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Real Estate Classes
by Richard Hagar SRA

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Class Name Class Description Class Hours
Investment Classes
Why Invest in Real Estate This class eliminates the hype and gets down to the facts around real estate values. The down to earth facts will help you decide if real estate investing is right for you and more importantly... when and where to invest.

Let a senior real estate appraiser, who belongs to the nation wide Appraisal InstituteTM, give you access to the same information he provides lenders, developers and institutional investors.

Approved for: real estate agents, real estate appraisers.		 3 Clock Hours
Tools for the Real Estate investor Using the skill of an appraiser and experience of a real estate investor, I'll show you quick and easy ways to measure the potential success or failure of an investment... before you buy!

Tools, tips, Internet resources, insider information and how appraisers determine the value for an investment property are all included in this class. Designed for want-to-be investors and real estate agents.

Approved for: Real Estate Agents.		 3 Clock Hours
How to profit from Fixer-Uppers and Rehab Despite what Late-Night-TV-Hype says - Not ever Fixer-Upper makes profit, and not every remodeling project adds value. Time and time again we see people make the wrong decisions regarding fixers. Let this appraiser/investor show you which homes are perfect targets for fixing up and which should be avoided.

Numerous examples, photos and case studies combined with how and where to get financing for your project.

Approved for: Real Estate Agents, appraisers and investors like yourself.		 3 Clock Hours
Fraud Classes
Identify and Prevent Real Estate Mortgage Fraud Fraud is becoming a massive problem. The FBI says mortgage fraud is up 500% and the massive ignorance of Agents, Appraisers and Mortgage Brokers is at the core of the problem.

This class is filled with national and local examples and is the first in the nation approved by the State of Washington for continuing education for real estate professionals.

Details on fraud classes
 3 Clock Hours
Identify and Prevent Real Estate Mortgage Fraud The Expanded 6 hour version of the fraud class has everything in the 3 hour plus

Guest speakers will include a representative from the Attorney Generals office or Department of Financial Institutions

6 Clock Hours

What others have said:

  • "I thought he was nuts.... until the Assistant Attorney General stood by his side and said "Richard is correct, insiders are committing fraud, harming consumers and going to jail."
  • "I had no idea the problem was this big and in our town"
  • Richard is the single best instructor I've ever seen in 35 years - never a dull moment"
  • "There are so many that need this information. We need to make this class an absolute requirement to keep a license"

About the instructor, Richard Hagar SRA

I have a career that spans more than 30 years as a real estate agent, real estate appraiser, Instructor for the Appraisal Institute, and investor.

My father was a real estate broker selling homes in Seattle, later selling recreational property in various places around the World. I've spent my entire life in and around the real estate business.

I started as a licensed real estate agent in 1976, selling homes and condominiums to first time home buyers during weekdays. On weekends I'd sell recreational properties such as timeshare condominiums, camping lots and acreage for vacation homes.

I've worked with builders creating entire subdivisions, condominiums, converting apartments into condominiums and building homes throughout western Washington.

As a regular investor in real estate, I've read every get rich quick book I could find and tried to purchase property using every method around.

Today I'm:

  • A licensed real estate agent
  • The owner of American Home Appraisals. My company information
  • One of the more senior real estate appraisers in the State of Washington with the highest residential certificate available from the State.
  • An SRA with the Appraisal Institute. (The SRA designation indicates proficiency in appraising and is awarded to less than 1% of all appraisers)
  • On the approved list with more than 100 different lenders,
  • Perform review work for the State of Washington and some of the largest lenders
  • Provide attorney's, valuation and real estate consulting for legal matters in Washington and Colorado.
  • One of the few people to be licensed by the State of Washington to teach more than eight different fields of real estate including valuation, construction issues, sales and marketing, land use and real estate investment.
  • Create classes for local community colleges, real estate agents, mortgage brokers and appraisers
  • Regularly teach Real Estate Investing, fraud, and Appraisal classes
  • Author of "The Real Estate-Advisor", The Real Estate Investors Handbook, "The 8-Step Plan" and Real Estate ~ Agent ~ Appraiser and ~ Mortgage Fraud.
  • Own and manage, with my wife's constant help, our own portfolio of investment properties including homes, condominiums, multi-family, and a commercial office building.

Why am I qualified to talk about fraud?     ...I'm an appraiser!

  • On a weekly, if not daily basis, someone asks my office to commit fraud.
  • Attempts at fraud come to us in person, via phone, fax, and email.
  • Loan officers, processors, underwriters, corporate presidents, agents, buyers, sellers, and borrowers have tried bribes, threatened my health, my business and when all else failed - fall back on the "Well if you won't, I'll find an appraiser who will."
  • This isn't always overt threats, sometimes it's someone demanding a predetermined value, or asking me to be silent about a problem with the property.
    Why do they do it? Ignorance is one reason, greed is the most common.
  • A large percentage of the review work I see is beyond bad, its an attempt to lie and hide facts, most often to make a lender or borrower happy.
  • In legal matters, I examine appraisals, often discovering the absence of fact and a failure to comply with the most basic appraisal standards.
  • I've provided information to bank examiners, Senators, and State Attorneys.
  • I'm the author of the first and only class in the Nation to be approved for continued education to all real estate professionals.
  • I was a co-author of Washington's Mortgage Brokers Practices Act (RCW 19.146)

The classes I teach are entertaining, informative and, in the case of Fraud, downright scary. I guarantee business practices will change after hearing what I have to say.

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