Welcome to the
Professional Institute
for
Real Estate Training's
Home Page
P.I.R.T. is now a partner with
Hondros Learning
and is proud to offer the following continuing education courses for Real
Estate Salespersons and Brokers
- these are approved by New York State:
Real Estate at Auction
Mortgage Fraud: A Dangerous Business
Latest Trends in Mortgage Products
Foreclosures
Environmental Issues
Fair Housing
FHA and VA Appraisal Basics
Risk Reduction Techniques
to learn more click on the Hondros Learning logo
I am proud to announce that
P.I.R.T has partnered with
Career WebSchool to offer online real estate
continuing education
courses.
These are available for both sales, brokers and appraisal.
If you are interested please click on the following sites:
Continuing Education in Watertown
What? Cultural Diversity and Fair Housing - a 7.5 hour seminar
Where? The Days Inn, 110 Commerce Park
Drive, Watertown
When: SATURDAY July 19th 2008
Times? 9 a.m- 4:30 p.m.
Cost? $45.00 includes pizza and munchies for lunch!
This will satisfy your Fair Housing
Requirement along with 7.5 hours of CE.
For more information or to register
download the flyer (click
here) and return ASAP either by snail mail or you can complete it and email
it to me, or you can call 315-785-9856 for more information. This is only
approved for salespersons/brokers CE. There must be 10 students for this
course to be held!
This course is NYS Approved
COMING SOON -- INFORMATION ON THE NEXT PRELICENSING COURSE (75 HOURS) AND THE 30 HOUR REMEDIAL COURSE
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR ALL PROSPECTIVE LICENSEES:
YOU CAN'T BECOME A BROKER UNLESS YOU ARE A SALESPERSON FIRST!
What does PRE-QUALIFY mean??
It means that in
order to get a license in NYS, you must
by law,
complete successfully this (or any) prelicensing course.
Then, you
are entitled to sit for the NYS
licensing exam given in varying locations around NY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!
DECIDE FIRST if you
want to take a course BEFORE you send your fees in to the school. The course
fees are NONREFUNDABLE --that means when you send them in,
and then a few days later you decide that you can't take the course, YOU WILL
NOT GET YOUR FEES REFUNDED TO YOU!!! So clear your schedule, get your days off
from work, do what you have to do BEFORE you decide. Because once you do, you
are committed. Sorry!
How do you get a real estate license?
We've had a lot of questions about how DO you get
into REAL ESTATE? Here's the inside scoop...
Getting your
license in NYS. (continually under construction)
Now Available online!
PIRT's July Newsletter!
For the very most up to date information, click here!
WHO IS PIRT?
The Professional Institute for Real Estate Training (PIRT) is a licensed and accredited real estate proprietary school in New York State, based in Watertown, NY. The main focus of PIRT is to teach real estate pre-licensing courses to those interested in becoming real estate salespersons and brokers in New York. As well, PIRT has in the past designed and taught many continuing education courses for licensees in New York.
PIRT is a sole proprietorship owned and operated by Linda J. Fields. Lin teaches all courses exclusively, but PIRT has a staff guest instructor for construction - Pat Fields (just happens to be related to Lin). Pat is the President of P.S.G. Plumbing, Heating and Air-Conditioning, and has had over 33 years plumbing/HVAC experience. We have also had various guest speakers for finance, land use planning, etc.
Lin's background is extensive. (If you are really interested, click on this link). In 1980, after several occupations and educational degrees (including an A.A.S. in Science, Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Master of Science degree in Genetics, and a nursing degree), Lin entered the real estate field. Having had some experience in selling, she became a licensed real estate salesperson in Rochester NY. Along with her part time position in sales, she continued to be employed as a private duty nurse -- you can't jump into real estate in the '80's without a back-up job! For 2 years she worked in both fields - successfully we might add - until she entered real estate full time. During this time, she was involved with residential real estate and began to learn the commercial end of the business as well. At the urging of a friend, and a strong belief in Fair Housing, Lin accepted a part time position as an instructor with the Real Estate Training Center in Rochester, teaching Fair Housing. She continued to teach for RETC until 1986, when she moved to Watertown NY. Realizing that Watertown had no hands-on real estate education, she began to teach through the Professional Education Association. In 1990 she married the plumber (shouldn't everyone :O) and in 1991, she and her husband formed PIRT and has been teaching real estate courses in Northern NY ever since.
