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Betty Armbrust GRI, CRS, DREI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 10
Course(s) Taught: Basic Contracts, 8-hour Mandatory, Ethics, Win/Win
Negotiations
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Degree in real estate, owned a real estate
school since 1962, broker-owner. Co-author of "Practical Real Estate Math" and
"Guidebook to Colorado Real Estate Contracts and Disclosures." Interests are
traveling, writing and spending time with grandchildren.
Teaching Philosophy: "Information must relate to the real world."
Patrick Armbrust SRA
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 3
Course(s) Taught: Residential Appraisal
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: 20 years experience in residential and
commercial evaluation. Teaching on local and national level for 10 years. State
certified residential appraiser, written and taught numerous state-approved
courses and seminars.
Teaching Philosophy: "Gotta have fun!" "Real information to solve real
problems."
Wally Armistead, GRI, CRS, CRB
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 16
Course(s) Taught: Basic Contracts, 8-hour Mandatory, Energy Rated Homes
Appraiser, Energy Rated Homes Intro and REALTOR, Ethics, Intro to Professional
Standards, Professional Standards I, Professional Standards II, Agency, Risk
Reduction, They Changed the Code of Ethics, So What?, How to be a Good T/B, How
to be a Good Agent, Broker Transition, Brokerage Administration, 1996 Commission
Approved Forms.
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.A. - Arizona State College; M.A. - Arizona
State Univ.; Doctorate - Arizona State University; Post-doctoral - Stanford
Univ. Public school teacher, coach, administrator for 20 years.
Teaching Philosophy: "If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught.
We must be flexible in our teaching methods to ensure every student gets the
most out of the class."
J.A. Bauer
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 8
Course(s) Taught: Advanced Law I and II, Agency, Basic Contracts
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Economics and law degrees from the
University of Colorado, member of the Forms Committee of the Colorado Real
Estate Commission. Past chair of the Real Estate Section of the Colorado Bar.
Veteran auctioneer for charities, civic activist.
Teaching Philosophy: "A good education is what you remember after you've
forgotten what you've learned."
Janene Bettin CRB, CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 15
Course(s) Taught: 8-hour Mandatory, Ethics, Listing and Selling Real Estate,
Marketing Resort Property Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Omega Tau Rho,
B.S. - secondary education, Who's Who in American Women. She enjoys skiing,
sewing and working with teens.
Teaching Philosophy: "There are no absolutely right answers -- life is full of
options -- my job is to help people recognize those available and guide to
selecting that which works best for them."
Kathrine Cole CRS, GRI, LTG, MRE
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 7
Course(s) Taught: Listing and Selling Real Estate, Marketing Resort Property
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. in nursing and past registered nurse.
Coldwell Banker President's Circle Award Winner. Member of the "Top 50" Coldwell
Banker Agents in Colorado. CAR speaker from 1990-1996. Immediate past president
of the Vail Board. 1993 Vail board REALTOR of the Year.
Teaching Philosophy: "Real estate has been a wonderful career to me. I love
teaching because it gives me the opportunity to share some of my experiences and
knowledge with others and to also learn from others ways that I can continue to
improve myself an d my business. It's a great motivator!"
Karen Easton MRE, CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 5
Course(s) Taught: Career Development, 8-hour Mandatory, Agency, Finance, Basic
Contracts, Broker Transition, Brokerage Administration
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: College degrees in math, English and
journalism. Interested in a way to simplify her life. Skiing (water and snow),
mountain biking.
Teaching Philosophy: "The new real estate laws and forms you have just memorized
have been changed." "Don't shoot the messenger." "We are always willing to train
our competition."
Debra Fine
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 3
Course(s) Taught: FINE Art of Small Talk
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. civil engineering, member Rotary
International, board member of Anti-Defamation League, volunteer Cherry Creek
Schools.
Teaching Philosophy: "Always have fun. I spent too many years listening to
others drone on and on. I always get to the point and eliminate the fluff."
Karen Frame
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 2
Course(s) Taught: Advanced Law I
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. accounting from Indiana University in
Bloomington. J.D. from University of Illinois. Former criminal prosecutor.
Semester at Oxford. C.P.A. Designated REALTOR and broker since 1994. Loves
teaching. Held frequent seminars for the public. Reading, nature, running, art,
animals and computers.
Teaching Philosophy: "Any sort of learning experience should be fun."
Oliver Frascona
Number of Years as a Faculty Member:10 +
Course(s) Taught: Advanced Law I & II, Basic Contracts, 8-hour Mandatory,
Introduction to Professional Standards, Professional Standards I & II, Risk
Reduction, Agency and Broker Transition.
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. in business from the University of
Colorado in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Denver Law School in 1974.
