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Kaplan Real Estate Education

Kaplan Real Estate Education has helped thousands of students to build a foundation for a successful career in real estate. Now, we're bringing our industry experts to you in our FREE RealXperts live webinar series. Our RealXperts have been in the field for years as professionals and know first-hand the ins and outs of a career in real estate. RealXperts empower you to strengthen your skills and have a tangible impact on the real estate industry.

This is a professional development opportunity and does not offer any credits.

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RealXperts: Tax Tips For Real Estate Professionals: How To Maximize Your Deductions

Get ready for tax season by gaining insights into managing your business effectively while staying compliant with tax laws. Glean insights from Certified Financial Planner, Michael Angell as he shares tax tips for real estate professionals. Watch now for the opportunity to take control of your finances and grow your real estate business with smart tax strategies!

RealXperts: Market Trends for 2025: Xpert Panelists Discuss What Is on The Horizon Across the U.S.

Watch this engaging panel discussion featuring real estate experts from across the country as they share their insights into current market trends in their respective regions. This session provides a comprehensive look at what’s shaping the real estate landscape for 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover regional differences that could inform your strategies and decision-making. Listen and learn what the predictions are for the 2025 housing market.

RealXperts: Harness the Power of a CRM to Build a Thriving Business in 2025

Real estate success isn’t just about the next transaction—it’s about staying connected, involved, and ahead. This webinar will show you how a CRM can be your secret weapon to building a thriving, long-lasting business. You’ll learn how it becomes the foundation for your growth, helping you stay organized, create meaningful client relationships, and generate opportunities.

RealXperts: The Kaplan Commitment: Support to Pass Your State Exam

Passing your real estate exam is a crucial step toward launching your career and, at Kaplan, we’re committed to ensuring you succeed. Join us for this exclusive webinar where we introduce The Kaplan Commitment, a program designed to provide unwavering support for up to 18 months while you prepare for and take your state real estate exam.

RealXperts: 30 Minutes That Could Save Your Life

As a real estate professional, you are at risk every day. Your simple habits, fixed routine, and trusting attitude could make you an easy target for people with bad intentions. In this presentation, corporate security and risk management executive Carol Martinson teaches you where your biggest vulnerabilities exist and how to thwart them.

RealXperts: Conquer the Real Estate Exam in Spanish: Introducing LEARN National Laws Spanish Sessions

Listen and learn about our new Spanish LEARN National Laws live online sessions, offered as part of Your Live Online Learning Hub. This webinar explains how these live sessions will offer a comprehensive and immersive educational experience with our expert instructors guiding you through the national content entirely in Spanish!

RealXperts Real Estate Accelerator Expert: Working with Buyers

Watch this insightful and practical webinar designed to help you navigate the new complexities of the buyer’s journey and elevate your real estate career. Gain an understanding of effective communication techniques, how to navigate the process, handle negotiations, and best practices. Learn from an experienced real estate professional with a proven track record of success.

RealXperts: Real Estate Student Back-To-School Tips & Tricks

Are you a real estate student looking to unlock your full potential? Watch this webinar discussing the essential tips and tricks that every real estate student should know. Expert instructor, Tanya Tilton, covers a variety of topics. Take this opportunity to gain a competitive edge and achieve your academic goals. 

RealXperts: How To Secure Your Future As A Buyer Agent

Watch this informational webinar to learn how the BAP™️designation helps buyer agents develop and demonstrate their unique value proposition to would-be buyers. This course is designed to teach you the skills needed to succeed in a post-class-action lawsuit world by learning to outshine competitors, confidently win buyer representation presentations, and master the art of securing compensation.

RealXperts: Mastering Business Plans: Strategic Goals for Seasoned Agents

Let’s dive into the art of crafting effective business plans that align with your long-term goals and aspirations. Jeni VanOrnum, lead real estate instructor, shows you how to set ambitious yet achievable goals, implement actionable strategies, and cover key tactics to boost your business.

RealXperts: How to Find Your Tribe

In this webinar, we explored the importance of identifying and connecting with like-minded individuals, clients, and colleagues who resonate with you and your niche within the industry. Harry Stephens provides invaluable strategies, practical tips, and real-world examples to help you establish meaningful connections and thrive in your real estate career.

