Your ability to inspire, simplify and truly care makes Duane Gomer educators change our business and professional lives – thank you for being the BEST!!! – Rogin A. Course was best ever!! I will be back next year! Thanks to all – Ken K. Duane Gomer’s instructors make completing the MLO Continuing Education requirement straight […]
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ANOTHER LOOK AT OPEN HOUSES
FROM A TRUE PROFESSIONAL JIM CASEY AND NON-TRADITIONAL BROKERAGE Today, I want to highlight Jim Casey, a Burbank Realtor and a friend. Jim was a national speaker, and I attended many of his presentations at the National Association of Realtors, the California Association of Realtors, and other locations. He was one of the “really” great […]

N.A.R. DIRECTORS PASS NEW COURSE REQUIREMENT
New applicants must now complete two hours of Fair Housing training and existing members must complete the course every three years. In addition to the now required Ethics training. (more…)

Cameras in MLO Webinars
This change is effective June 6th so I am reposting a post from our email on December 7, 2021. The NMLS did come out with a couple more rules for students. They said that you must have a camera that shows you from your shoulders up. You might want to consider your dress code because people […]

7 Ideas for Real Estaters In This Market
You Can Never Be Too Educated When I started I knew that I wanted to sell apartment houses by syndicating them and then property managing them during our ownership. To do this I found that my best sources for leads was teaching at UCLA in their evening Real Estate classes, speaking at Apartment Association meetings, […]

What’s Happening At The DRE
The Fall issue of the DRE bulletin was recently released by Commissioner Douglas R. McCauley. Worth reading if you are interested in Real Estate in any way. This is not an advertisement disguised as a news release, this is from the agency that enforces all Real Estate Regulations, so beware and behold. First, read this issue […]

Speakers Of The Year
John Richards, Co-Speaker of the Year 2021 John Shore, Co-Speaker of the Year 2021 2021 Winners Every year at this time DGE selects a Speaker of the Year. It recognizes some instructor who has done an amazing job in the previous year. We have had some wonderful winners. They include Noel Seaman, Gary Watts, Rich […]

Duane Gomer Looks Back At 60 Years of Real Estate
In The Beginning In December of 1961 I received a Real Estate License from the California Department of Real Estate, Number 00257862. It is now December 2021 and I am still licensed and working. That is 60 years plus. This journey started after I had received a BS from Indiana University, an MBA from UCLA, […]

New Change to MLO Continuing Education Webinars
Changes for 2022 NMLS is constantly making changes for Course Providers like Duane Gomer Education. Due to the pandemic we have been doing webinars instead of seminars and the response has been gratifying. Of course, there will be changes. I believe this latest one will be effective on June 6, 2022. The student’s cameras must […]

SB 263 Adds a New Required Course for DRE CE
SB263 Beginning January 1, 2023 there will be a new 2 hour course required when Real Estate Licensees want to complete their 45 hours of Continuing Education every four years. The course is entitled, “Implicit Bias”. Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), the author said that “Systemic racism and bias can make it even more difficult […]