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Start a Real Estate School in Florida
Build the School. Build the Brand. Build the Business.
Starting a real estate school can create an opportunity to build an education business while helping future real estate professionals begin and advance their careers.
But opening a school involves much more than finding a classroom and teaching a real estate course.
A school owner must consider regulatory requirements, course approvals, instructors, educational materials, testing, student records, administration, marketing, technology, classroom delivery, online education, and the ongoing operation of the business.
Class Made Easy helps make one important part of that process easier by providing educational products and technology developed for real estate schools.
You Build Your School. Class Made Easy Helps Provide the Educational Products Behind It.
A Real Estate School Is Both an Educational Institution and a Business
A successful real estate school must do two things well.
It must provide quality education, and it must operate as a business.
The educational side includes courses, instructors, textbooks, testing, student support, and compliance with applicable requirements.
The business side includes planning, budgeting, marketing, enrollment, technology, recordkeeping, customer service, and developing a reputation that attracts future students.
Thinking about both sides from the beginning can help a prospective school owner build a stronger foundation.
Start With a Plan
Before selecting textbooks, building a website, or scheduling the first class, determine what kind of real estate school you want to operate.
Understand Florida’s Regulatory Requirements
Florida real estate schools and the courses they provide are subject to applicable state licensing, permitting, approval, instructor, recordkeeping, reporting, and educational requirements.
A prospective school owner should understand those requirements before investing substantial time and money in developing the school.
Class Made Easy provides educational products and services to real estate schools, but CME does not grant a school license, permit, course approval, or instructor authorization.
Those responsibilities remain with the school and the appropriate regulatory authorities.
Select and Prepare Your Instructors
Educational materials are only one part of a successful classroom program.
The instructor brings the material to life.
Real estate instructors must understand the subject matter, communicate clearly, manage classroom time, answer student questions, explain difficult concepts, and keep students engaged.
Schools should also determine the applicable qualifications and approvals required for instructors teaching their courses.
Class Made Easy educational resources are designed not only to support students, but also to help instructors organize and deliver course material effectively.
Decide How You Will Deliver Your Courses
Today’s real estate school does not necessarily have to choose between classroom and online education.
You Do Not Have to Build Your Own Online Education Platform
Creating an online course delivery system can become one of the most complicated parts of developing a modern real estate school.
The school must consider course content, technology, student access, testing, progress tracking, completion procedures, certificates, technical support, and system maintenance.
Class Made Easy provides an online education platform that allows eligible Partner Schools to offer available online courses without independently building the entire system.
The school maintains its identity and relationship with its students while CME provides the educational content and technology behind the online learning experience.
Your School. Your Brand. Our Courses and Technology.
Build Your School’s Identity
Students are not simply selecting a course. They are selecting a school.
Your school’s name, website, reputation, instructors, communication, student service, and community presence all contribute to its identity.
Develop a brand that students can recognize and remember.
That identity becomes increasingly valuable as the school expands into additional educational programs. A student who has a positive Pre-License experience may return to the same school for Post-License education, Continuing Education, Broker education, or other professional development.
Think Beyond the First Course
It can be tempting to build a new school around one course.
A stronger long-term strategy is to consider the student’s entire real estate education journey.
A Sales Associate candidate who begins with your school may have additional educational needs for years.
Each stage creates another opportunity for the school to serve the student. The objective is not simply to enroll a student once. It is to build an educational relationship.
Build Multiple Sources of Educational Revenue
A real estate school can potentially generate revenue from more than classroom tuition. The right mix depends on the school’s programs, approvals, students, and business model.
Start With One Course. Build From There.
A new school does not necessarily need a large catalog on opening day.
It may make more sense to establish one strong educational program, develop enrollment, refine the school’s operations, and then expand.
For many schools, Sales Associate Pre-License education can provide a foundation from which additional educational programs are developed.
As former students progress through their careers, the school can add educational opportunities that bring them back.
Growth can occur one course, one student, and one relationship at a time.
From New School to CME Partner School
Once your school is properly established and ready to offer applicable educational programs, Class Made Easy can provide another opportunity through the CME Partner School program.
Partner Schools can select from available CME online educational products and make them available through their schools.
The school maintains its student relationship while Class Made Easy provides the underlying course content and technology.
Ready to Build Your Real Estate School?
Starting a real estate school can seem complicated because there are many decisions to make.
You do not have to make every decision at once, and you do not have to create every educational product yourself.
Build the school you want to operate. Develop the reputation you want your students to remember. Then choose educational products and technology that can help support that vision.
You Build the School. We Help You Build the Educational Program.