About Deborah Long

Deborah H. Long is a licensed real estate instructor in more than a dozen states.  She has been a practicing real estate broker since the 1970s and a classroom educator since the 1960s.

Deborah teaches pre- and post-licensing courses as well as continuing education programs on ethics, investment fundamentals, international real estate and cultural diversity, brokerage management, creative selling strategies, and Internet research skills for licensed professionals.

She completed her doctorate in educational leadership in 1994. Her research on the effect of ethics instruction on the ethical reasoning of real estate practitioners received national media and industry attention.  She has three other college degrees.

 In addition to holding a GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute) and CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) designations, Deborah is also a DREI (Distinguished Real Estate Instructor), the most prestigious designation for excellence in teaching offered by the Real Estate Educators Association.  She is also the recipient of the CDEI, Certified Distance Education Instructor, a designation awarded by ARELLO.

She is the award-winning author of many articles and education programs as well as 18 real estate textbooks. Her real estate ethics program for educators received the "Best Single Education Program" award from the Real Estate Educators Association.  In 2001, the North Carolina Real Estate Educators Association recently recognized Deborah as "Educator of the Year."  She was also the editor of the prestigious REEA Journal for 10 years.

 Deborah's real estate ethics research has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and on numerous radio talk shows. Her research has led her to write Doing the Right Thing: A Real Estate Practitioner's Guide to Ethical Decision Making, now available in its 4th edition by Thompson Learning. 

Deborah lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  For information regarding her programs, please contact Deborah at 919.968.3742 or d_long@mindspring.com..