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Feb 03, 2012 (18 hours ago)
Commissioner's Standards Renewal Class
Commissioner's Standards Renewal Class      Do you need an Arizona Commissioner's Standards class for real estate continuing education?  Renewal Zone offers two Commissioner's Standards classes...
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Jan 27, 2012 (8 days ago)
Commercial Architecture CE Course
Commericial Architecture CE Course    Commercial real estate renewal courses are not as easy to find as residential real estate renewal courses.  However, we do offer a Commericial Architecture...
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Jan 20, 2012 (15 days ago)
New Home Sales Renewal Classes
New Home Sales Renewal Classes     Take new home sales classes that are aprroved by the Arizona Department of Real Estate for continuing education.  You no longer have to sit in class or take ...
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Jan 13, 2012 (22 days ago)
Get Real Estate Hours on iPad
Get Real Estate Hours on iPad     New student gets all 24 hours of continuing education from her iPad.  Better yet, she took all 8 Arizona renewal classes while attending her son's soccer game...
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Jan 06, 2012 (29 days ago)
Broker Management Clinic Required for Brokers
Broker Management Clinic Required for Brokers       The Broker Management Clinic is required every 2 years for Broker License Renewal.  The Broker Management Clinic is not easy to find online, ...
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Dec 23, 2011 (43 days ago)
Great Time for License Renewal
Great Time for License Renewal       Many people take their real estate renewal classes around the holidays. You can get your Arizona renewal hours completed from anywhere you have an internet co...
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Dec 13, 2011 (53 days ago)
CE Classes for New Home Sales
CE Classes for New Home Sales     We offer real estate license renewal for new home sales.  Are you tired of taking renewal classes for general real estate because you work for a Home Builder?...
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Dec 02, 2011 (64 days ago)
Does Your Real Estate License Expire 12/31/11?
  Does Your Real Estate License Expire 12/31/11?     Renewal Zone makes real estate license renewal easy!  December is a busy month for most everyone, so sign-up and take a class with us.  Onli...
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Nov 23, 2011 (73 days ago)
Land Development Renewal Class for CE
Land Development Renewal Class for CE     Renewal is proud to offer Land Development as a renewal class for Arizona continuing education.  The class is written by Rob Cross, who has managed seve...
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Nov 04, 2011 (92 days ago)
Designated Broker to Report Violations
Designated Broker to Report Violations     Per the Arizona Department of Real Estate Bulletin (Vol. 2011 - Issue 3):  "Should any violations occur in the name of the corporation, the Design...
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Nov 02, 2011 (94 days ago)
Active CE Courses per the ADRE
Active CE Courses per the ADRE      Did you know that the Arizona Department of Real Estate has approved 3600 CE classes for real estate license renewal, but only 15.4% are available online?  T...
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Oct 28, 2011 (99 days ago)
ADRE-Approved Online Courses
ADRE-Approved Online Courses       Per the latest Arizona Department of Real Estate Bulletin, Online CE Course submissions for May 2011 through August 2011 was 49% of the total.   That means th...
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Sep 27, 2011 (130 days ago)
Real Estate Course vs. Real Estate Class
Real Estate Course vs. Real Estate Class     What do you need for Arizona real estate license renewal - a renewal course or a renewal class?  We have always called them "renewal classes," but ma...
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Sep 19, 2011 (138 days ago)
Online Real Estate Renewal Hours - Less Stress!
Online Real Estate Renewal Hours - Less Stress!     Renewal Zone offers continuing education for real estate license renewal.  Need your Arizona real estate renewal hours by the end of the year?...
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Sep 16, 2011 (141 days ago)
Real Estate CE for Arizona
Real Estate CE for Arizona       Do you have an Arizona real estate license and need to get your continuing education soon?  You can take all eight ADRE-Approved renewal classes with us.  Just cli...
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Sep 09, 2011 (148 days ago)
AZ Licensees take CE Classes from any State
  AZ Licensees take CE Classes from any State       Do you need to renew your real estate license, but live out-of-state?  No problem at all!  You can get your real estate renewal hours with Ren...
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Aug 30, 2011 (158 days ago)
Enter Real Estate CE Online with the ADRE
Enter Real Estate CE Online with the ADRE      We get calls periodically from Real Estate Agents asking if Renewal Zone logs your renewal classes with the Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)...
