Helping people achieve the American dream of home ownership is exciting and rewarding. Begin your career by obtaining your real estate salespersons license. Take the course online
FIRST LICENSE RENEWAL?
If this is your first license renewal, you will need to complete 30 hours of pre-approved post-licensing courses. This consists of 15 hours of required topics and 15 hours of electives. The 15 hours of required topics include three hours each of Fair Housing, Agency, Real Estate Law, Ethics and Offer to Purchase.
NOT YOUR FIRST LICENSE RENEWAL?
If this is NOT your first license renewal, you need to complete 16 hours of pre-approved continuing education courses. This consists of eight hours of required topics and 8 hours of real estate related electives. The eight hours of required topics include one hour each of Agency, Contracts and Legal Updates, two hours of Fair Housing, and three hours of Ethics.
Effective July 1, 2008, brokers will be required to complete 24 hours of continuing education courses consisting of the 16 hours listed above, plus eight additional hours of pre-approved Real Estate Management and Agent Supervision courses.
NOTICE: Some learning management systems trigger a completion notice when, in fact, you may not have met the requirements for your state.
Virginia requires you to meet seat time equal to the credit hours you will receive and pass a topic unit exam with a minimum of 75% or higher. Packaged courses which contain more than one credited course topic require a student to obtain seat time equal to the credit for that topic.
Example: a course which has three hours of Fair Housing and three hours of Agency credit requires a minimum seat time of three hours in each topic. In addition to the seat time requirement, Virginia requires the student to pass a topic/unit exam with a score of 75% or higher.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
For each course, you may either (1) take the course entirely online, (2) print course materials and take the exam online, or (3) take the course and exam through printed correspondence only. Materials may be purchased preprinted from Alpha College of Real Estate if you do not wish to print them on your own.
| 16-HOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION | |
This course fulfills the 16 hours of continuing education requirements for license renewal. It includes both the eight hours of required courses and eight hours of real estate-related elective courses. |
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| 8-HOUR REQUIRED CONTINUING EDUCATION | |
This course fulfills the eight hours of required topics out of the 16 hours of continuing education requirements for license renewal. Required topics include: agency, ethics, fair housing, contracts and legal updates. |
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| 8-HOUR REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & AGENT SUPERVISION | |
This course fulfills the eight additional hours of pre-approved real estate management and agent supervision courses required in addition to the 16 hours of required continuing education courses and topics OR four hours of elective credit for post-licensing. |
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POST-LICENSING
| ONLINE MANDATORY POST-LICENSING COURSES | ||
You can take all five of these three-hour courses to meet your 15-hour mandatory requirements, or take them individually to complete that portion of your requirement. |
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Agency |
COST: $20 | Register |
| Ethics | COST: $20 | Register |
| Fair Housing | COST: $20 | Register |
| Law | COST: $20 | Register |
| Offer to Purchase | COST: $20 | Register |
The courses below are all included in the above 8-Hour Required Continuing Education course. If you take that course, you do not need to take the ones listed below. If you already have a few hours of required education, you may take the ones below to fill in what you are missing. Some of the courses below also count towards post-licensing required credits.
| 3-HOUR AGENCY | |
This course fulfills three hours of required continuing education or post-licensing credit. |
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| 3-HOUR ETHICS | |
This course fulfills three hours of required continuing education or post-licensing credit and the National Association of REALTORS® Quadrennial Ethics training requirement. |
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| 3-HOUR FAIR HOUSING | |
This course fulfills three hours of required continuing education or post-licensing credit. |
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| 3-HOUR REAL ESTATE LAW | |
This course fulfills three hours of required continuing education or post-licensing credit. |
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| 1-HOUR CONTRACTS | |
This course fulfills one hour of required continuing education or post-licensing elective credit. |
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| 1-HOUR LEGAL UPDATES | |
This course fulfills one hour of required continuing education or post-licensing elective credit. |
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ELECTIVE CREDIT
| COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS | ||
This online course mixes in video from industry professionals to walk students through smart ways to prospect for clients while keeping in line with Virginia and national advertising regulations. This course is approved for 4 hours of related credit for continuing education, post-licensing, or broker management. |
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| COST: $30 | Register | |
| WRITING EFFECTIVE CONTRACTS VIDEO COURSE | ||
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| COST: $25 | Register | |
Lem Marshall, special legal counsel to the Virginia Association of REALTORS®, discusses common drafting concerns and strategies such as identifying the property, financing, property condition issues, contingencies, and unnecessary termination issues. This course fulfills two hours of required continuing education or post-licensing elective credit. | LEGAL UPDATES VIDEO COURSE | ||
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| COST: $25 | Register | |
| DEATH, DIVORCE & BANKRUPTCY VIDEO COURSE | ||
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| COST: $25 | Register | |
| SHORT SALES VIDEO COURSE | ||
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| COST: $25 | Register | |
| SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO COURSE | ||
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| COST: $25 | Register | |
This video lecture features Ben Martin, CAE, and Blake Hegeman, of the Virginia Association of REALTORS®, who will discuss social media, from its growth in importance to its potential risks for REALTORS®. Earn two hours of related continuing education credit or two hours of elective post licensing credit.
| 2-HOUR LIMITED SERVICE AGENCY | |
This course reviews the Virginia Real Estate Agency Law, including the addition of the Limited Service Representative requirements. It course fulfills two hours of related topics for continuing education or post-licensing credit. |
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If you have questions or comments regarding the course materials, please contact:
Alpha College of Real Estate
638 Independence Parkway, Suite 100
Chesapeake, VA 23320
Office: [757] 427-1740
Fax: [757] 430-4487
info@alphacollegeofrealestate.com