Salesperson Apprentice Education (SAE) Requirements

• For Those Applying On or After September 1, 2012

  A Salesperson is required to have completed a total of 18 semester (270 classroom) hours of education, by the end of their second year of licensure. On the chart below, one can see that 180 of those classroom hours in core real estate courses must be completed within 1yr of the Salespersons application filing date. Please note that this means only 6 additional semester (90 classroom) hours in core real estate courses are required to be filed during the term of the license as a licensed Salesperson. These hours are known as SAE, or Salesperson Apprentice Education. These 90 additional classroom hours in core real estate for the SAE must be submitted and on the TREC system by the end of the second year of licensure.

  Accumulated Hours Required for Real Estate Salespersons Applying On or After September 1, 2012
  Required Within 1yr of Filing the Application	Core Classroom Hours 180 hours, as follows: 60 in Principles of Real Estate 30 in Law of Agency 30 in Law of Contracts 30 in Real Estate Finance 30 in Promulgated Contract Forms		180 Total Classroom
  Once licensed, the salesperson must then complete an additional 90 core real estate classroom hours during the term of the license, for the totals seen below:
  At 1st Renewal (end of 2nd year)	180 hours	90 hours	270 total hours

  Note: Should all 270 hours be completed at the time the application is submitted, the licensee will have satisfied the SAE requirements and MCE hours will not be required for their first renewal. Core credit will not be awarded for the same core courses taken within two years of each other.

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 Apprentice 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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