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100 (2-DAY) Principles of Land Acquisition 08.10.26 -- Concord, CA (CH. 02)

Please note: On May 3, 2024, the Federal Highway Administration published revisions to the Final Rule, amending the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA) regulations. IRWA is currently updating related course materials to reflect these changes. Meanwhile, please refer to the Uniform Act Regulations at 49 CFR Part 24 — New Rule Fact Sheet, which includes Frequently Asked Questions and a high-level overview of the changes.
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16 Easement Right of Way (ERW) Qualifying Education (QE) and Continuing Education (CE) Credits
TREC Approval #44797 -- Exp. 12/31/2026

16 Real Estate Continuing Education (CE) Credits

TREC Approval #43343 -- Exp. 04/30/2024

Attention Easement Right of Way (ERW) Agents:
IRWA is now approved as a Qualifying Education (QE) Provider for TREC-ERW. Please follow the guidelines below so you may be credited with the correct education credits.

For Agents who hold the ERW license:
After taking and passing the exam for either Course 100 or Course 803, please ask you course coordinator for the TREC-ERW roster. Complete and sign the roster, and then ask the course coordinator to forward it to Maggie Schedler at Maggie.Schedler@atkinsglobal.com. She will post this information to the TREC education posting website.

If you took the course virtually, please go to https://irwaregion2.org/CEProcess and fill out the form. If you are requesting TREC (Real Estate Agent or Broker) or TALCB credits, IRWA has 10 days (this includes weekends) to report your credits. Please follow the link provided to request your TREC/TALCB credits.

For future ERW agents:
After passing the QE course, please send a PDF copy of your IRWA course completion certificate to documents@trec.texas.gov.

Start Date: 8/10/2026

End Date: 8/11/2026
No. of Days: 2 days
Course Level: Core
CEU Credits: 16.00
Start Time: 8am Pacific
Tuition: $565.00 USD Member / $710.00 USD Non-Member

Tuition may be paid by check or credit card to IRWA Headquarters in U.S. Dollars.

Sponsored By: CHAPTER 02

Course Description: 100 Principles of Land Acquisition

INSTRUCTOR:

Larry Castellanos began his professional career as a right of way agent with the California Department of Transportation in Orange County, where he developed significant expertise in property management, real estate appraisal, and property acquisition. He joined Associated Right of Way Services, Inc. in 1997 and served as vice president. He managed complex projects for freeways, interchanges, local roads, bridges, flood control, utilities, and redevelopment. His responsibilities included project planning, property appraisal, acquisition, and providing relocation advisory assistance. He possesses extensive expertise in property acquisition, relocation services, and appraising properties for public agency purchases. Mr. Castellanos is a California Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, holds a Real Estate Broker’s license, and is an IRWA CLIMB certified instructor. He has made presentations to the Appraisal Institute, IRWA, California Redevelopment Association, professional engineers and for continuing legal education, on topics including appraisal, acquisition and relocation assistance. Mr. Castellanos earned his MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of San Francisco and his Bachelor of Science Degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from CSU, Sacramento.

COURSE COORDINATOR:

Lisa Zaragoza

Phone: 925-688-8000

Email: lzaragoza@ccwater.com

CLASSROOM LOCATION:

Contra Costa Water District

2411 Bisso Lane

Concord, CA 94520

925-688-8000

Participant Capacity: 20

Start time: 8am Pacific