Intervening years as a naval officer. Oliver lectures for numerous groups
throughout Colorado and t he country. He has served as Faculty Committee
Chairman for CAR for two years and one year as the Education Division vice
president.
Teaching Philosophy: "To challenge each student to learn all they can at their
level."
Jonathan A. Goodman
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 2
Course(s) Taught: Advanced Law I & II
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.A. mathematics, J.D. Practicing real
estate attorney for 10 years. In addition to my passionate interest in my wife
and two children, law practice and helping REALTORS learn real estate law, my
interests are mostly athletic, running, tennis, skating and skiing.
Teaching Philosophy: "Teaching is the process of leading students from the
familiar to the unfamiliar. Through my law practice, I have helped thousands of
REALTORS close deals and avoid problems. I draw on the familiar real life
examples of my clients t o help students learn.
Reg Gupton CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 15
Course(s) Taught: Buyer Agency, Career Development, Egoless Negotiations,
Housing Construction and Marketing, Planning for Profitability
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.B.A. and M.B.A. - Eastern Michigan
University. Senior instructor, Residential Sales Council and NAR. Therapy:
Biking, Fly Fishing and Cross Country Skiing.
Teaching Philosophy: "My focus is on what's been proven to work in real estate
and that's not what has been taught for the last several decades."
Marguerite Ham
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 1
Course(s) Taught: Total Recall
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Associate degree in business, certified
memory master from Memory Institute in San Diego. She trains people how to
remember what they hear, see, read and people's names.
Teaching Philosophy: "We velcro your mind to make everything else stick."
Larry Kendall
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 2
Course(s) Taught: Ninja Selling
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: MBA from Kansas State University. 23 years
in real estate brokerage. Chairman and one of the founders of The Group, Inc.
which has $400,000,000 in annual sales. He was the 1980 REALTOR of the Year for
the Ft. Collins Board, 1987 Business Person of the Year by Business World
Magazine and 1994 Entrepreneur of the Year by Ft. Collins Incorporated.
Teaching Philosophy: "To help people bring out the best in themselves and their
organizations."
Phyllis McCoy CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 8
Course(s) Taught: Career Development, Housing Construction and Marketing
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: In 1970 she started selling new homes and
also owned a construction company from 1973 to 1985. She now does the marketing
for two luxury home builder in the Colorado Springs area.
Teaching Philosophy: "I just feel that I learned so much from others in the
business when I started out that I should give back something to the industry. I
really believe attitude is the most important part of being successful in real
estate."
Chris McElroy GRI, CRS
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 6
Course(s) Taught: Investment and Taxation, Wonderful World of Finance
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Degree in psychology from the University of
Nebraska (Go Big Red!). He's been a licensed full-time REALTOR since 1976,
specializing in residential sales, corporate relocation and small property
investment. He's extreme ly active at the local, state and national levels of
the REALTOR organization --serving on numerous committees and holding several
offices including president of both the Ft. Collins board and CAR. In 1991, he
was named the REALTORŪ of the Year by the Ft. Collins board. Enjoys family,
golf, travel, baseball and investing.
Teaching Philosophy: "The most effective teachers are the ones who've been
there, done that."
Peter C. Meer MPM, MBA
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 1
Course(s) Taught: Introduction to Property Management Degrees, Credentials and
Interests: B.S. and M.B.A.
Teaching Philosophy: "I enjoy involving the class as much as possible, in the
teaching process. I always learn from my students, which makes teaching very
exciting."
Jack O'Connor CRB
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 13
Course(s) Taught: Building Name Recognition, 8-hour Mandatory, Ethics,
Leadership Systems for Real Estate, Providing Successful Services for Buyers &
Sellers, Secrets of Success
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. University of Northern Colorado,
Executive of the Year 1988, Manager of the Year from Moore and Co. 1994, speaker
at the last five NAR conventions. Interests include reading, traveling and
exercising.
Teaching Philosophy: "To make each student feel important and leave with a
better understanding of the topic."
Riley
Number of years as a CAR faculty member: 1
Course qualified to teach: Career Development
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: BS in Merchandising, CSU; GRI, CRS, CRB;
hiking; sking; golfing; my daughter's basketball and Maui.
Teaching philosophy: Be on the bleeding edge yourself and bring the student
along. Practice what you preach.
Lorraine Roemer GRI, CRS, CRB
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 1
Course(s) Taught: Trust Accounts and Closings, Trust Accounts, Closings,
Closings Review, Broker Transition, Brokerage Administration
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: 22 years of experience with the division of
continuing education for University of Colo. at Boulder. Author and instructor
in the real estate closings field since 1973. Authored Trust Accounts and
Closings at Univ. of Colo.
Teaching Philosophy: "I enjoy teaching and feel as though I'm a gifted
communicator."
