Continuing education is the term for required educational courses that must be taken within a certain time frame in order to renew a professional license.

You do if you want your license to remain active so that you can legally practice real estate. All 50 states require some form of continuing education for real estate license renewal.

The post licensing real estate requirements vary by state. One state may require a single elective course of your choosing while another requires three specific courses be taken.

There are also requirements for when real estate CE courses must be completed. Typically, required real estate CE classes must be finished before your license expires. However, you can’t push it to the exact date because the state licensing board will need to verify the course completion before renewing your license.

Continuing education (CE) is the general term used to describe post licensing real estate courses. In some states there are different types of real estate CE courses. For example, in Texas there’s Salesperson Apprentice Education (SAE). SAE courses are the hours that are required for agents who are renewing their license for the first time. Agents renewing after the first time are required to complete CE courses for each license renewal.

In terms of topical matter, there are a lot of different types of online CE real estate courses. Just be careful to check your state’s guidelines to make sure the course will count towards your CE requirement.