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Keeping it Honest: Understanding Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud

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This product includes:

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

Description

State Requirements

Fraud has become a major issue in the industry. Lawbreakers use real estate as a vehicle to steal the life savings of unsuspecting homeowners and defraud lenders out of millions of dollars for their own gain. Federal, state, and local governments have taken steps to combat real estate fraud, but it remains a major problem—one you need to have a solid understanding of to ensure you're able to shield your clients and yourself from being defrauded or unknowingly committing fraud.

Keeping It Honest: Understanding Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud has been updated to discuss the latest fraudulent schemes and explain recent government initiatives aimed at stopping fraud and protecting consumers.

Course Highlights:

Fraud and its impact on the real estate industry
The newest and most prevalent types of fraudulent schemes
Red flag behaviors that suggest someone is engaging in fraud
How to report fraudulent or suspected fraudulent activities to the proper authorities
Key government initiatives aimed at stopping fraud and protecting consumers
Activities and scenarios to provide real-world context for course content

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State Requirements For Georgia

Georgia State Requirement Details for Real Estate Salesperson Continuing Education - First-Time Renewal

Renewal Date: Every 4 years, on the last day of the licensee's birth month

Hours Required: 36 hours

9 hours – satisfied by completing the 25-hour Post-Licensing requirement within the first year of licensure
27 hours of CE:
- 3 hours – Mandatory license law hours
- 24 hours – Elective hours

The CE Shop’s Offering: 36 hours

9 hours – satisfied by completing the 25-hour Post-Licensing requirement within the first year of licensure
27 hours of CE:
- 3 hours – Mandatory license law hours
- 24 hours – Elective hours

Post-Licensing and First-Time Renewal: Newly licensed salespersons must complete the 25-hour Salesperson Post-License course in their first year of licensure. The 25-hour post-licensing course also counts as 9 hours towards fulfilling the continuing education requirement. To complete the first-time CE renewal requirement, 27 additional continuing education hours must be taken to fulfill the 36-hour requirement; 3 mandatory hours on the topic of license law and 24 hours of elective credits.

Note: You will not receive the 9 hours of CE credit if your license has lapsed.

Course Duplication: A student may repeat a course and receive credit as long it has been over 12 months since the course was last taken. A licensee’s renewal does not change the 12-month limitation on repeating a course.

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 course completions, 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 application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exams: Passing a final exam is not required to receive continuing education credit in Georgia, therefore our system is set up so that final exams can be passed with a 0% passing score.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew in this state is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew.

GREC Notice to Students

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