This course incorporates legislative issues that influence real estate practice, trends and statistics that affect real estate brokerage including agency, fiduciary duties and risk management. Real estate licensees cannot best serve the interests of their clients and the consuming public without understanding the current trends and practices that affect their role as real estate professionals. This course covers 15 critical trends in the real estate profession. They are broken down into 3 major categories which include: (1) The Top 5 Disruptive Trends Affecting the Real Estate Profession (2) The Top 5 Technology Trends Affecting Real Estate and (3) The Top 5 Client Trends. Attendance in this class will provide current and relevant information to licensees so that they will be better able to meet and serve the needs of the public and better fulfill their responsibilities to consumers.