Cameron Academy opens Kendall and Key Largo campuses

Cameron Academy of Real Estate opened campuses in Kendall and Key Largo, giving the Florida school a southern anchor for its 15-location network stretching about 380 miles to Palm Coast. The new sites are tied to exclusive education deals with two RE/MAX brokerages and expand the school’s reach in two high-demand South Florida markets.

Why it matters: - Cameron Academy now spans both ends of a roughly 380-mile Florida corridor, from Key Largo to Palm Coast. - The expansion strengthens the school’s footprint in South Florida and the Keys, where real estate activity and licensing demand remain elevated. - Two brokerages, RE/MAX Advance Realty II and RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate, are now using Cameron Academy as their exclusive education provider.

What happened: - Cameron Academy of Real Estate opened campuses in Kendall and Key Largo. - RE/MAX Advance Realty II named Cameron Academy its exclusive provider for real estate classes in Kendall on SW 88th Street in Miami-Dade County. - RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate named Cameron Academy its exclusive provider for real estate classes in Key Largo. - Start dates for both classrooms are listed on the Florida real estate class schedule. - Michael Cameron Sidawi said the school only qualifies as a statewide school when both ends of the line have classrooms.

The details: - Cameron Academy now has 15 campuses running about 380 miles from Key Largo to Palm Coast. - RE/MAX Advance Realty II recorded $521.7 million in sales volume across 794 transaction sides in 2025, according to RealTrends. - RE/MAX Advance Realty II is led by owner and CEO Melanie De Armas and broker Anthony Askowitz. - Melanie De Armas acquired the brokerage in 2024. - Anthony Askowitz has closed more than $2 billion in career sales and has written a monthly column for Inman since 2016. - RE/MAX All Keys Real Estate is owned by Melanie De Armas and led by broker Curtis A. Skomp, CCIM. - Curtis A. Skomp has brokered more than $1 billion in commercial and residential real estate in the Florida Keys across three decades. - Curtis A. Skomp earned his CCIM designation in 1997 and has been a National Association of Realtors member since 1992. - Monroe County has one active real estate licensee for every 49 residents, the third-highest concentration among Florida’s 67 counties. - Florida’s May 2026 exam summary showed 4,225 sales associate exams graded and 1,671 passes. - Cameron Academy says it has taught more than 100,000 students across more than 800 licensing and continuing education courses. - The school offers its courses in all 50 states through its partner network. - The academy kept operating through the 2008 housing crisis. - Cameron Academy moved real estate testing to computers before any other school in Florida. - The school launched the first mobile exam-prep app for real estate students in the United States in 2013. - Cameron Academy was first in Florida to livestream classes. - The app is being rebuilt into a broader student platform due by the end of Q4 2026. - Sidawi has owned and directed the school since January 2013 and still teaches. - The school gives licensing coursework free to Florida students ages 15 to 17. - Cameron Academy also offers no-cost seats for people restarting their working lives, including survivors of domestic violence and people rebuilding after incarceration.

Between the lines: - The new campuses extend a growth strategy built on exclusive partnerships rather than acquisition. - Sidawi said the school’s expansion came from referrals and reputation, not a formal map. - Cameron Academy’s teaching model uses songs, rhythms, repeated phrasing and stories to improve retention and application. - The school says that method has been folded into leading industry course materials. - The academy also produced the first Spanish-language version of the Florida real estate pre-license course, which is especially relevant in Miami-Dade County. - The same curriculum is intended for students in Kendall and Key Largo, regardless of local market differences. - Florida’s published figures show 357,638 active real estate licensees and 94,473 inactive licensees, with inactive licenses rising for three straight years.

What’s next: - Cameron Academy expects its rebuilt student platform by the end of Q4 2026. - The school says it is open to new education partnerships in Florida and beyond. - The Kendall and Key Largo rooms add to a network that continues to grow through brokerage, law firm and title agency relationships.

The bottom line: - Cameron Academy is turning two new South Florida classrooms into a broader signal: the school wants to be the default training partner across Florida’s real estate corridor, not just in Orlando where it started.