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REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON CONTINUING EDUCATION

Licensing Renewal Steps, Courses and Package details with learning style options

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We have the most industry driven and market trusted courses, accredited by the RIREC!

RHODE ISLAND REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE PACKAGES

Silver Package

24-Hr. Rhode Island CE Package (with Ethics course)

Silver Package

  • Ethics at Work (3 core hours)*
  • Breaking Barriers: Fair Housing (3 core hours)
  • Sex and Real Estate: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, and Fair Housing (3 core hours)First-Time Homebuyers: A Niche to Grow On (3 elective hours)
  • Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges (3 elective hours)
  • Property Inspection Issues (3 elective hours)
  • Current Issues: Cooperation, Negotiation, iBuyers, and Disaster Preparedness (3 elective hours)
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate (3 elective hours)

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24-Hr. Rhode Island Real Estate Continuing Education Package

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

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RIREC APPROVED COURSES

There are two educational requirements of the Rhode Island Real Estate Commission, a 9-hr Core and a Elective of 15-hr course.

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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 RI CE

All of the individual courses listed below are required by the RIREC to get a state compliant license renewal. They can be purchased either separately or with the bundles listed above.

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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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Breaking Barriers: Fair Housing

On the heels of the 50-year anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, we review the evolution of fair housing law and look at new and proposed fair...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Recent case studies in fair housing violations
  • Regulatory changes relating to fair housing
  • How to ensure fair housing compliance in advertising
  • How sexual orientation and criminal record screening apply to fair housing
  • Two proposed additions to the list of seven federally protected classes
  • A deep look at the protected class most often named in fair housing complaints: disability, including how service animals, emotional support animals, hoarding, drug addiction, obesity, smoking, and alcoholism relate
  • A glimpse into the future of fair housing law
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Taxes and Real Estate: What You Need to Know

You aren't a tax advisor for your clients or customers, but having a solid understanding of property tax-related issues helps you provide a...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Recent tax changes
  • General tax sources and taxable income
  • Taxes as they apply to principal and secondary residences
  • Tax bracket changes and affordability
  • Point and fee deductions, interest deductions, and refinancing deductions
  • SALT caps
  • Transfer taxes and recording fees
  • Capital gains and losses, property repairs and capital improvements, and capital gain taxation rates and rules
  • Activities and scenarios to provide real-world context for course content
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Technology Tools, Trends, and Risk Management

Technology is a tool. Used wisely, it can free up time usually spent on mundane tasks to allow licensees to work at a higher (and higher touch) level...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Technology tools to enhance service to sellers, including drones, live streaming, single-property sites, and speaking photos; ways to minimize risks involved in their use
  • How to use technology to secure buyer representation agreements, assist buyers with financing qualifications, and pre-showing data to help them make informed purchasing and financing decisions
  • Technological advances in transaction management, including document sharing, electronic signatures, cloud storage, and photo, document, and email organization software, and identify risk management safeguards for online data storage and transaction management
  • Technology tools you can use now to provide enhanced client service, and emerging trends to watch for
  • 3 Credit Hours
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The Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate

The Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate covers the need-to-know information on a broad range of commercial topics.   If you're an...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Key terms and concepts of commercial real estate
  • How to identify and meet the needs of
  • commercial real estate clients
  • How commercial and residential sales differ
  • Valuation methods for real estate and businesses
  • Tips on gathering the demographic and location-related details that clients need to make well-informed decisions
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Working With Real Estate Investors: Understanding Investor Strategies

Unlike most owner-occupied homebuyers, real estate investors enter the market to make money. By learning about investor motivators and criteria,...

Topics Covered Include:

  • An overview of residential and commercial investment property types
  • Short- and long-term investment property acquisition strategies
  • Financial factors that influence investor decisions, including depreciation, 1031 tax exchanges, and cash flow
  • Financing options available to real estate investors, including conventional loans, commercial loans, and private money lenders
  • Tips for locating and marketing investment properties
  • Pros and cons of working with investor clients
  • Ethical duties when working with investor clients
  • Activities and scenarios to provide real-world context for course content
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Residential Property Management Essentials

For many real estate professionals, property management is a natural extension of their expertise. Whether you’re thinking about taking on your...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Property management contracts
  • Property types and evaluating factors
  • Tips for building a successful working relationship with property owners
  • Landlord and tenant obligations
  • Tips for screening and retaining tenants
  • Informal rental agreements and the risks involved
  • How to deal with delinquent tenants
  • Fair housing guidelines and exemptions
  • 3 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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Serving the Unique Needs of the Senior Market

Did you know that a report issued by Census.gov, An Aging Nation: The Older Population in the United States, notes that “In 2050, the...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Senior market stats in the U.S
  • Important financial and lifestyle considerations for older clients
  • Seniors and legal competence
  • Senior seller and property preparation for listing
  • Four significant considerations for older adult buyers
  • Potential snags and how to overcome them
  • Options in senior adult communities, both traditional and noteworthy
  • Housing programs for low-income seniors in Arizona
  • The senior market as a niche
  • 3 Credit Hours
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Keeping it Honest: Understanding Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud

Fraud has become a major issue in the industry. Lawbreakers use real estate as a vehicle to steal the life savings of unsuspecting homeowners and...

Topics Covered Include:

  • Fraud and its impact on the real estate industry
  • The newest and most prevalent types of fraudulent schemes
  • Red flag behaviors that suggest someone is engaging in fraud R
  • How to report fraudulent or suspected fraudulent activities to the proper authorities
  • Key government initiatives aimed at stopping fraud and protecting consumers
  • Activities and scenarios to provide real-world context for course content
  • 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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We are the pioneers of the real estate education space and fourth school in SC (SCREC School #004) We have been around since 1982 and have established ourselves as one of the pioneers in the Real Estate education space!

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We succeed when you do! If you do not get the license in your first attempt, we will refund 100% of the payment you made because we are certain that all our students clear in the first attempt.

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Exceptionally High Pass Rates

Through commitment and expertise, we make sure you pass on the first attempt. We have had the highest pass rates for the last several years.

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The tenured and experienced instructors at Fortune Academy are committed to providing students with the best possible education and are dedicated to helping them succeed. They go above and beyond in their efforts to ensure that every student is well-prepared for a successful career after graduation from our school.

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Have questions regarding the RI 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 RI 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 Rhode Island 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 RI 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 RI Application. Resident applicants with licenses in other jurisdictions who have been residents for more than 6 months cannot qualify to take the RI. 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island.

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.