Rick Rickert's (americanacademyofrealestate) Blog

The most valuable lesson I've learned is when buying an investment property, one must have a solid exit strategy in place before making any moves, hence the title:"Exit First - How to Make Extraordinary Profits at Ordinary Auctions".    Who should read this book? Real estate investors, real estat...

 NOT WHEN YOU NEED ONE!   Eventually, you'll have an investor client who needs to close on a deal ASAP, and needs immediate cash to purchase the property they want. Eventually you'll have a retail client whose financing is rejected during escrow, and just needs a bit more time to be approved for ...

3 NO COST CE HOURS HARD MONEYMADE EASYGeneral Credit Course Wednesday, October 29th 9am-12pm American Academy of Real Estate 63 W Main St. Suite 201Mesa, AZ 85201 2nd Floor Bank of America Building Between Center & MacdonaldDowntown Mesa   Rescue deals that would otherwise tank due to financing ...

  The American Academy of Real Estate is offering a FREE 3 CE Credit Class that's unlike any other course!   Trustee Sale Basics will not only educate you on the ways of the foreclosure auction, but it will also make you much better prepared to serve the most savvy, lucrative, yet under served c...

  Learn to serve the most lucrative of clients, real estate investors, at our FREE CE Class, Trustee Sale Basics. Normally taught in our Mesa office, Trustee Sale Basics is coming to Total Wine & More in Goodyear next week, for our West Valley friends!                                            ...

    Continuing Education. It’s a requirement for all agents.  In Arizona, agents are required to complete 24 hours of Continuing Education every two years. That’s 1 hour per month! I’ve been educating real estate professionals on how to successfully buy at auction for years. More recently, I’ve ...

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Phoenix Area Agents!     What better time to get your CE Credits than during the summer lull! Wednesday, August 13th, we invite you to join us for Trustee Sale Basics! This FREE 3 CE Credit course will instruct you on how to expertly handle auction transactions, and be a hero to your investor cli...

  Trustee Sale Basics - AZDRE APPROVED (C2050) 3 HOURS GENERAL CREDIT August 13th, 2014 9am-Noon. Mesa, Arizona The student will learn the fundamentals of Trustee Sales to serve their clients with an additional buying source, how to fully educate and protect them through this process just as in,...

  The general consensus on assisting clients with purchases at auction is steeped in stigma and taboo. I’ve been successfully operating in the trustee sale space for over 16 years, and have created a business and system dedicated to assisting clients in finding and purchasing the hottest propert...