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Everything I Know about Real Estate, I Learned from the Movies (and TV)


Description
Land and real estate brokers are often motifs and characters in television and movies. You will enjoy this video-rich course which includes clips from Burlesque, It's a Wonderful Life, Raisin in the Son, Money Pit, and more!

Watch Debbie inter-weave her love of movies into this real estate elective.

Course Number: 3904 Name of elective cou...: Everything I Know about Real Estate, I L...

Content
  • 1.1 Introduction from Debbie
  • 1.2 Video: How to navigate this course
  • 1.3 Course description
  • 1.4 Course objectives and goals
  • 1.5 Rules of engagement
  • 1.6 Your instructor
  • Section 2 Theme: Love of the Land
  • 2.1 Topics for this section
  • 2.2 Theme: Love of the Land
  • 2.3 Far and Away
  • 2.4 The feudal system
  • 2.5 Love of the Land: Cultural Perspectives
  • 2.6 Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas
  • 2.7 More on cultural and community perspectives
  • 2.8 Sunshine State
  • 2.9 What did you learn so far?
  • Section 3 THEME: TITLE
  • 3.1 Topics for this section
  • 3.2 Different forms of title: fiefs and trusts
  • 3.3 The Descendants, part 1
  • 3.4 The Descendants, part 2
  • 3.5 Settling of the West
  • 3.6 What did you learn so far?
  • Section 4 THEME: SPLIT ESTATES
  • 4.1 Topics for this section
  • 4.2 Split estates
  • 4.3 Air rights and Burlesque
  • 4.4 Some details about air rights
  • 4.5 I learned about mineral rights from TV
  • 4.6 MOG Disclosure
  • 4.7 Water rights
  • 4.8 Chinatown
  • 4.9 The Milagro Beanfield War
  • 4.10 Riparian rights
  • 4.11 The struggle for water resources
  • 4.12 Is there such a thing as a private beach?
  • 4.13 What did you learn so far?
  • Section 5 THEME: ETHICS and disclosure
  • 5.1 Topics for this section
  • 5.2 Ethics and disclosure
  • 5.3 Lethal Weapon
  • 5.4 Introduction to American Beauty
  • 5.5 American Beauty
  • 5.6 Wall Street
  • 5.7 Barney Fife gets a real estate license
  • 5.8 Disclosure of material facts
  • 5.9 Why a Realtor is required
  • Section 6 THEME: STIGMATIZED PROPERTIES
  • 6.1 Topics for this section
  • 6.2 Introduction to stigmatized properties
  • 6.3 Stigmatized properties
  • 6.4 Poltergeist, part 1
  • 6.5 Poltergeist, part 2
  • 6.6 The Amityville horror house and others
  • 6.7 Let's talk about haunted houses a little more
  • 6.8 Disclosure about cemeteries and burial grounds
  • 6.9 A broker discusses cemetery easements on NC land (optional viewing)
  • 6.10 Let's see what you've learned
  • Section 7 THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  • 7.1 Topics for this section
  • 7.2 Introduction to environmental issues
  • 7.3 A Civil Action
  • 7.4 Learning more about environmental issues
  • 7.5 Go to the EPA website
  • Section 8 THEME: FAIR HOUSING
  • 8.1 Topics for this section
  • 8.2 Introduction to fair housing
  • 8.3 A Raisin in the Sun
  • 8.4 Other visual resources about fair housing
  • 8.5 The NCREC says....
  • 8.6 The NCREC's goal
  • Section 9 THEME: Lenders, loans, and economic cycles and loans
  • 9.1 Topics for this section
  • 9.2 Savings and loans
  • 9.3. It's a Wonderful Life: S&Ls vs. the CBs
  • 9.4 The influence of a savings and loan
  • 9.5 Alternate financing: contracts for deed
  • 9.6 Snow falling on cedars
  • 9.7 Alien land laws
  • 9.8 Economic cycles
  • 9.9 The Big Short
  • 9.10 Inside Job
  • 9.11 Foreclosure
  • 9.12 "The Grapes of Wrath"
  • 9.13 House of Sand and Fog
  • 9.14 House of Sand and Fog, part 2
  • 9.15 Let's see what you've learned
  • Section 10 THEME: INSPECTIONS
  • 10.1 Topics for this section
  • 10.2 intro to "The Money Pit"
  • 10.3 "The Money Pit"
  • 10.4 The NCREC and inspections
  • Section 11 SUMMARY and HOUSEKEEPING
  • 11.1 Summary
  • 11.2 You're almost done!
  • 11.3 End-of-course survey
  • 11.4 Just hit the complete button....
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: until June 30
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