Real estate licensees who choose to take the NCE Gold Card Course will become eligible for membership in NCE. NCE members in good standing may use the Equity Marketing Specialist (EMS) Designation.
Note: First time Gold Card Class students must complete all portions of the Gold Card Class in order to qualify for NCE membership. So, it is not possible for such students to take any of the Advanced Education offerings at this conference.

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Advanced Classes
Note: These courses are parallel to the Gold Card Course and are not available to first time Gold Card Class attendees who are seeking to join. We have TWO eight-hour classes in parallel presented over TWO days.

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Advanced Education programs!

Monday 1- 5pm

“Formulas from Concept to Contract"(Part 1)
Magi Bird, EMS”
Magi....Can Solve Any Real Estate Problem, Anytime, Anyplace, In Any Market!

OR (Parallel Course)

“Paper Power in an Illiquid Market”(Part 1)
Wayne Palmer, EMS

Tuesday 8am-Noon

“Formulas from Concept to Contract" (Part 2)
Magi Bird, EMS”
Magi....Can Solve Any Real Estate Problem, Anytime, Anyplace, In Any Market!

OR (Parallel Course)

“Paper Power in an Illiquid Market" (Part 2)
Wayne Palmer, EMS

Tuesday Afternoon 1- 4pm

“Brainstorming Our Marketplace, An Interactive Workshop & Panel Discussion with the Best Minds in Exchanging, Including YOURS"
FREE to all conference attendees
Interactive Panel Discussion and Workshop to discuss what's happening in real estate, where the market is headed, what is working and what is not. NCE Conferences are a gathering place for the most creative minds in real estate and we're anxious to see and hear what we've all got to say about the state of real estate today!

See Instructor Bios, Below!

Magi Bird, EMS became a real estate licensee in 1978 with extensive real estate dealings before that. She has been the President and Broker of Remcor since 1984. She is the certified National Instructor for the Equity Marketing Specialist designation for NCE and also eaches several continuing education courses in Reno, NV. In addition she holds the CTM, ATM Bronze, Silver & Gold designations with Toastmaster’s International. She brings the best of creative real estate marketing into her large and growing (over 50 agents) brokerage firm through ongoing training of all her agents. Her team makes business happen by creating a comprehensive custom plan of action for each client and by having the skills to implement that plan. In addition to being principal broker of Remcor Real Estate Magi is the principal of Remcor Educational Systems, LLC.

Kandas Myer, EMS, CES is a Real Estate Licensee from Reno, Nevada. She works with Starker Services, Inc., a national qualified 1031 intermediary service. She is a very effective instructor in real estate tax issues. Kandas also holds the CES designation certification from the Federal Exchange Accommodators Association. Kandas has facilitated literally thousands of tax deferrals for clients over the past 7 years.

Ted Blank, SEC, CCIM, EMS is a Real Estate Broker from Colorado. He is Past President of SEC. He worked in banking prior to beginning his real estate career in 1979. He is a member of three national marketing groups SEC, CCIM, and NCE. He teaches the counseling section of our Gold Card Course and a counseling course for the Society of Exchange Counselors Educational Foundation.

Ed "Scotty" Scott, EMS is a 30 year real estate investor and licensee. He is a top-producing Realtor® with Remcor He has taught and counseled hundreds of other Realtors®, clients and special interest groups including Financial Planners, lenders and investment clubs

Wayne Palmer, EMS Wayne is widely regarded as a master in the creatIve structuring of real estate transactions and financing, often using notes and other real estate paper together with real estate formulas. His has thirty years of daily practice in his trade, as the owner and manager of National Note of Utah and other companies. He has been invotved in real estate development since 1978 in Utah. Idaho, Arizona, Hawaii, and Minnesota, By way of industry credtials, Wayne is a licensed Principal Real Estate Broker, Certified Real Estate Note Appraiser, Certified Cash Flow Master Broker, licensed continuing education provider. He holds the Equity Marketing Specialist (EMS) designation of the National Council of Exchangors. He is a collaborative author of portions of Robert Kiyosaki's popular book, "The Real Book of Real Estate".

Tom Van Erp, EMS Tom Van Erp, EMS, Principal of V.R.M. Capitol, has spend his life as either a Finance Company executive or a Real Estate broker/ investor. He has been involved professionally and personally in every conceivable type of mortgage deal and provides a wealth of knowledge about buying or selling real estate on owner carry terms.Despite the fact that he is fully engaged lending money he has maintained his broker's license for the past 25 years. He is past president of the Mile High Real Estate Exchangors in Denver and served as President of the National Council of Exchangors. Tom offices out of his Conifer, Colorado, home at 8500 feet elevation. You are warned: the high altitude sometimes makes him do crazy deals!

Doug Dickson, EMS started his first business at age 11, hired his first employees by age 15, and paid for most of his own college expenses with home repair and distribution businesses. He has a BA from SUNY, and is a licensed RE Broker in California. As a real estate investor for over 40 years and an exchanger since 1975, Doug has learned to thrive on the opportunities in difficult markets. He lives in Ventura County CA with his teenage sons. His passions are cars, being a Band Dad, and “Service Above Self” through Rotary International and a local non-denominational church.

Jim Huey, EMS began his real estate career in 1972 and joined the Minnesota Real Estate Exchangors in 1978.  His specialty is income property and he also owns The Real Estate School where teaches many courses, including those about income property.