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Suppose you're asked a question on the real estate exam about valuing a commercial property. You know that the general rule is that you use the income approach to value a commercial property. But what if the commercial property is not rented out? What if it's used by the property owner for his ow...
10/13/2011
Let’s try a little exercise: here are ten words that you’re likely to see in real estate ads. Five of these words are the ones that, of all the commonly-used real estate terms out there, have the biggest positive effect on a property’s ultimate sales price; five of them are words that have the st...
10/12/2011
We know real estate agents get asked about paint colors a lot when home owners are thinking about selling a house. We think Kathy Nielsen’s blog post does a wonderful job of illustrating why a single color works so well. We hope you find it as useful as we did!5 Reasons Why Choosing A Single Inte...
10/11/2011
If you’re going to take the real estate exam soon, be warned: during the exam, you may feel hurried and want to pounce on the first answer choice that sounds right. (The same thing can happen when you take Rockwell's practice exams.) Much of the time, the first answer that sounds right is in fact...
10/06/2011
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We offer a number of live-lecture classes (both prelicense and continuing education) here at Rockwell, and one question we hear over and over from our students is…"Where's a good place to eat lunch?" We’ll be profiling a number of local restaurants over the coming months.Today’s featured spot is ...
10/04/2011
Welcome to our Instructor of the Month series: every month (or so), we’ll feature an interview with a real estate instructor who uses Rockwell materials. This month, we’re talking with Paula Crandall, who teaches our Real Estate Fundamentals course at our Bellevue, WA facility. Rockwell: What do...
09/29/2011
Bopa and I returned from the California Realtor Expo with renewed enthusiasm for real estate training. We met so many wonderful people in San Jose! Clearly, there is still a lot of energy in the California real estate community, even though the trend towards smaller Expo turnouts continued this ...
09/27/2011
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Fall is here, and I’ve been putting my garden to bed and preserving fresh produce—drying onions, and making peach, blackberry, and hot pepper jams. As I was making my last batch of blackberry jam, I was thinking about how these "old fashioned" skills (growing and preserving your own food) are so ...
09/26/2011
Welcome to Rockwell’s monthly book review! Every month, I’ll review a real estate related book (other than Rockwell’s, of course!) that you might find useful in your real estate career. “A typical advertising mistake occurs when owners and managers make their advertising decision based upon the...
09/22/2011
Here’s the bad news: real estate sales are down, mortgage foreclosures are up, and financing can be hard to get. Here’s the good news: many agents are still making a living selling real estate, and some of them are making a great living. What is the determining factor between agents who have to...
09/20/2011
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Rockwell Institute is a real estate school and publisher since 1974, and we've trained thousands of real estate students in Washington and California. We've learned a lot over the years about getting a real estate license and studying for license exams, and we've often got news about changes in real estate laws and regulations. So we’ll let our writers and instructors share some of their wisdom and pass on the answers to some of our common student questions.