The Hand Up Collective

Your brokerage taught you to chase a number on a spreadsheet. But nobody taught you how to build an actual business. Where it's going in one year, in five, or in ten. The systems underneath all of it. That's the gap, and it's the one the Hand Up Collective was built to close. Twelve months of building you into an owner, not just the agent.

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More Than Just CE Credits

Indiana real estate agents deserve more than another boring CE class. Learn from a retired Army Sergeant, Purple Heart recipient, business owner, and instructor who believes education should be practical, engaging, and worth your time. Complete your Indiana CE requirements through live classes held across the state.

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Why Hand Up LLC Exists

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE

Hand Up LLC was founded by Eric Donoho with one guiding principle: give people a hand up, not a handout. That ethos was forged in military service, refined through years of national veteran advocacy, and applied every day in the real estate and education space.

Hand Up LLC is a licensed continuing education sponsor through the Indiana Real Estate Commission. We provide in-person CE classes for real estate agents and brokerages across Indiana taught by Eric personally. Our courses are state-approved, professionally delivered, and built around real-world knowledge agents can actually use.

  • Advertising & Social Media

    Market your listings hard without tripping a compliance violation. You'll learn what you can post, what you can't, and how to protect your license while you grow your brand.

  • Managing Property Inspections

    Stop letting inspection surprises blow up your deals. You'll learn to manage the process, read the reports right, and keep your buyer protected from contract all the way to closing.

  • New Construction Home Sales

    Protect your buyer through a build most agents don't understand. You'll learn how Indiana new construction contracts work, where the risk hides, and how to guide buyers with real confidence.

  • Situational Awareness & Safety

    Walk into any showing knowing you'll come home safe. You'll learn real personal safety habits built for agents who meet strangers in empty houses for a living.

  • Veteran Housing Benefits

    Win the military buyers other agents fumble. You'll learn how VA loans really work, the myths that kill deals, and how to serve those who served with confidence.

  • The Hand Up Collective

    This isn't another course. It's a development partnership that builds you while it builds your business, so you don't just close more deals, you become the agent who wins.

Let's Put a Real Class on Your Calendar

One conversation, one flat rate, and Eric handles the rest. We come to your office or your event, anywhere in Indiana. Tell us what you need and we'll build the day around it.