Recommended Real Estate Courses - Online vs In-Person

[Michael Strachan]

I've decided to start a career as a real estate agent. Hooray! My understanding is that the first step for me (as a California resident) would be to take a licensing course. My dilemma is that I'm not sure whether to take them online, as I've seen a lot of reasonably priced options, or to take them in-person, in a class room, with a teacher and other students. I've taken online classes before for college and never learned as well as I would have if I had a real-life instructor. I would like your insight! Do you have any recommendations either way? Please share your experience with your pre-licensing education, and whether you found it to be beneficial.

[Jamie Oie]

Hi Michael,
I just recently completed the CA required courses online through Allied Business School (www.alliedschools.com) which I highly recommend if you go the online route. I chose to do online as I have 2 small kids and work from home so this was just easier for me. As you know you do have to be disciplined to get the courses completed but it’s nice that you can do them at your own pace if you have other things going on. If you learn better with live instruction and other classmates then definitely go that route. I think it’s just whatever works best for your situation. Education wise I don’t feel like I missed anything by doing it online on my own. Allied has great customer service, online portal and provided great material for studying for the exam. Let me know if you have any other questions, I’d be happy to help!
Good luck!
Jamie