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Silver Package

21-Hr. ME CE Package (for renewals on or after 4/1/23)

Silver Package

  • Core Course for Brokers and Associate Brokers - 4 (3 core hours)
  • Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges (3 elective hours)
  • Using the Code to Solve Ethical Dilemmas (3 elective hours)**
  • First-Time Homebuyers: A Niche to Grow On (3 elective hours)
  • Sex and Real Estate: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, and Fair Housing (3 elective hours)
  • Current Issues: Cooperation, Negotiation, iBuyers, and Disaster
  • Preparedness (3 elective hours)
  • Property Inspection Issues (3 elective hours)
  • This package does not contain the core course for a Designated Broker.

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$821

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Bronze Package

21-Hr. ME Broker & Associate Broker CE Package with Ethics course (on or after 4/1/23)

Bronze Package

  • Maine Buyer Relationships Core Course (3 core hours)
  • Using the Code to Solve Ethical Dilemmas (3 elective hours)*
  • Preparing a Market Analysis (3 elective hours)
  • First-Time Homebuyers: A
  • Niche to Grow On (3 elective hours)
  • Property Inspection Issues (3 elective hours)
  • Second Home Ownership:
  • Trends, Options, and Opportunities (3 elective hours)
  • Sex and Real Estate: Sexual Harassment, Sexual
  • Discrimination, and Fair Housing (3 elective hours)

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$821

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ME Salesperson Real Estate Licensing Package

Here’s a glimpse of what you get with our Salesperson License Package

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TWENTYONE MEREC APPROVED COURSES

This package includes all 21 hours required for your broker and associate broker active license renewal on or after 4/1/2023.

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MULTIPLE TRAINING DELIVERY METHODS

We understand the need for convenience, ease and flexibility. You can choose from any of the delivery method; In-person Classes, Virtual Classroom, Online Self-paced, and Online Interactive to fit your learning style.

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PASSING EXAM IN THE FIRST ATTEMPT

Fortune Academy has the highest pass rates in the state for last several decades. We assure passing your class and state exam in the first attempt or you get your money back - guaranteed.

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24/7 EXPERT CONNECT

You can connect with a Real Estate guru at any time to ask any question or seek help with your training program. We are available 24/7 via phone, email and chat to provide support for your career success.

Individual Real Estate Courses for ME Continuing Education

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21-Hr. ME CE Package (for renewals on or after 4/1/23)

GREAT VALUE!   This package includes all 21 hours required for your broker and associate broker active license renewal on or after...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Core Course for Brokers and Associate Brokers - 4 (3 core hours)
  • Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges (3 elective hours)
  • Using the Code to Solve Ethical Dilemmas (3 elective hours)**
  • First-Time Homebuyers: A Niche to Grow On (3 elective hours)
  • Sex and Real Estate: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, and Fair Housing (3 elective hours)
  • Current Issues: Cooperation, Negotiation, iBuyers, and Disaster
  • Preparedness (3 elective hours)
  • Property Inspection Issues (3 elective hours)
  • This package does not contain the core course for a Designated Broker.
  • 21 Credit Hours
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Maine Buyer Relationships Core Course

Would it surprise you to learn that the Maine Real Estate Commission can trace the source of most complaints to communication...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Elements of effective communication
  • Analysis of text messaging and how to do it better
  • Agency, communication, and liability
  • Records requirements for electronic communication and brokerage documents
  • Working together in groups, with mentors, and in competitive cooperation
  • Interactive activities and scenarios to help you apply what you learn to your real estate practice
  • 3 Credit Hours
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A Brief Introduction to Real Estate Finance

If a buyer who's not paying cash can't obtain financing, the transaction will fail. To provide the best service to consumers,it helps to have...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Key players in financing
  • The loan application package and process
  • Consumer options for loan packages and types
  • The government’s role in real estate financing
  • Loan terminology
  • Activities and scenarios to reinforce key concepts
  • Elements of effective communication
  • Analysis of text messaging and how to do it better
  • Agency, communication, and liability
  • Records requirements for electronic communication and brokerage documents
  • Working together in groups, with mentors, and in competitive cooperation
  • Interactive activities and scenarios to help you apply what you learn to your real estate practice
  • 2 Credit Hours
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Assistance Animals And Fair Housing

Must a property manager accept a tenant's emotional support animal, and under what conditions? What proof can a property manager or landlord...

