Aliso Viejo, Calif. July 1st, 2004 – The formation of The Real Estate Apprenticeä Foundation was announced earlier this week during the Real Estate Educators Association annual real estate convention in San Antonio, Texas.
The goal of the Foundation is the creation of a national program to assist new licensed agents entering the real estate industry, to overcome their fears and obstacles and to facilitate them to become top producing real estate agents by providing quality guidance, education, products and services to help guide them on a successful fast track to profitability.
According to well known industry leader and Foundation Executive Director Stefan Swanepoel, “the grant program is designed to spotlight the importance of real estate apprenticeships for the public good, the enhancement and betterment of the U.S. residential real estate brokerage industry and to raise the standards and levels of professionalism for real estate agents in general.”
Managing The Foundation on a daily basis will be Dr. Martin Oliver, the Foundation’s Deputy Executive Director. In an interview with Dr. Oliver he announced that participation is open to all US/Canadian citizens or legal residents who have taken a real estate licensing course through a recognized real estate school such as RealtyU®. As the nation’s largest network of real estate schools and colleges training over 230,000 agents every year RealtyU has agreed to be major sponsor of the Foundation.
Beginning July 1st, anew licensees will be able to obtain more details as well as apply for the Grant at any of the following Schools and locations.
| Barney Fletcher Schools |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Career Education Systems |
Kansas City, Missouri |
| Hogan School of Real Estate |
Tucson, Arizona |
| Polley Associates |
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania |
| Real Estate Certification Program |
Bloomington, Indiana |
| Hondros College |
Westerville, Ohio |
| Champions School of Real Estate |
Houston, Texas |
| Tennessee Real Estate Education Systems |
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| IFREC Real Estate Schools |
Orlando, Florida |
| Middleton Real Estate Training |
Southfield, Michigan |
| Moseley Flint School of Real Estate |
Buckingham, Virginia |
| Windermere Education |
Seattle, Washington |
| Fortune Academy |
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Hugh Ryall Seminars |
Lexington, South Carolina |
| Real Estate Specialists |
St. George, Utah |
| Ed Smith Real Estate School |
Ocean City, Maryland |
| Realty South Real Estate Institute |
Birmingham, Alabama |
| Howard Perry & Walston Real Estate School |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Realtors Real Estate School |
Chicago, Illinois |
| Tom Daniel Seminars |
Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Pro-Ed |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Randall School of Real Estate |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| Armbrust Real Estate Institute |
Greenwood Village, Colorado |
| Bush Training School of Real Estate |
Portage, Michigan |
| Rhonda Hamilton Learning Services |
Longview, Texas |
| Arthur Gary School of Real Estate |
Westbrook, Maine |
| The Real Estate Education Center Inc. |
Sterling Heights, Michigan |
Dr. Oliver added, that “from the beginning of world history, the concept of apprenticeship has been the most familiar and successful tool known to man for training people. Although the need for a specialized personal real estate apprenticeship program has probably existed for years, never has there been anything even close to what applicants are about to discover in this newly released Real Estate Apprenticeä Grant.”
According to Swanepoel, 20 Grants will be awarded annually and finalists will be selected through essays and interviews. They will be judged by a panel of industry leaders, authors, top producers and other key industry professionals. Various major sponsors have attached their name to the project and the Grant is expected to be the largest-ever selection of real estate education, products and services ever awarded in the real estate brokerage industry to create successful top producing agents. Grants to deserving and fortunate new licensees will be offered with no strings or repayment attached. The total value of the Grant as well as application forms will be available from The Foundation website effective July 1st.
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More about The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation
The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation is a non-profit venture and was formed to assist new licensed real estate agents entering the industry, to overcome their fears and obstacles and to facilitate them to become top producing sales people by providing quality guidance, education, products, services and to help guide them on a successful fast track to profitability. 20 bi-annual grants, totaling thousands and thousands of dollars are awarded with no strings attached. Grants are sponsored by various leading real estate companies, service providers and industry leaders.
More about RealtyU, Inc.
The RealtyU consists of a network of real estate schools that serve 40 states via 120 locations across Northern America. Collectively, RealtyU has some 500 qualified and licensed real estate educators that offer more than 6,000 different courses and programs every year. Although each school or college is independently owned and operated, schools closely cooperate on various levels, especially with regard to creating and approving new courses, technology, national contracts, marketing and educational R&D. RealtyU educated 230,000 real estate agents in 2003, making it the largest education network in the real estate industry.
