If you are interested in a real estate school, you should first check with the licensing requirements in your state. The state may also have a list of approved schools and in many cases all are dying for more students.

If you have no luck there, visit a local real estate office. There are many schools run by real estate companies with leased tape programs. They run these schools mostly as a recruiting tool, but they can't require that you go to work for them after you get your license. I would suggest that you renew your search for local real estate schools first. There may be one in the back room of a real estate company that isn't listed in the phone book. Also check with community colleges -- most offer the basic courses to meet prelicense requirements. Some even offer classes online. Another suggestion is to contact the state licensing

agency. Most maintain a list of real estate schools in the state.

If you really can't find a school to start with and you want to start studying on your own I would recommend you start with some general books on real estate law. Law is kind of the basis for most of the rest of the courses and you'd be better off tackling it first. Plus, many students find the law portion of their real estate studies to be harder than most of the rest. So if you have some general background, even if your knowledge is incomplete, you will be a leg up when you do finally get into class.

By: Larry Hudson

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