South Carolina Real Estate Continuing Education Courses
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South Carolina Real Estate Courses
2024-2026 South Carolina Core: Legal Hot Tips
This 4-hour 2024-2026 South Carolina Core-Legal Hot Topics course focuses on the following four topics as a means to set you on the right track for lawfully fulfilling your duties as a South Carolina real estate licensee: (1) Jurisdiction; (2) Transaction brokerage; (3) Funds, compensation, and trust money; and (4) Investigations.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
• Gain an understanding of the primary objectives and influencing role of the SC Real Estate Commission and the difference between the regulatory framework and enforcement authority of the SC Real Estate Commission, a REALTORS® Association, and the SCLLR’s Office of Investigations and Enforcement.
• Learn how to locate, identify, and describe the laws and regulations that govern SC real estate transactions and professional conduct, and demonstrate how to adhere to these laws and regulations in practical scenarios to prevent legal repercussions.
• Improve your understanding of how state law pertains to transaction brokerage and agency relationships and how to apply the law through common real estate scenarios, including knowing the legal requirements for offering customer services, requirements for transaction brokerage agreements, and the exact moment when you must stop treating buyers and sellers as customers and start treating them as clients.
• Learn essential requirements regarding compensation, including state disclosure laws regarding multiple commission sources and licensee purchases; and, compensation dos and don’ts specific to transaction delays, kickbacks, and other activities that can be construed as collusion.
• Gain a better understanding of the role and steps taken by the SCLLR’s Office of Investigations and Enforcement in handling complaints and enforcing licensee compliance with state laws and regulations.
BIC Duties and Responsibilities
2022-2024 South Carolina Core: Disclose, Disclose, Disclose!
The purpose of license law 40-57 is to protect the consumer when involved in a real estate transaction. In this chapter, we will look at parts of 40-57-135, which pertain to the disclosure of personal interests in real estate. You will learn about the duties you owe customers and clients, including the duty of disclosure. In particular, we will review when and how disclosure must be made if you have a personal interest in a property that you are buying, selling, or renting.
We will continue to review the disclosure laws from 40-57 that pertain to advertising. Another important disclosure that you need to make is regarding agency relationships. It’s important to understand the different types of agency and what they mean to customers versus clients. Not only do you need to have consumers sign a Disclosure of Brokerage Relationships form, but certain types of agency also require additional forms to be completed.
As a licensee, you have a responsibility to ensure that material facts are disclosed. According to SC statute, a seller must furnish to the buyer a written disclosure statement, and it may be delivered electronically through the Internet or other similar methods. It is important for you to understand what is considered a material fact and know your responsibilities when it comes to their disclosure.
There are many other disclosures that you must be aware of as a licensee. It is important to make sure that the parties to the transaction are aware of anything that could impact their decision to ratify the contract. This includes knowing when fees are being paid by multiple parties, multiple buyers in a transaction, or if a licensee wishes to purchase a company listing. Other disclosures that you should be aware of include environmental hazards and health risks. We will wrap up the course with a discussion about the disciplinary actio
Agency Law
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Review the history of agency law, common law and the development of the agency relationships
- Explore key elements of fiduciary responsibility
- Identify the different ways an agency relationship may be formed and terminated
Charting Your Success: The Code of Ethics, Buyer Representation, and Your Value Proposition
ABRIDGED DESCRIPTION:
Continuing education in ethics is a requirement for all real estate licensees and the NAR also requires its members to complete and approved ethics course every three years. The three-hour Charting Your Success: The Code of Ethics, Buyer Representation, and Your Value Proposition is designed to meet the continuing education in ethics curriculum requirements as well as the NAR Code of Ethics requirement. The chapters cover the purpose, structure, and applicability of the Code of Ethics with an in-depth look at Articles 1 and 3 against the backdrop of recent litigation aimed at the real estate industry’s cooperative compensation model. The course demonstrates how buyer representation and ethical practice are part of a licensee’s value proposition and provides perspective on how high ethical standards can be used when adapting to market changes. Case studies and examples help bring the content to life and help licensees apply ethics to their real estate practice.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- The purpose of the National Association of REALTORS®, and the overall structure of the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
- How the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice aligns with and yet differs from general business codes of conduct.
- Aspirational concepts contained within the Preamble to the Code of Ethics.
- The role of the professional standards enforcement process of NAR boards and association when an ethics complaint is lodged.
- An overview of Articles applying to duties to clients, customers, the public, and REALTORS® and their Standards of Practice.
- An in-depth look at Article 1, violations of Article 1, and its applicability to today’s real estate landscape.
- An in-depth look at Article 3, cooperation, possible violations of Article 3, and its applicability to today’s real estate market.
- A review of the ethics of buyer representation.
Cybersecurity: Protecting the Real Estate Transaction
Do you feel prepared for a cyber attack? This course will help you to identify scams and how cybercriminals gain access to organizations’ network systems with the intention of stealing data or holding files hostage. You will learn why real estate organizations are targeted, preventative measures to protect your data, and guidelines for establishing a cybersecurity policy manual.
Course Highlights
• Learn about types of cybersecurity attacks
• Understand why cybersecurity is necessary
• Explore why real estate organizations are targeted for cyber crimes
• Gain knowledge on how to prevent cyber attacks
• Learn how to establish a cybersecurity policy
Ethics in the Age of Disruption
This course was created and designed to train and instruct REALTORS® on the practical application of the REALTOR® Code of Ethics and fulfills the REALTOR® Triennial Ethics Requirement.
