A number of educators or course promoters offer free online webinars some of which are audio only and some are videos.

The webinar is generally recorded in advance and is either a presentation that includes a Q/A session or simply a Q/A session on a specific subject.

In most cases questions have been submitted in advance though increasingly there is a move towards effective live webinars.

If the webinar is live it will also be recorded for later distribution and in all cases these recorded webinars can be downloaded.

I say “free”, the purpose of a webinar is generally to promote a course which you will have to pay but there is often considerable value in these free webinars.

In many cases you will have to register to listen/watch the free element following which you will receive regular emails from the promoter though you can opt out or de-register.

The audio versions are very useful as they can be listened to having been downloaded when you are doing something else such as driving, keeping fit, commuting and even swimming, you can buy a waterproof MP3!

My colleague David Kyte listens to webinars daily when driving or walking his dog and some days is able to listen to hours of webinars depending on his schedule thereby maximising his time.

For those who, like me, are not techies all you do is to download the webinar to your computer and then copy it on to an MP3 player, which MP3 player, David Kyte uses a

I have listed the links below and if I have listened to the webinar there is a brief comment. To open the webinar click on the title.

I am starting with our webinars which will be added to on almost a weekly basis through 2010 as I interview some of the movers & shakers in the industry about “Current Market Conditions”.

From buy-to-let.com

Pre Auction Research Our webinar on the research that I do before even venturing out to view a property, all of the information that you can gather is free on the web. This webinar last for 1 hour and is split into 4 segments, the 1st is available to anyone, parts 2-4 are only available to registered users. Registration is free.

From Progressive Properties

3 Ways to Get Real Property Discounts A 10min video webinar featuring Rob Moore of Progressive.

Lease Options Telecall Download A 62 min audio webinar on Lease Options with Special Guest Sarah Barrett who, at the date of the recording, Nov 2009, had amassed a portfolio of 57 Lease Option Properties worth £18m.

Lease Options Webinar Download An audio webinar split into 3 one hour segments. The first is a Q/A between Rob Moore and Sarah Barrett, lasts an hour and covers the basic what is and how to do Lease Options. I have listened to Part 1 and found it well worth while.

Part 2 is about Lease Option marketing and strategies and Part 3 is about the legals that go with Lease Options, both feature Sarah along with Rob Moore and the legals are covered by Richard, a Partner in a firm of Solicitors in Cheltenham. Have yet to listen to Parts 2 & 3.

From Glen Armstrong

Creative Options, How to source option deals from a Rental Agent, A 10 min video interview between Glen Armstrong and a “Rental Agent” played by a guy called Mike talking about renting a property for 5 years at the discounted rent with an option to buy at the end of the 5 year period, it is an interesting take on how to present the deal to a rental agent and it assumes that the rental agent does not know anything about lease options. You will need to register with Glen before you can access this webinar.

From Simon Zutshi

Ask Simon Tele Seminar  An audio Q&A session with Simon Zutshi of Property Investors Network fame. The initial 15 questions were submitted in advance and these are followed by questions from the listeners who logged in for the live event. Haven’t listened to the whole seminar but the first two questions were answered with authority by Simon.