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General Information Click on any of the following links to go directly to that topic. About Us
Welcome to first tuesday, the California real estate educators. Since 1977, first tuesday has been approved by the DRE to provide quality California real estate licensing and renewal courses. All of our renewal course materials, and the licensing course materials for Real Estate Practice, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Property Management, and Legal Aspects of Real Estate, are written and constantly updated by first tuesday's full-time staff of researchers and writers. The first tuesday Journal, a tradition in the real estate community since 1978, is now available online. Check out our Sacramento Gossip and Supreme Court Watch to keep an eye on proposed legislation and court cases bound to affect the real estate industry. As these bills and cases come down and become law, read our Legislative Watch and Recent Case Decisions for a full explanation and analysis of how it will change the way you do business. And be sure to keep up with our first tuesday take at our news blog as well as our monthly Real Estate articles for an in-depth and forward-looking view into the hows and whys of current real estate events. first tuesday is also the publisher of over 330 California-specific real estate forms; for your professional use. Fill out and save the forms into client folders, or print out blanks. Never be without the form you need. How first tuesday Courses Work
1. Choose the statutory licensing or renewal course package of your choice. 2. Choose a delivery method, 3-in-1 or online only. The 3-in-1 delivery option gets you the study materials in print, online, and on CD-ROM. The online only delivery option gets you the study materials online only (no printed materials or CD-ROM). We will provide you with the study materials (reading materials and quizzes) and you will study at your own pace. Note: There is no online only option for statutory licensing courses. Also, if you choose the online only delivery method and later wish to have the printed materials and CD-ROM sent to you, you will be charged $9.50 per book in your renewal package. 3. Read all of your course materials. 4. Take the optional quizzes. 5. Meet the minimum DRE-required study period for your course. 6. Take your final exam(s) in one of two ways:
7. Receive your Certificate(s) of Completion. If you took your exam(s) online, you can print an original Certificate of Completion from your Exam Homepage. If you took your exam(s) on paper, we will fax, email, or mail you your Certificate. 8. Use your Certificate(s) of Completion to fill out the appropriate DRE forms to obtain or renew your license. Statutory Licensing Courses
Statutory licensing courses are taken to obtain a sales agent license, a broker license, or to satisfy the 18-month educational requirements for sales agents who hold a conditional license. Final exams for these courses may be completed online or on paper with a Test Administrator. Students who fail the final exam for these courses may re-take the final exam at no additional charge. To enroll in the three statutory licensing courses necessary to obtain a sales agent license, the fee is $149.00. Click here to enroll. To enroll in the two statutory licensing courses necessary to remove the condition on a sales agent license, the fee is $99.00. Click here to enroll. To enroll in the five statutory licensing courses necessary to obtain a broker license if already licensed as a sales agent, the fee is $249. To enroll in the eight statutory licensing courses necessary to obtain a broker license without first being licensed as a sales agent, the fee is $399. Click here to enroll. The final exam for each statutory licensing course is open book and consists of 100 multiple-choice (MC) questions. The time allotted is 2 hours, 30 minutes. The minimum passing grade is 60%. The eight statutory licensing courses first tuesday offers are:
Renewal Courses
First-time renewal courses for sales agents with license expiring PRIOR to 10/01/11 *Sales agents whose license expires on or after 10/01/11 need 45 hours of continuing education (CE); see below. The fee to enroll in the AFTER package is $39.50. Click here to enroll. The AFTER package, by first tuesday, includes three hours in Agency, three hours in Fair Housing, three hours in Trust Funds, three hours in Ethics, and three hours in Risk Management, for a total of 15 CE hours. The final exam is open book and consists of 25 true/false (T/F) questions for each subject, for a total of 125 questions. The time allotted is 25 minutes for each subject, for a total of 2 hours, 5 minutes. The minimum passing grade is 70%. Renewal courses for brokers and sales agents who need 45 CE hours first tuesday offers 8 different 45-hour packages. Each 45-hour package includes a total of 30 hours in the category of Consumer Protection (CP), and three hours each in the categories of Agency, Fair Housing, Trust Funds, Ethics, and Risk Management, for a total of 45 hours of CE, all written by first tuesday. Simply choose one package with the topic you are interested in. To enroll in the 45-hour Package 104, the fee is $59.50 ($49.75 for online only). To enroll in the 45-hour Packages 203, 304, 405, 504, 603, 702, or 802, the fee is $69.50 ($57.75 for online only). Click here to enroll. The final exam is open book and broken into three sections. Each section covers 15 CE hours' worth of material. You may only test on one section per any 24-hour period. The sections must be completed and passed in order. The minimum passing grade is 70%. The eight 45-hour packages first tuesday offers are:
Minimum Study Periods
Each statutory licensing course and renewal package has a minimum study time that must be met before you can take the final exam. The following minimum DRE study time requirements must be met:
Note: If you are enrolled in multiple statutory licensing courses, you may take any one exam after 18 days. If you would rather take the final exam for all of the courses you are enrolled in on the same day, you must be enrolled in all the courses for the minimum enrollment period that corresponds to the number of courses you are enrolled in (see chart above). For example, if you are enrolled in three courses and would like to take the final exams for all three courses on the same day, you must meet the minimum enrollment period of 54 days (or 7 weeks, 5 days).
