Illinois Managing Broker Continuing Education
Complete Your CE Requirements with Ease
Our convenient 24-hour packages are designed to fit your busy schedule, ensuring compliance while you focus on growing your business. Whether you prefer online interactive self-paced courses or live interactive webinars, we have options that suit your needs. Earn the CE hours required to renew your license and experience hassle-free real estate CE in Illinois with a school you can trust.
Select the Format Option that Fits Your Learning Style
- Study online - no textbooks or classes.
- Interactive knowledge checks and a system that tracks your progress. Stop at any time and pick up where you left off.
- Learn at your own pace with access courses from anywhere, anytime.
- Includes Sexual Harassment Prevention.
- Includes REALTOR® Code of Ethics training*.
- No final exam.
- 4-day live, instructor-led training.
- Attend live webinar from the convenience of your home or office.
- Includes Sexual Harassment Prevention.
- Includes REALTOR® Code of Ethics training*.
- No final exam.
* Our Ethical Practice course has been reviewed by the Chicago Association of REALTORS® and is approved to satisfy the Code of Ethics training requirement. The National Association of REALTORS® indicates that all associations must recognize/give credit for training approved by other associations.
Renewing for the first time?
If this is your first license renewal as a Managing Broker, you are not required to complete a 12-hour Broker Management CE course during your first renewal period. Only 12 hours of Core and Elective CE is required.
Choose a 12-hour CE package that fits your learning style:
Managing Broker CE Requirements:
- 12 credit hours of Broker Management CE.
- 12 credit hours of Core and Elective CE, consisting of:
- 4-Hour Core
- 8-Hour Elective, including Sexual Harassment Prevention
- Managing Brokers renew every two years by April 30 (in odd years).
- Managing Brokers must complete their entire CE requirement before renewing their licenses.
Exceptions: Managing Brokers in their first renewal are exempt from the 12-hour Broker Management CE course.
Active Illinois Attorneys are not required to complete CE but must renew their license with IDFPR.
Helpful Resources for Managing Brokers
Stay up-to-date or learn something new:
- Quickest Path for an Illinois Managing Broker to Beat the April 30th Deadline
- What You Need to Know About Illinois Managing Broker License Renewal in 2023
- All Real Estate Blogs
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FAQs
What are the Continuing Education (CE) requirements for IL Real Estate Managing Brokers?
Managing Brokers licensed by the IDFPR must complete 24 credit hours of continuing education.
- 12 credit hours of core and elective CE
- 12-hour Broker Management CE course
Are any Managing Broker licensees exempt from completing the continuing education requirements?
In some cases, a licensee may not need to complete the entire continuing education requirement.
- In their first license renewal, managing Broker licensees are exempt from the Broker Management continuing education requirement. These licensees are still required to complete 12 credit hours of core and elective continuing education.
- 8 Hours: Electives - Must include at least one (1) hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention training
All attorneys currently registered to practice law in Illinois are exempt from the continuing education requirement but must submit the required renewal fee and application to the IDFPR.
When do IL Real Estate Managing Brokers need to complete their continuing education requirements?
IL Managing Brokers must complete continuing education before each license renewal deadline: Every two (2) years by April 30 (in odd years).
Are my credits automatically reported to the IDFPR upon completing my course(s)?
Yes. Real Estate Institute reports all successful course completions to the appropriate regulatory authority. We report electronically (when permitted) to ensure timeliness and accuracy.
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Managing Broker License Renewal Fact Sheet
Source: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000 (Administrative Rules)
Source: Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Real Estate License Act of 2000 (Law)
Source: Illinois General Assembly