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45-Hour DRE Continuing Education

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Welcome to DRE License Renewal CE, by firsttuesday
Education and Licensing Preamble
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  • These courses are homestudy correspondence courses;
    - California-specific content by Realty Publications, Inc., updated online monthly
  • All-inclusive pricing — materials, taxes, shipping, and everything included
  • All course materials are delivered in print, e-book, video or HTML
  • Online access is immediate - printed books arrive via USPS in 5-7 business days
  • Videos by firsttuesday bring the DRE-mandated topics to life — 2+ hours of viewing and
         learning
  • There is an additional charge to switch from one package topic to another after ordering
  • Course content is fully linked to RPI forms and provisions, for best comprehension
  • Have a question on content? Next day answer, via email
  • Print your Certificate of Completion on passing all courses
  • You have one year to complete the courses
  • You receive email reminders to complete before course expiration
  • 100% Money Back Guarantee during enrollment before any testing
  • Questions? See our 45-Hour CE Course Instructions
       - Or call us at 951.781.7300
STEP 1: Your course outline

Your 45-hour continuing education package is divided into 3 sections. Each section has its own quizzes and exam(s). To complete your 45 hours, follow your personalized course outline online.

STEP 2: Your minimum study time before taking exams

On enrollment, your course reading materials are immediately available online. You may complete your course in as little as 6 days, unless you are enrolled in the 45-hour online-timed course (104). You may test on no more than 15 credit hours of continuing education during a 24-hour period.

STEP 3: Take the quizzes

Quizzes are mandatory and available online immediately after enrollment. Quizzes are not timed and there is no minimum passing score. you have unlimited quiz attempts. Quizzes are taken online by clicking on "Take Quiz" link in your course outline. Feedback on your quiz performance and quiz answers are provided after you complete each quiz.

STEP 4: Take the final exams

Before reviewing any course material online, DRE requires you to acknowledge, under penalty of perjury, that you are the person enrolled, and you will be the only person to complete the course.

You must pass all exams with a score of 70% to receive 45 hours of continuing education credit. Exams are multiple choice and open book. The exam(s) for each section become available only after you've met the minimum study time and taken the quizzes for that section. You may only test on 15 hours of continuing education (one section) per 24-hour period. Sections must be completed in sequential order. The maximum time allowed per exam is equal to 1 minute per question. Exams are available online by clicking on the "Take Exam" link in your course outline. Online exams are graded instantly upon completion.

When you fail any exam, a backup exam is immediately available online. If you also fail the backup exam, the section automatically resets requiring you to repeat the study and exam process. For Sections 1, 2 and 3 resets, you retake the quizzes and wait the minimum study time before receiving 2 more attempts to pass the section exam.

Minimum study times for reset sections vary;

  • two days when you fail Section 1 or 2 exams;
  • four days when you fail both sections 1 and 2 exams; and
  • for Section 3, you wait 3 hours per failed exam.

You incur no charge for retakes on resets during your 1-year enrollment.

NOTICE: Students enrolled in 45 hour CE packages other than #203 and 702, have their scores for exams on Sections 1 and 2 averaged. When your averaged score is less than 70%, both Sections 1 and 2 reset.

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To start, click the method of study you want for your CE courses
 Printed book & e-book      e-book      Online-timed
  • The study method you select sets the prices given below
Now select one of our 45-hour CE packages
Compare packages — diversified topics, different study methods and pricing
Pkg # 901 Economic Trends in California Real Estate — Most Popular
Includes revelations about the 25 game-changing market factors pushing and pulling our California real estate market. Numerous charts vividly display critical data shaping tomorrow's real estate transactions, with narration about the insight you need to anticipate future action in our real estate market.
 Course Content
Pkg # 405 Tax Benefits of Ownership
Prepare for any discussion about taxes on any type of real estate transaction or ownership you might encounter—principal residence, business-use property and income producing property. Covers the brand new proposition 19 progressive tax scheme which significantly alters prop 13 benefits for parent-child property transfers and transfers of assessments to a replacement residence for homeowners aged 55 or more.
Available in the e-book format only
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Pkg # 603 Landlords, Tenants and Property Management
Studying this course will dramatically increase your competency in handling the legal aspects of both residential and commercial landlord-tenant relationships under California law. Best of all, the long-term and recession-proof occupation of income property management and leasing is a consistent moneymaker.
 Course Content
Pkg # 104 Real Estate Matters — Unique to California
A collection of today’s hot-button real estate issues currently affecting California real estate transactions. Topics include licensee conduct, conditions of purchase, buyer's contracts and contingencies, property management, real estate finance, current real estate economics, as well as controversial real estate myths obscuring California’s dynamic market today.
 Course Content
Pkg # 505 California Mortgage Lending — Consumer & Commercial
A manual on the best practices for originating, servicing and foreclosing on consumer and business mortgages under state and federal rules. Topics include licensing and management, consumer mortgage practice and reports, types of mortgages, consumer protection laws, servicing, default and foreclosure and private lender mortgages.
 Course Content
Pkg # 305 Income Property Brokerage — California Commercial
Learn how a commercial agent evaluates and arranges transactions on various income-producing properties for owner and investor clients. This book has vast scope in practice and offers compelling advice on leasing, property management, tax analysis and syndication.
 Course Content
Pkg # 802 Due Diligence and Disclosures
Discover how you can expand and even perfect your ability as a real estate agent to document disclosures by using the correct forms. Forms are presented as checklists to assist you in the preparation of listing and purchase agreements to help you better understand all the contractual aspects of a California real estate sales transaction.
 Course Content
Pkg # 203 Buying Homes in Foreclosure & Creating Carryback Financing
Discover how to prepare the proper documentation and advise investors on the purchase of seller-occupied, one-to-four unit residential property in foreclosure in California. Learn the financial benefits, risks, legal consequences and the deferred tax impact of carryback financing arrangements.
Available in the e-book format only
 Course Content
Pkg # 702 Forming Real Estate Syndicates & Creating Carryback Financing
Discover how to create investment groups and control large income properties structured as an LLC providing a liability shield for all participants. Learn the financial benefits, risks, legal consequences and the deferred tax impact of carryback financing arrangements.
Available in the e-book format only
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Select one 45hr CE Package
  • 45-hour CE package includes the mandated
  • - 18 O-AFTER hours comprising of Office    Management, Agency, Fair Housing,    Trust Funds, Ethics and Risk    Management, and
  • - 27 Hours of Consumer Protection

Select your reading method
  • Complete as soon as six days by selecting e-book and printed book or just e-book (no 45 hour timer)
  • Complete within 3 days by selecting online-timed e-book requiring 45 hours of reading
  • After enrolling, you may switch to a different course or upgrade from e-book to printed book for an additional fee of $17.50

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Greg D.
DRE Broker
on Package #901

The course was relevant to today's real estate market. It helped explain the practice and laws in real time.

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DRE Sales Agent
on Package #901

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DRE Broker
on Package #901

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on Package #405

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on Package #901

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