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Fair Share: Protecting Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices

$39
This product includes:
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 1 YEARS Elective Hours: 3 Mandatory Hours: 0 Total Hours: 3
Description
State Requirements

Real estate professionals wear many hats: expert communicator, attentive listener, trustworthy confidant, obedient servant, loyal advocate, and knowledgeable educator, to name just a few. To juggle these roles effectively—and within the lines of the law—licensees must remain informed. Real estate professionals are in a position to provide an invaluable level of consumer protection as they support consumers through their real estate transactions.

This course explores licensees' role as advocate and educator, and how they can protect consumers and their business from the threats of antitrust and fair housing violations and predatory lending. We'll start by looking at what federal protections are in place to combat these unfair practices. We'll also provide the steps you can proactively take to protect the consumers you work with day in and day out and the business you've worked so hard to create.

Course highlights include:

  • Federal antitrust laws and violations
  • Avoiding antitrust violations and protecting consumers from them
  • Antitrust complaint process and penalties
  • Federal fair housing laws and violations
  • Redlining, blockbusting, and steering
  • Buyer love letters
  • Fair housing complaint process and penalties
  • Predatory lending
  • Truth in Lending Act
  • Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
  • Protecting consumers from predatory lending
  • Reporting predatory lending

Package Content:

State Requirements For West Virginia

West Virginia State Requirement Details for Real Estate Broker Continuing Education

Renewal Date: 6/30 each year

Hours Required: 7 hours

  • 4 hours - elective hours
  • 3 hours - broker-specific CE

The CE Shop’s Offering7 hours

  • 4 hours - elective hours
  • 3 hours - broker-specific CE (brokers/associate brokers only)

*Effective 6/9/2023 Brokers and Associate Brokers must complete at least 3 hours of broker-specific education as part of their 7 hours of CE required for renewal. The CE Shop offers a 3hr broker-specific course which meets this requirement. 

The CE Shop is an approved provider in West Virginia.

Provider Approval Number: 50-21362

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% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.

Repeating Courses: Licensees cannot take the same course for two consecutive years.

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West Virginia Real Estate Commission

Street Address2006 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV 25305

Telephone: 304.558.3555

Fax: 304.558.6442

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