Topics Covered Include:

  • The evolving fair housing law
  • How the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act intersect--and don't
  • Types of assistance animals
  • How to handle reasonable requests for accommodation
  • Case studies and legal trends
  • Examples and scenarios to help apply course content to real life
  • 4 Credit Hours
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Current Issues: Cooperation, Negotiation, iBuyers, and Disaster Preparedness

Real estate is a dynamic industry, and that’s one of the reasons it’s an enjoyable, challenging, and interesting career. The industry is...

Topics Covered Include:

  • The new NAR policy, MLS Statement 8.0, more commonly known as the Clear Cooperation policy
  • Transparent cooperation and what that means for licensees
  • New MLS requirements related to the Clear Cooperation policy
  • Issues with limited exposure marketing practices
  • Basic methods of the iBuying transaction system
  • How licensees can make iBuying work for their clients
  • Methods to plan and prepare for successful negotiations
  • Strategies for conducting win-win negotiations
  • Best practices for buying and selling in natural disaster risk zones
  • Disaster planning to protect licensees’ businesses
  • 2 Credit Hours
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Did You Serve? Identifying Homebuying Advantages for Veterans

With more than 20 million veterans living in the U.S. today, real estate professionals can provide a valuable service to a strong client base by...

Topics Covered Include:

  • A glimpse into the military lifestyle, what it means to serve, and how best to communicate with those who served
  • Tools and techniques for informing veterans on the benefits available to them
  • VA home loan program benefits, qualifications, and process
  • Strategies for identifying appropriate home options for Veterans
  • Myths and misconceptions about VA loans
  • Activities and scenarios to reinforce key concepts
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Document Diligence: Safeguarding Your Transactions

A veteran broker once said, "No one ever failed in this business because of the paperwork." It's true: Real estate is a...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Typical transaction documents
  • Standard clauses, addenda, and contingencies
  • How to practice within the scope of your license (but avoid unauthorized practice of law)
  • How to field and manage multiple offers
  • Managing signatures, notarizations, and identification
  • Best practices in transaction management
  • Best practices in document retention
  • Keeping documents secure, both hard copy and digital Wire fraud prevention
  • 4 Credit Hours
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First-Time Homebuyers: A Niche to Grow On

Whether you want to develop a niche business working with first-time homebuyers or simply increaseyour overall knowledge so you can better help...

Topics Covered Include:

  • First-time homebuyer market stats
  • Pros and cons unique to working with this market
  • Housing affordability’s impact on new buyers
  • Targeted marketing approaches and conveying homeowner benefits
  • Providing value to first-time homebuyer clients
  • Walking clients through each step of the transaction
  • Financing, loans, offers, negotiations, and closing
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Personal Safety

Attacks on real estate professionals have made headlines at an alarmingly more frequent rate in recent years. After an incident where a licensee is...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Crime statistics and studies that challenge preconceived notions
  • Risk factors and vulnerabilities that unique to real estate professionals
  • Case studies to illustrate how criminals target their victims
  • How to develop a personal warning system and trust your instincts when something feels “off”
  • Activities and scenarios to provide real-world context for course content
  • 2 Credit Hours
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Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges

Chances are good that, if it hasn't happened yet, you will one day work on a transaction involves a property that’s part of a tax-deferred...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange definitions
  • Starker’s Exchange background and application
  • U.S. Internal Revenue Code requirements
  • IRS Safe Harbor Guidelines
  • Investor taxes advantages
  • Setting up an exchange
  • Selecting a Qualified Intermediary
  • Licensee role in a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange
  • The non-exchanger's role in a Section 1031 transaction
  • Delaware” Statutory Trusts
  • Reverse exchanges
  • Rare exemptions to exchange deadlines
  • 3 Credit Hours
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State-of-the-art Delivery Methods

Our instructor-led classes provide complete support and equip you with the right information for your license acquisition.

