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Take the first step towards earning your real estate license and starting your new career with our comprehensive courses designed to prepare you for the Virginia real estate exam and beyond!
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Our competitively-priced courses help you start your career off on the right foot, without putting a dent in your wallet!
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Preparing for the Test & Beyond
Our Pre-Licensing Course for Real Estate Salespersons fulfills the 60-hour course requirement and prepares you not only for the Virginia Real Estate Exam, but also for getting your real estate business off to a great start. You’ll learn basic real estate principles and practices, including what constitutes real property, governmental controls and laws affecting real estate, pricing of real properties, real estate finance, settlement/closing, agency and other brokerage relationships, contracts, & ethics. By the end of the course, you’ll be more than ready to take the Virginia Real Estate Exam!
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About Our Program
It’s time for you to take the plunge and start your career as a real estate professional! It’s important that you start that process off right and ensure that you are prepared to give clients the best representation possible, while also enjoying an incredible career opportunity. The Northstar Real Estate Academy principle and practices of real estate class meets the Virginia 60-hour licensing program to prepare you to take the licensing exam. This program is administered and taught by nationally recognized instructors who come with decades of experience coaching, mentoring and training real estate agents. You will be provided with live training opportunities, study aids, tutoring and coaching to ensure that you have the best possible opportunity to pass the exam and acquire your license.
This program is offered in a live-virtual environment allowing you to attend from home and interact with the instructor and fellow classmates.
Coldwell Banker Elite offers a tuition reimbursement program. Email careers@coldwellbankerelite.com for more information.
Registration details:
Principles and Practices of Real Estate Licensing Program
- Course Details:
- Platform: Live-virtual via Zoom
- Sessions:
Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6p-9p
- Contact email: northstar@cbeva.com
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Attendance Requirements
- 18 years of age
- GED or High School Diploma
- Dependable computer with high-speed internet access
- Web camera
- Microphone
- Ability to attend all classes, except in case of emergency.
Mentors That Make A Difference
Our Instructors
Matthew Rathbun
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Deb Ellis
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Suzanne Godin
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Jay Parrish
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Jeff Edmisten
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Robin Marine
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Satisfied Student Reviews
“Suzanne was knowledgeable and spoke on complicates topics making them easy to understand. She is friendly and had lots of patience while answering questions. Her experience, vast knowledge and passion for the industry made her an excellent instructor for the real estate licensing class.”
“I truly believe had I not done my pre-licensing with Coldwell Banker Elite I would have not been as prepared for the testing. Our instructors made sure we understood each section and gave us the tools to be successful in passing our test the first time. They were always available to answer questions and help me fully understand the material and concept behind it. Their knowledge and commitment is above all others. After seeing how each instructor was during our late night courses, the amount of support I received it also helped me make a clear decision on where the best brokerage would be to hold my license. Our instructors worked full time, then still gave it their all during our evening classes, sacrificing time from their families to help us succeed. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity I had taking the course through Coldwell Banker Elite. The acronyms that were taught are still engraved in my brain four years later. Thank you again CBE Family!”
Thank you so much to all the instructors at Northstar Real Estate Academy! Everyone was so knowledgeable and took the time to share their expertise and best practices with us. I appreciated the supportive and engaging environment they created. Thank you for providing evening classes so that I was able to incorporate the program into my schedule and kept my weekends free! I was so nervous about testing, but I’m happy to report that I passed both the National & State exams!
The course offered by NorthStar was better than expected since we had to do it via ZOOM sessions. You all made an excellent choice to kick-off the course with Matthew Rathbun. He is very entertaining, energetic, engaging and is EXCELLENT at instructing the material. I am a visual learner and taking the class in person would’ve been ideal, but all the instructors with CBE/NorthStar were excellent in utilizing the ZOOM tool. They kept the course material interesting, engaged all of us and we were able to “chat” with one another via the chat feature in ZOOM, as well as talking with each other over the ZOOM session. In addition to the instructors & course being excellent, I have made a friend through this experience. I am very excited about the next steps in my RE career. Thank you for a positive experience!
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