Donaldson Educational Services N Hullen St, Metairie

The real estate classes/CEs are always informative and interesting!

Donaldson is the best continuing education supplier. When the LREC required the Brokers to take the live class in 2017, the instructor that had to step up and answer the call was Chris Donaldson. He personally added classes as well as taught those classes, and gave up his personal time to add classes so he could accommodate as many Brokers as he humanly could. Not too many people would go that extra mile.

I passed my exam the first time after following their system! Great instructors, amazingly friendly staff, and ownership that cares. Highly recommended if you wish to get your real estate license.

What a great job! I will always look for Donaldson's Live Streams

Pretty bad experience here, signed up for the Notary Class in March/ April 2017, felt like the instructor wasn't prepared to teach the class although I thought she was knowledgable on the subject (just felt that she had alot going on in here professional life and we weren't getting handouts or other teaching aids in a timely manner and I believe this was her first time teaching this class.) What made matters worse is that by a certain class if you drop out you were eligible to receive a refund but the owner screwed me out of a large portion of the refund and after leaving a few messages he refused to return a call. Highly recommend to not waste your money here.

SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT! If I could give less of a one star I would. I started in January doing the online and taking the classes which was 395. Orientation felt like a huge sales pitch the entire time I was there all they talked about was what EXTRA money they needed from you in order for you to succeed!! I was HORRIfied! but I had already paid prior to orientation so I just went thru the motions! First class i went to I got severely behind the instructure went over things so quickly that I couldn’t even follow what he was saying. So I went home and made hundreds upon hundreds of flashcards for each word of the book that they gave you. Second class same thing it was a lady teacher.. she would always get off track I couldn’t even follow what she was saying and she was very very rude. After the second class i was stressed out And I was literally not grasping the material because they didn’t care if you were following or not they were going to the next chapter. I found myself really unhappy during this process so I dropped out I couldn’t do it it was just literally ridiculous. I’m a perfectionist when it comes to school and if you are a perfectionist I do not recommend this school for you.These people do not care about your education they care about money. So I called them and asked them if I could get a refund for the classes because I no longer wanted to attend the classes so a partial refund would have been appropriate. I talk to Hannah and she told me she would get back with me. A week later I still didn’t hear from her so I called back twice finally a week and a half later I get a phone call from her saying that she spoke to Mr. Donaldson about getting my part partial refund and they said that they couldn’t do it because I had already attended two classes. I said OK no problem is there anyway that I can switch it to the insurance class?? Because my boss wants me to get my license... She said we can’t switch to another program. I’m thinking to myself what’s the difference if you transfer the money from the real estate program to the insurance program within the same school????? a regular college you can switch classes,you can drop classes ,you can Pick whatever class you want... the money is already in the building the money is already to the college what is the big deal of me switching to an insurance class when you’re already have my money ?????she asked me if my boss was going to pay for my insurance class I said I already gave you the money for the real estate course she has yeah we can’t switch money to a different program. Making a long story short do not attend the school this!!!! This school is money hungry... they do not care about your education they care about what’s in your pocket !! go elsewhere I will never be affiliated with the school!

Amazing instructors, nice and friendly staff who seek to help you and answer your questions, quality educational programs that will help you get licensed. I highly recommend Donaldson if you want a great career!

I have been reviewing the two local programs for real estate licensing. I am simply leaving a review because either it is a "5 star" or a "1 star." Anyone who fails will give the a 1-star, and anyone who passes gives them a 5-star. After much deliberation, this place seems to be a decent program that is dependent upon the teacher AND the student. To place blame solely on a program is foolish because it takes two to tango. There may be a component to a person's success and failure but it is two-way street. Four suggestions: There a number of misspellings and poor formats. Easily 98% of is done fine but heralding itself as a professional school, it has should be closer to 100%. Secondly, I would install a 48 hour notification when the online coursework expires. Thirdly, the video at the end of lesson is superfluous -- although more beneficial under a extracurricular heading. Lastly, there should be a online downloadable (whether in PDF or Word) handout for the online coursework.

My first Webinar was truly great and informative. Thanks

Great classes offered with engaging and knowledgeable instructors.