Stephen Mettling For over fifty years, Stephen Mettling has been actively engaged in real estate education. Beginning with Dearborn Publishing in 1972, then called Real Estate Education Company, Mr. Mettling managed the company's textbook division and author acquisitons. Subsequently he built up the company's real estate school division which eventually became the country's largest real estate, insurance and securities school network in the country. In 1978, Mr. Mettling founded Performance Programs Company, a custom training program publishing and development company specializing in commercial, industrial, and corporate real estate. Over time, Performance Programs Company narrowed its focus to real estate textbook and exam prep publishing. Currently the Company's texts and prelicense resources are used in hundreds of schools in over 48 states. Mr. Mettling has authored over 100 textbooks, real estate prelicense programs and exam prep manuals. Read More Read Less