This course provides Alabama real estate licensees with a comprehensive overview of risk management principles essential to compliant brokerage practice. It focuses on how everyday decisions made during real estate transactions can impact legal exposure, consumer protection, and professional responsibility.

Participants will review the duties owed to consumers, including obligations to all parties in a transaction as well as additional responsibilities that arise in agency relationships. The course also examines the role of the qualifying broker, emphasizing the importance of supervision, communication, and adherence to brokerage policies and procedures.

The course also explores key areas of risk across the lifecycle of a transaction, including disclosure practices, handling offers, managing client relationships, and maintaining proper documentation. Through scenario-based examples and practical applications, licensees will learn how to recognize potential risks and respond appropriately in real-world situations. Upon completion of this course, participants will be better prepared to make informed, ethical, and compliant decisions in their daily real estate activities.

This course meets Alabama Real Estate Commission requirements for the mandatory three-hour course, Risk Management: Initial Contact to Accepted Offer.