Real estate
Start your career in real estate
Get in touch
- Reba Stephney, Program Coordinator
- phone 971-722-6646
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PCC is approved by the state of Oregon’s Real Estate Agency (OREA) to provide real estate broker pre-license and property manager pre-license courses.
Real estate courses
Course planning guide
These classes are offered every term and run the duration of the term.
Upcoming course schedule
Meet the instructors
Gary Calvert
Gary has been involved in the Real Estate industry for over 35 years with experience in the sale, purchase, and management of real property, and has held several management positions with various real estate firms. He obtained his first Oregon real estate license in 1985 and currently works for Washington County, Oregon as the Real Estate Asset Manager. He began working at PCC in 1991 and has taught Introduction to Real Estate, Property Management, Real Estate Finance, Agency, and Contracts.
Jerry Lasselle
Jerry has taught Real Estate at PCC for over fifteen years. He’s worked as an accountant for a large national CPA firm and also as a staff attorney for a large Northwest law firm. He has a B.S. degree from Claremont College in Accounting, an MBA degree from the University of Portland, and a Law Degree from Lewis and Clark Law School. In 1982 he became a full-time Business Administration instructor at PCC and retired full time in 2014. Since then he’s worked as a Real Estate instructor at PCC. He’s lived in Portland all his life and says he’s amazed at the many changes the city has experienced.
Dave Amato
Dave Amato has been active in the Real Estate industry for 45+ years and an active Real Estate Broker since 2003. During his 23-year career as a builder/developer, his projects added over 200 units of housing to the Portland metro market. He has served on the board of directors for the Portland Metropolitan Home Builders and currently serves on the Board of the Oregon Association of Realtors. He is also a certified housing inspector for FEMA. Dave has taught several Real Estate classes at PCC over the past 10+ years, presently Property Management.