Recent DRE Changes to License Renewal Requirements for 2023
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LICENSING
Thinking about getting your real estate license? Start here and begin the process. Click on one of the options below and you’ll be on your way to a career in residential real estate sales.
LICENSE RENEWAL
All licensees due for renewal must complete 45 hours of continuing education and submit renewal applications to the Department of Real Estate. The DRE will accept renewal applications up to 90 days prior to required renewal dates.
EDUCATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS...
- Email CCAR Education Coordinator >
- Call Education Coord: (925) 295-9210
- Email CCAR Member Services >
- Call Member Svcs: (925) 295-1270
- CA Dept. of Real Estate >
LICENSE RENEWAL COURSE OPTIONS:
Select from a variety of license renewal course options. All 45-hour CEC license renewal options satisfy NAR ethics training requirement if completed during the current triennial cycle.
2023 UPDATED 45 FREE CE MEMBER BENEFITS
C.A.R.’s INTERACTIVE Fair Housing CE course and a new Implicit Bias are now part of the FREE 45 hour CE packages for licenses expiring in 2023 and beyond!
Please note that:
- Licensees with a renewal date of January 1, 2023, or later, are required to take both an Implicit Bias and an Interactive Fair Housing course as part of their 45 hours of CE.
- If the licensee has completed their 45 hours in 2022 with the former CE package and old coursework but their license isn’t required to be renewed until 2023, they will still be required to take these two new courses even if they already have taken the 45 required hours. Complete this form to add the new courses to your CE package.
- Anyone with a license expiring prior to January 1, 2023 will be required to take these courses if renewal documentation is submitted late – on or after January 1, 2023.
- Under SB 1495 this requirement has been postponed for applicants for new licenses or original broker licenses. The Implicit Bias training requirement has not been postponed for renewals on or after January 1, 2023.
Free 45-Hour Online Course
Take C.A.R.’s FREE online continuing education license renewal course. This self-paced 45-hour course is ideal for busy professionals who want to break up their course hours and avoid paying a fee.
3-Hour REVEI Crash Course $85
REVEI offers a three-hour license renewal crash course. The class covers all pertinent information included in the 45-hour course curriculum and prepares you for the online exams in each of the required subjects.
This time-saving class comes with a no-pass, no-pay guarantee. Your $85 fee includes correspondence study materials that can be used with the final online open-book exams.
CONTACT
CA Department of Real Estate
https://dre.ca.gov/
Mon – Fri | 8 am – 5 pm
[email protected]
1 (877) 373-4542
CCAR Membership Services
Mon – Fri | 9 am – 5 pm
[email protected]
(925) 295-1270
NAR Success Story – CCAR Uses Advocacy to Dissuade City Council
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DECEMBER 2022 – When the City of Hercules, CA threatened to establish a Real Estate Transfer Tax to help pay for services and maintenance, members of the Contra Costa Association of REALTORS® raised their voices in opposition. The REALTOR® Party’s Advocacy Everywhere program helped to get the message across.
Like many jurisdictions around the country, the City of Hercules, California, was searching for ways to shore up its funding for city services and maintenance. By becoming a Charter City, it would be able to establish a real estate transfer tax (RETT), which, on the surface, could generate the revenue it sought. But the local REALTORS® saw the danger in that plan and opposed it using the REALTOR® Party’s Advocacy Everywhere program – not once, not twice, but in a three-part Call For Action. The proposed tax failed, but the revenue is being raised through an increase in an existing user utility tax, which the REALTORS® supported: a win-win, all around.
Heather Schiffman, Government Affairs Director of the Contra Costa Association of REALTORS®, explains that the real estate transfer tax would have concentrated the burden of paying for programs and services that benefit the community at large on a relatively narrow base of property owners, including seniors and first-time homebuyers. “A lot of cities are attracted to the real estate transfer tax as a quick and easy revenue solution. The problem is, they think of it as a specific amount, when, in reality, the yield is too cyclical to reliably serve the General Fund. So, not only is it unfair, it doesn’t make good economic sense.” In terms of the real estate industry, she notes, ‘There’s no question that a real estate transfer tax would decrease the affordability of housing in Hercules by adding yet another cost to a growing list of expenses involved in the purchase or sale of a home. Making housing less accessible for teachers and first-responders is not going to be in the best interests of the community.”
Despite having commissioned polling that showed insufficient support for the charter city/RETT plan, the Hercules City Council was still eager to put it in the ballot. In response, the REALTORS® launched targeted Calls For Action prior to each of two hearings on the issue. “The system is so refined, allowing us to contact members who live in Hercules, though it’s only one of several cities we represent, with certain areas of overlap,” says Schiffman. “Our members were great about participating, and our board members went the extra mile by reaching out to brokers in their area.”