What can you find here?
It's our attempt to provide to students, past students, and the general public lots of links, information, etc. All information is given strictly as an opinion. As a student of PIRT's, you may find practice examinations, questions, answers, etc. The site is always under construction. We cannot answer individual questions you may have on this site. However, if you e-mail me, I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Under NO circumstances is this a venue for legal Q&A's -- we suggest you contact an attorney for this. Under NO circumstances is this a venue for endorsing any real estate company, office, franchise, etc. -- ditto -- we can't endorse any one without endorsing them all.
If you are someone in the general public who is looking for a Realtor, attorney, etc., we highly suggest you check with either the Jefferson-Lewis Board of Realtors, the St. Lawrence County Board of Realtors, or the New York State Association of Realtors, or if you are not from Jefferson, Lewis or St. Lawrence NY counties, the real estate board in your area or the state real estate association in your state. Some links are provided to you below.
We will provide, if submitted to us, links for past-student's web pages. If you would like to submit yours, please email me at PIRTTeacher@aol.com Please put the word site request in the subject line (we don't want to delete your mail by mistake!)
We will also provide links to various real estate agencies, etc. If you find one you'd like to share with us, please email us.
Local, State & National Links
The Jefferson
Lewis Board of Realtors
St. Lawrence County Board of Realtors
The National Association of Realtors
The New York State Association of Realtors
The Department of State, Division of Licensing Services
The National Fair Housing Advocate
Links
for Students
Cram-For-Exam.com
Albany Center for Real Estate Education
& the author of your text offers links, downloadable exams, etc.
New
York State Department of State Sales/Brokers Page
This is YOUR source for information on license law, examination schedules,
disclosure statements, online reservations, renewals, etc.
Other sites we love!
to Tania Sterling and Lori Nettles, Lic. RE Brokers and owners of
AND
Congratulations to
Michael Siptrott, Lic. RE Broker and owner of
Conley's Rental Management
Our
Past Students' Web Pages:
Judy Pinchin, Licensed R.E. Broker
and Owner of
BUY AND SELL RIGHT REALTY
James Conlin and Kathryn (Katie) Rowell, soon-to-be Associate Brokers - Nancy D Real Estate
Teri Benitiz and Angela Samphier - Associate Brokers - NNY Homes
Christine Bedard - soon-to-be Associate Broker - Coldwell Banker Rimada Realty
William Quencer - soon-to-be Associate Broker
Hardy Hoppenworth, Marty Ciulla, and Ed Kondracki - soon-to-be Associate Broker - Century 21 Millennium
Paula Bourquin - Soon-to-be Associate Broker - United Country Dwyer Real Estate
Lauren Shuman - soon-to-be Associate Broker - Realty USA Christensen
Tony Pisarski and Chris Andiorio - soon-to-be Associate Brokers - Elliott Realty
Diana Dufresne - soon-to-be Associate Broker - Century 21 Dufrane Realty
Alex MacKinnon- soon-to-be Associate Broker - Lacy Realty
