Georgia Real Estate School - School Policies

School Accreditation
AREA is a fully certified real estate education school, qualified to teach pre and post license courses and continuing education courses covering appraisal, real estate sales and home inspection.
Entrance Qualifications
Admission for all real estate, appraisal, and home inspection courses is limited to students who are: at least eighteen (18) years old; and high school graduates (or holder of a general educational developmental equivalency diploma).
Attendance Requirements
Each course is organized and designed to present the theory, application, and complexities of real estate subjects in an orderly and understandable sequence. In addition, The Georgia Real Estate Commission and/or the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board requires a certain minimum number of hours of attendance before the school can issue credit for the course hours. It is therefore important that all class sessions be attended. Attendance will be taken at various times by the instructor and it is the student's responsibility that the attendance accurately reflects their presence at each session. Do not expect the instructor to remember that you attended class. In addition to the educational benefit, attendance at all class sessions will insure that the student has met the minimum number of hours required by the Georgia Real Estate Commission and/or Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board. Certification of attendance for the required number of hours is mandatory before taking the course final examination, before receiving certification of course completion, or before obtaining a certificate for continuing education.
Make-up Sessions
If missing a session becomes unavoidable, make-up sessions for fulfillment of required attendance will be permitted as follows: Students needing to make-up a missed session must: 1) Make arrangements with the school administration (not the course instructor) to attend the session missed in an alternative presentation of that course material; and 2) Pay, at the time of making arrangements to attend a future session, an administration fee per session. Students are strongly urged to attend all of the originally scheduled sessions for the courses taken. There is no assurance that make-up classes would be any more convenient or that space will be available for make-up attendance in subsequent classes. All make-up sessions must be scheduled and attended within 90 days. In addition to saving the student the cost of the make-up session, perfect attendance of the originally scheduled class sessions will permit a student who fails a course final examination to re-take the examination one additional time without incurring any additional cost.
Participation
Students will be expected and encouraged to participate in the organized classroom activities. Students will also be expected to refrain from conversations with other students as such behavior can be distracting to the instructor and other students in the classroom. Instructors will be intolerant of disruptive behavior and are authorized to remove classroom distractions.
Cell Phones/Pagers/PDA's
Unless you are on the organ transplant list, it will be expected all electronic devices will be turned off. Students will have ample opportunity on breaks to engage in personal or business communications.
Final Exams
If a final exam is required, you must obtain the course minimum passing grade. If you fail to score at least 75%, you may re-take the exam one additional time. To retake an exam, you will need to contact the school administration to schedule an appointment. There is no charge for the re-take of the exam if you have perfect attendance at the regularly scheduled class times. If, however, you must re-take a final exam and you have less than perfect attendance, there will be $30.00 charge for the re-take examination. All make-up exams must be completed within 90 days of when student originally qualified for the examination.
Class Completion Certification
Upon completion of a course, you will receive an Education Certificate. In the event the certificate is lost, a duplicate may be obtained by contacting AREA.
Student Information
All questions pertaining to registration, refunds, school policy, course content, explanation of state licensing law, final exams, and completion certificates should be addressed to the administration at AREA who can be reached at 770-591-5552 or you may send an email to education@area-ga.com.
Non-Discrimination
AREA will not discriminate in fees, enrollment, or completion policies on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, familial status, or disability.
Privacy
AREA will not share, sell or distribute any information obtained from persons who provide data through this website or directly to AREA in the pursuit of real estate related education information with the exception of information required to be provided to regulatory authorities for student benefit.
Refunds for Classroom Courses (see below for Online/CD Courses)
AREA recognizes that unforeseen circumstances may require the withdrawal of a student from classroom enrollment and therefore has established the following Refund Policies: Prior to the issuance of any refund, all books and materials received by the student must be returned to AREA's office during normal business hours either personally or by insured delivery in like-new condition or the student will be responsible for the retail price of the item. Payment by cash or check - advance tuition payments made by cash or check will be totally refundable if the student withdraws from class up until five business days before the start of class. Students withdrawing within five days of the scheduled class start date will receive a school credit valid for one year in the amount of the tuition paid. The school credit can be applied to the cost of any future course offerings during the year following the withdrawal. No refunds will be issued on the day class begins. Refunds of tuition paid by check will take 4-6 weeks. Credit card - advance tuition payments made by credit or debit cards will be refundable if the student withdraws from class up until five business days before the start of class; however, the student will be subject to a processing fee equal to five percent of the amount charged. Students withdrawing within five days of the scheduled class start date will receive a school credit valid for one year in the amount of the tuition paid. The school credit can be applied to the cost of any future course offerings during the year following the withdrawal. No refunds will be issued on the day class begins.
Refund Policy for Online/CD Courses
AREA's Refund Policy for online or computer-based CD-ROM courses is that we DO NOT issue refunds except under the following two conditions: 1) If a student purchases an online course and experiences un-resolvable technical difficulties a CD-ROM version of the course shall be made available to the student at no additional cost. If the student declines, the student shall contact the AREA school office. AREA shall contact client services of the manufacturer and request a refund. 2) If the student purchases a CD-ROM course (or receives one from tech support staff) and experiences un-resolvable technical difficulties, AREA shall contact client services to request a refund for the course. All refunds will be subject to course technical verification.
Returned Checks
A $25.00 charge will be assessed to any applicant who has a check returned due to insufficient funds or a closed account.
Class Size - Course Schedules
AREA reserves the right to regulate class size and reschedule classes as necessary.
Multiple License Credit
Certain AREA courses offer multiple types and levels of licensing credit. Students attending these classes should alert administration upon course enrollment of the type credit desired. For any course which requires an exam to advance license status, students must schedule exam with the Administrative office prior to the last day of class. If an exam is not scheduled, students shall receive continuing education (CE) credit at the conclusion of the class. Final exams cannot be scheduled once the CE credit has been reported to the State. Students may be required to repeat course if alternative credit is requested.