The third CFA, issued just prior to the vote to put the Charter City issue on the ballot, not only opposed it, but pointed the City Council toward a more fair and economically sound solution: increasing the user utility tax, in which the full community supports the General Fund through the communication, electric, and gas services it receives. This possibility had received favorable support in the City Council’s own polling, and in a unanimous vote, the council placed it on the November ballot for the citizens to decide; it passed handily, with nearly 70% of the vote.
“I can’t recommend Advocacy Everywhere enough,” says Schiffman, who, as a veteran GAD, has used it many times. “It’s so user-friendly, and Calls For Action are really the best way to get an advocacy message through to elected officials, when you need to show them you’ve got voters behind the message.”
To learn more about how the Contra Costa Association of REALTORS® is working to protect property owners from an unfair tax burden, contact Government Affairs Director Heather Schiffman at [email protected] or 925.295.9232.
District 5 Director Wright – Dec 2022
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December 2022
From the desk of:
Tyra Wright
DIRECTOR, DISTRICT 5 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected] | TEL: (510) 816-6754
Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,
Greetings from all of us at CCAR! We wish you a happy, healthy holiday season and send our very best wishes for a prosperous new year!
This month, we wanted to say a special THANKS to all of our dedicated volunteers who generously gifted their time and talents to our 2022 committees, programs and events. You are the lifeblood of this amazing Association! We also wanted to invite you to some important events and give you the opportunity to help us make one last push towards funding those charitable organizations closest to our hearts.
We hope you find these resources helpful. Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or if you’d like to chat: (510) 816-6754.
TOP NEWS:
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Kudos to All 2022 CCAR Volunteers!
Very special thanks go out to the generous and talented members who served on CCAR committees in 2022. You can also make a difference by sharing your talents!
| Join a 2023 committee > -
Did You Make the Donor List? CCAR Member HAF Donations Help Homeownership Wishes Come True
Every year CCAR members give generously to help Californians get into homes.
| View the donor list and find out how you can help, too > -
Give the Gift of Homeownership: Attend C.A.R.'s "STEPS Toward Homeownership" Webinar
Dec 14th | 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Learn everything you need to know to help educate want-to-be-homeowners about the many financing options available today.
| Register >
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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C.A.R. Legal Presents: New & Revised Forms Webinar DEC 13
1:30 - 2:30 pm | Get all the latest information about C.A.R. Forms
| Register > -
FREE Tony Robbins "Kick Off 2023 Strong" Webinar DEC 21
10:00 - 11:30 am | A live customized Peak Performance Strategy Workshop (via Zoom) for CCAR members
| Register > -
CCAR Inaugural & Annual Awards Celebration JAN 21
6:00 pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Dinner & Program | Honoring President David Schubb, the 2023 CCAR Board of Directors & Award Recipients | Blackhawk Auto Museum, Danville
| Purchase Tickets >
District 4 Director DSouza – Dec 2022
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December 2022
From the desk of:
Donna Souza
DIRECTOR, DISTRICT 4 LIAISON
EMAIL: [email protected] | TEL: (925) 818-8576
Dear Friend and Fellow-Member,
Greetings from all of us at CCAR! We wish you a happy, healthy holiday season and send our very best wishes for a prosperous new year!
This month, we wanted to say a special THANKS to all of our dedicated volunteers who generously gifted their time and talents to our 2022 committees, programs and events. You are the lifeblood of this amazing Association! We also wanted to invite you to some important events and give you the opportunity to help us make one last push towards funding those charitable organizations closest to our hearts.
We hope you find these resources helpful. Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions, or if you’d like to chat: (925) 818-8576.
TOP NEWS:
-
Kudos to All 2022 CCAR Volunteers!
Very special thanks go out to the generous and talented members who served on CCAR committees in 2022. You can also make a difference by sharing your talents!
| Join a 2023 committee > -
Did You Make the Donor List? CCAR Member HAF Donations Help Homeownership Wishes Come True
Every year CCAR members give generously to help Californians get into homes.
| View the donor list and find out how you can help, too > -
Give the Gift of Homeownership: Attend C.A.R.'s "STEPS Toward Homeownership" Webinar
Dec 14th | 10:00 am - 12:30 pm | Learn everything you need to know to help educate want-to-be-homeowners about the many financing options available today.
| Register >
UPCOMING EVENTS:
-
C.A.R. Legal Presents: New & Revised Forms Webinar DEC 13
1:30 - 2:30 pm | Get all the latest information about C.A.R. Forms
| Register > -
FREE Tony Robbins "Kick Off 2023 Strong" Webinar DEC 21
10:00 - 11:30 am | A live customized Peak Performance Strategy Workshop (via Zoom) for CCAR members
| Register > -
CCAR Inaugural & Annual Awards Celebration JAN 21
6:00 pm Cocktails, 7:00 pm Dinner & Program | Honoring President David Schubb, the 2023 CCAR Board of Directors & Award Recipients | Blackhawk Auto Museum, Danville
| Purchase Tickets >
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