"50+
Years Providing Information"
RSK’s OPINION & RESULTS from 50+ YEARS of WORK
EXPERIENCE
RSK
extends our Sincere THANKS to all our CUSTOMERS and
friends for
YOUR SUPPORT & BUSINESS during the past 50+ years.
RSK’s tenure and experience included opportunity
laced with challenging times and political forces that finally
resulted in the loss of over 90% of our business.
The best analogy of the punitive actions
experienced could be described as “You
may continue to have your restaurant, but you MAY NOT
SERVE FOOD!
FOR
the RECORD RSK took a proactive approach over the years, by
attending KREC meetings to provide positive input for
benefit of ALL LICENSEES and the adoption of policies,
supporting & promoting actions GOOD for ALL LICESNSEES
which contributed to improved real estate education in some
respects; plus, BENEFITED ALL EDUCATION PROVIDERS, not merely
the entity that controls the State Government real estate
agency.
For context: a few EXAMPLES
of RSK’s experience & ACTIONS over the years
1.
The
1st KREC meeting RSK attended:
after the meeting I was asked by the KREC
Director to step into his office and was asked why I
was coming to the meeting AND I responded I wanted to stay abreast of what was going on for the
benefit of RSK & all Licensees.
I was then told if I
wanted to know what was going on, “I needed to join
the Realtors association!”
2.
In earlier years the
primary entity that provided real estate education
required a minimum number of enrollments to hold a
course. RSK
adopted the policy a course would be provided without regard
to # of enrollments and held several classes for a few,
& in couple classes for one licensee.
3.
RSK pioneered Home
Study in Kansas, while the primary c.e. provider at
that time stated that "if a person could drive to a Football
game (as Lawrence or Manhattan) they could drive to Topeka
to take their real estate courses".
RSK later received a letter of thanks from the
first KREC education director at that time, thanking us for
designing Home Study. Note: It took several
years to show Kansas licensees that Home Study could be a
viable CE source, and for the program to succeed.
AFTER THAT the ENTITY THAT expressed opposition to
home study adopted it.
4.
During initial years
of education, only one entity had access to and use of
real estate licensees data for names and addresses through
the KREC, which left all other at a disadvantage.
RSK addressed this and was successful in getting
the Governor to direct equal access to all qualifying
schools.
5.
Requested
coordination between KREC & Proprietary Schools
(Bd. Of Regents) to reduce waste as Real Estate School
Required approval from two state government entities?
THE ABOVE
ACTIONS and OTHERS were the RESULT OF ATTENDING MOST
KREC MEETINGS for many years providing input
that helped to YIELD positive benefits:
A.
ALL the other SCHOOLS
and ENTITIES OFFERING REAL ESTATE COURSES BENEFITED
from such positive actions and often to the exclusion or
RSK. LIKEWISE;
GOVERNMENT agencies RARELY RECEIVE such actions IN A
POSITIVE MANNER and CAN RESPOND NEGATIVELY (and did), which
no doubt has provided much of the impetus FOR THE PUBLIC’S
SUPPORT for the slogan “DRAIN THE SWAMP”!
B.
In the OPINION of RSK,
being proactive, also resulted in the KREC Director
creating a “WALL of NEGATIVES” WHICH ULTIMATELY
RESULTED in major PUNITIVE ACTION by the former KREC
Director that WITHDRAW RSK’s course approval for the course
every licensee may desire.
HENCE the analogy of “You can have a restaurant,
but you can not serve a main course” RESULTS:
LOSS OF RSK’S BUSINESS.
However,
RSK has the option to attempt to initiate a renewed
program. How
many of you would like to go back to high school to get your
diploma at this time in your career after holding a masters?