RealXperts: Marketing Strategies for New Real Estate Agents

What strategies are effective for thriving real estate professionals in the current market? Certainly not everything -- only adopting the correct measures yields positive outcomes. 

In recent years, competition has intensified significantly. The scarcity of inventory has exacerbated the situation since the onset of the pandemic. Consequently, proficiency both online and offline is imperative. 

RealXperts: Kaplan’s Buyer Agency Professional (BAP) Designation

Kaplan is launching a new designation tailored for real estate professionals: the Buyer Agency Professional (BAP) designation. The way buyer’s agents are getting paid is changing and this course is intended to help these agents develop and demonstrate their unique value proposition to would-be buyers.

RealXperts Real Estate Accelerator Expert: Creating a Financial Plan for Your Business

Achieving long-term business success hinges on preparation. The key to that preparation is a solid financial plan. To get started, familiarize yourself with essential elements of financial planning. Watch as our Real Estate Accelerator Expert, Will Lau, walks you through the steps to create a financial plan for your business.

RealXperts: Residential Real Estate Predictions for 2024

Given the historically high mortgage rates, elevated home prices, and limited inventory, both potential buyers and eager sellers are experiencing apprehension about the real estate market. Curious about where these trends may go? Watch now to learn what the predictions are for the 2024 housing market.

RealXperts: Revolutionizing Real Estate: Harnessing AI for Success

Watch this engaging webinar where we explore the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) in the world of real estate. In today's rapidly evolving real estate landscape, staying ahead of the competition and providing exceptional customer experiences are essential for success.

RealXperts: The Power of Community Forums

Watch this engaging and informative webinar as we delve into Kaplan’s Real Estate Career Community. We will explore what it is, how it works, and the invaluable benefits it offers. Whether you are a seasoned forum participant or someone new to this concept, this webinar is designed to shed light on the fundamental aspects of the community and how they foster connection, collaboration, and growth.

RealXperts: The Power of Having a Real Estate Niche

In this webinar, you'll learn how working a real estate niche can create powerful results for both your business and clients. Expert Harry Stephens explains how to find, define, and work a niche that aligns with your client’s interests—and also yields healthy financial rewards.

RealXperts: Sustaining and Thriving in Real Estate

Success in your real estate career takes careful planning—and in this webinar, expert Diane Shapiro will help you make a plan. Watch Diane share practical suggestions for achieving more rewarding outcomes in real estate. You’ll learn proven cornerstones for both defining your business philosophy, and growing your business.

RealXperts: Four Tax Tips Every REALTOR® Should Know

Most self-employed real estate professionals forego valuable deductions out of uncertainty or fear of filing incorrectly and triggering an IRS audit. In this fast-paced tax savings webinar, Chris Bird shares his four most important tax strategies for real estate professionals. Chris is a former IRS agent with over 30 years of tax and financial experience. He clarifies the blurry rules and regulations, including the big audit trigger items like home office and vehicle deductions.

RealXperts: A Shifting Mindset: Sales to Service

Success in today's real estate market starts with defining your role. In this webinar recording, expert instructor Jennifer Van Ornum will show you how to expand your perspective—moving from a focus on sales, to cultivating life-long clients and reaping the benefits of referrals.

RealXperts: Transitioning to Commercial Real Estate

For our latest webinar, industry expert Garry Barnes walked us through the differences between commercial and residential sales. Many of Garry's strategies will apply to other niches you may be exploring. 


RealXperts: Financing: What Every Licensee Needs to Know

Today’s financing environment is challenging agents of all experience levels. Back by popular demand, industry expert Jerry Anderson shares his insights for serving clients and turning every transaction into a success.


RealXperts: Principle-Centered Real Estate

With practice, there are dependable ways to increase your chances of getting a "yes" out of a "no" in real estate negotiation. This webinar will arm you with tools and insights to help your team negotiate with the best and create loyal, long-term clients.


RealXperts: 7 Proven Pathways to Financial Success in Your Real Estate Career

Passion is the fuel that drives people toward their goals, no matter how difficult they may be. It inspires loyalty, teamwork, hard work—and ultimately, results. In this webinar, Michael Aharoni will help you turn your passion for real estate into a driver for personal success.

