Salesperson Annual Education (SAE) Requirements

• For Those Applying On or After January 1, 2006

  A Salesperson is required to have completed a total of 18 semester (270 classroom) hours of education, at least 14 semester (210 classroom) hours of which must be in core real estate courses, by the end of their first year of licensure. On the chart below, one can see that 150 of those classroom hours in core real estate courses are to have been completed before the application for the Salesperson license is made (and may be filed along with the application). Please note that this means only 4 additional semester (60 classroom) hours in core real estate courses are required to be filed during the first year as a licensed Salesperson. These hours are known as SAE, or Salesperson Annual Education. These 60 additional classroom hours in core real estate for the SAE must be submitted and on the TREC system by the end of the first year of licensure.

  Accumulated Hours Required for Real Estate Salespersons Applying On or After January 1, 2006
  When	Core Classroom Hours	Max. Related or other Core Classroom hrs	Total Classroom Hours
  With Application	150 hours, as follows: 60 in Principles of Real Estate 30 in Law of Agency 30 in Law of Contracts 30 any other core real estate	60 hours	210 total hours
  Once licensed, the salesperson must then complete an additional 60 core real estate classroom hours during the first year of licensure, for the totals seen below:
  At 1st Renewal (end of 1st year)	210 hours	60 hours	270 total hours

  Note: Should the hours be completed PRIOR to the first renewal, the licensee will have satisfied the SAE requirements, and will then be under Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) requirements. Core credit will not be awarded for the same core courses taken within two years of each other.

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• For Those Who Applied Prior to January 1, 2006

  A Salesperson is required to complete a total of 18 semester hours (270 classroom hours) of education by the end of their third year of licensure. At least 14 semester hours (210 classroom hours) of the 270 classroom hours must be in core courses. This education is referred to as Salesperson Annual Education (SAE).

  At the end of the first year records must contain a minimum of 150 core classroom hours and 60 related, MCE or core classroom hours, totaling 210 classroom hours.
  At the end of the second year records must contain a minimum of 180 core classroom hours and 60 related, MCE or core classroom hours, totaling 240 classroom hours.
  At the end of the third year records must contain a minimum of 210 core classroom hours and 60 related, MCE or core classroom hours, totaling 270 classroom hours.
  

  When the SAE requirements have been met, the Salesperson will then be under Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) requirements. The Salesperson under MCE requirements will be required to submit 9 classroom hours of MCE electives; 3 classroom hours in TREC's required Legal Update course; and 3 classroom hours in TREC's required Ethics MCE course (totaling 15 MCE classroom hours).

  Accumulated Hours Required for Real Estate Salespersons Who Applied Prior to January 1, 2006
  Renewal Interval	Core Real Estate Hours	Max. Related or other Core Classroom hrs	Total Hours
  With Application	*120	60	180
  1st Renewal	150	60	210
  2nd Renewal	180	60	240
  3rd Renewal	210	60	270

  *Of the 120 hours, 60 hours must be in Principles of Real Estate and 30 hours each in Law of Agency and Law of Contracts. Core credit will not be awarded for the same core courses taken within two years of each other. Note: Should the hours be completed PRIOR to the third renewal, the licensee will have satisfied the SAE requirements
  

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