Michigan Real Estate Continuing Education
Complete your continuing education to renew your Michigan real estate license today. All of our courses can be completed At Your Pace Online in order to help you maintain your license. Once you complete your class you will have an official certificate of completion available to print or save for your records.
We are an approved online prelicense education provider for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - Professional Licensing (Provider # 490), and are approved by CEMarketplace to offer continuing education.
MI 6 Hour Renewal Package
6h course
Get ready to enhance your real estate career with this six-hour package tailored for Michigan professionals. The first course, Record-Keeping, covers financial records, trust accounts, and double entry bookkeeping. It also explores rental agreements, agency agreements, and property management records. The second course, Real Estate Legal Updates 2023, provides crucial insights into the latest regulations, laws, and changes affecting Michigan's real estate landscape, including restrictive covenants, housing facilities acts, and disability signage. Once you're finished, you'll have completed six hours of training towards renewing your license, all at your own pace!
MI 18 Hour Renewal Package
18h course
Unlock your potential in Michigan's real estate industry with this comprehensive 18-hour package. Tailored for Michigan real estate professionals, it includes six essential courses covering record-keeping, legal updates from 2021 to 2023, real estate investment, and more. Quizzes throughout each course reinforce your learning. Once you're finished, you'll have completed 18 hours of training towards renewing your license, all at your own pace!
Michigan 12 Hour Real Estate Elective Course
12h course
This 12-hour course is designed to provide real estate brokers and salespersons in Michigan with a comprehensive education on a number of elective topics. This package explores such subjects as professional ethics, the creation, handling, and disposal of records, investment in real property, and the valuation and taxation of real estate.
MI 12 Hour Renewal Package
12h course
Enhance your real estate expertise with our comprehensive 12-hour package in Michigan. This bundle includes four essential courses: Record-Keeping (4 Hours), Real Estate Electives (4 Hours), Legal Updates 2022 (2 Hours), and Legal Updates 2023 (2 Hours). Delve into record-keeping practices, contract law, and recent legal developments. Quizzes throughout each course reinforce your learning. Once you're finished, you'll have completed 12 hours of training towards renewing your license, all at your own pace!
Michigan 4 Hour Elective Course A: Investment
4h course
This is a 4 hour course of elective training for real estate brokers and salespersons in Michigan. The primary focus of this course is investment in real property. This course will also talk about how property values are determined and the taxation of real estate.
Michigan 4 Hour Elective Course B: Professional Ethics
4h course
This 4 hour electives course is a discussion of ethics and ethical behavior. Real estate brokers and salespersons in Michigan who complete this course will gain training on such subjects as ethical concepts, the importance of ethics, and ethical duties.
Michigan 4 Hour Elective Course C: Record-keeping
4h course
This course of elective content contains 4 hours of education about records and recordkeeping. This course will provide real estate brokers and salespersons in Michigan with training on the creation, handling, and disposal of financial records, listing files, transaction records, and property management records.
Michigan 4 Hour Real Estate Electives
4h course
This 4 hour course will cover one year of elective Continuing Education credits for your Michigan Real Estate Broker and Salesperson license. The course includes instruction on Contract law, Errors and omissions, Integrated Mortgage Disclosures and Supervision and management techniques.
Michigan 2 Hour 2021 Law Class
2h course
This course is the annually required legal compliance class for Michigan Real Estate and fulfills 2 hours of the required 18 hours of continuing education for licensed brokers and salespersons. This course will cover various topics including new legislation regarding COVID-19, several court cases, and a variety of real estate best practices.
Michigan 2 Hour 2022 Law Class
2h course
This 2-hour legal update provides insights to recent developments in real estate-related laws, regulations, and court decisions. Critical subject matters covered include but are not limited to agent and client responsibilities for seller's disclosures, real estate commissions coming under the statute of frauds, and who receives any excess proceeds in a property auction, to name but a few. Sign up now for this continuing education course fulfilling your license renewal mandate.
Michigan Real Estate Legal Updates 2023
2h course
This 2-hour legal update provides insights to recent developments in real estate-related laws, regulations, and court decisions. Completing this course provides the two hours of legal updates required annually. Critical subject matters covered include but are not limited to discharge of prohibited restrictive covenants, county recording fees, Residential and Attainable Housing Facilities Acts, signage pertaining to persons with disabilities, principal residence exemptions, and the power of the “as is” and integration clauses to name but a few. Sign up today and get your renewal under way!
Michigan Real Estate License Renewal Dates and Continuing Education Requirements
Michigan Real Estate licensees must renew their license every three years from the date of issuance.
Effective January 1, 2022, licenses issued or renewed will only be sent electronically unless a paper copy of the license is requested during the application or renewal process.
To renew, you’re required to complete a total of 6 continuing education (CE) credit hours per year for a total of 18 hours during each three-year period. This requirement includes:
- 2 credit hours per year related to real estate law, rules, and court cases -- 6 hours per renewal cycle in total
- 4 credit hours per year in any subject about management, operation, and practice of real estate -- 12 hours per renewal cycle in total
If you were issued a new license or relicensed after 8/24/2020, you may need 12, or 18 total credits depending on the license expiration date indicated on your pocket card.
If you were issued a new license or relicensed 8/25/2020 and expire on 8/25/2022, then you need:
- 4 hours of legal credit
- 2 hours required each license cycle year between 8/25 - 8/25
- 8 additional credits that may be taken anytime between 8/25/2020 – 8/25/2022
- A total of at least 12 credits prior to renewal on 8/25/2022
If you were issued a new license or relicensed 8/25/2020 and expire on 8/25/2023, then you need:
- 6 hours of legal credit
- 2 hours required each license cycle year between 8/25 – 8/25
- 12 additional credits that may be taken anytime between 8/25/2020 – 8/25/2023
- A total of at least 18 credits prior to renewal on 8/25/2023
To keep your license in good standing, you can choose courses that fulfill these requirements from AYPORealEstate’s continuing education packages.
Information on Final Exams
You must pass a final exam for each course with a score of 75% or higher for CE credit hours to be accepted. You may retake the final exam as many times as necessary to receive a passing score.