California Real Estate Continuing Education
We are approved by the California Department of Real Estate as 1 Attempt (At Your Pace Online) DRE Sponsor ID: 5198.
Complete your continuing education to renew your CA real estate license today. All of our courses can be completed At Your Pace online in order to help you maintain your license. Once you finish your class you will have an official certificate of completion available to print or save in order to report your CE to the DRE.
California Real Estate Salesperson First Renewal Package
This package meets all requirements for salespeople renewing their license for the first time. This course includes:
- 3 Hours of Ethics
- 3 Hours of Agency
- 3 Hours of Trust Fund Management
- 3 Hours of California Fair Housing
- 2 Hours of California Implicit Bias
- 18 hours of Consumer Protection
- The remaining hours are made up of consumer service credits.
California Real Estate Salesperson & First and Subsequent Broker Renewal Package
This package meets all requirements for salespeople after the first renewal cycle and brokers for the first renewal cycle and all subsequent renewal cycles. This course includes:
- 3 Hours of Ethics
- 3 Hours of Agency
- 3 Hours of Trust Fund Management
- 3 Hours of California Fair Housing
- 2 Hours of California Implicit Bias
- 3 Hours Management & Supervision
- 18 hours of Consumer Protection
- The remaining hours are made up of consumer service credits.
California 18-Hour Consumer Protection Course
This is an 18 hour course intended for real estate professionals in the State of California. The topics this course will cover are sources of financing, loan and loan programs, other methods of financing, land use control, integrated mortgage disclosures, agency and property management, business practices, investment, valuation, assessment, taxation, and title transfer.
California 12-Hour Consumer Service
This 12 hour course will cover real estate mathematics, lending laws, listing agreements, sales agreements, leases, and the foreclosure process as it applies to real estate professionals in California. The course reviews math as a fundamental skill before discussing the often complicated calculations for real estate transactions, examines lending laws, looks at different real estate contracts, and talks about foreclosure.
California 7 Hour Business Practices
This 7 hour package of educational content is designed to provide real estate professionals with an overview of important topics and concepts related to the management of a real estate business. The topics covered in this package generally fall into three areas: management of real estate business, recordkeeping, and safety when showing a property.
Once you’re finished with this course, you’ll be 7 credit hours closer to renewing your license, all at your own pace!
General Information: Business Practices
California Trust Fund Continuing Education Course
This 3 hour course will cover financial records, financial reports, and mortgage loan brokerage as it applies to real estate professionals in the state of California.
California 3 Hour NAR Code of Ethics Course
This course will provide 3 hours of Ethics credit to help you renew your real estate license in California.
This course is approved to meet the Ethics requirement for your state license and NAR Membership (if applicable).
California Agency Continuing Education Course
This 3 hour continuing education course on agency is intended for real estate professionals in California looking to renew their licenses.
California Ethics Continuing Education Course
The primary topic of this 3 hour course for real estate professionals in California is the concept of ethics.
California Management & Supervision Continuing Education Course
This course on supervision and management, offices and licensees, and office policies and procedures contains 3 hours of continuing education content designed for real estate professionals in the State of California.
California Risk Management Continuing Education Course
This 3 hour course for real estate professionals in California contains continuing education training on risk management, prevention, and reduction and legal responsibilities.
California 3-Hour Fair Housing
Real estate professionals in California can satisfy their 3-hour continuing education requirement for fair housing and fair housing laws with this course. It looks at these topics on both a national and a state level and concludes with interactive practical exercises.
California 3 Hour Consumer Service
This 3-hour course provides elective credit toward a license renewal. It focuses on practical, step-by-step ways to enhance safety when showing property and further covers liability and liability insurance principles.
California 2-Hour Implicit Bias
Real estate professionals in California can satisfy their 2-hour continuing education update requirement with this course. The class focuses on implicit bias awareness, what it is, and how it has historically affected housing in California with an emphasis on the practical steps for licensees so they can mitigate risks of unconscious bias and discrimination and provide equal opportunities to all customers and potential customers.
California Real Estate License Continuing Education Requirements
The California Department of Real Estate requires that Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents complete 45 hours of continuing education every 4 years for license renewal.
Starting on January 1, 2023, new continuing education requirements will be effective. These new requirements are provided below.
Salesperson CE Requirements
For first-time renewals:
- Complete the California 45 Hour 1st Time Salesperson Renewal Package.
The 45 first-time Salesperson CE hours will be broken down as follows:
- 3 hours on ethics
- 3 hours on agency
- 3 hours on trust fund handling
- 3 hours on fair housing (with interactive component)
- 3 hours on risk management
- 2 hours on implicit bias
- A minimum of 18 hours on consumer protection
- The remaining 10 hours on consumer service or consumer protection
For 2nd or subsequent renewals:
- Complete the California 45 Hour Complete Renewal Package.
Broker CE Requirements
For first-time, 2nd, or subsequent renewals:
- Complete the California 45 Hour Complete Renewal Package.
These 45 hours are broken down as follows:
- A 9-hour survey course on the following topics (alternatively, you can take each subject separately)
- Ethics
- Agency
- Trust fund handling
- Fair housing (with interactive component)
- Implicit bias
- Risk management
- Management and supervision
- A minimum of 18 hours on consumer protection
- The remaining 18 hours on consumer service or consumer protection