Bill Trull
Bill Trull received his law degree from Duke University after completing his B.S. in Accounting at the University of Tennessee. He worked in private practice from 1977 through 2001 and concentrated on real estate matters the last 15 years. His other business interests include part-owner of Course Doctors, Inc. and owner of a business that provides qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges. Courses dealing with contracts, real estate, insurance and federal income tax are among the offerings Bill has taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Blue Ridge Community College. In 2001 Bill became part-owner of Cumbie Institute of Real Estate and taught as primary instructor after selling his part of the school. In 2005 Bill teamed up with Roger Cumbie to teach at Cumbie & Trull School of Real Estate and, in 2008, Bill and his wife, Beth, purchased the school from Roger. Bill is approved as a pre-license, post-license and continuing education instructor by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission and only teaches for Cumbie and Trull School of Real Estate. He continues to practice law for a few select clients.
Corean Hamlin
Corean Hamlin, the newest addition to our team, has devoted her career to professional training and instructional design. After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, she spent 10 years developing and delivering courses for companies across the country. During that time, Corean served in a variety of roles, ranging from instructor to courseware developer to training manager. Course topics ranged from sales technologies to standard and proprietary software applications to instructor and team development. From training European corporate resellers of proprietary software to preparing instructor teams for sales force automation roll-outs, Corean dedicated herself to creating effective learning for professionals. In 2003, Corean returned to her native Asheville to join her family’s real estate firm as a residential broker. Four years later, Corean re-entered the education arena as a real estate instructor and, later, the Education Director for the Asheville Board of Realtors®. “Having two Realtor®-parents, I have an intrinsic love for the real estate business. Combining that foundation with my own sales and training experience seemed like a natural path.” Today, Corean focuses solely on real estate instruction, teaching a wide variety of NC Real Estate Commission and Realtor® courses. In her spare time, Corean serves as a volunteer community mediator in Buncombe and Henderson counties and is pursuing a master’s degree in conflict resolution. Her approach to teaching reflects those principles: “I strive to create an environment of encouragement and cooperation. I want students to have fun and feel confident.”
Jim Hagan
Jim Hagan’s extensive education experience includes teaching real estate and business courses for Southeastern Community College and A-B Tech Community College where he served as Department Chair and Co-Coordinator of Real Estate Programs from 1974 to 2000. He has also taught at private real estate schools within the past 9 years including teaching exclusively for Cumbie & Trull since 2007. He has over 21 years of sales experience as a real estate agent for Century 21 and received the REALTOR GRI designation in 1980 at which time he was also awarded the Glenn M. Tucker Trophy for outstanding graduating student of the N.C. Graduate of the Realtor’s Institute program. He was the 1986 Instructor of the Year at A-B Tech Community College and he co-authored with A. Melton Black, The Instructor’s Manual for North Carolina Real Estate for Brokers and Salesmen, 4th edition. Jim received his BSBA and MA in Economics and Business from Appalachian State University.
Roger Cumbie
Roger first received his broker license in 1969 in Orlando, Florida. He began his real estate teaching career in 1989 as an instructor for the Asheville Real Estate Academy. In 1994 he opened Cumbie Institute of Real Estate. Along with teaching duties Roger wrote courses for continuing education in categories such as trust accounts, closing statements and agency. In 2000 Cumbie Institute of Real Estate was sold and the Cumbies moved to Arizona for three years. Upon returning to the Carolina mountains, Roger and Bill Trull joined forces to share teaching duties at a new school, Cumbie and Trull School of Real Estate. In 2008, Roger sold Cumbie and Trull to Bill and his wife, Beth, and now spends time in Arizona when he isn’t teaching. Roger received his A.A. degree from Brevard College and his B.S. from Appalachian State University.
Directions: Click on map for Mapquest link.
From the west: Interstate 40 East, take Interstate 240 through town and exit at Chunns Cove Road (Exit 6), turn right to Innsbruck Mall.
From the east: Interstate 40 West, take Interstate 240, exit at Chunns Cove Road (Exit 6), turn left to Innsbruck Mall.From the south: Interstate 26 West, take Interstate 240 through town and exit at Chunns Cove Road (Exit 6), turn right to Innsbruck Mall.
From the north: 19-23 South, take Interstate 240 East, exit at Chunns Cove Road (Exit 6), turn right to Innsbruck Mall