Self-Study Modules

Self study courses are a flexible way to complete continuing education credits around your schedule.  OAR offers a variety of self-study courses including fair housing, ethics and real estate, risk management, property inspection guide and more.


The Truth About Mold
(8 hours required education)
Explore the impact of mold on the real estate industry with
this course. This module provides students the practical
information on remediation, reducing liability, sampling
and testing kits, health effects of mold and the differences
between mold and other environmental red flags.

Buyer Representation in Real Estate
(6 hours required education)
This is a great introduction manual for buyer agents
focusing on the legal and technical aspects of buyer
representation (such as due diligence and fiduciary duties)
that agents need to know.

Real Estate & Taxes: What Every Agent
Should Know
(8 hours required education)
This module is designed for the real estate licensee who
works with real estate investors and needs occasional real
estate tax knowledge. It is not written for real estate tax
specialists. The module provides a basic knowledge of tax
issues.

Diversity and Doing Business
(8 hours required education)
This module provides key terms used to discuss diversity
issues, identifies the origins of diversity issues in the U.S.,
helps the student understand the impact of affirmative
action and fair housing laws on diversity issues, and outlines
how diversity factors can impact your business.

Agency Plus
(8 hours required education)
Real estate professionals today must understand the complex
law of agency and be able to explain it clearly to new buyers.
This course provides one of the clearest explanations of this
trouble-prone area.

Red Flags: Property Inspection Guide
(8 hours required education)
Real estate agents and brokers are responsible for representing
the condition of a property along with the duty of inspecting
a property for “red flags” (visual signs or indications of a
defect). Brokers and agents who understand and comply with
disclosure laws stand a better chance of avoiding legal liability
or having a sale fail.

Fair Housing
(10 hours required education)
Agents today must be careful to deliver “equal professional
service” to avoid legal trouble. This course will help you provide
the consistency, objectivity and documentation of service that
the law requires.

Risk Management
(8 hours required education)
This module addresses issues such as misrepresentation, fair
housing, the Americans with Disabilities Act and antitrust
laws.

Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice
(8 hours required education)
Environmental disclosure is a crucial area of concern in the
real estate profession. The text arms students with the practical
knowledge needed to fulfill their responsibility as agents and
to avoid liability disputes.

Download form and fax to (503) 362-9615 or email to oar@oregonrealtors.org to order your self-study program today!

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