These classes will not be offered Fall term 2008.

Wealth Building Seminars Class Descriptions

Wealth Building Seminars offer invaluable information on financial planning to help you plan for a secure financial future. Instructor Bob Nelson is a CCIM with 36 years of real estate investment brokerage experience.

Real Estate Investments

Note: This course was previously titled "Real Estate Investor's Boot Camp I." If taken seriously, this class will absolutely change your life. Learn about a wide range of investment decisions used by the real estate investor. This course includes: (1) how to position yourself to take advantage of real estate investment opportunities; (2) how to view various types of real estate (with an emphasis upon income-producing properties); (3) how to create a real estate investment strategy; and, (4) how to create an investment action plan designed to substantially increase your net worth. Register promptly; this class generally fills on the first week. Text required.

Real Estate Investment Analysis

Note: Previously titled "Real Estate Investor's Boot Camp 2". Refine and perfect a viable real estate investment plan and strategy to accumulate wealth using real estate investments as the primary asset base. Learn to work with the income and expenses of an income producing property. Identify how to reduce vacancy and vacancy losses. Learn income property valuation techniques using both gross rental income and net operating income with the Gross Rent Multiplier and the Cap Rate. Use an HP10B-II hand calculator to understand the time value of money and how timing of cash flows influence investment yield. Avoid liability pitfalls and spot best investments! Course a must for the serious investor who seeks to use real estate as their foundational portfolio base. Calculator required.

Real Estate Exchange and Taxation

Note: Previously titled "Real Estate Investor Boot Camp 3". Create a viable real estate investment plan and strategy for accumulating and keeping wealth using real estate investments as the primary asset base. The first half of the course deals with all of the federal and state tax laws that are involved with the purchase, ownership, and disposition of real estate. The last half of the class deals with how to create and structure a tax deferred exchange. Learn how to legally defer the payment of capital gain taxes until such time as you final wish to make such a payment. Keep your equity working for you tax free. The instructor is a CCIM who is a regionally recognized expert on creating tax deferred exchanges. Learn from the "1031 guru". Text required.