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.
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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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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VIDEO COURSES
| 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.ELECTIVE 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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| VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS - IT TAKES ENERGY TO SELL A HOME® | |
This course fulfills three hours of elective credit for continuing education or post licensing. It provides agents with the knowledge of home appliances, fuel cost comparisons, energy efficient home features and home improvements to enable them to educate homebuyers and assist them in their decision making process. |
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| REAL ESTATE TAX | ||
These courses fulfill four hours of real estate related electives for continuing education credit. |
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| Real Estate and Taxes | COST: $30 | Register |
| Understanding 1031 Tax Free Exchange | COST: $30 | Register |
| RISK MANAGEMENT | ||
These courses fulfill four hours of real estate related electives for continuing education or post licensing credit. |
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| Risk Management | COST: $30 | Register |
| The Truth About Mold | COST: $30 | Register |
| Environmental Issues | COST: $30 | Register |
| PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | ||
This course fulfills four hours of real estate related electives for continuing education credit. |
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| Property Management & Managing Risk | COST: $30 | Register |
| COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE | ||
This course fulfills four hours of real estate related electives for continuing education credit. |
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| Listing Properties | COST: $30 | Register |
| Understanding Investments | COST: $30 | Register |
| COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE - SMART MARKETING PROCEDURES |
This course fulfills eight hours of real estate related electives for continuing education credit. To register for this course, you must contact Alpha by phone or e-mail. Online registration is unavailable. COST: $30 |
POST LICENSING
| 15-HOUR MANDATORY RESIDENTIAL | ||
This course covers a strong base of topics, crucial to any new licensee's business, including fair housing, ethics, real estate law, agency law and offer to purchase. Course also available on CD. |
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| Online Course | COST: $80 | Register |
| LAND USE (1 credit hour) | ||
This course fulfills one hour of post licensing education. It discusses zoning ordinances as detailed in the code of Virginia, providing Virginia-specific information for property zoning. |
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| Online Course | COST: $15 | Register |
| PROPERTY VALUATION (3 credit hours) | ||
This course fulfills three hours of post licensing education. This course examines each of the basic principles of value, furnishing basic knowledge of core content for real estate education. |
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| Online Course | COST: $25 | Register |
| SELLING (3 credit hours) | ||
This course fulfills three hours of post licensing education. It provides comprehensive coverage of the selling process from qualifying the buyer to closing. Course also available on CD. |
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| Online Course | COST: $25 | Register |
| FINANCING PROPERTIES (3 credit hours) | ||
This course fulfills three hours of post licensing education. It provides comprehensive coverage concerning qualifying buyers, mortgage programs, loan application and mortgage insurance. Course also available on CD. |
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| Online Course | COST: $25 | Register |
| BUSINESS PLANNING (2 credit hours) | ||
This course fulfills three hours of post licensing education. It provides comprehensive coverage concerning qualifying buyers, mortgage programs, loan application and mortgage insurance. Course also available on CD. |
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| Online Course | COST: $20 | Register |
| TECHNOLOGY ISSUES (3 credit hours) | ||
This course fulfills three hours of post licensing education. This course also identifies several types of computer software specially designed to help real estate practitioners serve their customers more effectively, enhancing student knowledge of industry-specific support and tools. Course also available on CD. |
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| Online Course | COST: $25 | Register |
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