Suzanne Brown - soon-to-be Associate Broker - Exit More Realty
Scott Raso -soon-to-be Associate Broker - Raso Realty
Bridget Kleinschmidt - soon-to-be Associate Broker - 1st Carriage House Realty
Jack Stopper, Lora Stopper and Ron Trickey - soon-to-be Associate Brokers - Bowes Realty
Matt Szeliga - soon-to-be Associate Broker
Crystal Becoat and
Sandra Rowland - Associate Brokers,
Coldwell Banker
Rimada Realty
Jonathan Hubbard - Associate Broker,
Christensen
Realty USA
Susan Gibson -Associate Broker,
Lake Ontario
Realty
Jessica Hudon - Associate Broker,
Century 21
Today's Choice Realty
Stephanie Converse -Associate Broker, Re/Max Empire
Realty
Cindy Moyer, Associate Broker,
Century 21 Millennium Realty
Mary Adair, Associate Broker, Exit More Realty
Gail Abplanalp, Associate Broker - Pat Collins Real Estate
Chrissy Amo and Angela Drumm, Associate Brokers, Century 21 Dufrane Realty,
Massena
Colleen Ayers, Associate Broker
Nikki Coates, Associate Broker
LuAnn Docteur, Associate Broker,
United Country Dwyer RE
Paul Renaud, Associate Broker, Hunt Realty
Vickie Staie, Associate Broker, Century 21
Today's Choice Realty
Lori Elliott Porter, Associate Broker,
Elliott Realty
Sarah Riddoch, Associate Broker, Laurentian Realty
Claudia Furnia, Associate Broker - Furnia Realty
Ron Dulmage, Associate Broker - Heart
Homes Real Estate
Century 21
Millennium Realty - including....
Rob Moyer,
Judy Tubolino, Katrina Butz, Laura Hunter, Linda Waring,
Ed Kondracki, Stefania
Blake,
Hardy Hoppenworth, Tracy Tanner,
Phillip Kneeland, and Lilia Ritz, Cynthia Moyer, Jacob Isenbarger, Seth Dusharm,
Marty Ciulla, Andrew Hotchkiss
Century
21 Today's Choice Realty - including...
Sue Ellen Schrei, Linda Love, Rosita Santiago, Glen Gould, Ronald
Papke,
Nichole Shippee, Sharon Alford,
Christina
Thornton, Jessica Hudon,
Deborah Moran's Web Page (Exit-More Realty)
Karen Peebles' Web Page (Elliott Realty)
Lisa L'Huillier's Web Page (Hefferon Real Estate)
Lake
Ontario Realty
including Amanda Miller,
Susan Gibson, Sarah House,
Dorothy Wolff, Kim Call, Jim Henley, Brenda Sipher, Gail Miller, Sheri
Fields,
Lori Fuller, Jeff
Froelich, Kiah Collins, Matt Sugrue
America1 Realty Web Page - Rhonda Roethel
Byrns Realty - Brad Burns, Larry Boliver
Betty
Henderson's Web Page
Laurentian
Realty - Peter and Patricia LeDoux and Sarah Riddoch
Janet
Handschuh's Web Page - (Heart Homes Real Estate)
Julie Hughes,
Jill Rosette, and Patty Calhoun Associate Brokers at
Lori
Gervera Real Estate
John Stevens
at
NNY Homes
Grace
Horton and Margaret Aubertine at
Christensen RealtyUSA.com
June O'Brien, Coldwell
Banker Rimada Realty
Michael
Kinney at Northern
Hospitality Services
Penny Bogardus,
Alex MacKinnon and Glen Bogardus-
Lacy
Real Estate
Jim
LaValley -
LaValley Real
Estate
Debbie
Schaefer - Front Porch Realty
Everyone at
Raso Real Estate, LLC
Gail & Walt Christensen -Christensen Realty USA
Melanie
Curley - Thousand Islands Real Estate
Joan
Gerni - NNY Homes
Hunt Realty - Jocelyn Merritt
Brite Orange Realty - Chris Palmer, Dale Lindgren, Carrie Colwell
Other Interesting Links:
Need
a Mortgage Calculator?
The Greater Rochester (NY)
Association of Realtors
Nolo Press
Greater
Syracuse Association of Realtors
Updated: Wednesday, July 02, 2008
