Post Licensure for New Agents

Effective January 1, 2004, all new real estate licensees must complete 30 hours of post licensing education prior to the first renewal of their license (2 years). Any new salesperson whose license was issued on or after July 1, 2008, must complete the 30 hours of PLE WITHIN ONE YEAR of issuance of a license by the Board. Agents have a choice of three practice tracks:

• Residential real estate
• Commercial real estate
• Property management

Note: Commercial & Property mgmt are still in development and are not offered yet.

Within each 30-hour curriculum, there are mandatory topics and elective topics. Once licensees select their practice tracks, they must complete the mandatory hours within that track. Elective hours may be taken in the same track or chosen from another practice track.

NVAR offers courses in the residential real estate track only. For details on the commercial and property management tracks, contact DPOR at www.state.va.us/dpor.

Residential Real Estate

Mandatory Topics - 15 hours (minimum of 3 hours in each section)
Agency Law
Fair Housing
Real Estate Law
Offer to Purchase
Ethics and Standards of Conduct/Current Industry Issues and Trends

Elective Topics - number of hours for each topic is specified below
Finance - 3 hours
Technology - 3 hours
Property Valuation/Listing Process - 3 hours
Business Planning - 2 hours
Selling Process - 3 hours
Land Use Issues - 1 hour

NVAR has developed a series of courses to assist new licensees in completing the 30-hour requirement.

Licenses expire every two years from the last day of the month in which it was issued as indicated on the license, except concurrent broker licenses, which expire on the same date as the original broker license. All active brokers and salespersons are required to complete a course or courses of not less than a total of sixteen classroom, correspondence, or other distance learning instruction hours during each licensing term.