(3/4/25 CE ) Legal Hot Topics

Description

This is the mandatory course that, with minor exceptions, is required before 2025 or 2026 renewals.

South Carolina has established laws and regulations with the intention of protecting consumers in real estate transactions. This protection results from the minimum professional standards for real estate licensees that are specified by state laws and regulations. The content selection and subject matter outline for this course were created by the South Carolina Real Estate Commission’s Education Committee. The topics chosen were selected because they’re areas of license law and practice that pose issues for real estate licensees in South Carolina.

This course aims to improve a licensee’s ability to serve clients and protect and promote the public. As a South Carolina licensee, you do your part to protect consumers by complying with license law and upholding high standards within the profession. In this course, you’ll take a walk through the law, learning to navigate as you go.

Course highlights include:

• The jurisdiction of the South Carolina Real Estate Commission
• Role of South Carolina REALTORS®
• Transaction Brokerage
• Transaction Brokerage Agreements
• Compensation and Transaction Brokerage
• Commingling, Conversion, and Trust Monies
• Earnest Money
• Due Diligence Fee
• Disputes Between Buyers and Sellers
• The Office of Investigation and Enforcement
• Complaints against licensees
• Disciplinary hearings
• Case studies to review actual issues in SC real estate practice