South Carolina 2024-2026 Core Course: Legal Hot Tips
South Carolina has established laws and regulations with the intention of protecting consumers in real estate transactions. This protection results from the minimum professional standards for real estate licensees that are specified by state laws and regulations. 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 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. As a South Carolina licensee, you do your part to protect consumers by complying with license law and upholding high standards within the profession. In this course, you’ll take a walk through the law, learning to navigate as you go.
Course highlights include:
- The jurisdiction of the South Carolina Real Estate Commission
- Role of South Carolina REALTORS®
- Transaction Brokerage
- Transaction Brokerage Agreements
- Compensation and Transaction Brokerage
- Commingling, Conversion, and Trust Monies
- Earnest Money
- Due Diligence Fee
- Disputes Between Buyers and Sellers
- The Office of Investigation and Enforcement
- Complaints against licensees
- Disciplinary hearings
- Case studies to review actual issues in SC real estate practice
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