Here is a School I can Recommend AT Last.

My Real estate Investment Mentorship Forum is still very much on the front burner, come Saturday May 3, 2008 by 3pm w new medium of expression for budding and matured investors shall be born. I guess you know about it already, otherwise I will be tempted to ask where you’ve been in the last few 7 days or so.

The truth is, I can’t wait. The opportunities are begging.

However, another fantastic innovation from our creative factory will hit towm May 3, 2008 also. It will actually happen earlier than the launching of my mentorship forum. It is the second year session of our teaching/tutorial programme called School of Estate.

We are having preparatory classes for NIESV students writting Professional Qualifying Exams (PQE) 1-3 and alongside the first of the 2 batches of our 12 Saturday session for budding real estate entreprenuers will also kick-off same day.

The great news is that we are doing all these in partnership with one of my mentors and  a respected real estate professional home and abroad – Mr. Akin Olawore.

Below is an excerpt from the school brochure:

SCHOOL OF

ESTATE^TM

A JOINT VENTURE initiative of

REALTORS INSTITUTETowards Professional Advancement

(Government Approved)

&

REALTY POINT LIMITED…….doing real estate right

APPLICATION

PROSPECTUS

SCHOOL OF

ESTATE

PREAMBLE

The COST of ignorance, perhaps can best underscore the VALUE of quality education.

Real Estate is an economic commodity which touches the life of every living being on earth and it is readily the most sought, the best guarded and the most sensitive possession, whether as a consumer or a developer.

There is therefore a need for proper Training in the harnessing of the great potentials of the economic commodity – LAND.

It is against this backdrop, that

SCHOOL OF

ESTATE was set up, to bring up a new generation of well trained and attuned operators in the Real Estate Industry.

THE SCHOOL:

The school was established to provide a forum for the training and continuing education of Estate Management students, practitioners and intending practitioners as well as the beneficiaries of their services, Real Estate scholars and all participants in the Real Estate Industry, in the theory and practice of Estate Management, it’s derivatives and applications.

To achieve the above objectives, the Institute runs two basic programmes,

I. Student Education Programme (SEP)

II. Specialised Idea Exchange Programme (SIEP)

SEP basically operates two programmes as follows:

a. ENTREPRENEUR CLASS (EC) Course sessions to enable participants practice Estate Management at a very professional level. This class is opened to all estate management/agency practitioners and intending ones with or without formal education. This class is designed to take you away from quackery.

b. Professional Qualifying Exam (PQE) Course sessions is geared towards the Professional Examinations of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (N.I.E.S.V), for all levels.

Considering this as an innovation which is set to improve the quality of lectures and pass rate in NIESV Examination, the primary objectives of this special programme among others include:1 To prepare students who will be able to pass NIESV Exams at their first attempt2 To create the best conducive learning environment for NIESV students3 To assist students to discover their learning for NIESV examinations.

SIEP: designs Training Programmes and organises Professional Seminars, Workshops and Programmes principally for Government Agencies, Parastatals, Real Estate Practitioners and other categories of people in the Real Estate Industry.

THE PROMOTERS

This initiative is the brain child of REALTORS INSTITUTE & REALTY POINT LIMITED.

AKINOLA OLUKAYODE OLAWORE (Esq.) B.Sc (Hon.)

Est Man., RICS Dip. (

Proj Man.) FNIVS, RSV, MNIM, MAPM.is the Director of Studies at the SCHOOL. He is the proprietor of REALTORS INSTITUTE (Government Approved).

Akin Olawore is a professional and highly Skilled Development Consultant and Project Manager. He has vast experience in estate management having worked and served in different capacities of his career. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Estate Management from the

University of

Ife

(

Now Obafemi Awolowo University), a course in which he graduated as the Best Overall Student in his set. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Management from the

College of

Estate Management,

University of Reading UK. He has earned several other qualifications which further lend credence to his proficiency in this profession. He is a past National Secretary of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIEVS) and past chairman of the Lagos State Branch; an external examiner to Estate Management Diploma courses of Yaba College of Technology, in

Lagos. Before now he had served as past Treasurer, Nigerian-Britain Association; Chairman, Research & Development and Project Management Faculty both of NIESV; Representative of NIESV and Director, International Valuation Standards Committee; Secretary, Lagos State Branch NIESV 1989-91; Assistant National Secretary NIESV 1996-98; National Secretary NIESV 1998-2000.An Associate member of the Institute of Revenues and Rating Valuation (I.R.R.V.), of the United Kingdom and a former member of the Education Committee of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.One of the highpoints of his career is the conception, development and management of

Ark

Towers, an ultra-modern multi-storey office complex in Victoria Island,

Lagos.Presently, among other things, he is the Managing Partner at Akin Olawore & Co., a firm of Estate Valuers, Surveyors, Managers & Consultants.

