Get ready to become a Rural real estate agent in Alberta.
Learn what it takes to serve rural, farm and agribusiness clients with confidence. This self-paced course builds the knowledge and judgment a good rural agent needs, from legal land descriptions, soil and water to farm taxes, rural financing and the Agricultural Purchase Contract.
What you'll learn, unit by unit.
Rural real estate is more than a house on a big lot. A single trade can involve farmland and soil, water licences, surface and mineral rights, grazing leases, a well and septic system, and a farm business with its own tax position. The course walks you through all of it.
Rural Real Estate Foundations & Agriculture
What rural practice involves, the language of rural land, and the farms, ranches and livestock operations your clients run.
Locating Rural Land, Land Use & Compliance
Legal land descriptions, municipal land use and development, RPRs and title insurance, and the laws every rural professional must know.
Rural Living, Rights & Property Research
Country living and rural utilities, surface and mineral rights, and researching titles, environmental risks and every detail of a listing.
Soil, Water & Climate
How soil, water and climate shape what land can produce and what it's worth, including water rights, irrigation, wells and water quality.
Rural Building Construction
Structure, exterior finishes, service systems, factory-built homes, permits and renewable energy, so you can spot warning signs.
Rural Sewage Systems & the RMS
How private sewage systems work and fail, and how to measure a rural home under RECA's Residential Measurement Standard.
Evaluating Rural & Farm Properties
Appraisals vs. CMAs, the three approaches to value, cap rates, and the factors that drive rural and agribusiness value.
Taxation, Investment & Financial Analysis
Farm tax basics, GST and capital gains, non-resident sellers, plus cash-flow analysis, leverage, cap rates and NPV.
Client Representation & Representing the Seller
Agency and fiduciary duties, service agreements, the listing process and marketing a rural property.
Representing the Buyer & Rural Financing
Buyer needs and agreements, the property search, mortgage math, lender risk and AFSC, FCC and CALA programs.
Completing the Transaction & Rural Purchase Contracts
Offers, counter-offers and conditions, negotiation, closing, and a section-by-section walk through the Agricultural Purchase Contract.
Take a look inside.
Everything is organized in one place, so you always know what to study next.
Course outline and syllabus
See every unit and what it covers before you start.
Unit quizzes
Check your understanding at the end of every unit.
Exam preparation resources
Step-by-step guidance to get ready for the RECA exam.
Know the exam before you walk in.
RECA sets the exam fees, rules and procedures, and they can change. Always check myRECA and reca.ca before you book.
What our students say
Raman explained all the lessons so well and the course material is relevant to the exam and the additional study materials and mock tests helps to build confidence and get an idea how the final exam looks like. Thanks to Raman and her staff for an excellent service, quick to respond emails and calls.
Thanks to Alberta Real Estate School, I passed both exams for Fundamentals of Real Estate and then for Residential Real Estate. Course material was concise and straight to the point. The exam questions were relevant and very similar to the final exam. In fact, going through their exam questions is a great gauged of the final mark. If it wasn't for this material, I am sure I would have failed. Thank you so much for creating the course material expertly.
I am immensely grateful for the exceptional course material and the effective structure of the course. It was truly fantastic. I am thrilled to share that I achieved a remarkable grade of 79.17 on my very first attempt. What's even more impressive is that I managed to accomplish this feat within a mere two weeks of studying!