ID CE Package (with 2024 and 2025 Core)

This mandatory three- and one-half hour continuing education course is produced by the Idaho Real Estate Commission for Idaho licensees, offering an annual review of real estate laws and issues impacting the real estate business. Case law, legislative updates, and guidelines will be covered, which can impact how licensees conduct their business. The cases illustrate the situations licensees may encounter in their day-to-day business, covering a range of issues related to real estate transactions.

IREC has identified a hot topic for review: risk, risk assessment, and risk reduction. This has a significant influence on the real estate industry as a whole, as well as licensees' professional activities. Staying well-informed of these issues will help licensees comply with state, federal, and local requirements and regulations.

Course highlights include:

• Several in-depth case studies, including several from Idaho
• 2024 Idaho legislative update
• Identifying risks, strategies to assess potential risks, and risk reduction techniques
• Instructions for navigating DOPL's new online licensing system

This mandatory three- and one-half hour continuing education course is produced by the Idaho Real Estate Commission for Idaho licensees, offering an annual review of real estate laws and issues impacting the real estate business. Case law, legislative updates, and guidelines will be covered, which can impact how licensees conduct their business. The cases illustrate the situations licensees may encounter in their day-to-day business, covering a range of issues related to real estate transactions.

IREC has identified some hot topics for review: the updated Agency Disclosure Brochure, E&O insurance claim updates, and real estate organizations. These have considerable influence on the real estate industry and licensees' professional activities. Staying well-informed of these issues will help licensees comply with state, federal, and local requirements and regulations.

Course highlights include:

• Several in-depth case studies, including several from Idaho
• 2025 Idaho legislative update
• Review of agency disclosure and use of the updated Agency Disclosure Brochure
• Most filed E&O insurance claims and techniques to reduce risk and protect your license
• Focus on real estate organizations’ interplay with licensees, brokerages, and industry platforms

Proper document management provides proof that a licensee did what was required, when it was required. It serves to protect the consumer and it reduces the licensee's risk of litigation.

Get ready to become more comfortable with selecting and using transactional documents. 

Course highlights include:

• Common documents used in real estate transactions
• Common contract clauses, addenda, and contingencies
• Avoiding the unauthorized practice of law
• Multiple offer management
• Document signatures, notarizations, and identification
• Transaction management methods and best practices
• Document management and retention methods and best practices
• Technology and security for document management
• Legalities of electronic communication
• Activities and scenarios to reinforce key concepts

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

Lead hazards aren’t just a concern for homeowners—they’re also a big deal for real estate professionals. If you're listing a home built before 1978 or guiding buyers through disclosures, understanding the risks of lead exposure isn’t just helpful—it’s essential. Federal laws require specific disclosures and safety measures and skipping them can lead to hefty fines and legal trouble.

This course helps you recognize where lead hazards lurk, stay on top of your legal responsibilities, and follow safe practices help protect you, your clients, and your transactions. But beyond compliance, having a strong grasp of lead safety makes you a trusted advisor. When clients see that you take their health and safety seriously, it strengthens your reputation and sets you apart as a knowledgeable, reliable real estate professional. Ultimately, keeping people safe, reducing risk, and staying compliant aren’t just obligations—they’re smart business moves supporting long-term success.

Course highlights include:

• Common sources of lead in residential properties
• Health risks of lead exposure
• Community-based approaches to lead hazard prevention
• Review of federal lead disclosure laws
• Compliance with lead disclosure laws
• Consequences of non-compliance with disclosure requirements
• Mitigating lead hazards
• Lead-safe work practices for renovations and repairs
• EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program
• Preventing lead hazards long-term

Chances are good that, if it hasn't happened yet, you will one day work on a transaction involves a property that’s part of a tax-deferred exchange. When this happens, will you be ready to guide your client through the process and ensure they meet the critical deadlines?

With an appropriately formed exchange, an investor can defer paying taxes on the profit from one investment and instead use all of the profits to fund another investment. 

This course helps licensees become more comfortable with guiding clients through a 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction and ensuring critical deadlines are understood and met.  

Course highlights include:

• Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange definitions
• Starker’s Exchange background and application
• U.S. Internal Revenue Code requirements
• IRS Safe Harbor Guidelines
• Investor taxes advantages
• Setting up an exchange
• Selecting a Qualified Intermediary
• Licensee role in a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange
• The non-exchanger's role in a Section 1031 transaction
• Reverse exchanges
• Rare exemptions to exchange deadlines