I founded the Maine Center for Real Estate Studies in September 2012. Having been in the real estate industry for over 30 years in management and training and as a teacher of prelicensing and continuing education courses, I had yet to find a school that offered interactive, truly engaging ways of educating Brokers and Sales Agents. So I wrote books for my courses, rich with stories and case studies inspired by real "war stories", with the goal of helping students relate to real events rather than just memorizing industry terms. Experience in the industry, experience in teaching are what distinguish us from the other schools. I hope you will join us for your licensing course, or a continuing education class and see what the Maine Center for Real Estate Studies is all about!

Charles "Kim" Coit, J.D.

Charles “Kim” Coit graduated from Boston College Law school in 1971. He practiced law in Boston for 5 years before moving to Maine to be the Director of the Center for Real Estate Education at the University of Southern Maine and Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance. After 10 years at the University, he returned to the private sector as Vice President of Mark Stimson Associates (Maine’s then largest real estate agency with 150 +/- sales associates) to be Director of Training and compliance officer. In 1998, he was president of the Maine Association of REALTORS. He is chairman of the Maine Association of REALTORS Contract Review Committee which developed and now updates annually, transaction forms used widely by real estate companies statewide. He currently consults with various real estate agencies, continues his love of education through his teaching and writing. He founded Shipley Publishing where he publishes real estate text books for pre-licensing and continuing education courses.