Fair Share: Protecting California Consumers and Your Business from Unfair Practices
Real estate professionals wear many hats: expert communicator, attentive listener, trustworthy confidant, obedient servant, loyal advocate, and knowledgeable educator, to name just a few. To juggle these roles effectively—and within the lines of the law—licensees must remain informed. Real estate professionals are in a position to provide an invaluable level of consumer protection as they support consumers through their real estate transactions.
This course explores licensees' role as advocate and educator, and how they can protect consumers and their business from the threats of antitrust and fair housing violations and predatory lending. We'll start by looking at what federal protections are in place to combat these unfair practices, then identify state-specific legislation. We'll also provide the steps you can proactively take to protect the consumers you work with day in and day out and the business you've worked so hard to create.
Course highlights include:
- Federal and state antitrust laws and violations
- Avoiding antitrust violations and protecting consumers from them
- Antitrust complaint process and penalties
- Federal and state fair housing laws and violations
- Redlining, blockbusting, and steering
- Buyer love letters
- Fair housing complaint process and penalties
- Predatory lending
- Truth in Lending Act
- Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act
- Protecting consumers from predatory lending
- Reporting predatory lending
State Requirements For California
California State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: Every four years
Hours Required: 45 hours
For subsequent renewals, all real estate brokers and salespersons must complete 45 clock hours of DRE-approved continuing education consisting of:
- One nine-hour CE survey course that covers the seven mandatory subjects: ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision, fair housing and implicit bias training OR licensees can choose to take individual courses in all of those mandatory subjects;
- A minimum of 18 hours of CE courses in the category of consumer protection; and
- The remaining clock hours to complete the 45 hours of continuing education may be related to either consumer service or consumer protection courses.
California Department of Real Estate
Street Address: 651 Bannon Street, Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95811
Telephone: 877-373-4542
Contact California Dept. of Real Estate
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