I took the prelicensing class for the NC Real Estate Broker's License with Gabriela at her Southport Real Estate Academy in 2024. The class was excellent; she is a very good teacher. The rate was VERY reasonable given the number of hours and the online resources. I passed the exam with ease largely due to the great guidance and quality of the course. I am now going to enroll in her post-licensing exam course. She has always been responsive and helpful to me. Highly recommend. read more

I signed up for the NC contracts and closing course with Southport. I completed all of the modules on 2/6/23-one day before the course was set to expire on 2/7/23. I was told by Gabriella to contact her when I was done completing the modules so she could give me the review sheet. Note: once I finished the modules, there was no prompt or anything for the final exam. In other words, I was under the impression that I had to schedule exam through her or just separate from the module(s). I contacted Gabriella to take the test, but I wasn't allowed because the course had expired. I begged her to please allow me to take the test-she refused and stated I would have to take the course all over again and pay as well. I called the NCREC AND Dearborne/Kaplan and they all informed that even though the rules state you have six months to complete the course, in the end, it's up to the school. I realize I had six months to complete it and I can see if I was requesting this with incomplete modules but I finished ALL of the modules and ONLY needed to take the test. I asked Gabriella if it was possible to receive some type of credit, etc to take the class over again or to just take the test. She never even considered that as an option because she stopped responding to my calls and texts. It actually appears that she blocked me. Why would you block a student who supported your business (and I was going to take my 3rd and last class with them as well) and is making a reasonable request? It's unprofessional and rude. Oh, and don't expect any help from the NCREC...it appears they are all on the same side. *Update: hours after this review was posted, Gabriella's husband called me...he yelled & threatened me, claiming I was harassing Gabriella. He proceeded to call me a bitch (more than once) & said he would come find me. Disgusting! Who's harassing who? read more