Akin Olawore is actively involved in the training and retraining of students and practitioners alike, respectively, under the Continuing Professional Development programme of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.

GBADEBO OLUJARE ADEJANA B.Engr, MBA (Marketing), ANIM is the Registrar at the SCHOOL. He is the Managing Director/C.E.O of REALTY POINT LIMITED publishers of Prime Assets Magazine and the host of REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL’S SEMINARS.

Gbadebo Adejana, holder of Bachelors in Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) degrees. He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive of REALTY POINT LIMITED. A meritorious service award winner who resigned from the banking industry in July 2004 after a career spanning 8 years, 5 of which was spent in middle management capacities. He is an associate member of Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered).

He left his last place of work as a Profit Centre Manager (PCM) in charge of Real Estate, I.T, Manufacturers and Merchants.

Debo is a well sought after lecturer, speaker and seminar facilitator, an accomplished columnist, author and publisher.

A visionary and an astute real estate entrepreneur/investment administrator, he is on the board of other profit and not-for-profit organisations.

FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMMES

Lecture Centre:

A suitable environment in the state capital of

Lagos, Ikeja.

REALTY POINT LIMITED office facility @ONIGBAGBO HOUSE3^rd Floor29,

Ikeja

LagosBeside Bola Memorial Anglican Church, after Sheraton but before Abule Bus Stop.

Class size

Maximum of 30 students per class for conducive learning

Facilities:Each classroom is fitted with good ventilation apparatus and equipment. It is well furnished with standard classroom chairs, magic boards / flip boards.

Library

We constantly update our library as a means to a complete total learning package of the school.

Duration:

The programme is a weekend programme for now.

Saturday 8.00am – 5.30pm and Sunday 2.30pm – 5.30pm. Lectures on Environmental sanitation Saturdays will be from 12.00 noon – 4.30pm

THE PERSONNEL

The Institute has on its payroll seasoned professionals in private practice and the Academia who are highly vast in their various disciplines of specialisation. The Registrar supervises the administrative staff who co-ordinates and collates lecture materials and logistics including accommodation and refreshments where applicable.

Extra curriculum:

Our experience shows that some students who fail exams do so not because they are not brilliant but because they don’t have confidence in themselves; therefore, counselling, seminars and workshops will be arranged intermittently during the duration of the programme.

COURSE CONTENT/HOURS

Course content shall be as provided by the school for EC and NIESV for PQE 3

All participants (Entrepreneur Class & PQE 1 -3) are advised to participate in the GNS 400 sessions.

Course and content for PQE 1-3 are as specified in the NIESV syllabus.

All class time tables shall be supplied after registration.

DFor your APPLICATION FORM visit any of the offices below to obtained/Summit your application form with a non-refundable payment of N2,500.

Akin Olawore & Co.

154,

Ikeja

Lagos

01- 8745293

REALTY POINT LIMITED

ONIGBAGBO HOUSE (3rd Floor)

29,

Ikeja

Lagos

realtypointoffice@yahoo.com

TUITION FEES (N)

• Payable in a maximum of 2 equal instalments of not more than 30days apart. First instalment is payable upfront.
• The School reserves the right to disallowed defaulters from receiving further lectures after the breach of this payment schedule.
• Returned cheques charges shall be charged to the account of concerned participant.
• All prices are subject to review without notice.
• All payments shall be into REALTY POINT LIMITED U.B.A account 01100018340399

REGISTRATION:

Registration shall be on first come first serve basis. It is the corporate policy of THE SCHOOL to limit student population to a level at which lecturers shall be able to give personal attention to each candidate.

TO REGISTER:

CALL these hotlines: 01-4346687, 8964527, 07028386923