false questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Rights of Ownership: 31 true/false questions

Time allotted: 31 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Rights of Ownership: 32 true/false questions

Time allotted: 32 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Course Package 801 includes:

Due Diligence and Disclosures (by first tuesday) 33 CD hours in Consumer Protection
Survey (by first tuesday) 6 CE hours in Survey
Protecting the Fee (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Consumer Protection
Risk Management (by first tuesday) 3 CE hours in Risk Management

Enrollment in Due Diligence and Disclosures is designed to teach you how to use the correct forms to make disclosures, and how to diligently fulfill an agent's due diligence obligations to their clients.

Enrollment in Survey will update you with the most current law and brokerage practices as it relates to the fields of Ethics, Agency, Fair Housing, and Trust Funds. You will gain an understanding of the ethical conduct required of all licensees and the professional standards that must be upheld by every licensee. You will learn to what extent a client is owed representation when undertaking an agency relationship and familiarize yourself with the federal and state laws that relate to the sale and lease of property. And finally, you will be reminded of the DRE's regulations concerning the handling of trust funds.

Enrollment in Protecting the Fee will demonstrate the high level of certainty attainable by a licensee to assure collection of a fee for your time and effort spent rendering professional services. Contracting for a fee is presented in three stages: the listing, the purchase agreement, and escrow.

Enrollment in Risk Management will provide you with the knowledge necessary to avoid errors and omissions in the practice of real estate related activities, and how to recognize, handle, and effectively resolve these issues to avoid litigation.

Final Exam Section 1 = Survey: 30 true/false and multiple choice questions; Protecting the Fee: 25 true/false questions; Risk Management: 25 true/false questions; Due Diligence and Disclosures: 7 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Final Exam Section 2 = Due Diligence and Disclosures: 31 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 47 minutes

Final Exam Section 3 = Due Diligence and Disclosures: 32 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 48 minutes

Passing grade: 70% or better

Statutory courses for licensing:

These courses are taken to obtain a sales agent license, a broker license, or to satisfy the 18-month educational requirements for sales agents who hold a conditional license. Final exams for these courses may be completed online or with a Test Administrator. Students who fail the final exam for these courses may re-take the final exam for no additional charge.

To enroll in Real Estate Principles, the fee is $79.50. To enroll in Real Estate Principles, Real Estate Practice and Real Estate Legal Aspects, the fee is $149.00. Click here to enroll.

To enroll in two 18-month courses for conditional real estate licensees, the fee is $79.50. Click here to enroll.

To enroll in five broker-licensing courses, the fee is $249. For all eight courses, the fee is $399. Click here to enroll.

Real Estate Principles (by Walt Huber)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a sales agent license

Enrollment in this course is designed to give the student a solid introduction to all of the pertinent aspects of owning and transferring real estate. Topics include estates, title, encumbrances, agency, contracts, escrow, finance, appraisals, government controls and licensing.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Real Estate Practice (by first tuesday)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a sales agent and broker license

Enrollment in this course allows students to cover topics, such as the use of forms to make disclosures, present analyses or enter into any agreement on any aspect of real estate related transactions.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Legal Aspects of Real Estate (by first tuesday)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a broker license

Enrollment in this course is designed to give the student a solid background in real estate law. Topics include the ownership and conveyancing of estates and licenses held in real estate, vestings, water rights, easements and adjacent owner disputes.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Real Estate Finance (by first tuesday)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a broker license

Enrollment in this course will allow the student to discover what every well-informed licensee knows about private lending and carryback sales: types of notes and trust deeds, their provisions, seller financing, the foreclosure process and related tax aspects.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Real Estate Property Management (by first tuesday)

Statutory course

Enrollment in this course will provide the student with the opportunity to learn the detailed and exacting rules of leasing and renting residential and nonresidential income properties through examples of daily landlord/tenant situations.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Mortgage Loan Brokerage (by Walt Huber)

Statutory course

Enrollment in this course will teach the student about employing a broker, disclosures, loan application, appraisal and credit report analysis, documentation, trust deed sales and syndication, and servicing and reporting.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Real Estate Appraisal (by Walt Huber)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a broker license

Enrollment in this course will include information regarding appraisal theory and practice, valuation, computer access to online data and establishing an opinion of value for the property.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Real Estate Economics (by Dennis J. Mckenzie)

Statutory course -- mandatory for a broker license

Enrollment in this course will allow students to become familiar with land-use patterns, supply and demand factors, forces driving the housing sector, business cycle influences on nonresidential income properties and cyclical national, regional and local economics.

Final Exam: 100 multiple choice questions

Time allotted: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Passing grade: 60% or better

Student Enrollment:

Upon enrolling in a first tuesday course, you will be sent study guides and reading material pertaining to the course you chose to enroll in. Before you may take the final exam(s), you must meet the minimum study period for your course as noted below.

You may then take the course exam(s) online by going to www. firsttuesday.us and clicking "Take Exams." Enter in your DRE license number to access your Exam Homepage. If you wish to take the course exam on paper, please mail, fax or phone in your Request to Take the Final Exam. We will send your exam(s) to a Test Administrator who will monitor your exam(s).

You have one year to complete the final exam(s) following your date of enrollment. If the final exam(s) are not completed within one year, you will need to re-enroll. The re-enrollment fee (if we do not need to resend you study materials) is $27.25 for AFTER, $43.75 for Package 103, and $56.75 for Packages 202, 303, 404, 503, 602, 701, or 801. The re-enrollment fee for one 18-month course is $44.50, two is $54.00, and three is $70.50. If we do have to resend you course materials for any reason, the re-enrollment price will change. Please call us for details.

