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.
NAR Ethics Requirement
This course was designed 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.
State Requirements
For Delaware
Delaware State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: 4/30 every even-numbered year
Required Content for First Renewal:
- If you are a newly-licensed Broker or Associate Broker or if you are a Salesperson licensed by reciprocity, the content of your CE must be based on the required Module Course Contents.
If this is your first renewal, and you hold a:
BROKER, ASSOCIATE BROKER, SALESPERSON LICENSE
IF you are issued the license…
THEN you must complete…
On or after 5/1 even years but before 11/1 even years
18 hours
On or after 11/1 even years but before 5/1 odd years
12 hours
On or after 5/1 odd years but before 11/1 odd years
6 hours
On or after 11/1 odd years but before 1/1 even years
0 hours
On or after 1/1 even years but before 5/1 even years
21 hours
Newly-licensed Salespersons are required to complete four modules of continuing education (CE) within the first 90 days of licensure. Licensees will be required to attest on their first renewal application that they have completed this coursework. If you are a newly-licensed Salesperson who was not previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the content of your CE must meet the following requirements:
Required by the State for Subsequent Renewals: 21 hours
- 3 hours in Module 1 (agency and fair housing)
- 3 hours in Module 2 (professional standards)
- 3 hours in Module 3 (real estate documents)
- 3 hours in Module 4 (office management)
- 3 hours in Module 5 (legislative issues)
- 3 hours in Module 6 (practices of real estate)
- 3 hours in Module 7 (electives)
Note: courses approved for Modules 1 – 6 automatically qualify for credit for Module 7
The CE Shop’s Offering: 15 hours
Reporting: The state requires course completions to be reported to the state. We will report your course to the state upon completion.
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 Exam: Final exams must be passed with at least a 80% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.
Seat Time: The Delaware Real Estate Commission requires 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.
License Renewal Process: The process to renew a license in Delaware is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew.
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