Performance Programs Company's newly minted Florida Real Estate Continuing Education Course (the "FLA.CE" Program) is a 14-hour course specifically designed for Florida real estate licensees and for their fulfillment of Florida's real estate continuing education requirements. As such, the course carefully complies with FREC requirements and specification for content coverage, organization length, format, and final examinations.
The thrust of the course's content is to
provide a comprehensive yet terse review of key concepts and principles undergirding Florida brokerage and management practicesemphasize how to develop and maintain practical yet widely-accepted standards of professional real estate practice as codified by the Realtors Code of Ethics and FREC-promulgated regulationshighlight the more action-oriented aspects of brokerage practice as opposed to legal concepts, including risk mitigation, the basics of managing transactions, pricing property, completing contracts, financial analysis, closing, and, throughout, making conscientious and transparent disclosures.In fulfilling these course content benchmarks, we have tried to keep the topic summaries clear, simple and relevant. Ultimately, we hope they will serve the ongoing purpose of keeping you abreast of the industry's newest trends, developments, and new evolutions.
Important note: The FLA.CE Program needs to be purchased through an approved Florida real estate school to receive credit. Buying and completing the FLA.CE book purchased here will NOT earn you credit. Our FLA.CE text resource is to be in used in conjunction with a school's FLA.CE course.
Cusic, David: - Dr. Cusic, an author and educator, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. David earned his Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University. Specializing in real estate training since 1978, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country including NAR, CoreNet Global, and the CCIM Institute.
Davis, Cheryl: - Cheryl Davis is a native of Cocoa Beach, Florida. She has been in the Real Estate Industry for over 35 years, and she has experience in residential and commercial sales, construction and fabrication, and property management. She is currently a broker with JoAnn P. Davis Realty, Inc. For the past seven years, Cheryl has been an active Real Estate Instructor. Prior to that, Cheryl served as the Director of Education for the Florida Realtors Association. She is currently a co-owner of Access School of Real Estate. One of Cheryl's specializations is as a Disability Consultant with Access Built. This organization retrofits access to homes with disabled homeowners by working with architects, developers, and contractors to develop leading-edge residential access innovations. Cheryl has a BSBA in Human Resources, an MBA in Accounting and Leadership, and a DBA(ABD) in Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
Mettling, Stephen: - Stephen Mettling has been a real estate educator and custom training program developer specializing in real estate over the past forty years. During that time he has written or co-developed over 100 books, professional training programs and texts covering all aspects of residential, commercial, and corporate real estate for national trade organizations and real estate companies. Additionally Steve has directed numerous statewide real estate schools and served as vice president of Dearborn Financial Services where he headed up the country's largest real estate, securities and insurance license training network.
