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CA Salesperson and Broker Survey (9 Hour)

$59
This product includes:
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 4 YEARS Elective Hours: 0 Mandatory Hours: 9 Total Hours: 9
Description
State Requirements

This course provides a streamlined way for California real estate professionals to meet their CE requirement in core courses in one easy-to-digest package.

Ethics, agency law, risk management, fair housing law, management and supervision, and trust fund management are all crucial components to maintaining professional standards in the industry. The California Salesperson and Broker Survey packs it all into one course. 

Course highlights:

  • How ethics relate to all licensees
  • Agency: disclosures required, and fiduciary duties. How to avoid implied agency, and undisclosed dual agency
  • The purpose and applicability of the Transfer Disclosure Statement, and how to use it to reduce risk
  • How to manage client trust funds to meet regulatory clients
  • Hands-on trust fund management examples that students complete on the correct forms
  • Fair housing laws, and how to avoid discriminatory practices including discriminatory advertising
  • Ways to manage risk and avoid lawsuits, specifically in the areas of property inspections, contracts, trust fund management
  • How to avoid breaking antitrust laws

Package Content:

State Requirements For California

California State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: Every four years

Hours Required: 45 hours

For subsequent renewals, all real estate brokers and salespersons must complete 45 clock hours of DRE-approved continuing education consisting of:

  • One nine-hour CE survey course that covers the seven mandatory subjects: ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision, fair housing and implicit bias training OR licensees can choose to take individual courses in all of those mandatory subjects;
  • A minimum of 18 hours of CE courses in the category of consumer protection; 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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California Department of Real Estate

Street Address: 651 Bannon Street, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95811

Telephone: 877-373-4542

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