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State Requirements
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This full package includes all 45 Post-Licensing hours needed for Illinois broker licensees renewing their license for the first time.
Courses included in this package:
- Illinois 15-Hour Applied Brokerage Principles
- Illinois 15-Hour Risk Management and Discipline*
- Illinois 15-Hour Transactional Issues
*Satisfies the required 1-hour Sexual Harassment Prevention Training.
PLUS, this package includes the ProPath Real Estate Business Builder professional development program.
- Pricing Strategies: Learn the essentials of pricing homes and the impact proper pricing has on your sales goals and income. Work through case studies and examples and get ready to translate into your own business.
- Tax Planning for the Self-Employed: Gain the knowledge to manage your individual finances and formulate an advantageous tax plan, plus how to select the best retirement plan for tax savings.
- Budget to Build Your Business: Learn how to estimate earnings and expenses and calculate what you need to save for taxes and emergencies. Craft your own budget, paving the way for success in your real estate career.
Professional development courses do not qualify for CE credits. This package includes a total of nine hours of professional development content that is not included in the mandatory and elective course hours listed above.
Package Content:
Broker Post License Applied Broker Principles
In this course you'll apply your knowledge of the license act, real property, brokerage types, taxes affecting real estate, business skills, and broker practice through exercises, role-play activities, situational simulations, and case studies.
This course provides the 15 hours of instruction required as part of the 45-hour post-licensing education requirement in Illinois.
45-hour Post-License education is for licensed brokers in their first renewal cycle. You must have been issued your 475 license number prior to taking this course. Those without a license number will not receive credit.
Course highlights:
- Teams and team marketing
- Disclosing contemporaneous offers
- Exclusive brokerage agreements
- Escrow accounts
- Residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and special properties
- Developing competency in real estate specialties
- Property and transfer taxes
- The 1031 tax-deferred exchange
- Business and financial planning
- Technology tools, including CRM software
- Obtaining and marketing listings
- Building market knowledge
- Open house tips
- Short sales and foreclosures
Broker Post License Risk Management/Discipline
Your prelicense education is only the beginning. Now that you have your license, your post-license education will bring your professionalism to the next level.
This course covers fair housing, antitrust, escrow issues, insurance issues, office policies and procedures, disclosure, sexual harassment, RESPA and TILA, puchase contract issues, personal safety, disciplinary action, and other areas of risk management.
This course provides the 15 hours of instruction required as part of the 45-hour post-licensing education requirement in Illinois.
45-hour Post-License education is for licensed brokers in their first renewal cycle. You must have been issued your 475 license number prior to taking this course. Those without a license number will not receive credit.
Course highlights:
- Criminal history and fair housing
- Emotional support and service animals
- Fair housing case studies
- Permissible vs. non-permissible actions under antitrust law
- Avoiding cybercrime
- Insurance coverage for Illinois brokers
- Areas of competency
- Material defects related to environmental hazards
- Sexual harassment complaint process and workplace investigations
- Chicago Bar vs. Quinlan and Tyson
- Security threats at the office
- Disciplinary sanctions in Illinois
Broker Post License Transactional Issues
45-hour Post-License education is for licensed brokers in their first renewal cycle. You must have been issued your 475 license number prior to taking this course. Those without a license number will not receive credit.
This course provides the 15 hours of instruction required as part of the 45-hour post-licensing education requirement in Illinois. Brokers will apply their knowledge related to transactional issues, including seller, buyer, and property management issues through exercises, role-play activities, situational simulations, and case studies.
State Requirements
For Illinois
Illinois State Requirement Details for Real Estate Broker Post-Licensing Education
Hours Required by the State: 45 hours
- 15-hour course on Applied Brokerage Principles
- 15-hour course on Risk Management/Discipline
- 15-hour course on Transactional Issues
The Post-License curriculum includes the required 1 hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training.
Note: Brokers receiving their initial broker license are required to complete the 45-hour post-license education during their first license term and are not required to complete any other CE during that license term. If an individual receives the initial broker license within 180 days preceding the first broker renewal deadline, the broker must complete the 45-hour post-license education prior to the second broker renewal deadline.
The CE Shop's offering: 45 hours
- 15-hour Broker Post-License Applied Broker Principles
- 15-hour Broker Post-License Risk Management/Discipline
- 15-hour Broker Post-License Transactional Issues
The CE Shop LLC is a Real Estate Education Provider licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate.
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 Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 75%.
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Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate
Street Address: 320 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62786
Mailing Address: 320 West Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62786
Telephone: (800) 560-6420
Email: fpr.realestate@illinois.gov
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