Minnesota Real Estate Continuing Education
Complete your continuing education to renew your MN 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 finish your class you will have an official certificate of completion available and we will report your course completion to the commission for you automatically.
We are approved by the Minnesota Department of Commerce as an online CE provider.
11.25 Hour Applied Real Estate Ethics
11.25h course
This 11.25 hour package of educational content is designed to provide real estate professionals with an overview of important topics and concepts. This package covers topics such as the provisions of the National Association of REALTORS Code of Ethics, mathematics and real estate calculations, contracts, professional real estate activities, escrow, the closing process, and comparative market analyses.
2024-2025 Required Module: Risk Management and Minnesota License Procedures
3.75h course
This 3.75 hour long course meets core requirements for salespeople renewing between 7/1/24 and 6/30/25. This course is designed to provide real estate professionals in the state of Minnesota with training required to renew their license. This course will cover a number of topics including risk, disclosure requirements, contracts, negotiations, trust accounts, cancellation of contracts, and license application and maintenance procedures. At the end of the course, students will be required to complete a 20-question exam that is designed to promote comprehension and retention of the material.
Minnesota Farm Brokerage
3h course
This three-hour course is tailored for Minnesota real estate agents who work with rural properties. It provides critical knowledge in brokerage, contract management and valuation for farm and ranch transactions. Additional topics include zoning laws, water rights, environmental considerations and financing.
Minnesota 3 Hour Land Use Controls
3h course
This class will cover the major tenets of land-use control, starting with covenants, conditions, and restrictions, which are more commonly known as CC&Rs. You'll learn how zoning and master plans both influence development and protect property values and examine the purpose behind building codes and regulations and new-home warranties. Finally, we'll go over laws regulating Common Interest Communities.
MN NAR Code of Ethics Cycle 7 Update
3h course
Explore the articles of the National Association of REALTORS Code of Ethics in this three-hour course for Minnesota real estate agents and REALTORS. You will earn three hours of CEU in Ethics and Business Practices for course completion. You’ll come away with a full understanding of the code’s key elements and how they relate to your day-to-day responsibilities.
This course is approved by a local REALTOR association to satisfy your NAR Code of Ethics training requirement.
This course is approved for both state and NAR credit. NAR has extended Cycle 7 through February 28, 2025, so this course will fulfill the necessary requirements for NAR renewal until that date. This course will continue to provide credit for state renewal beyond February 28, 2025.
Minnesota Common Law of Agency (2.25 Hours)
2.25h course
This course will cover the common law of agency. It is a 2.25 hour course and is intended to meet and exceed the one hour of required education in Agency. The course will cover topics such as types of agency, the agency relationship, and different types of authority. Upon completion of the course your CE credits will be uploaded to Minnesota.
Minnesota 1 Hour Contract Law Basics Elective
1h course
This course will satisfy 1 hour of elective credits toward license renewal with this course on the basics of contract law.
Minnesota 1 Hour Financing Elective
1h course
This course will satisfy 1 hour of elective credits toward license renewal with this course on the sources and methods of financing.
Minnesota Fair Housing (1 Hour)
1h course
This 1 hour course covers fair housing topics, and is intended to meet the one hour of Minnesota required education in Fair Housing. The course will cover topics such as the history of fair housing, how it affects the real estate market, and executive orders that have had an impact on fair housing.
Minnesota Real Estate License Renewal Dates and Continuing Education Requirements
Your Minnesota real estate license expires every two years. Renewal applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on June 30 each renewal year.
To renew a real estate license, all agents must complete 15 hours of CE coursework annually for a total of 30 credit hours per biennial term. This CE requirement is due by June 15 of your renewal year and includes:
- 1 credit hour in fair housing
- 1 credit hour in agency law
- Required module training courses assigned by the Minnesota Department of Commerce which are subject to change each year
- Elective coursework credits, as necessary, to meet the 30-hour requirement
AYPORealEstate offers CE course packages that fulfill Minnesota’s real estate license renewal requirements.
New licensees have until their first renewal term to complete the continuing education (CE) requirement, regardless of when their license was initially issued, and are only required to complete the module due at their renewal.
Commercial-only real estate sales associates and brokers may be exempt from modules assigned by the Minnesota Department of Commerce but must apply for exemption approval.
Duplication of courses
Licensees cannot repeat a course for credit toward their CE requirement during the same renewal term. Additional or duplicate credits earned cannot carry over into the next biennial period.
Maximum Number of CE Hours Taken in a 24-Hour Period
No more than 8 hours of coursework completed within a 24-hour period will be accepted toward your Minnesota real estate CE requirement.
Information on Final Exams
CE course final exams are closed-book and require a third-party proctor. Upon exam completion, the proctor must submit a signed affidavit.
To receive credit toward your CE requirement, you must earn a score of 75% or higher on your course exam. If you fail on the first attempt, you can retake the exam as many times as needed until you achieve a passing score. However, per Minnesota state law, you cannot review the details of your final exam results.