RealXperts: 2023 Crystal Ball

Take on 2023 with industry insights from our real estate expert, Aimee Hanson. With 30 years of savvy real estate sales knowledge, Aimee will show you what it takes to succeed in the ever-changing landscape of 2023. Get a glimpse at changing market conditions, the factors impacting today's market, and where to keep your energy focused for best results in the new year.

RealXperts: Inspiring Results via Embracing Change

How can you make better decisions, especially during times of change and uncertainty? In this webinar, our returning expert, Adam Hergenrother, shares his philosophy for building a successful real estate business and life—one decision at a time.

RealXperts: Turning Your Passion into Results

Passion is the fuel that drives people toward their goals, no matter how difficult they may be. It inspires loyalty, teamwork, hard work—and ultimately, results. In this webinar, Michael Aharoni will help you turn your passion for real estate into a driver for personal success.

RealXperts: Five Critical Steps to Making it in Real Estate Sales

A career in real estate offers a lot of opportunity. Running your own business certainly has an upside, and for the first time in your life, you’ve got the opportunity to chase unlimited earning potential. As a result, many new agents come into the business with a lot of enthusiasm. But being successful in real estate requires more than just ambition. Successful Keller Williams real estate pro Josh Pomerleau details his Five Critical Steps to Making it in Real Estate Sales. You’ll hear directly from Josh on the strategies he’s employed to build his career, and learn how to leverage them to build yours as well.

RealXperts: The Four Secrets to Creating Income in Your Real Estate Career

Want to learn how to achieve your income goals with specific, actionable steps? Industry expert Steve Strickholm breaks it all down for you in this webinar recording. You'll learn the step-by-step secrets for reliable real estate income and see how tens of thousands of successful professionals have incorporated these habits into their daily routine.

RealXperts: The Power of Question-Based Selling

Leverage the power of asking effective questions that will set your client meetings up for success! Learn question-based selling while listening translates to power in selling confidently and getting results.

RealXperts: Creating Profitable Results via Time Management

Ready to optimize your efforts every day, so you can focus on the highest and best use of your time? Watch this compelling webinar that discusses the best approaches to overcome distractions and effectively manage your time.

RealXperts: Lead Generation & Conversion Through Social Media on a Budget: Best Practices

What do the top producers and real estate teams do to generate more leads through Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok? In this webinar, you'll learn from expert Art Valenzuela that the key is both lead conversion and the best practices to convert more leads into sales. Watch now and elevate your business to a higher level.

RealXperts: Accelerate Your Career: By Creating a Business Plan

In order to advance in your real estate career, a solid business plan is critical. In this webinar, you'll learn the key elements of a plan that can help create a successful salesperson and business. 

RealXperts: Accelerate Your Career: By Creating a Marketing Plan

New to real estate? A sage practitioner? No matter where you are in your real estate career, this recorded webinar will show you the keys to a solid marketing plan. Learn how to hone your niche, develop a professional profile, optimize your online marketing, and more. 

RealXperts: Cornerstone Competencies & Actions for Real Estate Professionals

Are you ready to construct a successful base to expand your real estate business in 2022? This exhilarating webinar focuses on identifying and honing the competencies and actions you need to build your business.

RealXperts: Essential Tax Tips for Real Estate Professionals

Real estate professionals’ concerns are many; taxes being one of them. Discover the top three mistakes real estate professionals make regarding taxes, your tax benefits compared to other professions, and essential resources to make your life easier.

RealXperts: Become The CEO of Your Life and Create A Growth Plan for 2022

Watch our returning expert, Adam Hergenrother, as he shares his philosophy for constructing a foundation for his—and ultimately your—real estate business success. From overall strategy to specific steps, you’ll learn from an industry pioneer how it can be achieved. End your 2021 with a powerful direction for your future

RealXperts: 2022 Crystal Ball

Kick off the new year right with our popular expert, Aimee Hanson. She brings with her 30 years of savvy real estate sales knowledge, sharing insights into being successful in the new landscape of 2022. Reflecting on changing buyer and seller attitudes and preferences, you’ll get a glimpse into where to keep your energy focused for the best results in the new year.

