Washington Post-Licensing COURSE
WA Post-Licensing: Real Estate Law
$149.00
30 Total hours
0 Elective hours
30 Mandatory hours
Newly licensed brokers in Washington are required to complete 90 hours of coursework before their first active renewal: 30 hours of advanced practices, 30 hours of real estate law, 27 hours of approved continuing education courses, and a three-hour core course.
This course fulfills the state's requirement for 30 hours of real estate law, and it’s divided into eight modules:
- Introduction to Washington Real Estate Law
- Licensing Law
- Agency Law in Washington
- Contracts
- Torts
- Practices and the Law
- Legal Environment
- Current Topics
Course highlights include:
- Specific roles of the real estate broker, designated broker, managing broker, and firm in the context of a real estate transaction
- Ethical, legal, and regulatory considerations in the practice of real estate
- Various agency situations described under RCW 18.86
- State agency law applications
- Appropriate use of contracts in real estate
- Representation agreements, listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, and compensation agreements
- Tort claims, including negligence, fraud and fraudulent concealment, intentional interference, and the Consumer Protection Act
- The many ways law affects real estate practices
- Current topics, including flood zones, property inspections, and consumer privacy