Real Estate Investing Made Clear

You’ll laugh and learn as your instructor, Tom Lundstedt, CCIM, enthusiastically leads you through real world, rental property examples. When you’ve completed this course, you’ll be able to comfortably “talk the talk” with your investor clients about such items as: cash flow, NOI, depreciation, rate of return, income tax savings and much more. This course will increase your confidence when working with investor clients and open your eyes to many new opportunities.

The modules covered in this course are:

1. Money Machine
2. Four Financial Benefits
3. Investment Property Worksheet
4. Income and Expenses
5. Cash Flow Before Tax
6. Principal Reduction and Tax Savings
7. Income Tax Savings: Depreciation
8. Income Tax Savings: Calculation
9. Appreciation and Rates of Return744
10. Case Study 1

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

• recognize that investment real estate requires a different set of skills than residential real estate.
• list the four financial benefits of owning investment real estate.
• explain the role of depreciation in creating income tax savings.
• explain the importance of financing in determining the success of a real estate investment.
• calculate and explain the significance of the operating expense ratio.
• calculate the property's net operating income.
• explain how principal reduction is taxable.
• identify the four depreciable categories.
• calculate an investment property's taxable income.
• explain that appreciation should be considered an added benefit.
• use the Investment Property Worksheet to analyze an investment property before the purchase or listing.

Course Content

Each module will begin with an informational video lecture from the course instructor, Tom Lundstedt, followed by interactive activities to expand upon the module's subject. At the end of each module is a short quiz to help remember the important points you should now be better familiar with.

After completing all of the modules, a 30-question final exam will be given. The final exam is not timed and can be attempted as many times as needed to earn the minimum 90% passing score. A course completion certificate for Kansas real estate continuing education credit will be issued after passing the final exam and completing a course feedback survey.

Instructors

Although this course is largely self-guided, you may contact your instructor at tom@tomlundstedt.com if you have questions or concerns about the course content.

Issuance of Credit

You will receive a digital Kansas continuing education completion certificate (PDF) after the completion of this course. This certificate can be printed or kept digitally with your records.

The Kansas Association of REALTORS® (KAR) will upload your CE course completion record to the Kansas Real Estate Commission (KREC) within 5 days of course completion. You do not need to send the course completion certificate to KREC unless requested to by the commission.

Technology Requirements

This course is compatible with all major web browsers and operating systems. This includes Internet Edge and current versions of Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Firefox. Current Android and iOS mobile devices are supported.

Course Access

Access to this course is allowed for 45 days, and up to 180 days after completion, whichever is greater. The course will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, unless there is scheduled system maintenance. If this course is not completed within the given amount of time, a reinstatement fee may be charged.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

No refunds are available for this course. Cancellation requires no notification and students may discontinue the course at any time.

Policies on Cheating and Misrepresentation

Misrepresentation of personal identity is strictly forbidden for all courses. Falsifying personal information, forgery, and misrepresentation may result in immediate suspension. Additional actions by state and federal agencies may include loss or suspension of a license, failure to grant a license, fees, or criminal prosecution.

Cheating on courses that supply completion certificates, designations, or official credit is not tolerated. Keynote is not obligated to continue to furnish credit or continued support for students caught cheating on any part of the coursework or testing.