NEW CE REQUIREMENTS effective January 1, 2010: licensees renewing their agent or broker license must have completed 18 hours of CE within their previous two-year licensing renewal cycle, of which at least 9 of those hours must be designated as CORE.
These class requirements can be done in live classes, online, or in any combination. YES, you can do all CE hours online if you choose. CE classes, whether live or online, are approximately $10 per credit hour at Utah Real Estate School, TLG, with special package pricing. Enroll from our website; payment can also be made the day of class with a credit card or check. If you enroll in the online classes, your user name and password will be emailed to you promptly following your enrollment.
If you’d prefer live classes, view our live class schedules on this website by clicking on “Licensing Courses,” then select “Live Class Schedule” down the left side of the screen, then select and open the month for which you wish to view the schedule. Elective and CORE CE classes are denoted in bold type on our schedules and indicate either CORE CE for CORE classes or CE for elective classes. PLEASE NOTE: not all live classes qualify as CE. You must attend a class indicated as a CE class on our schedule in order to receive CE credit.
Effective January 1, 2011, all real estate licensees MUST renew their licenses online – no mail in or counter renewals are allowed. This means all CE should be done by the 15th of the month in the renewal month (an administrative rule) in order to allow the CE provider time to bank the course and then have it appear on the licensee’s Division transcript, a process that can take up to 15 days. At Utah Real Estate School, TLG, we’ll do all we can to expedite the banking of your course. If you are past the 15th of your renewal month, we may still be able to accommodate you; call our Director, Tammy Lund, at 801-259-2613 for details.
Legal Issues ONLINE – $30
This 3-hour CORE CE course reviews real estate laws with a focus on the legal rather than regulatory consequences of non-compliance. Also covered are ways to avoid legal risks in the first place and how to transfer risks when they cannot possibly be avoided. This course is an great refresher and can be taken each time you renew your license. Course Number RC110516.
18-hour License Renewal CE Package – $150
This package consists of 18 total hours of online CE, of which more than 9 of those hours are designated as CORE – this gives you all the required CE to renew your license at a savings of $30 over ala carte pricing. The course includes 9 two-hour modules on topics such as RESPA/HUD-1, Utah Licensing Law, the REPC, Forms, and the New Construction REPC.
These online courses allow you to spend whatever time you have, then return to the course later – you do not have to complete the entire course in one sitting. That’s the convenience of online – spend 2o minutes here and 30 minutes there, any time of the day or night. However, watch your clock - course providers cannot give credit for more than eight hours per day, so this 18-hour package will take a minimum of three days, although you can complete the course over a longer period of time; whatever works best for your schedule. Another feature of our courses as opposed to other online providers is the ability to move forward and backward within the units of the course as you desire – you’re not locked into a specific amount of time on each slide before you can advance, as long as you spend the required minimum amount of time in the class.
When you enroll in this package between the hours of 7 am and 10 pm, you will receive two emails within the hour, the first will be a receipt to save for tax purposes and the second email will give you instructions along with your user name and password. Those enrolling after 10 pm may have to wait until early morning for their user name and password, although our staff sometimes responds after hours.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you originally licensed after July 1, 2007 and have not taken the 12-hour New Agent Course, this package does not include that required course, please select the 12-hour New Agent Course and the six-hour renewal package to acquire your required CE. If you licensed after July 2007 and have previously renewed your license in active status, you have taken the 12-hour New Agent Course and therefore this renewal package will serve your needs. If you licensed before July 2007, you are not required to take the 12-hour New Agent Course and this 18-hour Renewal Package meets all course requirements for you to renew your license.
12-Hour New Agent Course ONLINE – $100
All agents acquiring their license after July 1, 2007 must take this 12-hour New Agent Course as part of their continuing education sometime before being allowed to renew their license on active status for the first time. Designed to help a new agent get their business started on a firm foundation, this course will assist the agent in knowing how to acquire and service clients, write good contracts, comply with the laws, and make recommendations to their clients regarding pricing. This is also a great refresher course for more experienced agents and counts as 12 hours of CORE CE. This course is now available ONLINE and consists of three 3-hour modules, one 2-hour module, and one 1-hour module, which can be taken in any order.
6-Hour CORE CE Package ONLINE – $55
Enrollment in this 6-hour CORE CE package will allow you to save money by grouping two of our 3-hour CORE CE classes together which include 1) Mortgage Fraud and How to Avoid It and 2) Lien Laws, normally $60 if purchased separately, but take both these courses together for just $55. This package fulfills six of the 18 hours required for agent and broker license renewal.
Mortgage Fraud and How to Avoid It ONLINE – $30
This three-hour online CORE CE course explores the various common real estate and mortgage fraud schemes to help the agent and broker avoid situations where fraud could occur in your transaction. Learn the warning signs and the details about different kinds of real estate fraud, so you can advise your clients to avoid any involvement in these felony loan fraud situations. Knowledge about this topic can further protect you, since involvement in any of these types of schemes could cause loss of your real estate license. Course Number RC100612
Short Sales ONLINE – $20
This 2- hour CORE CE class helps agents understand the special circumstances surrounding the marketing and negotiation of short sales, including some tips to help manage the emotions of your clients while handling short sale transactions. These types of transactions are complicated, but currently commonplace; those licensees working in today’s marketplace must have a thorough understanding of what should more aptly be referred to as “long” sales.
Ethics and Professionalism ONLINE – $30
This three-hour online CORE CE course explores ethics and professionalism and their application in the real estate business. You’ll be reminded of laws as well as the National Association of REALTORS’ Code of Ethics, but more important, you’ll learn ways of interacting with your clients and fellow agents in a manner that reflects your high level of ethics and professionalism. Course Number RC101125.
