Why this matters: Our multi-media continuing education course catalog has evolved rapidly — and so have your learning options.  

Landlords, Tenants and Property Management is now enhanced for the first time with a stunning library of conceptual videos — fully optimized for viewing on any screen. Experience real-world 4K video scenarios, crisp audio definitions and interactive quizzes embedded throughout each page, backed by a complete companion ebook as a reading reference.

You can now run with an engaging, flexible learning experience that goes wherever your business takes you. Ditch the static textbooks and clunky PDFs.

CE in the 21st century

The way you practice real estate has changed — and so has the way you learn.

Forget the grind of sacrificing hours of your day for a dry, scripted webinar, listening to a talking head regurgitate lines so rehearsed they have lost all meaning. There’s a better way.

Now, you can access your course content wherever you are, whenever it’s convenient for you — and see and hear concepts in application.

Mobile-friendly learning puts the information you need right at your fingertips, on the devices you already use every day, like your phone, tablet and laptop.

Unlike a traditional textbook, you enjoy the luxury of real-time insight into how well you’re mastering the material. Digital streaming allows you to read and watch then immediately test your retention to see how you’re progressing and identify topics requiring more study.

Introducing Landlords, Tenants and Property Management — now with video-enhanced reading and optimized for mobile. It’s continuing education (CE) totally overhauled, Department of Real Estate (DRE)-approved, and open for enrollment.

 

Over 30 years in the making: a classic course, completely reimagined

For over three decades, firsttuesday’s Landlords, Tenants and Property Management course has been rigorously updated and offered with DRE approval. Through economic booms, housing shifts and changing markets, the property management service has proven uniquely recession-proof — a highly sought-after practice for California licensees managing residential and commercial properties.

Our newly released edition contains application of the latest statutory standards and current market practices for representing both residential and commercial owners.

The delivery method has been radically overhauled while updating the trusted core material.

Printed textbooks had a good run, as did ebooks. But static text lacks the inculcation of rules that video sets in your mind. Whether bound in paper or saved as a static PDF, that single study dimension traps traditional study media. Streaming a fully-acted video scenario illustrating a legal dilemma cannot be delivered by a PDF or textbook.

As frozen in time, the moment a print book or PDF is released, it cannot evolve with updates. Meanwhile, HTML pages do, as we patch in weekly updates.

Built from the same architecture as our Video Renewal Course™ offerings, Landlords, Tenants and Property Management is now 100% HTML-based, delivering a seamless, fully optimized experience designed for reading, listening and watching on any device.

As part of this upgrade, Landlords, Tenants and Property Management is enhanced with a targeted video-enhanced reading library.

While our flagship Video Renewal Courses™ remain fully built around end-to-end video production, this new addition of video embeds brings the dynamics of visual learning to the most critical, high-stakes topics of the course. Enjoy video scenarios scripted and performed by our team of in-house writers and actors. Videos unpack complex landlord-tenant concepts — giving you visual clarity where it matters most, plus the flexibility of a full-range multi-media course.

Preview one of the videos from our course here:

 

Why choose HTML?

What other benefits does an HTML-based course provide? First of all, HTML is the antithesis of PDF.

As you’ve come to expect with any firsttuesday offering, the course retains plain-language text written and edited by our in-house team of California licensees. Though now, it is enhanced with every training tool available, such as embedded audio definitions for key terms as they appear on each page. For training, each page ends with a short quiz and provides instant feedback, ensuring you retained the essential facts before moving on.

Each chapter is spread across numerous pages, so the new course is compartmentalized and bite-sized. Your progress is saved on a page-by-page basis as you go. Thus, study at your own pace on whatever device you choose. Then, jump straight back in without hunting for your place in a book or scrolling through a PDF.

You still have full access to a parallel ebook version of the course content for reference when taking your final exam — or saved permanently to your device as a future resource.

Whether you’re actively engaging with the online HTML content or reading the course ebook, rest assured, the information you are receiving is the most complete and up-to-date available.

Gone are the days of relying on material written in 1986 and never revisited or researched or with separately provided updates. The Landlords, Tenants and Property Management course is, itself, the latest and final word — updated weekly as you watch, listen and learn.

Practical tools included: publisher-direct forms

Your enrollment, while fulfilling your California license renewal, equips your real estate practice with a comprehensive, ready-to-use library of Realty Publications, Inc. (RPI) landlord-tenant forms.

Because RPI designs both our continuing education courses and legal forms, the instruction and RPI forms library work in perfect synchronicity. Whether you are watching a video scenario on serving a three-day notice or reading about habitability requirements, the exact form you need is woven directly into the lesson and made immediately available for download and use.

All 400+ RPI forms are included with your course enrollment, such as:

From video instruction to downloadable legal forms, everything is crafted by the same full-time expert editorial team to ensure total alignment, compliance and ease of use in the field.

Course topics

The freshly updated, fully-acted topics covered in Landlords, Tenants and Property Management include:

  • the distinction between commercial and residential landlord-tenant relationships;
  • landlord and commercial tenant representation agreements;
  • the proper handling of rents and security deposits;
  • property maintenance and security;
  • operative provisions in commercial and residential lease agreements; and
  • enforcing rents and forfeiting tenancies.

Sign up for your next renewal

Ready to dive into your next course?

Although you may only renew with the DRE within 90 days before your license expiration, you may take your mandated 45 hours of CE anytime during your four-year renewal window.

Visit our 45-hour renewal page to choose Pkg # 650: Landlords, Tenants and Property Management — with Video.

Or, for a full 100% video renewal experience, choose from two delightfully entertaining and informative courses:

Related article:

Video Renewal Course: Real Estate Matters™ — the 2026 cinematic CE release for your DRE renewal

Whichever option you choose, a renewal with firsttuesday always includes:

Experience the next generation of real estate continuing education when you renew your license with firsttuesday.

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