Comments on: Mandatory CE courses required for new licensees http://www.parjustlisted.com/archives/2017#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Your source for real estate news from the PA Association of Realtors® Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adrienne Nichols, M.Ed., RCE, e-PRO http://www.parjustlisted.com/archives/2017/comment-page-1#comment-174 Adrienne Nichols, M.Ed., RCE, e-PRO Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:15:47 +0000 http://www.parjustlisted.com/?p=2017#comment-174 Lisa has a good point but the blog is suggesting that new licensee members of REALTOR® associations should contact their local Associations for additional information as their first step. If their local Association is offering a “newbie” course (either through their own school or a partnership with another entity), the Local will know if the course was approved for new licensees. Even if the Local Association isn’t offering the course, the Local may also know more about the school or course in question or may offer other suggestions to the new licensee/member as to who to contact to determine applicability (including the State Real Estate Commission). As noted in the blog, there is no consistency in the way these courses for new licensees are named and it is definitely confusing. Lisa has a good point but the blog is suggesting that new licensee members of REALTOR® associations should contact their local Associations for additional information as their first step. If their local Association is offering a “newbie” course (either through their own school or a partnership with another entity), the Local will know if the course was approved for new licensees. Even if the Local Association isn’t offering the course, the Local may also know more about the school or course in question or may offer other suggestions to the new licensee/member as to who to contact to determine applicability (including the State Real Estate Commission). As noted in the blog, there is no consistency in the way these courses for new licensees are named and it is definitely confusing.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.parjustlisted.com/archives/2017/comment-page-1#comment-166 Lisa Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:57:35 +0000 http://www.parjustlisted.com/?p=2017#comment-166 ???? When in doubt, contact your local association to determine whether the course has been approved for new licensees. I would say they should contact the RE COMMISSION for verification, how would an association who doesn't have their own school know if a particular class was approved or not? My reason for questioning you, is there are many schools out there. We here at BCAR are fortunate enough to be contracted with a outside school and have such classes and they are approved. But there are at least a half a dozen schools in our area and we would not know what is or is not approved. And could potentially be swamped with such calls. ???? When in doubt, contact your local association to determine whether the course has been approved for new licensees.

I would say they should contact the RE COMMISSION for verification, how would an association who doesn’t have their own school know if a particular class was approved or not?
My reason for questioning you, is there are many schools out there.
We here at BCAR are fortunate enough to be contracted with a outside school and have such classes and they are approved. But there are at least a half a dozen schools in our area and we would not know what is or is not approved. And could potentially be swamped with such calls.

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