Charlie Krackeler has been a professional speaker since 1990. His background as a successful real estate practitioner, manager of a large real estate brokerage office and the Director of Training for one of the nation's largest real estate companies led him to becoming one of California's most popular continuing education seminar speakers.

Charlie is a graduate of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He is a real estate broker, and active investor. Charlie has had more continuing education programs approved by the Department of Real Estate than any other single individual in the State of California, and was rated the top evaluated speaker as a California Association of Realtors State Faculty Member three (3) years running.

In 2004 Charlie was elected President of the California Real Estate Education Association. In his continuing education seminars, pre-license seminars and college classes, he is one of the industry's most popular and entertaining seminar leaders. He is the top rated GRI Instructor for the Professional Realty Institute, he holds the CRB and GRI designations, and is Vice President of the Northern California CRS Chapter. Charlie has been an adjunct real estate professor at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California since 1991, co-hosted a popular radio program about real estate on a major bay area radio station for seven (7) years and currently hosts a popular television talk show on real estate.

Extra curricular activities Charlie enjoys include running, tennis, fine dining, gossiping, a devout love for animals, doing charity work for the humane society and visiting art museums. As an avid long distance runner, he competes in at least two (2)marathon races (that's 26.2 miles if you were wondering...) a year.

Mr. Krackeler's company, Charlie Krackeler Presents... (CKP), is an approved provider of both continuing education for real estate license renewal as well as statutory courses required for the eighteen (18) month conditional and the real estate broker license. Charlie's dedication to education, self improvement, achieving one's personal goals and being at the top of your game regardless of your chosen path, is what puts Charlie at the top of his game. Real Estate Professionals and Speaker Colleagues have given him the official nickname of the "C.E. King."

Charlie Krackeler's Personal Motto: "The time to train for a marathon is not the day before the race..."