Marie Spodek
DREI, CNE, CBR
NY, USAbout Marie
Marie is a nationally regarded real estate educator, speaker and trainer. As the previous owner of Charleston’s Professional School of Real Estate, a widely-read real estate columnist, and author, she brings a wealth of energy, enthusiasm and "practical experience" to her informative and individualized seminars.
Commitment to Students
Spodek’s commitment to real estate education continues to improve the quality of instruction at every level from pre-entry to sales to instructing. She has an outstanding ability to make valuable connections between diverse issues and subjects that serve to enrich her presentations, making them even more effective. By keeping technical jargon to a minimum, she insures that non-technical people comprehend the material and remain alert and interested throughout the course.
In her words: “I’m an educator, not entertainer. I see it as my mission to impart the specific information needed by students to pass proficiency exams, enrich their general knowledge even if they do not remain in real estate, and to provide memorable, perhaps ‘life-changing’ experiences that will serve them well throughout life.”
National Recognition
In 1996, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave special recognition to Ms. Spodek for developing a seminar “Reducing Radon Risk in Real Estate Transactions,” now offered throughout the country. Like all of her seminars, the environmental series focus on the practical, “what to do” issues confronting licensees in the marketplace.
Recognizing her work as a teacher, trainer, motivator, and salesperson in the field of real estate, the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) awarded her the Jack Wiedemer Distinguished Career Award in 2001.
In 2004, REEA named her course “Caught on Camera: Antitrust in the 21st Century” as Education Program of the Year. In 2006, her article “Antitrust: Is It the Real Issue?” was recognized as REEA's JOURNAL Best Article of the Year.
Educating Educators
Often described as an “instructor’s instructor,” Ms. Spodek is a senior instructor of REEA’s Instructor Development Workshop (IDW) and wrote its Course Development Workshop (CDW). In addition to the IDW & CDW, Marie developed “Perking Up Prelicense” to help instructors improve the content, structure and delivery of their prelicense courses. All three seminars offer concrete, step-by-step ways to dramatically improve material retention and increase student interest.
By invitation from state regulators, Spodek has presented “how to teach” courses to instructors in many states including the following: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah.
Publications
Spodek’s series of continuing education books published by Dearborn Real Estate Education reflects current issues and concerns:
- Sustainable Housing & Building Green: What Agents Should Know, 2e
- Mortgage Fraud & Predatory Lending, 2e
- Consumer Protection: What Agents Should Know [Property Insurance] Online
- Manufactured and Modular Housing
- Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice, 3e
- SC CORE Course: Federal Laws Update, 2013-2015
About Marie
Marie is a nationally regarded real estate educator, speaker and trainer. As the previous owner of Charleston’s Professional School of Real Estate, a widely-read real estate columnist, and author, she brings a wealth of energy, enthusiasm and "practical experience" to her informative and individualized seminars.
Commitment to Students
Spodek’s commitment to real estate education continues to improve the quality of instruction at every level from pre-entry to sales to instructing. She has an outstanding ability to make valuable connections between diverse issues and subjects that serve to enrich her presentations, making them even more effective. By keeping technical jargon to a minimum, she insures that non-technical people comprehend the material and remain alert and interested throughout the course.
In her words: “I’m an educator, not entertainer. I see it as my mission to impart the specific information needed by students to pass proficiency exams, enrich their general knowledge even if they do not remain in real estate, and to provide memorable, perhaps ‘life-changing’ experiences that will serve them well throughout life.”
National Recognition
In 1996, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave special recognition to Ms. Spodek for developing a seminar “Reducing Radon Risk in Real Estate Transactions,” now offered throughout the country. Like all of her seminars, the environmental series focus on the practical, “what to do” issues confronting licensees in the marketplace.
Recognizing her work as a teacher, trainer, motivator, and salesperson in the field of real estate, the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) awarded her the Jack Wiedemer Distinguished Career Award in 2001.
In 2004, REEA named her course “Caught on Camera: Antitrust in the 21st Century” as Education Program of the Year. In 2006, her article “Antitrust: Is It the Real Issue?” was recognized as REEA's JOURNAL Best Article of the Year.
Educating Educators
Often described as an “instructor’s instructor,” Ms. Spodek is a senior instructor of REEA’s Instructor Development Workshop (IDW) and wrote its Course Development Workshop (CDW). In addition to the IDW & CDW, Marie developed “Perking Up Prelicense” to help instructors improve the content, structure and delivery of their prelicense courses. All three seminars offer concrete, step-by-step ways to dramatically improve material retention and increase student interest.
By invitation from state regulators, Spodek has presented “how to teach” courses to instructors in many states including the following: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah.
Publications
Spodek’s series of continuing education books published by Dearborn Real Estate Education reflects current issues and concerns:
- Sustainable Housing & Building Green: What Agents Should Know, 2e
- Mortgage Fraud & Predatory Lending, 2e
- Consumer Protection: What Agents Should Know [Property Insurance] Online
- Manufactured and Modular Housing
- Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice, 3e
- SC CORE Course: Federal Laws Update, 2013-2015
Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE)
A two-day designation course for real estate professionals presenting proven skills that lead to better outcomes for real estate licensees and their clients. Topics include types of bargaining, persuading and influencing others, the psychology of buying, effective planning guides, and immediate real estate application.
Environmental Issues in Your Real Estate Practice
A dynamic approach to environmental issues that real estate licensees meet in the real world and practical methods for achieving best outcomes.
Sustainable Housing and Building Green
This seminar introduces fundamental basics of sustainable housing and building green of interest to sellers and buyers and provides information so that real estate licensees can be the source of the resource.
Practicing Safe Agency
Two different seminars that address the specific needs of buyer representation and seller representation. Class discussion includes case students and role plays.
Perking Up Prelicense
Perking Up Prelicense is specifically geared to assist real estate prelicense instructors: why students take prelicense and how it affects their learning; how to choose an effective text; utilizing effective study tips; and the importance of gaining feedback from students throughout the course.
Course Development Workshop (CDW)
Course developers must package their seminar materials to facilitate regulatory approval. The CDW instructs how to tightly structure course outlines, learning objectives, and topical timeframes to include the "proper mix" of teaching methods required to actively involve and engage students in the learning process.
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