RealXperts: 5 Winning Strategies for New Licensees

Attention new licensees and Brokers! No shortage of advice “out there” but if you are looking for strategies that create results, join us. Our expert, Julie Olson shares her coaching expertise with you to kick-start your real estate career. You’ll leave with a new focus that creates the outcomes you are looking for!

RealXperts: The Affordable Housing Crusade: Paying off Finally?

What’s the future of affordable housing? Watch as we discuss the current state of the housing market and reflect on how we got here in our newest complimentary webinar. Our expert breaks down significant new court cases and legislation that are sure to impact the real estate market. Listen and learn what real estate agents can do to help address this housing crisis.

RealXperts: Condo Community Living: Risks and Rewards

Condo community living today has many rewards and risks. Our expert will illuminate the advantages and challenges to consider when you or your client is considering buying or selling a property in this type of community. You’ll also learn what a real estate licensee is responsible to know as well as what liabilities and responsibilities lie with them and the Community Association. This may change the way you perceive your role and certainly highlight some often confusing risks and rewards.

RealXperts: Tapping into the Robust New Construction Market

New construction offers a vast opportunity for real estate professionals in today’s market. Whether you are newly licensed or a seasoned veteran, our expert will reveal what is really needed—including critical skills and specific steps—for you to be successful in this rich, flourishing market. From representing a buyer to cashing your commission check, expert Melissa Reese shares her secrets to success with you.

RealXperts: New Construction: Responding to the Inventory Shortage

Inventory shortages are rampant from coast to coast. Join us to learn how new construction can create options for you and your clients. Expert, Adam Hergenrother, prepares you to meet and profit by becoming versed in this ripe new construction market.

RealXperts: Post Pandemic: New Challenges for Mortgage

Questions loom large concerning what happens next as homeowners, buyers, sellers, and landlords consider their next real estate move. As 2021 marches forward and the nation embraces a post-pandemic protocol, what will be the biggest impact? What's on the horizon for securing a mortgage at a great rate? Where do the challenges lie? How have client requests changed for both housing needs and financing?

RealXperts: Outside the Box Land Development

What’s new in land development that creates potential opportunities for you? Can the traditional land development model be shattered with new approaches? Our experts explore the traditional one-dimensional model used in the past and share how this paradigm shift is occurring, creating new solutions to age-old dilemmas and new financial and business opportunities.

RealXperts: Building a Lucrative Airbnb/Vacation Blueprint

With the advent of today’s technology consumers are turning to alternative ways to vacation and smart investors are filling the need with vacation rentals. Our experts share with you how to get 2 to 3 times the average rent using their Airbnb cash flow model, and the differences between traditional renting versus vacation rentals, plus the benefits they bring for investors, in addition to a cash flow increase. Join our experts as they deliver your Airbnb Success Blueprint.

RealXperts: Commercial Real Estate Crisis: What Happens Next?

What’s really ahead for Commercial Real Estate in 2021? Are we facing a market collapse or correction? How is multifamily affected compared to office, retail, and industrial? Learn what you can do to make the most of market opportunities ahead. Join us as we discuss the dynamic world of commercial real estate. embrace 2021!

RealXperts: The Real Estate Road Ahead – Turbulent or Tame?

The real estate path is filled with uncertainty for many owners and renters in the year ahead. What happens when the moratoriums are lifted for homeowners by mortgage companies? For renters? For landlords? What impact can we expect to see on markets? Join us to learn how you can prepare to address the market and these clients' needs.

RealXperts: A Look Into the Crystal Ball

What will the real estate landscape look like in 2021? Join us to learn how external factors impacting real estate preferences are shifting. Homeowners are examining community selection, population density, and crime with a heightened focus.  As clients redefine desired amenities and space allocations to satisfy their needs today, some of the Internal factors they are rethinking include the concept and functionality of “home” as it serves the role of: office, school, social, church, fitness center and respite. Prepare for a successful 2021!

RealXperts: Crystal Ball: On the Verge of Urban Exodus

Back by popular demand following the December RealXpert, we'll be looking further into the Crystal Ball and exploring some of your primary questions. Are we on the verge of an urban exodus? How will renters impact the real estate market? Will there be a surplus or shortage or properties? How will other key indicators such as average home sales price impact the face of real estate in 2021? Join us to explore these and other major real estate shifts anticipated as we embrace 2021!

