Do Oregon Real Estate Professionals Need Continuing Education?

Whether you’re a real estate broker, principal broker, or property manager in the state of Oregon, you need to take some continuing education in order to renew your license. But you can’t take your education just anywhere and you need to make sure your hours cover specific topics. All told, it’s important to be aware of the requirements the Oregon Real Estate Agency lays out for their licensees.

We built this guide to give you a one-stop-shop for all of the information you need to complete the continuing education required to renew your real estate license in Oregon.

How much continuing education do I need to renew my Oregon real estate license?

Let’s look at the state’s continuing education requirements based on your specific license type:

Brokers

For your first renewal, you need to take:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 hours on broker advanced practices

In each successive renewal, you need to complete:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 additional continuing education hours

Principal brokers

For your first renewal, you need to take:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 hours on principal broker advanced practices

In each successive renewal, you need to complete:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 additional continuing education hours

Property managers

For your first renewal, you need to take:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 hours on property manager advanced practices

In each successive renewal, you need to complete:

A 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC)
27 additional continuing education hours

In short, you’re required to take 30 hours of continuing education in each renewal cycle. Fortunately, you can take these hours online at your convenience.

For the additional continuing education hours after you complete the license-specific advanced practices during your first renewal cycle, you have a broad choice of topics.

Don’t head just anywhere to take your hours, though. Make sure you take your continuing education from a provider that the state has approved. The state has a course provider lookup tool to help.

How do I report my continuing education to the state?

It’s not enough to finish the 30 hours you need. Oregon also has some specific requirements on how you report those hours and how long you maintain the relevant records.

Specifically, you’re required to:

Report your continuing education to the state
Keep your continuing education certificates of attendance for three years after your license renewal date

So how do you report your continuing education hours? To start, make sure you have the documentation you need on hand by getting a certificate of attendance from your education provider each time you finish hours.

Then, log in to your eLicense account. The state has issued a PDF guide — complete with step-by-step instructions and pictures — to walk you through the process of inputting your continuing education hours. You can enter your hours as soon as you complete them; there’s no need to wait until your license renewal month.

Once you enter your hours, file your certificate of attendance somewhere safe. Again, you’re required to keep that for three years after your license renewal date.

Long story short, yes, Oregon real estate professionals do need continuing education. Make sure you take your 30 hours from an approved provider on the right topics so this requirement doesn’t get in the way of your renewal.