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Aug 24, 2011 (164 days ago)
Use iPad for Online Real Estate CE
Use iPad for Online Real Estate CE       Renewal Zone has a new student who found us from a Google Search using the search term "AZ CE iPad Courses."  After completing the online renewal class,...
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Aug 16, 2011 (172 days ago)
ADRE-Approved Instructor Bill Washburn
  ADRE-Approved Instructor Bill Washburn         Renewal Zone is proud to offer Bill Washburn's class called "Build A House."  Bill teaches a residential construction class at Arizona State Univers...
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Aug 11, 2011 (177 days ago)
AZ Real Estate License Renewal Period
AZ Real Estate License Renewal Period       The Arizona Department of Real Estate changed the license renewal period from 4 years to 2 years for real estate licenses issued after July 29, 2010.  ...
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Aug 08, 2011 (180 days ago)
Take Real Estate Renewal Hours Online
Take Real Estate Renewal Hours Online     Like you, I have my favorite Arizona Real Estate School for live classes.  I have enjoyed taking many CE classes over the years and was hesitant to sw...
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Aug 02, 2011 (186 days ago)
The Online Real Estate School Appeal
  The Online Real Estate School Appeal     Have you ever wondered who takes their renewal classes online?  Doesn't everyone enjoy a live class format?  NO???  Online renewal classes appeal to t...
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Jul 27, 2011 (192 days ago)
Renewal Classes for New Home Sales
Renewal Classes for New Home Sales     Do you work for a Homebuilder and need to renew your Arizona real estate license?  Well, we have online renewal classes for you.  Renewal Zone is the onl...
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Jul 22, 2011 (197 days ago)
Commercial Real Estate Renewal Class
Commercial Real Estate Renewal Class       Renewal Zone offers a Commercial Real Estate Renewal Class on Commercial Architecture written by Miguel Berastegui.  The class discusses the history of...
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Jul 13, 2011 (206 days ago)
Broker Management Clinic Gets Rave Reviews
Broker Management Clinic Gets Rave Reviews     Renewal Zone's Broker Management Clinic is a proven success!  It gets rave reviews and the students love the fact that they can take the Broker Mana...
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Jul 06, 2011 (213 days ago)
Take Renewal Classes on your iPad
Take Renewal Classes on your iPad   We have a new student who took 3 Arizona Renewal Classes on the 4th of July from a hotel room in Huntington Beach, CA.  He was attending his son's baseball tour...
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Jun 28, 2011 (221 days ago)
Log your Renewal Classes with the ADRE Immediately
  Log your Renewal Classes with the ADRE Immediately   We got a call from a student today who was trying to locate the online real estate school that she had taken her renewal classes from.   She w...
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Jun 21, 2011 (228 days ago)
Renewal Zone Offers Sales Training
 - Renewal Zone Offers Sales Training -   Lynn Palmer has been offering Sales Training and Consulting to Real Estate Companies, Homebuilders, Developers, Design Centers, Pool Companies, and Trade ...
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Jun 16, 2011 (233 days ago)
ADRE Model Broker's Policy and Procedure Manual
  - ADRE Model Broker's Policy and Procedure Manual -   The Arizona Department of Real Estate has created the ADRE Model Broker's Policy and Procedure Manual to provide an example of the written po...
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May 11, 2011 (269 days ago)
New Renewal Zone Testimonial
- New Renewal Zone Testimonial - Please Click "Testimonials" on the menu bar to see the latest posting from Kayte Gentry, a well-respected Arizona Real Estate Broker and Short Sale Specialist. ...
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Apr 06, 2011 (304 days ago)
Take Arizona Renewal Classes From Out-Of-State
- Take Arizona Renewal Classes From Out-Of-State - Renewal Zone's newest student is taking her online renewal classes from a sales office in New York.  How cool is that!  In the old days, out-of-...
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Mar 14, 2011 (327 days ago)
Realtor Mag - Living Big in a Small Home (part 3)
- Room Mapping - The article below is from Realtor®Mag - Official Magazine of the National Association of Realtors® Living Big in a Small Home (part 2) By Maggie Sieger | February 2010 ...
