Real Estate Commission: Continuing Education Requirements
- 36 hour CE Requirement for Associate Brokers: All active and inactive associate brokers shall successfully complete thirty-six (36) credit hours of continuing education in courses approved by the commission during each 3-year licensing cycle.
Rules which became effective on January 3, 2021, apply to any and all who renew after that date. The new rules require the following:
Composition of the 36 Hours for Associate Brokers and 42 Hours for Qualifying Brokers: Of those 36 hours for ABs and 42 hours for QBs, you must have the following:
- Annual Core Course Requirement. The rules require that each licensee have 12 cumulative hours comprised of the annual 4 hour NMREC Core Course series; OR the 8 hour NMREC Mandatory course which was no longer offered after Dec 31, 2016. Remember that the 4 hour NMREC Core is to be an annual requirement within the context of the licensees’ 3-year cycle. Click Here to Access the NMREC Core Course Planning Guide and see which annual iterations of the NMREC Core Course apply to a specific 3-year cycle.
- Ethics Requirement: 4 hour ethics elective (There are online options). This requirement is not the same as requirements from various Realtor Associations or National Assocation of Realtors groups for membership compliance although it is possible that a course taken to meet those requirements may be considered for CEU credits for licensure renewal. Click the following link to acces a list of Ethics designated courses that may help meet the Commision’s license renewal requirement:
- Core Elective Requirement: These are Commission approved courses which have received a “core elective” designation (marked with a C on certificates and on the official list of approved courses. Associate Brokers are required to take 4 core elective hours per cycle; Qualifying Brokers are required to take 8 hours of core electives per cycle.
- Qualifying Broker Refresher Course: Qualifying Brokers are required to take the 6 hour QB Refresher. The Commission is awarding 6 CEUs for this course. ABs may take the QB Refresher for 6 hours of Elective credit but they are not required to take the course.
- Property Management CE Requirements:
Submission of a Property Management Declaration Form: This Property Management Declaration form is available for QBs and ABs by going to the Forms and Applications Tab of this website:
- Qualifying Brokers: 42 Total Hours including the 6 hour QB Refresher; 6 hour NM Uniform Owner Resident Relations Act Course or commission approved 6 hour Commercial Property Management Course. Additionally, QBs must take an additional 12 hours of property management courses within their three year 36 hour cumulative minimum requirement.
- Associate Brokers: 6 hour NM Uniform Owner Resident Reations Act Course or commission approved 6 hour Commercial Property Management Course. Additionally, ABs must take an additional 6 hours of property management courses within their three year 36 hour cumulative minimum requirement.
- Commission Meeting Attendance Requirement for all Property Managers including Associate Brokers. The following Property Manager CE Tracking Sheets will be helpful. These are available on the Forms and Applications TAB of the Commission Web page. They are also available above / on this page.
