Spokane REALTORS®
HELPFUL INFORMATION ON REQUIRED CLASSES

Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate

The Washington State Real Estate Commission and Department of Licensing require the completion of 3 clock hours of prescribed class. The 3 mandatory Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate must be included in the 30 clock hours required for active licensees. It is important that the course you are taking states that it is the Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate as no other course counts as this course. (NO, the Code of Ethics course is not the same). The SR offers this course, along with Washington REALTORS® www.warealtor.com or any of the online real estate schools. Remember, you must take this class every 2 years for your license renewal. We are now in the 2024-2025 two-year cycle.

Washington Real Estate Fair Housing  

If you haven’t taken the initial 6-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing Course, you must take it first before your first renewal after June 2023. Once you’ve taken the initial 6-hour course, you must take the 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course each time you renew.

NAR’s Code of Ethics

During the 1999 National Convention of the National Association of REALTORS®, the Board of Directors approved Mandatory Quadrennial Code of Ethics Training for Existing Members, which provides that REALTORS® are required to complete quadrennial (every three years) ethics training.

The NAR Code of Ethics Class offered at the SR is a 3-hour class called “Code of Ethics – Ethics at Work”. This 8th cycle is from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027. Your membership will be suspended until the class is completed, if this requirement is not met.

• Please note for NEW agents, within 3 months of joining SR, must take a Code of Ethics class.

Filing System for Certificates

PLEASE NOTE: We recommend setting up some sort of filling system to keep all your class certificates together in one place. A simple 2 pocket folder will do or something more elaborate will work fine too. DOL will send you a renewal form about 30 days prior to your renewal with instructions on how to renew your license online with the required number of clock hours. You will be ahead of the game by having that folder to refer to that has all your class certificates right there in one place so you can be sure of how many hours you have completed. A filing system to begin with will make your life much easier when it’s time to renew your license.

Keep all your certificates for 5 years at least in case you are to be audited by DOL.

Register for SR classes https://portal.spokanerealtors.com/home

For a complete list of elective classes being offered through-out the state, please visit www.warealtor.com/education  You may take online classes there as well. Call Washington REALTOR® for further questions regarding any of their classes at (800) 748-7053.

If you have any questions, please call Tami Peterson 509-326-9222 at the SR.