DRE wants to remind licensees about the important California laws intended to address housing discrimination. Must be important because DRE has issued only one other alert in the past 19 months. The laws that they are addressing include the Unruh Civil Rights Act, FEHA, and Holden. They also reference Commissioner’s Regulation 2780, panic selling and […]
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Want To Renew A License? (Best renewal courses in California)
Renewal Requirements RE SALES AND BROKER: Complete 45 hours of CE Details Here NOTARY: Complete 3 hours of CE Details Here If you have any questions, comments, recommendations, complaints, or just want to talk, call 800-439-4909, or email [email protected].
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Requirements MLO: Complete a 20 Hour NMLS approved Mortgage Lending Course and pass a 125 question exam. Details HereREAL ESTATE SALES: Complete 3 college levels courses and pass a 150 question exam. Details Here REAL ESTATE BROKER: Complete 3 more college […]
New DRE 45-Hr CE Course
Senate Bill 263 Since 1978 Real Estate Licensees must complete 45 Hours of Continuing Education to renew their four year licenses. After a few years the DRE started to require specific classes to be part of the 45 hours. To date there are six three hour classes that must be finished by each student. The […]
Homestead Expanded to $600,000 on Jan 1, 2021
Assembly Bill 1885 Assembly Bill 1885 expanded the homestead equity protection limits in California from the previous amounts of $75,000 to $175,000. The new increases should likely prevent more homeowners from losing their homes to bankruptcy. High-cost LA and Orange County, for example, will fall into the equity cap of $600,000 while Riverside County will […]
The Misunderstood 70/30 DRE CE Regulation
Exemption Particulars Many years ago the California Association of Realtors prevailed on the State legislators to pass an exemption to the regulation requiring real estate licensees renewing a license to complete 45 hours of Continuing Education. This regulation is still in effect today. The exemption: California Business & Professions Code 10170.8 states that the provisions […]
Name Changes Again For State Agencies
DBO to DFPI On July 13, 2013 the Department of Corporations’ name was changed to the Department of Business Oversight and the Department of Real Estate was changed to the Bureau of Real Estate. On July 1, 2018 the name of the Bureau of Real Estate was changed back to the Department of Real Estate. […]
PAC 12 Basketball Rises From the Ashes
Elite Eight Our local conference had four teams in the ELITE EIGHT. Unbelievable. And UCLA is still playing as I write this. Also, in the ELITE EIGHT there was only one school located east of the Mississippi. In the last NCAA Tourney the Pac 12 had one team in the Sweet Sixteen and none in […]
Academy Award Update
Best Movies The Academy awards ceremony is coming up. April 25th to be exact. Less than a month and there are eight best movies this year. So time is a wasting. It takes time to track down where you can see them for free. The Academy is allowed to nominate ten but this year they […]