Online Real Estate Class Massachusetts

Massachusetts 40-Hour Online Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course

Complete your Massachusetts 40-hour real estate pre-licensing education online and on your own schedule. Get the knowledge, preparation, and flexibility you need to take the next step toward becoming a Massachusetts real estate salesperson.

ENROLL NOW--$229

Why Choose the Self-Paced Course?

Flexible online learning designed around your schedule.

1. Searching for an online class?
2. A message from the instructor
3. How to use this course
4. Before we begin...
1. Welcome to R-Pal Real Estate Academy Online Course in Massachusetts
2. Introduction to Real Estate (Chapter 1)
3. Principles of Real Estate in Massachusetts
4. Table of Contents
5. Table of Contents (cont)
6. The Real Estate Business
7. Real Estate Professions
8. Real Estate Professions (cont)
9. Real Estate Brokerage
10. Skills & Knowledge
11. Professional Organizations
12. Regulations & Licensing
13. Real Estate License Laws
14. Test your learning
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Rights in Real Estate (Chapter 2)
2. Real versus Personal Property
3. Real Estate as Property
4. Land Characteristics
5. Real Estate as Property
6. Bundle of Rights
7. Real Estate as Property
8. Real estate Property Rights
9. Air, Surface & Subsurface Rights
10. Water Rights
11. Property
12. Littoral & Riparian Rights
13. Water Rights (cont)
14. Explanation of Water Rights
15. Real versus Personal Property
16. Which is Which?
17. Trade Fixtures
18. Conversion
19. Real Property Interests
20. Regulations
21. Test your learning
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Interests And Estates (Chapter 3)
2. Freehold & Leasehold Interests
3. Interests
4. Real Estate Interests
5. Estates in Land
6. Freehold Estates
7. Fee Simple Estates
8. Life estates
9. Conventional Life estates
10. Legal Life estates
11. Leasehold estates
12. Estate for Years
13. Estates at Will
14. Test your learning
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Ownership (Chapter 4)
2. Ownership Rights
3. Sole Ownership
4. Tenancy in Severalty
5. Co-Ownership
6. Tenancy in Common
7. Joint Tenancy
8. Joint Tenancy (cont)
9. Tenancy by the Entirety
10. Community Property...NOT in Massachusetts
11. Tenancy in Partnership
12. Estates in Trust
13. Living Trusts
14. Condominiums
15. Condo's (cont)
16. Cooperatives
17. Time Shares
18. Test your learning
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Congrats! Here's what's next...
2. More resources for you
3. Before you go...
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Liens And Encumbrances (Chapter 5)
2. Various Liens
3. Encumbrances
4. Affecting of Encumbrances
5. Easements
6. Types of Easements
7. Party Walls
8. Appurtenant Easements
9. Attaching Easements
10. Necessity Easements
11. Easements in Gross
12. Commercial Easements
13. Creation of Easements
14. Unauthorized Easements
15. Termination of Easements
16. Easement by Prescription
17. Licenses
18. Deed Restrictions
19. Conditions & Covenants
20. Liens
21. Voluntary & Involuntary Liens
22. General versus Specific Liens
23. Foreclosures
24. Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
25. Lien Priority
26. Superior Liens
27. Non Judicial in Massachusetts
28. Types of Foreclosures
29. Junior Liens
30. Mortgage Liens
31. Lis Pendens
32. Other States are Judicial
33. Massachusetts NON Judicial
34. Lien Priority
35. Test your Learning skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Transferring and Recording Title in Real Estate (Chapter 6)
2. Title to Estate
3. Legal & Equitable Title
4. Notice of Title
5. Actual Notice
6. Voluntary Title Transfer
7. Involuntary Transfer
8. Deed of Conveyance
9. Valid Deed
10. Deed Clauses
11. Deed Warrants
12. Statutory Deeds
13. Quitclaim Deeds in Massachusetts
14. Special Purpose Deeds
15. Deeds in Trust
16. Transfer Tax
17. Wills
18. Witnessed Wills
19. Validity of Wills
20. Probate
21. Validation
22. Involuntary Transfers
23. Eminent Domain
24. Adverse Possession
25. Title Records
26. Chain of Title
27. Recording Systems
