Joe Fitzpatrick is one of the nation's most predominant real estate instructors and authors with more than twenty published real estate textbooks. This "Real Estate Dictionary" contains more than 500 real estate terms to help you better understand the real estate industry. If you are a licensing candidate, it is our hope that this dictionary will assist you in your licensing efforts. Joe Fitzpatrick graduated from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and began his career with Coldwell Banker Real Estate. There, he managed the North Miami office and eventually opened Century 21 Fitzpatrick Realty with family. The firm became the top-ranked Century 21 company in Broward County. In 1991, Mr. Fitzpatrick returned to Las Vegas where he began teaching and authoring real estate courses. He also continued on as Vice-President of Century 21 MoneyWorld, which was among the top 10 of Century 21 firms in the world, and led the education division among other duties. Mr. Fitzpatrick joined Real Estate School of Nevada as the Director and currently serves as the Vice President of Education for both Real Estate School of Nevada and RealtySchool.com. He has authored and published over twenty real estate licensing textbooks and courses that have been approved and are being utilized in several states.