When an agent receives his first DRE license, its usually a conditional license. The agent has 18 months from date of issuance to complete two (2) College Equivalent courses in order to get his actual license. The Qualification Courses that he can choose from are as follows:

• Real Estate Practice

• Real Estate Appraisal

• Property Management

• Real Estate Finance

• Real Estate Economics

• Legal Aspects of Real Estate

• Real Estate Office Administration

• General Accounting

• Business Law

• Escrows

• Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending

First Renewal
http://www.dre.ca.gov/renewal

If an agent does not meet the Qualification Requirements, the conditional license will lapse. If the agent meets the qualification requirements, he then has 2 years for his First License Renewal. First Time Renewals only requires that the agent take a total of 12 Hours of Mandatory DRE approved CE courses:

• 3 Hours Agency

• 3 Hours Ethics

• 3 Hours Fair Housing

• 3 Hours Trust Fund Handling

First time renewals on and after January 1, 1996 require 45 hours of DRE approved CE courses:

• 3 Hours Agency

• 3 Hours Ethics

• 3 Hours Fair Housing

• 3 Hours Trust Fund Handling

• 18 Hours Consumer Protection

• 15 Hours Consumer Service or Consumer Protection

For further information, link to DRE's web site at http://www.dre.ca.gov/.

 

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