In-Person Learning

The best education option for students who prefer a traditional, in-person learning format where instructors and students share a learning environment.

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Virtual Learning

Learn Real Estate at a comfortable pace, in an online environment where you can access learning materials and examinations.

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NEW: Online Interactive Learning

Complete quizzes, submit assignments and learn from tenured Real Estate experts in an integrative online classroom experience.

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Online Self-Paced Learning

View on-demand video lessons from virtual Real Estate instructors and receive 24/7 email support for help completing assignments.

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Have questions regarding the ME real estate Salesperson course? We got you covered.

Yes, one needs to be 18-year-old or above as per the requirements of the SCREC

Ten (10) hours biennially if a ME resident licensee. 4 hours must be the core mandatory course and 6 hours must be electives. Brokers in Charge will have to take a mandatory BIC Responsibility 4-hour course in addition to the core course, and will only have to take 2 hours of electives. If you are a non-resident and licensed in your resident jurisdiction, you have to meet the CE requirements of your resident state. If you have 25 years of active licensed experience you may submit a request for Partial Continuing Education Exemption. If you meet the experience requirements based upon licensure in another jurisdiction, we will need you to obtain and submit certifications of licensure history. If you are active-duty military, you are exempt from CE while on active service

Our current courses are 100% self-paced and online. All course content is presented in a series of online screens with quizzes to determine mastery before moving to the next series.

If you are considering taking the state licensing exam, you can apply online by going to the PSI website and following the online prompts after registering for an account. Once your eligibility has been forwarded to PSI, you have received approval to schedule the state exam.

The Maine Real Estate Commission has contracted with PSI. PSI will provide examinations for real estate licensure through a network of computer exam centers. Registering online is recommended for the fastest and convenient exam-scheduling process. If you have any difficulties scheduling your exam, call the PSI help line at 855-340-3701.

A high school diploma (or certificate of equivalency) is necessary as per the requirements of the SCREC

SCREC recognizes the qualifications of non-resident licensees of other jurisdiction, however one must still must apply for and take the ME portion of the real estate examination (and if applying to become a broker, meet the 3 years actively licensed sales experience requirements). With your examination application, you will need to submit certification(s) of licensure from any jurisdiction(s) in which you have held licensure in the last 5 years. You must also have been licensed within 6 months prior to ME Application. Resident applicants with licenses in other jurisdictions who have been residents for more than 6 months cannot qualify to take the ME. examination with just a certification of licensure from another jurisdiction. The resident applicant will also need to take the following pre-licensing education:
For a Salesperson exam applicant
A SC resident (for more than 6 months) with a license in another jurisdiction who will have to take Unit II: Advanced Real Estate Principles class (30 hours)
For a Broker exam applicant
a SC resident (for more than 6 months) with a broker license in another jurisdiction will have to take Broker Unit IIIA and Broker Unit IIIB classes (60 hours) PDF Exam Application Link: https://llr.sc.gov/re/recpdf/doc231.pdf Online Applications Link: https://llr.sc.gov/re/Instructions.aspx

Courses are designed to help you pass your Maine licensing exam and prepare you for a career in real estate. Topics include local government regulations and agency relationships. Courses are inspired by real-life scenarios you'll face as a Salesperson in Maine.

All courses include an exam, which consists of 100 multiple-choice questions each. You must achieve a passing grade of 70% or more to receive your certificate of completion.

Yes, our agency requires that we receive and verify social security numbers through a copy of the social security card prior to issuing any license for any licensing Board.