This course focuses on the most prominent issues currently facing Wisconsin real estate licensees. To assist licensees in identifying and resolving these issues, the course offers numerous real-world examples and addresses important legal issues, including buyer agency, contracts, antitrust, case law and legislative updates, recent disciplinary actions, fair housing, advertising, and contingencies. This course will contribute to licensees' continued success as outstanding real estate professionals.

This 12-hour course fulfills all the mandatory continuing education in the topics of:

• Wisconsin Buyer Agency, Contracts, and Antitrust
• Wisconsin Disciplinary Action, Legislative Updates, and Case Law
• Wisconsin Fair Housing and Advertising
• Wisconsin Offer to Purchase Contingencies: Default, Inspections, Financing, and Appraisal

Course highlights include:

• Buyer agency agreements: legal, practical, and ethical advantages
• Contract drafting
• Real estate conveyances in Wisconsin
• Unauthorized practice of law
• Antitrust laws in Wisconsin
• Recent disciplinary actions against Wisconsin licensees
• Courtesy and etiquette guide for licensees
• Legislative updates
• Recent case law: contracts, licensing, land use, and more
• Federal and Wisconsin Fair Housing
• Advertising guidelines
• Amending the Wisconsin Real Estate Condition Report
• Trust fund disbursement
• Contingencies: inspection, financing, appraisal
• Waiving the inspection contingency
• Mortgage fraud overview

This course was designed to meet REALTOR® Ethics and Fair Housing training requirements. Please confirm that your local association, who administers these trainings, will accept this course.

Selling a home involves many details beyond listing and closing, from resolving conflicts to clarifying what’s included in the sale and determining responsibility for outstanding expenses. This course will guide you through how Wisconsin's listing agreements, purchase offer forms, statutes, and administrative codes address these issues to protect consumer rights and uphold industry integrity.

In this six-hour course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of disclosure, seller obligations, and wholesaling. You’ll dive into personal transactions for licensees, including financial interests and compensation, and conclude with regulatory compliance topics like advertising, documentation, and illegal lotteries. By the end, you’ll have the knowledge to confidently navigate Wisconsin’s legal and ethical real estate standards.

The Wisconsin 2025-2026 Elective Continuing Education Course fulfills the elective continuing education in the topics of:

• Disclosure for Wisconsin Licensees
• Tax Proration and Special Assessments in Wisconsin Offer to Purchase
• Personal Transactions for Wisconsin Licensees
• Incentives in Wisconsin Real Estate Transactions
• Commissions and Dispute Resolution in the Wisconsin Listing Contracts
• Personal Property and Fixtures in Wisconsin Transactions