To enroll for your continuing education program, just click the real estate continuing education link under the Enroll in Courses tab on our home page. Choose North Carolina from the drop down list, then wait for the North Carolina real estate continuing education course catalog comes up. Read through the summary and reminders on the page then scroll down to view the courses.

The North Carolina Real Estate Commission requires students to complete eight hours of CE credits yearly so that they’d be allowed to renew their licenses on active status. Unlike some states which require salespersons and brokers to renew their licenses every odd or even year, the North Carolina real estate commission imposes an entirely different set of requirements on its members.

Four credit hours of the CE should be dedicated to the mandatory course prescribed by the commission. The commission changes this course yearly. The rest of the CE credit hours can be used by the student on an elective course that the Commission approves.

For the uninformed, the continuing education course choices include the topics of Environmental Hazards; Liens, Taxes and Foreclosures; Tax Favorable Real Estate Transactions; Fair Housing; Tax – Favorable Real Estate Transactions.

A huge volume of real estate professionals cram before the June 30^th deadline and often try to take their CE courses in May and early June. Take note that it is crucial for real estate professionals to take their courses before the blackout period of June 11^th to June 30^th, otherwise the commission will render your credits invalid. There’s no reason to put off pursuing your CE units anyway as our self-paced program allows you to take your lessons in your most convenient time and place.

One final reminder: don’t leave your license expired for six months as the Commission would automatically assume that you’ve never been licensed before and may require you to retake some of the training programs and licensing exam which you’ve accomplished in the past. Make sure to renew your license before June 30^th, 2013.