Kansas Required Core

Course Content

There are five sections to the Kansas Required Core class (MO title – Navigating Deals Through Treacherous Legal Waters):

1. License law issues: 36 screens
2. License law scenarios: 54 screens
3. Fair Housing issues: 21 screens
4. Misrepresentation and Agency issues: 22 screens
5. Contract issues: 14 screens

Course Objectives

Upon completion, the student will be able to:

1. Distinguish between different types of brokerage relationships, including seller agency, designated seller agency, buyer agency, designated buyer agency, transaction broker and dual agency.
2. Analyze actual cases regarding licensees and agency disclosure, being able to explain where licensees made mistakes and what the correct agency disclosure should have been.
3. List the steps involved in agency disclosure, from the beginning of the transaction to the conclusion.
4. Differentiate between residential and commercial transactions regarding the different rules for agency disclosure.
5. List the seven protected classes under Federal Fair Housing laws.
6. List the exemptions to the Fair Housing laws and explain the circumstances under which the exemptions apply.
7. Describe how an agency office policy helps protect not only the public but the brokerage company as well.
8. Explain the difference between enforceable and non-enforceable contracts.
9. Describe contract law regarding who legally can draft additions to pre-printed contracts prepared by legal counsel.
10. Explain how agents must recommend experts to their clients and customers for matters outside their expertise, such as inspections, etc.