Trust Accounts ONLINE – $30
This three-hour online CORE CE course will help the agent or broker learn all the laws regarding the set-up and administration of a real estate trust account in the state of Utah. Also in this course, you’ll review case studies and court rulings regarding actual situations encountered by licensed real estate people. Develop your own list of ideas to better run your trust account and avoid any problems with it after taking this course. Course Number RC101207.
Lien Laws ONLINE – $30
This online 3-hour CORE CE class helps the agent or broker learn more about Utah lien laws, which are so important for real estate practitioners to understand in order to help their clients navigate this age of short sales and foreclosures. Also covered in this course is a description of the State Construction Registry and how this system affects mechanic’s liens in the state of Utah. Course Number RC100815.
Buyers and Sellers ONLINE – $15
This one-hour CORE CE class takes you back to the simplest, yet most important, aspects of success in real estate sales: where to find buyers and sellers and what do to with them once you’ve got them. Accessing buyer’s and seller’s needs and being able to properly service those needs is a skill every real estate agent must develop, yet often wasn’t taught in the pre-licensing classes when acquiring a license. Come back to this Real Estate 101 class; perhaps you’ll learn some new fundamentals to help you increase your clientele. Course Number RC10909.
Rules of the Road ONLINE – $30
This 3-hour CORE CE course reminds the student of the many rules and regulations to which we must all comply. Federal laws, state statutes and administrative rules must be a part of our every-day practice as a real estate licensee. When we re-acquaint ourselves with these laws and any updates that may have occurred since we first learned of these laws, compliance can become a natural part of our service to our clients and fulfilling our fiduciary duties to them. Course Number RC100711.
Writing Good Contracts ONLINE – $30
This 3-hour Core CE course reviews real estate contract law and examines the Real Estate Purchase Contract in depth. This course is also Module 2 of our 12-hour New Agent Course, although it is an excellent course for experienced agents to take independently as well. This course does involve “homework” in which the “attendee” will be required to complete a sample REPC and addenda. Course Number RC100510.
Technology and Real Estate ONLINE – $20
This class examines how technology has changed the real estate profession as well as how a real estate professional can use technology to increase their knowledge and the services they offer their clients. See what is available to you as a licensee through various real estate websites – consider the issues of privacy and security – imagine the future of technology in the real estate industry. This is a fascinating and informative course that offers two hours of elective CE credit. Course Number R100630.
Utah Law 7 – Forms ONLINE – $20
Approved for two hours of online CORE CE, this course makes a great companion class to Utah Law 6 – REPC. In Utah Law 7 – Forms, including common addendums and disclosures, are covered, with detailed information on filling out each blank on these forms. Course Number RC100305.
RELMS ONLINE – $15
This one-hour CORE CE course helps the student learn how to navigate the Utah Division of Real Estate’s website, www.realestate.utah.gov, including accessing important forms, reviewing statutes and rules, updating your personal information, changing from one company to another, and renewing your license online. Course Number RC100205.
RESPA/HUD-1 Course One ONLINE – $20
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act is a federal law governing residential real estate transactions in which a buyer is borrowing money to purchase the property. These types of transactions require the lender to provide the buyer with a good faith estimate of anticipated settlement costs and use a HUD-1 Settlement Statement to settle the transaction displaying actual costs, which must be within a range of the originally disclosed amounts. Timing deadlines may require the closing of a transaction be delayed. Learn about the impact of this federal law on your client’s transactions in this two-hour CORE CE course. Course Number RC100161.
12-hour CORE CE Utah Law package ONLINE – $100
Combine our Utah Law series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, all 2 – hour CORE CE classes. The classes can be taken in any time increments - sit down for twenty minutes at a time, then return later and resume where you left off, even if you are in the middle of the class. Unlike some school’s online courses, you can freely move forward and backward within the units of our courses – you’re not locked in and prevented from advancing and you can go back to something covered earlier without starting over. You’ll find our courses are very user-friendly.
Purchased separately, these courses total $120. When purchased in this package, you SAVE $20. These classes fulfill 12 of the 18 hours required for broker and agent license renewal.
Utah Law 1 – Utah License Law ONLINE – $20
This 2-hour online CORE CE course explores the laws surrounding the process of acquiring a real estate or broker’s license and maintaining that license once you have received it. Important updates in licensing law are covered in this course. Course Number RC090936.
Utah Law 4 – Complaints, Investigations and Enforcement ONLINE – $20
In this 2-hour online CORE CE course, the student will learn the process by which complaints are filed against a real estate licensee and investigated by the Utah Division of Real Estate. Actual cases are covered, so the student can review sanctions issued to licensees who did not abide by the real estate statutes and rules. Course Number RC091134.
Utah Law 5 – Other Real Estate Statutes ONLINE – $20
This 2-hour online CORE CE course covers additional real estate statutes, such as the Uniform Land Sales Practices Act, the Homestead Act, and the Condominium Act. Water issues are also discussed as well as probate and the Statute of Frauds. Course Number RC091238.
Utah Law 6 – REPC ONLINE – $20
This 2-hour CORE CE course walks the student through each paragraph of writing the current state-approved Real Estate Purchase Contract, explaining contractual implications of each sentence. A licensee candidate should feel comfortable to write a REPC upon completion of this course and an existing agent or broker may learn a few things they didn’t know or previously understand about the REPC. Course Number RC100129.
Utah Law 8 – New Construction ONLINE – $20
This online 2-hour CORE CE course goes through the Real Estate Purchase Contract for Residential Construction section by section, helping the agent learn how and when this form must be used to comply with state law.
