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Fundamentals & Practice of Residential Real Estate

$1,000

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

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Fundamentals & Practice
of Rural Real Estate

$1,000

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

29 Lessons Exam Prep Tools Practice Questions Mock Exams
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Fundamentals & Practice
of Commercial Real Estate

$1,000

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

29 Lessons Exam Prep Tools Practice Questions Mock Exams
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Fundamentals of
Real Estate

$600

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

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Practice of Residential
Real Estate

$400

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

21 Lessons Exam Prep Tools Practice Questions Mock Exams
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Practice of Rural 
Real Estate

$400

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

18 Lessons Exam Prep Tools Practice Questions Mock Exams
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Practice of Commercial
Real Estate

$400

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

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Practice of Property
Management

$400

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

23 Lessons Exam Prep Tools Practice Questions Mock Exams
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Real Estate
Broker Program

$400

The Fundamentals of Real Estate program includes 11 required units that build the essential knowledge every successful practitioner needs.

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Fundamentals of Real Estate Course (Prerequisite)

Our Fundamental course is your gateway to becoming a practice-ready REALTOR®.

Elective Practice Courses


Before you dive into your Practice Course(s), you'll need to conquer the Fundamentals of Real Estate.

ARE YOU READY?

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"Took the Fundamentals of Real Estate Course from AREA. It was very well done, and I passed the exam! They were also very responsive when I emailed them with questions."

- David Grant Miller

"AREA is a great place for learning. They are very responsible and helpful. Highly recommended to anyone wants to get into the realty business."

- ZiXian Wang

"The Alberta Real Estate Association is a first class professional association with an exceptional staff team and solid board governance processes."

- Jennifer Gilbert

Practice Course

Rural Real Estate

Learn the additional property, land, utility, municipal, environmental, and transaction considerations that shape rural real estate practice in Alberta.

Cost$400
Hours40 - 60
PrerequisiteFundamentals
Best forRural property
What You Get

Rural-specific practice confidence.

This program assists learners in meeting the regulatory requirements of a rural real estate licensee in Alberta.

1

Land and location fluency

Understand rural land use, municipal context, locating rural properties, and the factors that shape rural living.

2

Property systems knowledge

Learn how soil, water, irrigation, sewage disposal, service systems, construction, and permitting affect rural transactions.

3

Transaction readiness

Cover rural property research, farm evaluation, tax considerations, financing, client representation, and purchase contracts.

  • Introduction to Rural Real Estate
  • Locating Rural Properties
  • Municipal Land Use
  • Rural Land Use
  • Rural Living and Rural Municipalities
  • Factors Affecting Rural Properties: Soil
  • Factors Affecting Rural Properties: Water and Irrigation
  • Factors Affecting Rural Properties
  • Rural and Country Building Construction
  • Rural Building Construction: Service Systems, Interior Finishes, Permitting
  • Rural Sewage Disposal
  • Rural Property Research
  • Evaluating Rural and Farm Properties
  • Tax Considerations
  • Investment Calculation and Financing
  • Client Representation
  • Completing the Transaction
  • Rural Real Estate Purchase Contracts

Understand the details that make rural transactions different.

Build the confidence to approach rural property with better questions and stronger context.

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