Note: After meeting the 3-day study period requirement if you are enrolled only in the AFTER package, you may take all five of the subject exams in one sitting, if you wish. Therefore, the soonest you could receive your Certificate(s) of Completion would be on the 4th day after your enrollment. After meeting the 6-day study period requirement if you are enrolled in a 45-hour package, you can only take one section of the exam on day 7, the next section on day 8, and the third section on day 9. Therefore, the soonest you could receive your Certificate of Completion would be on the 9th day after your enrollment. Final Exams
To complete a statutory licensing course or renewal package, you must pass a final examination. You may select the Test Administrator. However, the Test Administrator cannot be a relative (either by blood, marriage, or domestic partnership), a co-worker (your broker is a co-worker), or anyone who has a relationship with you that would influence that person from properly administering the final exam. Note: You must show your Test Administrator a government-issued, picture ID prior to sitting for your exam. You will be allowed the use of a non-programmable calculator during the text as necessary. Final exams will not be faxed or mailed directly to the student under any circumstances. The Test Administrator is responsible for mailing the original final exam packet, which includes the final exam, answer sheet(s), and Certificate of Test Administrator, back to us. When we receive the paper final exam packet from your Test Administrator, we will grade your exam within one business day. The Certificate of Completion will be mailed directly to you. We will be happy to fax a copy of the Certificate before we mail it if you provide your return fax number. You also have access to the Certificate online to print out yourself. For students taking the exam online, your final exam is scored instantly. On successfully passing the exam, you will be able to print out your Certificate of Completion immediately. You can also log in at any later date to print out a copy of your Certificate, but you will not have further access to the final exam itself. Enrollment Period and Re-enrollment Fees
You have one year to complete the final exam(s) following your date of enrollment. If the final exam(s) are not completed within one year, you will need to re-enroll. The re-enrollment fee (if we do not need to resend you study materials) is $25 for AFTER, $35 for Package 104, and $45 for Packages 203, 304, 405, 504, 603, 702, or 802. The re-enrollment fee for any statutory licensing course is $25 each. If we have to resend you course materials for any reason, including a change in edition, the re-enrollment price will change. Please call us for details. Refund Policy
A full refund of the amount you paid as a fee for a statutory licensing course or a renewal package will be issued, no questions asked, when requested prior to taking the final exam and within your one-year enrollment period. If you want to substitute courses, we will send you a different course of your choice free of charge and the books you received previously are yours to keep. Course and Instructor Evaluation
An online course evaluation is available on the DRE's website at www.dre.ca.gov. Students may evaluate the course, course content, and instructor by filling out DRE Form 318A. DRE Disclaimer
These courses are approved for continuing education credit by the California Department of Real Estate (DRE). However, this approval does not constitute an endorsement of the views or opinions which are expressed by the course sponsor, instructor, authors or lecturers. Email Opt-Out
The fact that you have visited our website is probably due in large fact to the many (yes, we know) mailings we have sent you. To opt out from receiving mail from first tuesday, contact us with your name and real estate license number. Opt-out requests may be made via phone, mail, or email. Please visit the Contact Us page for contact information. Opt-out requests take 4-6 weeks to become effective due to mailing schedules. Email addresses are required for online purchases. first tuesday does not sell or provide this information to third parties. Answering your questions
Although we have an in-house staff of researchers and writers for our educational reading materials, we are not consultants. We are happy to answer questions regarding our reading material, but we will not offer legal or tax advice on your specific fact situation. Please seek the advice of a qualified professional. We do encourage feedback, whether positive or negative. Please see our Contact Us page to direct your feedback to the appropriate department.
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