RealXperts: Solar Farms: Bumper Crop Real Estate

Why are solar farms attractive NOW in today’s real estate market? Join us to explore this potential game changer for your real estate business plan. You’ll gain insight on expanding your real estate portfolio, identifying key attributes to evaluate land for a suitable solar farm, and learn the steps to be successful in this growing field. Opportunity awaits!

RealXperts: Why TEAMS Work!

Why are TEAMS a critical success factor in today’s real estate world? Our expert shares how an ultimate “Dream Team” works and the benefits to your clients in this highly competitive market. Also take a peek into the future of TEAMS and how you might augment your business model to achieve superior performance!

RealXperts: The Dynamic Home - Essential Habitat Redefined

Covid-19 has redefined our concept of home. More than a place to sleep, our homes are now our workplace, a school, and a refuge where we seek solace from the challenges we are facing. Tonya Jernberg, co-founder of Dynamic Home Design Consulting, discusses the concept of the dynamic home and how essential habitat is being redefined for yourself and your clients.

RealXperts: Reinventing Your Business in Challenging Times

Feeling isolated, depleted, forlorn? It's been a long road, this 2020. The foundation to a sustainable and satisfying real estate career is at your fingertips. You’ll hear our expert share secrets that reveal a road map to revitalizing your business and your client relationships. Now is the time to be intentional & purposeful with your actions. Join us and learn how.

RealXperts: COVID-19's Impact on Association Living

The effects of COVID-19 on common interest communities (CICs) are impacting everything from sale of property, essential decisions regarding the property, how decisions are made, and who makes them in unexpected circumstances. This webinar will discuss how CICs can protect the owners, guard privacy, address liabilities, and maintain the health of the entire CIC.

RealXperts: Doing Business in Unusual Times

Our new normal requires us to think outside the box to put important actions into place. Take a look as Kayla Gustafson, managing broker of High Pointe Realty, Inc., shares her insights on when to pivot and when to double-down. In this webinar, you'l learn about behaviors that encourage an environment in which you can assess and redirect your efforts so that you and your business can thrive in unusual times.

RealXperts: The Great Eight: 8 Things You Must Do to Survive and Thrive in Real Estate

Steve Strickholm, president and founder of KnowledgeDNA Goal Tracker, presents a webinar on developing the lifelong skills real estate agents need to succeed in their careers. Steve's formula will help you understand how to track, prospect, and convert leads into sales. Steve teaches you how to set and hold goals and keep yourself accountable for your actions and on track to reach your goals.

RealXperts: Major Economic Disrupters: The Impact on Credit

The coronavirus will be one of the greatest disruptors in our nation’s history. We simply do not know the full extent yet, but here are a few of the immediate impacts. Credit scores for many will go down, the costs for home and auto insurance will increase, and qualifying for a home loan will become more difficult. In this webinar, we’ll examine the full impact of this major financial disruptor.

RealXperts: TILA-RESPA - The Most Important Changes Affecting You

On October 3, 2015, the entire world of real estate closings was turned upside down. The Good Faith Estimate (GFE), Housing and Urban Development (HUD-1), and Truth-in-Lending forms are no longer be used in most residential mortgage closings. Expert Jerry Anderson brings over 30 years of industry experience to this discussion of how the new TILA-RESPA changes will immediately and profoundly affect you, your clients, and your closings.

RealXperts: Five Ways to Use Cutting Edge Trends to Build Your Brand and Increase Sales

New technology is impacting the real estate business in a big way. Dan Gerlock, CEO and Co-Founder of Realty Connection, gives you a peek at the top trending searches in real estate and tells you why that information is valuable. You’ll get tips for incorporating social media and new technologies into your marketing mix. You'll also learn what traits brokers are looking for in new agents, how to use broker comparison to grow your career, and the difference between what brokers offer in regards to commission and fees.

RealXperts: Be Your Own Bank - Leveraging Your Retirement Funds in Real Estate

Josh Manier presents a viable, long-term strategy for you and your clients in this high-impact presentation. Learn how you can leverage your own underperforming retirement funds by investing in something you already know…real estate. You have years of expertise in real estate, so stop listening to financial planners explain how they’ll invest your money in unknown, uncertain investments.

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