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Mar 14, 2011 (327 days ago)
Realtor Likes Renewal Zone
- Realtor Likes Renewal Zone - We'd like to thank Andy Quigley with HomeSmart for the great testimonial: "Just completed my real estate renewal hours online with RENEWAL ZONE!!! Cost less, cut out ...
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Mar 05, 2011 (336 days ago)
New Home Sales Associates: Take Your ADRE-Approved Classes Online!
  - New Home Sales Associates:   Take Your ADRE-Approved Classes Online!  -   Renewal Zone offers new home renewal classes in all of the required categories for Arizona License Renewal.  You can f...
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Mar 02, 2011 (339 days ago)
"Revised" Real Estate Purchase Contract Class
 -"Revised" Real Estate Purchase Contract Class - The Arizona Association of Realtors revised the "Residential Resale Real Estate Purchase Contract" on  February 28, 2011.  Renewal Zone has been ...
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Feb 25, 2011 (344 days ago)
Realtor Mag - Living Big in a Small Home (part 2)
- Assess Furniture Size - The article below is from Realtor®Mag - Official Magazine of the National Association of Realtors® Living Big in a Small Home (part 2) By Maggie Sieger | February 201...
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Feb 18, 2011 (351 days ago)
Realtor Mag - Living Big in a Small Home
   - Living Big in a Small Home - The article below is from Realtor®Mag - Official Magazine of the National Association of Realtors® After years of upsizing, Americans are enjoying the benefi...
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Feb 04, 2011 (365 days ago)
ADRE Informational Alert Regarding Short Sales
- ADRE Informational Alert Regarding Short Sales - Per the Arizona Department of Real Estate, numerous regulations have recently been enacted governing short sale negotiations.  In short, these...
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Jan 14, 2011 (1 year ago)
Percentage of Arizona Online Renewal Classes
- Percentage of Arizona Online Renewal Classes  - According the Arizona Department of Real Estate, 42% of the renewal classes taken in 2010 were distance learning classes, which means they were...
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Dec 28, 2010 (1 year ago)
There's Still Time to Renew Your Real Estate License!
 -There's Still Time to Renew Your Real Estate License! -   Is your real estate license expiring this month?  Have no fear - you still have time to renew.  Whether you need one renewal class, or...
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Dec 23, 2010 (1 year ago)
Closing Techniques for New Home Sales
- Closing Techniques for New Home Sales -  One thing is for sure … I didn’t really know how to close when I was selling new homes or even managing a sales team. It is not that diff...
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Nov 15, 2010 (1 year ago)
Real Estate Flipping vs. Flopping
It was just a few years ago when investors were buying homes to turn around and sell at a profit called "flipping."  Today, we are seeing investors persuading lenders to agree to a short sale, buying ...
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Oct 01, 2010 (1 year ago)
The Arizona Home Building Industry Buzzing With Creativity!
The Home Builders Association of Central Arizona hosts the Southwest Builders Show each year and it is always well-attended by Real Estate Industry Leaders.  This year was no exception.  All of the ma...
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Jul 27, 2010 (2 years ago)
Construction Expert Offers Renewal Class
 - Construction Expert Offers Renewal Class - Bill Washburn, a well-known and popular Professor at the ASU Del Webb School of Construction, has been involved in the residential construction ind...
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Jun 23, 2010 (2 years ago)
Arizona New Home Online Renewal Classes
- Arizona Online Renewal Classes for New Homes - Renewal Zone has partnered with the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona (HBACA) to offer real estate renewal classes specific to new ho...
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May 27, 2010 (2 years ago)
Student Testimonial Regarding Renewal Zone's Online Real Estate Classes
- Student Testimonial - To find out what students are saying about our real estate classes, go to www.renewalzone.com and click on testimonials. Here is a comment from one of our students regar...
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May 05, 2010 (2 years ago)
New Home Real Estate Classes for Arizona
- New Home Real Estate Classes for Arizona -   Renewal Zone is an online real estate school that offers real estate classes specifically written for new home sales in Arizona. We know how frustratin...
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Apr 21, 2010 (2 years ago)
Real Estate Market Improves as Home Builders Buy Land
According to the Wall Street Journal, "In Arizona and across the U.S., home builders are battling to acquire land in preparation for ramping up home construction."  This is certainly true in Gilbert, ...