28. Title Evidence
29. Title Records
30. Torrens System
31. Test your Learning Skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Leases (Chapter 7)
2. Lease Contracts
3. Contracts
4. Leasehold Estates
5. Tenants Rights & Obligations
6. Landlords Rights & Obligations
7. Lease Validity
8. Offer & Acceptance
9. Lease Clauses
10. Rules & Regulations
11. Lease Types
12. Gross, Net & Percentage Leases
13. Residential & Commercial Leases
14. Ground & Proprietary Leases
15. Defaults
16. Termination
17. Causes
18. URLTA
19. Regulations of URLTA
20. Obligations of URLTA
21. Tenant Obligations in URLTA
22. Landlord Obligations in URLTA
23. Test your Learning Skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Land Use Planning And Control (Chapter 8)
2. Land Use
3. Real Estate Planning
4. Planning Process
5. Planning Commission
6. Master Plan
7. Planning Objectives
8. Growth Considerations
9. Patterns
10. Infrastructures
11. Plan Development
12. Planning Management
13. Public Land Use
14. Zoning
15. Types of Zoning
16. Subdivision Regulations
17. Building Codes
18. Acquisitions
19. Environmental Restrictions
20. Deed Restrictions
21. Declaration Restrictions
22. Environmental Areas of Concern
23. Private Land Use Controls
24. Areas of Concern
25. Air Quality
26. Soil & Water Issues
27. Environmental Controls
28. Legislation
29. Toxic Waste
30. Lead
31. Guidelines
32. Test your Learning Skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Legal Descriptions (Chapter 9)
2. Metes & Bounds
3. Purpose
4. Three Methods of Description
5. Landmarks
6. Methodology
7. Graphs
8. Directions
9. Illustrations
10. Rectangular Survey Method
11. Tiers
12. Townships
13. Flow Chart
14. Diagrams
15. Fractions & Sections
16. Breakdown
17. Describing Methods
18. Recorded Plat Method
19. Subdivision Maps
20. Elevation
21. Test your Learning Skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Contract Law (Chapter 10)
2. Contract Validity
3. Contracts Defined
4. Enforceability
5. Requirements
6. Validity Criteria
7. Legal Voluntary Purpose
8. Conveyance Contracts
9. Enforcement Limitations
10. Contract Creations
11. Counteroffers
12. Offer & Acceptance
13. Termination of Offers
14. Assignments
15. Oral Versus Written
16. Express versus Implied
17. Unilateral versus Bilateral
18. Executed versus Executory
19. Forms of Termination
20. Revocation and Others
21. Breach of Contract
22. Test Your Skills
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Agency (Chapter 11)
2. Agency relationships
3. Basic Roles
4. Types of Agencies
5. Creating Agency
6. Terminating
7. Duties to Both
8. Duties to Clients
9. Confidentiality
10. Agents Duties
11. Principal Duties
12. Fuduciary Duties
13. Forms of Agencies
14. Single Agency
15. Types of Dual Agency
16. Dual Agency
17. NO Agency
18. Objectives of Disclosures
19. Seller Agent Disclosures
20. Buyer Agent Disclosures
21. Rules
22. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Listing Agreements (Chapter 12)
2. The Foundation
3. Listings
4. Agency law
5. Scope of Authority
6. Contract Law
7. Owner Listings
8. Exclusive Right to Sell
9. Exclusive Agency
10. Open Listings
11. Net Listings
12. Buyer & Tenant Representation
13. Types of Listings
14. Agent Performance
15. Agent Compensation
16. Listing Terminations
17. Causes
18. Revoking a Listing
19. Agreement Clauses
20. Common Clauses
21. Listing Terms
22. Protection Period
23. Seller Reps
24. Property Disclosures
25. Differences
26. Transaction Brokerage
27. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. The Brokerage Business (Chapter 13)
2. Functions & Organizations
3. Core Activities
4. Brokerage Specializations
5. Legality
6. Brokerage Organizations
7. Sales Employment Status
8. Agent Obligations
9. Broker-Salesperson Relationship
10. Agent Compensation
11. Steps
12. Marketing Listings
13. Pre-Closing Organizations
14. Advertising Regulations
15. TCPA
16. Can Spam Act
17. Anti Trust Laws
18. Operating a Real Estate Brokerage
19. Anti Trust NO NO's
20. Business Brokerage
21. Regulations
22. UCC
23. Syndicating
24. Security Licensing
25. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate (Chapter 14)
2. Contracts for The Sale of Real Estate
3. Contract for Sales
4. Legal Characteristics
5. Characteristics (cont)
6. Contract Creation
7. Earnest Money Escrow
8. Contract Contingencies
9. Default
10. Primary Provisions
11. Closing Dates
12. Conveyed Interests
13. Defaults
14. Secondary Provisions
15. Sales Contract Provisions
16. SPCD
17. Agent Responsibilites
18. Completing the Form
19. Option to Buy
20. Contracts for Options to Buy
21. Provisions
22. General Characteristics
23. General Mechanics
24. Interests & Rights
25. Default & Recourse
26. Practical Considerations
27. Contract Quiz
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Market Economic (Chapter 15)
2. The Market System
3. Dynamics
4. Supply & Demand
5. Price & Value
6. Components of Value
7. Costs
8. Market Interaction
9. Supply, Demand & Price
10. Market Equalibrium
11. Economic Characteristics
12. Features
13. Dynamics of Marketing
14. Real Estate Supply
15. Real Estate Demand
16. Influences
17. Base & Total Employment
18. Effects
19. Indicators
20. Cycles
21. Cycle Dynamics
22. Economic factors
23. Test Your Skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Appraising and Estimating Market Value (Chapter 16)
2. Real Estate Value
3. Benefits
4. Foundation
5. Underlying Value
6. Anticipation
7. Change
8. Progression & Regression
9. Type of Value
10. Plottage
11. Appraised
12. Market Value
13. Opinion of Value
14. Steps to Follow
15. Sales Comparison Approach
16. Steps to Follow
17. Adjusting Comparables
18. Guidelines
19. Cost Approach
20. Depreciation
21. Economic Obsolence
22. Steps to Follow
23. Estimation
24. Accrued Depreciation
25. Income Capitalization Approach
26. Steps to Follow
27. Cap Rate
28. GRM & GIM
29. Formulas
30. Regulations for Appraisers
31. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
32. Professional Standards
1. Real Estate Finance (Chapter 17)
2. Mortgage Lending
3. Mechanics of a Mortgage
4. Flow Chart
5. Trust Deed
6. Financial Components
7. APR
8. POINTS
9. Note & Mortgage
10. Promissory Note
11. Mortgage Documents
12. Loan Applications
13. Underwriting
14. ECOA
15. Income Qualifications
16. Income Ratios
17. Formulas
18. Debt to Income
19. Cash Qualifications
20. Closing a Loan
21. Major Financing Laws
22. Regulation Z
23. ECOA
24. RESPA
25. FEMA
26. Money Supply
27. Federal Reserve
28. Primary Market
29. Secondary Market
30. Money Flow
31. FNMA, GNMA & FHLMC
32. Loans
33. Loan Components
34. Loan Types
35. Seller Financing
36. Contracts for Deed
37. Special Purpose Loans
38. Reverse Annuity
39. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Investment (Chapter 18)
2. Investment Fundamentals
3. Real Estate Investments
4. Real Estate Rewards
5. Risks
6. Types of Investments
7. Non Income & Income Producing
8. Risks & Rewards
9. Entities
10. LLP
11. Taxation
12. Cost Recovery
13. Capital Loss & Gains
14. Adjusted Basis
15. Appreciation
16. Calculating Appreciation
17. Tax Deductions
18. Tax Liability
19. Gains on Sales
20. Pre-Tax Cash Flow
21. Deriving
22. Investment Analysis
23. After Tax Flow
24. Cash on Cash
25. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
26. DCF
1. Real Estate Taxation (Chapter 19)
2. Tax Entities
3. Property Tax
4. Tax Districts
5. Ad Valorem Taxes
6. Tax Base
7. Assessed Value
8. Homestead Exemption
9. Other Exemptions
10. Tax Rate Derivation
11. Identifying
12. Tax Rate Mills
13. Tax Billing
14. Tax Bill Calculations
15. Special Assessments
16. Tax Lien Enforcement
17. Flow Chart to Tax Sale
18. Tax Sale & Certificates
19. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Ethics: Laws and Practice (Chapter 20)
2. AIMS
3. Federal & State Standards
4. Fair Housing Laws
5. Civil Rights Act of 1968
6. Illegal Discrimination
7. Prohibited Acts
8. Anti Trust Laws
9. Equal Opportunity Poster
10. 1988 Act
11. Familiar Status
12. Client Discrimination
13. Enforcement & Violations
14. Fair Financing laws
15. Professional Practices
16. Duties
17. Non & Full Disclosures
18. Professionalism
19. The Law quiz
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Closings (Chapter 21)
