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(Ethics) Using the Code to Solve Ethical Dilemmas

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LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 4 YEARS Elective Hours: 3 Mandatory Hours: 0 Total Hours: 3

NAR® Ethics

Description

State Requirements

While conducting real estate business, have you encountered a situation in which you weren’t sure what the proper course of action was? What the right thing to do might be? Or maybe you’ve heard your colleagues’ stories and got that uncomfortable, itchy feeling that an action they took wasn’t quite on the up and up.

Let’s look at an uncomfortable truth: real estate agents have a small tarnished image problem. With every transaction being unique, real estate licensees often face ethical gray areas. Some real estate professionals simply don’t understand how to handle complex issues in the most ethical manner, and others bend the rules if they think it’ll keep a transaction on track or a commission in their bank account and not a competitor’s.

Aligned to the requirements of the current NAR cycle, this three-hour course helps licensees deepen their knowledge—and practice—of ethical rules of conduct according to the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics & Standards of Practice. The code isn’t applicable to REALTORS® only, who are duty-bound to uphold the code as a privilege of membership. The code’s guidance serves anyone possessing a real estate license, and licensees who heed the code’s various articles and standards of practice can do the greatest good of all: protecting consumers while also bolstering the reputation of all the industry’s professionals.

Course highlights include:

Laws vs. morals vs. ethics
Top articles of the code involved in the most complaints (plus a few more)
A candid look at the industry’s image problem
Common ethical dilemmas and using the code to solve them
Foundation and enforcement of the code
Competency in real estate practice as a matter of ethics
Steering clear of procuring cause disputes
Ethics concerns with technology and social media
Tips and best practices to keep your reputation polished to a high shine

*This course was designed by us to meet the REALTOR® Code of Ethics Training Requirement. Please confirm that your local association, who administers the Code of Ethics training, will accept this course.

Package Content:

State Requirements For California

California State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: Every 4 years

Hours Required: 45 hours

Real estate brokers renewing for the first time must complete 45 clock hours of DRE-approved continuing education consisting of:

Five separate 3-hour courses in the following subjects: ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision
3-hour course in fair housing include an interactive participatory component
2-hour course in implicit bias training; and
A minimum of 18 hours of consumer protection courses; and
The remaining clock hours to complete the 45 hours of continuing education may be related to either consumer service or consumer protection courses.

DRE Disclaimer: The courses in this California catalog are approved for continuing education by the California Department of Real Estate. Sponsor ID number 6314. However, these course approvals do not constitute an endorsement of the views or opinions expressed by the course sponsor, instructor, authors, or lecturers.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 45 hours

Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.

Seat Time: It is required that all students spend a minimum amount of seat time engaged in the course content. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.

Max Hours in a 24-Hour Period: Students will not receive credit for more than 15 hours of continuing education in a 24-hour period. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Certificates: Immediately upon real estate course completion, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your renewal application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion with your renewal. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exams: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken a maximum of 2 times. If you do not pass the exams after your second attempt, you may contact customer support to re-enroll at no cost and retake the entire course from the beginning. You are allotted one minute per question on the final exams.

DRE Survey: A course and instructor evaluation is available on the California Department of Real Estate website.

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