✔ This course satisfies 4 general credit in Georgia
This course covers major environmental hazards as they pertain to the real estate industry. Licensees need to familiarize themselves with environmental issues because they have a responsibility to disclose to buyers any information that might affect their decision to buy. Environmental hazards can dramatically affect a property's value, so buyers, sellers, lenders and licensees all can be affected by them.
Students will learn about health hazards, environmental legislation, liability and responsibility for cleanup and protection. In this course, students will acquire a competency with environmental issues that will help them to elucidate issues for buyers, sellers and lenders. Knowledge of environmental issues also will help protect them from charges of nondisclosure.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Environmental Hazards: Indoor Pollutants and Formaldehyde
- Asbestos and Lead
- Mold
- Radon, Ground Water, and Underground Storage Tanks
- Hazardous Waste and Brownfields
- Wetlands
- Smart Growth: Part I
- Smart Growth: Part II
- Green Housing: Part I
- Green Housing: Part II