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Rich Linkemer

Rich is the founder of The American School Of Real Estate, founded in 1989 serving the Real Estate community in a number of states with dynamic, powerful Real Estate pre-license, post-license and Continuous Education training. Rich has a Bachelor's Degree of Education from the University of Illinois, has been voted the best guest instructor in a number of states, and has propelled his students to achieve one of the highest pass-rates in the industry.

Professor Linkemer has been a licensed real estate broker since 1967 and has been teaching real estate for the past 18 years. He has been involved in all aspects of the brokerage business, including speculation, brokerage, new home sales and management. As the saying goes, he has "walked the talk".

Rich held the position of Regional Vice President of the Real Estate Educators Association and he served as the President of Mid-America Real Estate Educators Association and is one of approximately 125 educators in the country holding the prestigious designation of Distinguished Real Estate Instructor - "DREI"

Mr. Linkemer facilitates Pre-license, Brokers, Post License, and Continuing Education courses online as well as in the live classroom setting. He has also facilitated continuing education courses on the subjects of Agency, Ethics, Computer Technology, Transactional Brokerage, Contracts and Forms, Buyer Agency, Fair Housing, License Law, ADA and Basic House Construction in a number of states for various Realtor® Boards and/or Associations.

Rich has earned the designations of, "Senior Real Estate Specialist" and "Consumer-Certified Real Estate Consultant" as well as being named Educator of the year in 2003 by the St. Charles County Association of Realtors®

Geoff Thompson

Geoffrey Thompson, has been involved in real estate since 1975, both in the commercial and residential disciplines. He has been teaching for over 25 years, is co-founder of RealEstateExpress.com, and is author/editor of a number of popular continuing education courses. Geoff has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, and a Master's degree from the Graduate Business School of Webster University.

Geoff "Liam' Thompson has been empowering people and organizations for over 3 decades. He has become one of America's leading authorities on personal improvement, passion and fulfillment in the new, dynamic workplace, and is a consultant to leaders of some of North America's largest and fastest-growing organizations.

Thompson's seasoned wisdom and his unabashed disregard for political correctness have made him a favorite with the media. In addition to appearances on CNN, Bloomberg Business, MSN's Money Central News Hour, and First Business, Geoff is a frequent guest on local TV and Radio from coast-to-coast, appearing on over 80 shows in 2001 alone. He is author of the recent best-selling "E-Business To Go: Insider Secrets" as well as over a dozen online titles, including "The Techies Guide to Interpersonal Skills", "The Connected Manager's Guide to Stress Management", and "Marketing to the World."

Geoff is a certified instructor in a number of states, and is RealEstateExpress.com's instructional design engineer on all online courses distributed through the Internet.

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American School of Real Estate Express, LLC
12977 North Forty Drive Suite 214
St. Louis, MO 63141