Every three years, the National Association of REALTORS® requires members to complete a REALTOR® Code of Ethics course in order to remain in good standing with their local, state, and national associations. Additionally, this course may potentially be approvable for REALTORS® who wish to fulfill Code of Ethics requirement from the National Association of REALTORS®. Check with your local REALTORS® association.
Fair Housing Laws and Compliance
Fair and equitable treatment in housing and real estate transactions is a right by law. This course covers information to ensure licensees comply with the federal Fair Housing Act, including protected classes, exemptions, prohibited conduct, and enforcement. The course is approved for two hours of continuing education.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
- Learn why fair housing laws are necessary by learning about the history of housing discrimination and its lasting impact.
- Review the laws that make housing discrimination illegal, and the actions prohibited and required by these laws in the business of real estate.
- Recognize the personal characteristics that federal law protects from discrimination in housing, and state and local government protections that may exceed federal protections.
- Gain an understanding of what steering is and strategies to avoid it.
- Recognize the danger in making assumptions based on stereotypes, and the importance of allowing consumers to choose which communities/neighborhoods they want to live in.
- Describe what reasonable accommodations and modifications for people with disabilities may be required by fair housing laws.
- Apply best practices in fair housing marketing and advertising.
- Use interventions to aid in the interruption of implicit biases so that consumers are treated with equal concern, respect, and fairness.
- Discover fair housing resources to assistance your clients.
From Contract to Closing: A Breakdown of the Real Estate Market
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Examine the components of a competitive market analysis
- Discuss the process of a transaction from offer to contract to closing
- Explore issues that can arise between contract and closing
Handling Multiple Offers
Helping Buyers Narrow in on Their Dream Home
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Learn techniques to help buyers prioritize their must-have list
- Explore how you can simplify the home-buying process for your clients
Helping Clients Understand Real Estate Financing
This course will cover a brief history of the mortgage industry and introduce the players. We will discuss financing, security instruments, and legal clauses commonly included in these instruments. We’ll look at various loan types, including government-backed mortgage programs and discuss mortgage fraud and predatory lending. Finally, we will examine the loan process, qualifying standards for borrowers, and mortgage laws.
Implicit Bias Awareness and Cultural Competency
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May the Code Be With You
This continuing education course addresses the specifics of the National Association of REALTORS® Code of Ethics and ethical practices and decision-making for real estate professionals. Additionally, this course may potentially be approvable for REALTORS® who wish to fulfill Code of Ethics requirement from the National Association of REALTORS®. Check with your local REALTORS® association.
Millennials Are Changing Real Estate: Are You Ready?
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Explore the Millennial generation and how they affect the real estate market
- Uncover their wants and fears when it comes to homeownership
- Learn strategies for recruiting Millennials to your brokerage
Nontraditional and Alternative Finance
Performing Quality BPOs
Property Condition Discovery and Disclosure Compliance
This course covers information to aid real estate licensees in better understanding how to comply with the laws the govern real estate property condition disclosure. This course covers the obligations of sellers, buyers, and agents in the discovery and disclosure of residential property conditions. Focus is given to requirements for making environmental hazard disclosures and handling stigmatized property disclosure exceptions.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
• Recall material facts and defects that require seller disclosure is most states.
• Describe the obligations of sellers and seller agents in providing property condition disclosures to potential buyers.
• Describe the obligations of buyer agents in ensuring clients understand the seller’s disclosure process and important steps in buyer due diligence.
• Learn about the health risks and disclosure requirements for potential internal and external environmental hazards.
• Review how to handle inquires and disclosure exceptions related to stigmatized property, HIV/AIDs exposure, and sex offenders.
• Read case information to learn how courts have ruled in different states and under different circumstance in handling complaints related to the property disclosure obligations and liabilities of individuals involved in a real estate sales transaction.
Real Estate Market Cycles and Trends
This course provides an overview of various forecasts and predictions made for the real estate market in 2023 and describes adaptive reuse and accessory dwelling units. Additionally, it provides a review of economic cycles and the economic theory of supply and demand, which is the backbone of real estate markets.
It is intended to enhance the knowledge and effectiveness of real estate licensees and is approved for 3 hours of continuing education.
Real Estate Taxes
Most people have questions about taxes in a real estatetransaction. It may not be apparent, but taxation is an indirect—yetimportant—factor affecting the value of property. In this course, we will seehow taxes impact buying and selling real property. As a student, use this unitfor general knowledge about real estate taxation; however, always refer yourclients and customers to an expert for their own tax information as well ascurrent tax laws.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
- Learn the tax-saving benefits of owning real estate.
- Differentiate the deductions and the capital gains exclusion for main and second homes
- Gain an understanding of 1031 exchanges.
Real Estate Trust Accounts
Take your understanding of real estate trust accounts to the next level.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Identify proper accounting, its impact, and accounting documentation
- Go inside federal, state and local trust fund rules and regulations
- Analyze links between real estate trust accounts and the dangers of commingling funds
- iPad compatible
Real Property Appraisals
An appraisal is an inevitable part of buying a home foranyone who needs a mortgage and, like it or not, it can make or break thetransaction. Real estate agents should understand the appraisal process. Eventhough you may prepare a competitive market analysis (CMA) for your clients,CMAs are not as detailed, nor do they serve the same purpose as an appraisal.This course provides a review of the sales comparison, cost, and income approachesin appraising real estate.
Service, Support and Companion Animals
Real estate licensees should have some familiarity with the laws that prohibit discrimination against persons who have a disability and their animals. This course covers how to comply with the anti-discriminatory provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act that protect persons with disabilities and their animals.
Taking the Distress Out of Distressed Properties
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