2. The Closing Event
3. The Setting
4. The Process
5. Transfer of Title
6. Transfer of Funds
7. Escrow Procedures
8. Common Requirements
9. Brokers Role
10. RESPA
11. Purposes
12. TRID
13. Booklet
14. Loan Estimate
15. CD
16. Kickbacks..NO NO
17. Settlement Process
18. Selling Terms
19. Debits & Credits
20. Non Prorated Items
21. Continued Pro-Rated Items
22. Typical Prorations
23. Computing Prorations
24. 12 month/30 day method
25. 365 Day Method
26. State Taxes on Deed
27. State Taxes on Mortgage
28. Forms & Procedures
29. Good Faith
30. Applicable Transactions
31. Who Reports?
32. Closing Quiz!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Licensing And Regulations (Chapter 22)
2. State license Laws
3. Review of Laws
4. Legislation
5. Obtaining a License
6. Exempted Licensing
7. Types of Licensing
8. License Status
9. Requirements
10. Real Estate Commission
11. Commission Regulations
12. Bonds & Recovery Funds
13. Regulation Quiz!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Risk Management (Chapter 23)
2. Strategies
3. Risk
4. Risk Strategies
5. Reduction & Transference
6. Retention
7. Procedures
8. Disclosures
9. Documentation
10. Insurance
11. Primary Areas of Risk
12. Agency
13. Listing Risks
14. Contracting Process
15. Fair Housing
16. Advertising
17. Anti Trust
18. Primary Causes of Discipline
19. Misrepresentation
20. Fraud
21. Recommending Providers
22. Closing Risks
23. Test your skills!!
  FREE PREVIEW
24. Trust Fund Risks
1. Property Management (Chapter 24)
2. Management Functions
3. Types of Managers
4. Management Duties
5. Functions
6. Reporting
7. Budgeting
8. Potential Income
9. Renting
10. Property Maintenance
11. Construction
12. Risk Management
13. Life Safety Systems
14. Insurance
15. Components
16. Landlord Rights
17. Managers Rights
18. Lease Types
19. Inclusions & Exclusions
20. Responsibilities of Landlords
21. Tenants Rights
22. Evictions
23. Termination of Leases
24. Security Deposit Procedures
25. Management Specializations
26. Securing Business
27. Property Management quiz!
  FREE PREVIEW
28. Professional Development
1. Licensing Regulations (Chapter 25)
2. Sources
3. Real Estate Board
4. Structures
5. Duties
6. Powers
7. Activities
8. Exempt from Licensure
9. Licensing Activities
10. Types of Licenses
11. Business Entities
12. Non-residence Licensing
13. Salesperson Education
14. Broker Education
15. Other License Requirements
16. Exclusions of Licensure
17. License Renewal
18. CE Requirements
19. Board Notifications
20. Broker Surety Bonding
21. License Status
22. Expired Status
23. Temporary Status
24. Prohibited Activities
25. Violations
26. Prohibited Activities
27. Disciplinary Process
28. Sanctions
29. Appraisal Licensing
30. Four Types
31. Violations
32. Education Requirements
33. Temporary Registration
34. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Requirements Governing Licensees (Chapter 26)
2. Governing Licensing
3. Advertising
4. Steering
5. Prohibitions in Advertising
6. Continued Advertising
7. Broker-Salesperson Requirements
8. Employees versus IC
9. Status
10. Procuring Cause
11. Conflicts of Interest
12. Net Listings
13. Document handling
14. Trust Accounts
15. Trust Funds
16. Handling Trust Money
17. Liquidated damages
18. Maintaining an Office
19. Out of State Properties
20. Record Keeping
21. Legal Advice
22. Appraisal Situations
23. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Transaction-Related Issues
2. Related Issues
3. McCarthy Tobin
4. Tax Assessments
5. Tax Derivation
6. Property Taxes
7. Tax Billing
8. Tax Sale
9. Tax Stamps
10. Mortgage Discharge
11. Assessment Liens in Condos
12. Sper Lien Laws
13. Time Shares
14. Mechanics
15. Articles
16. Security Laws
17. MUETA
18. Case Law
19. Homestead
20. Distribution Laws
21. Foreclosures
22. Short Sales
23. REOS
24. Lender Owned
25. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Consumer Protection and Disclosures (Chapter 28)
2. Disclosures
3. Purpose
4. CPA
5. Deceptive Practices
6. Misrepresentation
7. Negligent verses Innocent
8. Caveat Emptor
9. Obligations
10. Affirmative Disclosure