Irene Sanders
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 1
Course(s) Taught: Strategic Business Planning
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: 1997 book, "Chaos, Complexity and Change:
Business Applications of the New Science." Biography appears in Who's Who in
Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World. Has been working with business
for nearly 11 years .
Teaching Philosophy: "In Strategic Planning it's important to see and understand
the changes in your environment. My approach is very participative and use the
new science of chaos theory and complexity as the basis for responding to change
before a crisis arises."
Mike Shults MRE, CRB, CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 10
Course(s) Taught: 8-hour Mandatory, Ethics, Listing & Selling Real Estate,
Broker Transition
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Past president of the Mesa County Assn. of
REALTORS, past northwest district vice president, past chairperson of the
faculty, broker and owner of Target-REALTORS. Mesa County REALTOR of the Year,
1989.
Teaching Philosophy: "My first love, even more than selling real estate, is
teaching REALTORS how to do a better job, make more money and be more
professional. When teaching the Ethics class, students consistently say they had
fun, enjoyed the humor and learned a lot from a class they thought would be dry
and uninteresting. I get many letters from students thanking me for dramatically
increasing their listings and sales from taking my Listing and Selling classes.
Mike Snell
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: First Year
Course(s) Taught: Introduction to the Internet, Intermediate Internet (pending),
Windows 95 (pending)
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Network and systems consultant. Special
interest in Internet and World Wide Web.
Teaching Philosophy: "Show by example, analogies and provide a powerful learning
tool." "Substance is more important than style."
Kevin Stahle GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 1
Course(s) Taught: Trust Accounts and Closings, Taxation & Investment
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.A. in teaching, University of Northern
Iowa. 24 years of sales experience. Pre-license and broker course instructor at
Jones Real Estate College. More that 2500 classroom hours of training and
instruction. Training director at McGinnis Better Homes and Gardens. Past
director and Education Committee chair at Pikes Peak Assn. of REALTORS.
Teaching Philosophy: "Information + Entertainment = Education."
Steve Stazel GRI, CRS
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 18
Course(s) Taught: Career Development, Ethics
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Degree in Business from University of
Kansas. After working with Proctor and Gamble and Johnson and Johnson, settled
in Denver in 1974 to sell residential real estate. Awards include: Salesman of
the Month and Salesman of the Year. Speaker at several state and national
conventions. A senior instructor for CAR since 1980.
Teaching Philosophy: "Keep them laughing."
Carol Van Fleet-Swift GRI, CRB, CSP
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 16
Course(s) Taught: Career Development and Ethics
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.A., Phi Beta Kappa. Tennis, Theater,
Music, Travel, REALTOR and Member of the Year from Pikes Peak Assn. of REALTORS.
Member of the Year, Women's Council of REALTORS.
Teaching Philosophy: "My greatest thrill comes from seeing other people
succeeding ... and ... having a classroom full of students laughing and learning
is such a fun way to achieve that."
Ray Walker, Water Guru
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 2
Course(s) Taught: Water Rights
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. chemistry and Colo. registered
professional engineer.
Teaching Philosophy: "Attitude is everything. There are no problems only
opportunities."
Russ Wehner, Jr., CCIM, CPM, CRE, MAI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 15 to 20
Course(s) Taught: Investment and Taxation, Residential Appraisal
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. in applied economics. Camping, skiing,
fishing, leather work and gardening.
Teaching Philosophy: "The student should walk out of the class with ideas and
techniques to use the next day to make more deals."
John Wendt III, CRS, GRI
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 10
Course(s) Taught: Basic Contracts, Cover Your Agency, 8-hour Mandatory, Housing
Construction and Marketing, Qualifying the Buyer, Agency, Risk Reduction,
Finance, Energy Rated Homes, Trust Accounts & Closings, Broker Transition,
Brokerage Administration.
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: Teaching certificate. Started real estate
career in 1980. Currently broker of Century 21-Paradise Valley, Ltd., which
closed more transactions per sales agent than any other Century 21 office in the
Rocky Mountain region. He is a member of the million dollar club and is a past
president of both the Delta County Board and CAR. For CAR, he's served on all
the education committees, a former dean of the REALTOR Institute and was the
Education Division vice president for two terms. He currently serves on CAR's
Executive Committee as the appointed past president. Loves tennis and horses.
Teaching Philosophy: "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we
give. That's my philosophy on life and that saying tells me we should give back
to our industry. Education should be fun, enjoyable and make a difference in our
lives."
Lynn A. Zenger GRI, CRS, ABR
Number of Years as a Faculty Member: 12
Course(s) Taught: 8-hour mandatory and ethics
Degrees, Credentials and Interests: B.S. in accounting. Interests include:
physical fitness, lap swimming, reading.
Teaching Philosophy: "You can't learn if you're not there! So be there!"
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