British Columbia Real Estate Association - Courses

Grow Houses
1 CEU Credit

Course Description
This course introduces you to the concepts of Grow Houses. It will help you understand the legislation in place to protect yourself and your clients. You will receive guidance in recognizing situations that are governed by the legislation and recommendations on how to deal with them. The course will also provide examples to illustrate the information provided.

The following are the primary learning objectives of Grow Houses. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Recount the ramifications of selling or leasing a property that has been used as a grow house
• Recognize the characteristics of a grow house
• Avoid liability by knowing what to disclose to the public about grow houses

Money Laundering
2 CEU Credits

Course Description
This course introduces you to the concepts of Money Laundering. It will help you understand the legislation in place to protect you and your clients. You will receive guidance in recognizing situations that are governed by the legislation and recommendations on how to deal with them.

Here are the main learning objectives of Money Laundering. By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Describe how the Money Laundering Act applies to you as a real estate professional
• Recognize a suspicious transaction
• Design a system that will ensure compliance with the Act
• Identify the penalties for non-compliance and how to avoid them

Recognizing Structural Deficiencies in Homes
3 CEU Credits

Course Description
As a real estate professional, you would prefer to know up front whether there is a major structural deficiency in a home. There are simple visual techniques that you can use to distinguish between a house that is structurally deficient and a house with character.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Learn many simple tricks for recognizing structural deficiencies in a single-family residential building.
• Recognize visual clues that the house may be shifting;
• Know the difference between a floor sag and a floor slope;
• Recognize the difference between a serious foundation crack and a crack that has no structural significance.