11. Material Facts
12. Non Material
13. Sellers Statement
14. Stigmatized Property
15. Home Inspections
16. Disclosures
17. Brochure
18. Construction Warranty
19. Coverage
20. Home Warranties
21. Limitations
22. Anti Discrimination
23. Sanctions & Enforcements
24. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Agency Relationships (Chapter 29)
2. Definitions
3. Key Agency Terms
4. Numerous Agencies
5. Consent
6. Disclosure Forms
7. Open Houses
8. Relationships
9. Buyer
10. Facilitator
11. Dual Agengy
12. Designated Agency
13. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
14. Types
1. Rental Property Regulations (Chapter 30)
2. slide 1
3. slide 2
4. slide 3
5. slide 4
6. slide 5
7. slide 6
8. slide 7
9. slide 9
10. slide 8
11. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Environmental Concerns and Hazards (Chapter 31)
2. Concerns
3. Smoke Detectors
4. Carbon Monoxide
5. Lead Paint Ban
6. Under six
7. Lead repairs
8. tax Credits
9. Asbestos
10. Chlordane
11. Mold
12. Radon
13. UFFI
14. WPA
15. Water
16. OSA
17. Wild & Scenic River Act
18. Tidal Water
19. Title V
20. Septic Issues
21. Storage Tanks
22. Fuel Usage
23. Contamination
24. Abatements
25. Stretch Code
26. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Housing Regulations
2. Regulations to Fair Housing
3. Protected Classes
4. Fair Housing laws
5. Exemptions
6. Notices
7. Equal Housing Poster
8. ADA
9. Titles
10. Americans with Disabilities Act
11. HOA Regulations
12. Test your skills!
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Real Estate Math
2. Basic Formulas
3. Fractions
4. Multiplying Fractions
5. Formula
6. Converting Decimals
7. Percentages %
8. Percent
9. More examples
10. More functions
11. Calculating Area
12. Square Footage
13. Area of Triangle
14. Trapezoid
15. Legal descriptions
16. Fractions & sections
17. Area
18. Co-broke Commission
19. Agent commission
20. % of Listing price
21. Earnest Money Calculation
22. Rent Calculations
23. Adjusting comparables
24. Income capitalization
25. GRM
26. Finance
27. Loan Amounts & Rates
28. LTV
29. Underwriting Income Rates
30. Underwriting Debt ratio
31. Points Formula
32. Appreciation formula
33. Investment formula
34. Equity
35. Pre-tax flow
36. Tax liability
37. Annual depreciation
38. Capital Gain formula
39. Investment depreciation
40. Investment returns
41. Tax rate calculations
42. Homestead exemption calculations
43. Property tax formula
44. 12 month/30 day method
45. Prorations
46. Closing formula
47. 10% of your grade involves math problems
  FREE PREVIEW
48. Real Estate Math Cheat Sheet
49. Real Estate Math
50. Choosing a Realtor
1. PSI Certification Example
2. Online Testing Info
3. How to fill out the PSI Certification Booklet
4. PSI Frequently Asked Questions
1. PSI Handout for Mass Law
2. Mass Law Quiz
1. Outline Study Guide
2. All in One Study Book
3. Real Estate Terms
4. Quick Study Questions
5. Reciprocal License Info
6. Practice Exam 1
7. Practice Exam 1 Answers
8. Practice Exam 2
9. Practice Exam 2 Answers
10. Math Quiz
1. Please tell your friends about us!!

$229.00
Learn on Your Own Schedule
Study 100% Online From Home
Complete Your 40 Hour Requirement

Everything You Need to Get Started

40-Hour Online Pre-Licensing Education

Complete your required education online at your own pace.
Flexible Self-Paced Learning

Study when and where it works for your schedule.
Massachusetts Licensing Exam Preparation

Build your understanding of the real estate principles and laws you'll need to know.

Ready to Start Your Massachusetts Real Estate Career?

Complete your 40-hour pre-licensing education online, on your schedule, and take the first step toward becoming a licensed Massachusetts real estate salesperson.

ENROLL NOW---$229

Welcome to the course!

Chapter 1 Introduction to Massachusetts Real Estate

Chapter #2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Next steps

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Certification example

Mass Law Handout

Study Guide

Thank You!

40-Hour Online Pre-Licensing Education

Flexible Self-Paced Learning

Massachusetts Licensing Exam Preparation