Best in the West Periodically we like to highlight some of our outstanding and long standing instructors. Today, Mr. Speaker James E. He is a true winner and we are so fortunate to have him working with us and for us. Best in the West. Jim went to high school in Ashley, North Dakota and […]
Why, You Ask? One major reason: Test grades. Three years ago, the passing rate for Broker’s exam was 39%Two years ago, the passing rate was 41%Fiscal year to date, the passing rate is 56%For the math majors this is an improvement of 44% DGE Guarantees That You Will Pass Or Your Fees For Our Crash […]
Course Renewals Every two years we must renew all our CE courses and pay the DRE $500.00 for the privilege. Over the years we have had many verbal and long written disagreements with the review deputies in Sacramento. The courses would be returned with corrections not just for us, for everybody. We believed that the […]
Interview With DRE Executives Dan Sandri, Acting DRE Commissioner, and Sandra Knau, Assistant Commissioner for Licensing and Administration: It was a sincere pleasure recently to interview these two long-time executives at the California Department of Real Estate. They were gracious with their time and were so informative. There were so many important items that should […]
I Meet the Nicest People A name from my past. My final year at IU, I played in the Eastern Intercollegiates at West Point. This tourney is for all schools east of the Mississippi. I was seeded very generously at #3. In the round of 16 I was upset by Richard Raskin of Yale. Since […]
Excerpts From NMLS Surveys of Our Students Check them out. Positive and well managed course; Looking ahead for next year’s class again; A real learning experience; A+; Funny and knowledgeable; Will use them in the future; I can’t imagine doing it with anyone else; Sense of humor is very effective in keeping me attentive and […]
Time for Change If I were king, that would be a rule. My DRE license number is 257862 and current numbers are around 2.0M. So I have seen many come, and I have seen many go. Some never last, and they never know why. Was Peter Drucker the one who said, “If you want to […]
Inter-County Previously I discussed Prop 60 where a homeowner could sell a home and under certain conditions, keep their low tax assessment in the same county. This was passed in 1986. As always California taxpayers were not satisfied, they wanted to be able to sell and move to another county with their low assessment. In 1988 […]
The Value of Sports Did I learn anything of value in spending so many hours over so many years practicing, playing, thinking, stressing and dreaming about sports? Yes. First, I learned that the adage about “You can do anything you want, if you want to badly enough” is not true. There is a small fact […]
Tax Base Transfer Proposition 60 pertains to a regulation passed in California in 1986. It pertains to someone over the age of 55 who sells a house that has a comparatively low tax assessment to the current fair market value. This is due to the restrictions placed on property tax increases by Prop 13. The homeowner […]