NOTE: No re-enrollment discount is given for sales and broker licensing courses.

Minimum Study Periods:

Additionally, each course has a minimum study time that must be met before you can take the final exam. The following minimum study time requirements must be met:

Renewal courses:

Study Period:

 

 

12/15-hour packages

3 days

45-hour packages

6 days

 

 

18-month and broker licensing enrollments*:

 

 

 

1 course

2½ weeks

2 courses

5 weeks

3 courses

7½ weeks

4 courses

10 weeks

5 courses

12½ weeks

6 courses

15 weeks

7 courses

17½ weeks

* For enrollments in 18-month and broker licensing courses: If you are enrolled in multiple courses, you may take any one exam at the 2 1/2-week period. If you would rather take the final exam for all of the courses you are enrolled in at the same time, you must be enrolled in all the courses for the minimum enrollment period that corresponds to the number of courses you are enrolled in (see chart above). For example, if you are enrolled in four courses and would like to take the final exams for all four courses at the same time, you must meet the minimum enrollment period of 10 weeks.

Final Examinations:

To complete the course, you must pass a final examination. The final exam is open book and consists of true/false and/or multiple choice questions. The final exam is timed. Students receive one minute to answer each true/false question and 1½ minutes to answer each multiple choice question. The minimum passing grade for the final exam is 60% for Statutory Courses, and 70% for first time sales agent and all 45-hour renewal package courses. The number of questions and the time allotted for the final exam is listed with the Course Description for each course.

The Department of Real Estate (DRE) requires the final exam to be administered under the supervision of a Test Administrator, unless you take the exam online. You may select the Test Administrator. However, the Test Administrator cannot be a relative (either by blood, marriage or domestic partnership), a co-worker (your broker is a co-worker) or anyone who has a relationship with you that would influence that person from properly administering the final exam. The Test Administrator is responsible for mailing the original final exam packet, which includes the final exam, answer sheet and Certificate of Test Administrator, back to us.

Note: You must show your Test Administrator a government-issued, picture ID prior to sitting for your exam. You will be allowed the use of a non-programmable calculator during the text as necessary.

Final exams will not be faxed or mailed directly to the student under any circumstances.

Online final exams are available for all of our courses.

Final examination results:

When we receive the final exam packet from your Test Administrator, we will grade your exam. On successfully passing the final exam with a score of 60% or better, we will issue a Certificate of Completion within 24 hours, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted. The Certificate of Completion will be mailed directly to you. We will be happy to fax a copy of the Certificate before we mail it if you provide your return fax number.

For students taking an online exam, your final exam is scored instantly. On successfully passing the exam with a score of at least 60%, you will be able to print out your Certificate of Completion immediately. Also,you can log in at any later date to print out a copy of your Certificate, but you will not have further access to the final exam itself.

Refund Policy:

A full refund of the amount you paid as a fee for a course will be issued, no questions asked, when requested prior to taking the final exam and within your one-year enrollment period. If you want to substitute courses, we will send you a different course of your choice free of charge and the books you received previously are yours to keep.

Note: The 100% money-back guarantee on our courses does not extend to opened software. Refunds will not be issued for opened Forms CDs.

Course and Instructor Evaluation:

An online course evaluation is available on the DRE's website at www.dre.ca.gov. Students may evaluate the course, course content and instructor by filling out DRE Form 318A. To access the online evaluation, click on the link above.

DRE Disclaimer:

These courses are approved for continuing education credit by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE). However, this approval does not constitute an endorsement of the views or opinions which are expressed by the course sponsor, instructor, authors or lecturers.

Private Postsecondary Disclosure:

Private providers of pre-license statutory real estate courses must obtain course approval from the Department of Real Estate (DRE). As part of the approval process, the DRE reviews the course materials only. The DRE does not qualify the school or course provider. In addition, there is no regulatory oversight of private pre-license course providers who offer courses or programs costing $500 or less. For courses or programs over $500, qualification by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education is required, in addition to DRE approval. As a result, if a course provider offering a course costing $500 or less fails to deliver the educational course/program as represented, a student’s monetary remedy is to seek redress in Small Claims Court. Students are cautioned to fully understand the education course/program offered by the provider before enrolling or registering. A list of pre-license statutory courses approved by the DRE can be found on the DRE Web sit at www.dre.ca.gov under DRE Records.

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Reading Materials:

first tuesday has an in-house editorial staff that researches and writes all the reading materials for our courses. This is one of the reasons our prices are so low. Our staff continuously updates the reading materials we print and are always in the process of adding new writings.

Study Guides:

Study guide answers and their corresponding page numbers are provided with your printed material and online so you can determine your reading comprehension. Student feedback has shown that the quizzes are useful in preparing for the final examination. If the study guide is misplaced, you can download the study guide from our website by clicking here.

Forms:

With first tuesday Forms-on-CD Version 4.1, you receive more than 200 California-specific forms – one for every occasion. No time limit is placed on your use of version 4.1 so you are not financially burdened with annual membership dues. Technical support is free and available by phone from our friendly first tuesday staff.

Not only does the CD include all the first tuesday forms and books, but it also includes a convenient fill and save option and a search tool. first tuesday Forms-on-CD Version 4.1 is available for $49.50, tax and shipping included. Click here for more information.

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