# Real Estate (RLEST) courses

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 11 courses

Source: https://mc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/48441/48769/49120/49121/49149

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### RLEST 2A — Principles of Real Estate

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Basic laws and principles of California real estate: Provides understanding, background, and terminology necessary for advanced study in specialized courses; designed to assist those preparing for the real estate salesperson’s licensing examination.

### RLEST 3 — Real Estate Brokerage Management

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Advisory:** RLEST 002A.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Successful operation of a real estate office: Management, leadership, communications, staffing, market analysis, and finance.

### RLEST 4A — Legal Aspects of Real Estate

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Legal aspects of real estate: Study of methods and techniques to determine how real estate and the law interact; emphasis on federal tax laws, arbitration and mediation concepts, electronically transmitted contracts and registration systems.

### RLEST 5 — Real Estate Practice

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Comprehensive presentation of daily activities of brokers and salespersons: Selling, listing, advertising, taking and presenting offers, qualifying buyers; appraisal, finance, and escrow procedures; taxation, investment property, and exchanges.

### RLEST 6A — Real Estate Finance - Residential

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Basic real estate finance: Study and analysis of money markets, interest rates, real estate financing, lending policies, and problems involved in financing real property; and emphasis on homes with brief introduction to multi-family units.

### RLEST 7A — Real Estate Appraisal

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Basic real estate appraisal: Study of methods and techniques used to determine value; emphasis on residential property with brief introduction to multi-family units.

### RLEST 8 — Property Management

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** RLEST 002Aor corequisite.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Real estate management: Neighborhood analysis and trends, rent schedules, leases, accounting, maintenance, and landlord/tenant relations; the business of property management.

### RLEST 9 — Real Estate Economics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** RLEST 002Aor corequisite.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Basic real estate economics: Study of methods and techniques used in the current economic markets during real estate transactions; emphasis on real estate economics principles and practices in California.

### RLEST 11 — Real Estate Escrow Procedures

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** RLEST 002Aor corequisite.
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Basic real estate escrow procedures: Study of methods and techniques used around the natural flow and sequence of events in a real estate transaction; emphasis on the escrow dynamics and recent changes in modern real estate escrow procedures.

### RLEST 14 — Real Estate Investments

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

Basic real estate investments: Study of methods and techniques used to analyze economic values; emphasis on the key factors and financial analysis involved in making real estate investments.

### RLEST 250 — BRE Salesperson/Broker Exam Preparation

- **Units:** 1
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture
- **Advisory:** RLEST 002A.
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/merritt-college/schedule/fall-2026/rlest.md)

California Salesperson/Broker Licensing Exam preparation: Simulated exam and review of essential course content from all courses in real estate.