Principles of Real Estate - Done!

I finally did it. Finished my first Real Estate course. In hindsight, I’m very glad I took the course the way I took it, online, one month, through a JC (junior college, aka community college). The best thing about it was that it forced me to keep up. Some people have the skills and motivation to chug through indefinitely, but I found the fact that there was so much to do and so little time kind of empowering. I knew that I had to get it done or else I’d have to take it over. I didn’t figure out the final was today rather than on Friday until the end of weekend, so the last few days I went through half of the course material. I took the midterm last night and the final this afternoon.

What’s Principles of Real Estate all about? It’s an overview of the entire field and it’s great that that’s the first one we get to study. I found a lot of it very lawyerish, with laws and terms everywhere, but it gives some really interesting insights into how money and property works. Although at first I thought I liked a different book more, I’m actually really happy with the Huber’s California Real Estate Principles. It does a great job and has solid breakdowns of everything. After taking notes from it and doing the quizzes I feel I learned a whole lot.

So what’s the plan now? Further studies: Real Estate Practice and Real Estate Financing or Economics. I really want to take an online business course, but I think staying healthy and getting at least five hours of sleep might be worth not taking on too much. Licensing: sign up to take the test at the end of the semester. Work: take the time to visit a few Real Estate offices, shadow a sales agent, appraiser, and broker within the month and a half.