SC 2023 - 2024 Core Course: When in Doubt, Disclose, Disclose, Disclose
Proper disclosure remains a hot-button topic in real estate practice; complicated scenarios can confound even the most seasoned real estate veterans. The content selection and subject matter outline for this course were created by the South Carolina Real Estate Commission’s Education Committee. The topics chosen were selected because they’re areas of license law and practice that pose particular issues for real estate licensees in South Carolina.
This course aims to improve a licensee’s ability to serve clients and protect and promote the public. The course will help licensees better understand mandatory disclosures in real estate transactions and avoid related issues and violations for failing to disclose as required.
Course highlights include:
- Benefits of disclosure
- Disclosure of personal interest
- Disclosure in advertising
- Team advertising disclosures
- Disclosure of brokerage relationships
- Disclosure acknowledgements
- Transaction brokerage
- Dual and designated agency
- Disclosure of material adverse facts
- Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act
- Stigmatized property
- Disclosure of compensation
- In-house listing disclosure
State Requirements For South Carolina
South Carolina State Requirement Details for Real Estate Broker-In-Charge
Renewal Date: 6/30 every two years
Hours Required: 10 hours
- 4 hours - Mandatory hours
- 4 hours - Core hours
- 2 hours - Elective hours
Broker-in-Charge: Per South Carolina Section 40-57-340, a broker-in-charge shall provide proof of satisfactory completion biennially of ten hours of continuing education in courses approved by the commission. The ten hours must include a minimum of four hours of instruction in mandated topics for a broker or associate license and four hours of continuing education must be in advanced real estate topics designed for brokers-in-charge.
South Carolina Real Estate Commission
Street Address: Synergy Business Park, Kingstree Building 110 Centerview Dr, Ste 201, Columbia, SC 29210
Mailing Address: PO Box 11847, Columbia, SC 29211-1847
Telephone: 803.896.4400
Fax: 803.896.4427