Instructors

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Taught by people still in practice

Every Expert Classroom instructor is a licensed professional working in the Texas market right now — lenders, brokers, and insurance experts who teach continuing education from the files on their own desks. Profiles are reviewed and approved before they appear here. Find an instructor, read their background, and join their next class.

Expert Classroom is the live-classroom product of Texas Real Estate Academy, TREC CE Provider #10010-CEP.

Amy Bernard

Amy Bernard

Real Estate Broker

Fort Worth; Arlington

Amy Bernard is a Texas Real Estate Broker, educator, mentor, and owner of Mineral Grove Realty, LLC. With a Master of Educational Leadership and a successful brokerage, she brings practical industry knowledge and a passion for student success to every class. Amy is actively involved in REALTOR® leadership and professional development at both the state and local levels.

TREC Broker #0668230

Next class: Oct 22

Angie Murphy

Angie Murphy

Expert Classroom Instructor

Fort Worth and nearby surrounding areas

Angie Murphy is a Fort Worth–area REALTOR® with NextHome NTX who brings more than 20 years of residential real estate experience to the classroom. Throughout her career, she has helped first-time homebuyers, military families, seniors, and relocating clients confidently navigate some of life’s biggest transitions. Known for her warm, down-to-earth teaching style, Angie believes real estate educat

TREC #0536632-SA

Anna May

Anna May

Mortgage & Lending

Katy and West Houston

Anna May spent a decade in education before transitioning into the mortgage industry, bringing her passion for teaching with her. A Texas A&M graduate and licensed as both a Realtor and loan officer, Anna has a unique understanding of both sides of the transaction. She works with a wide range of loan programs and enjoys helping Realtors better understand financing options and the mortgage process.

NMLS #2100992

Next class: Oct 14

Camp Comstock

Camp Comstock

Mortgage & Lending

Flower Mound; Fort Worth when serving multiple locations

Camp Comstock is a Mortgage Loan Originator with Cardinal Financial who works with buyers and real estate professionals across Texas every day. Because he is actively involved in today's market, each class is built around real conversations, current challenges, and practical solutions that attendees can immediately apply in their business.

NMLS #2153117

Next class: Oct 14

Cassy Sisk

Cassy Sisk

Mortgage & Lending

Tarrant, Parker, Palo Pinto, Wise, Johnson and Hood counties; Hillsboro, Waco, Temple and surrounding areas; West Tarrant preferred

I've been helping Texans with home financing since 2003 and have a passion for making the mortgage process easier to understand. I enjoy teaching continuing education because it gives me the opportunity to share practical, real-world knowledge that agents can put to use right away. I look forward to learning and growing together in class.NMLS #448821

NMLS #448821

Next class: Nov 19

Corey Casper

Corey Casper

Expert Classroom Instructor

North Austin

Corey Casper is a Producing Branch Manager at Rate. Not only an experienced successful originator. Corey is also a licensed Texas real estate agent, he knows Real Estate CE, as a Mortgage broker-owner, Corey understands the business side of Mortgage. He regularly teaches and takes pride in making home financing easy to understand.

NMLS #1883344

TREC #624807-SA

David Ashley Offutt

David Ashley Offutt

Founder & Lead Instructor

David Offutt built the classroom the other instructors teach in. Founder of Expert Classroom and owner of Texas Real Estate Academy and coming soon Ace Prep Academy!. he has spent more than two decades in Texas insurance, wrote the textbook his licensing students study from, and now turns working professionals into the educators their industries remember. When he isn't approving the course, he's the one teaching it.

TDI #1465807

TREC #10010-CEP

TREC #1597-INST

NPN #1104380

Dr. Keith Wagner

Dr. Keith Wagner

Insurance

The Woodlands

Keith Wagner has been a Farmers Insurance agent in The Woodlands since 1993. Honored by University of Farmers for teaching commercial insurance to other agents, he brings thirty years of real claims and real client conversations into every classroom.

TDI #845256

Gregory Coe

Gregory Coe

Insurance

Northwest Fort Worth

TDI #3535496

Joel Suurmeyer

Joel Suurmeyer

Mortgage & Lending

Spring; The Woodlands; Cypress; Conroe; Houston north of I-10; Katy; Tomball

Joel is a life-long resident of Spring, Texas. Joel grew up watching his father appraise residential real estate. For the last 25 years, Joel has specialized in making the mortgage process affordable, simple, and easy to understand. Joel specializes in VA, FHA, USDA, Conventional, Jumbo, and non-QM loans such as bank statement loans. Joel also has several options for real estate investors.

NMLS #820017

TDI #3147057

Karen Rymer

Karen Rymer

Mortgage & Lending

Tarrant County, Arlington and Mansfield

With more than 30 years of experience in the residential mortgage industry, I am committed to helping homebuyers navigate the financing process with confidence. My goal is to provide the knowledge, guidance, and personalized service my clients need to make informed decisions in today's ever-changing mortgage market.

NMLS #234104

Kelly Dooley

Kelly Dooley

Mortgage & Lending

Spring; The Woodlands; Tomball area

Since 2018, Dooley has helped individuals and families achieve homeownership as a dedicated Loan Officer residing in North Houston. He has experience with all loan programs and specializes in Down Payment Assistance (DPA) loans, helping make homeownership more accessible for first-time and repeat buyers alike. Fortunate to work alongside efficient, organized, and responsive processors.

NMLS #1680490

Next class: Oct 20

Lauri Bauman

Lauri Bauman

Expert Classroom Instructor

NMLS #2790475

TREC #0481116-SA

Oscar Cuesta

Oscar Cuesta

Mortgage & Lending

Arlington

Oscar Cuesta has spent 27 years successfully putting Texas buyers into homes, including the self-employed and Hispanic borrowers other lenders turn away. He teaches agents what ITIN, Non-QM, and portfolio lending can do for a stuck file.

NMLS #388695

Ron Hargrove

Ron Hargrove

Mortgage & Lending

The Woodlands; Spring; Conroe; Katy; Houston; Montgomery County north of The Woodlands

Ron Hargrove is President of ProLend Home Loans in The Woodlands, with more than twenty years financing Texas homes. He specializes in VA, construction and jumbo lending, and builds each class around what he is seeing at the closing table now.

NMLS #208966

Tony McDaniel

Tony McDaniel

Mortgage & Lending

Tarrant, Hood, Parker, Dallas, Collin and Denton counties

Tony McDaniel is a Mortgage Loan Originator with Aspire Mortgage Advisors and has been in mortgage lending since 1992. A Certified Mortgage Advisor, Five Star Professional and former licensed real estate appraiser, Tony brings decades of real-world experience to his CE classes, with a focus on information Realtors can put to work immediately.

NMLS #279150

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