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Apr 08, 2010 (2 years ago)
Take Real Estate Classes and Donate to Cancer Research
- Take Real Estate Classes and Donate to Cancer Research -                         Did you ever think that taking a real estate renewal class would help find a cure for cancer? Well, at Renewal Zo...
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Mar 15, 2010 (2 years ago)
FHA Streamlined 203K Rehabilitation Loan
- FHA Streamlined 203K Rehabilitation Loan -   Real Estate Professionals: If your buyers have been passing up homes that require cosmetic repairs for lack of funds to fix them up, FHA may have a p...
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Mar 01, 2010 (2 years ago)
Get Your Arizona Broker's License Now
- Get Your Arizona Broker’s License Now -   If you are interested in getting your Real Estate Broker’s License, now is the time.  Like most regulated industries, real estate licensing ...
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Feb 15, 2010 (2 years ago)
The Mortgage Advantage
- The Mortgage Advantage -   Do you have the latest mortgage information you need to offer buyers meaningful assistance in qualifying for a home?  Renewal Zone has the perfect class for you.  We o...
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Jan 28, 2010 (2 years ago)
Renewal Zone offers the Broker Management Clinic
- Renewal Zone offers the Broker Management Clinic -    Are you a Designated Broker or Associate Broker in Arizona?  Renewal Zone offers all of the required continuing education classes you will n...
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Jan 18, 2010 (2 years ago)
The Top 30 New Home Questions
- The Top 30 New Home Questions -                                              Check out Renewal Zone’s new home sales class called “Get in the Sales Zone – Complete New Home Pro...
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Jan 07, 2010 (2 years ago)
A tip For Creating Urgency
- Tips For Creating Urgency -   Are you a good listener? That’s too bad! What??? Actually, being a good listener is a great quality, but did you know that it can be a detriment in this marke...
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Nov 23, 2009 (2 years ago)
The Extraverted, Emotional
The last personality type is the Extraverted, Emotional – (energetic, spontaneous, decisive, unique)   This personality type is the life of the party. He/she is frankly a real estate professio...
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Nov 05, 2009 (2 years ago)
The Introverted, Emotional
The next personality type is the Introverted, Emotional – (indecisive, quiet, follower, people-person) This personality type is a real estate professional’s dream at first glance. He/she ...
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Oct 22, 2009 (2 years ago)
The Introverted, Analytical
The next personality type is the Introverted, Analytical – (withdrawn, detail-oriented, questioning, smart) This person could be an engineer or an accountant, or could be any person who is extr...
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Oct 09, 2009 (2 years ago)
The Extraverted, Analytical
There are many types of personalities that make up successful real estate professionals.  Whether you are introverted, extraverted, emotional, or analytical, understanding your own personality type an...
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Sep 29, 2009 (2 years ago)
What kind of buyer do you prefer?
What kind of buyer do you prefer?  Do you connect easier to the emotional buyer or the analytical buyer?  What about the introverted buyer versus the extraverted buyer?  It is sometimes easier to conn...
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Sep 22, 2009 (2 years ago)
How many times can you close?
How many times can you close? Most real estate professionals are thrilled with their performance if they close just once. Since buyers don’t like to be closed, why over-do it? But wait … ...
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Sep 12, 2009 (2 years ago)
The "It's Time" Close
It’s time! Have you ever heard the “It’s Time” close? Through my 15 years of sales training, I have had the privilege of working with, and learning from, many seasoned real est...
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Sep 08, 2009 (2 years ago)
When the Buyer Says No
What if you ask a closing question and the buyer says NO?  If you are not positive that the buyer will say yes, aren’t you setting yourself up for failure? NO.  If the buyer says no, it is...
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Sep 04, 2009 (2 years ago)
The Effective Soft Close
The soft close is effective for new real estate agents or for those who are not comfortable asking a direct closing question. This is a friendly close, yet effective. When the buyer shows interest in ...
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Aug 25, 2009 (2 years ago)
Ask a Direct Closing Question!
Ask a “direct” closing question and you will never need another close! What is a direct close you ask? Rather than beating around the bush, you look the prospects directly in the eye and a...
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Aug 20, 2009 (2 years ago)
Closing the Sale in Today's Market
Is closing the sale appropriate in today’s market?  Absolutely!  Even in a buyer’s market, closing is totally appropriate and a critical part of the buying process. Buyers want a real es...
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