Fair Share: Protecting Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices
Real estate professionals wear many hats: expert communicator, attentive listener, trustworthy confidant, obedient servant, loyal advocate, and knowledgeable educator, to name just a few. To juggle these roles effectively—and within the lines of the law—licensees must remain informed. Real estate professionals are in a position to provide an invaluable level of consumer protection as they support consumers through their real estate transactions.
This course explores licensees' role as advocate and educator, and how they can protect consumers and their business from the threats of antitrust and fair housing violations and predatory lending. We'll start by looking at what federal protections are in place to combat these unfair practices. We'll also provide the steps you can proactively take to protect the consumers you work with day in and day out and the business you've worked so hard to create.
Course highlights include:
- Federal antitrust laws and violations
- Avoiding antitrust violations and protecting consumers from them
- Antitrust complaint process and penalties
- Federal fair housing laws and violations
- Redlining, blockbusting, and steering
- Buyer love letters
- Fair housing complaint process and penalties
- Predatory lending
- Truth in Lending Act
- Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
- Protecting consumers from predatory lending
- Reporting predatory lending
State Requirements For Washington
Washington State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: Every two years
Hours Required: 30 hours
Renewal for Brokers:
First Renewal:
- 30-hour Advanced Practices Course
- 30-hour Real Estate Law Course
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 6-hour Wasington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- 21 hours of other approved continuing education
You must start these hours after the date you're first licensed. If you haven't taken the initial 6-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course, you must take it first.
- Once you've taken the initial 6-hour course, you must take the 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course each time you renew.
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- At least 27 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
Inactive renewals
- No Continuing Education required to renew an inactive license.
- If you want to activate your license, you may need to meet the education requirements for an active license.
Renewal for Managing Brokers:
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3–hour Core Course
- 3-hour Fair Housing Course
- At least 24 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
- The hours must be started after the date of first licensure as a managing broker.
Washington State Department of Licensing
Street Address: 2000 Fourth Avenue West, Olympia, WA 98502
Mailing Address (Forms with no payments): P.O. Box 9021, Olympia, WA 98507-9021
Mailing Address (Forms with payments): P.O. Box 3917, Seattle, WA 98124-3917
Telephone: 360.664.6488
Fax: 360.586.0998