American Contractor Exam Services is offering a variety of online South Dakota Realtor® continuing education. All of our Online South Dakota Realtor® continuing education courses are awaiting approval by the South Dakota Real Estate Commission. These courses have implemented the adopted changes to the Real Property Salesperson Qualification Criteria. The courses are written by inspectors, instructors, and leading salespeople with years of knowledge and experience. We simply offer the highest quality, best online continuing education for South Dakota Real Estate Realtor®.

We are currently developing South Dakota Realtor® continuing education courses. These course will cover such topics as ethics in real estate, fair housing, pricing property to sell, and basic real estate finance. Here is a list of the South Dakota Realtor® continuing education currently under development.

• Ethics in Real Estate - This online course covers duties to clients and customers, duties to the public, duties to REALTORS, and case studies.
• Fair Housing - The topics included in this course reviews interference, coercion, intimidation, subpoenas, discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions, discrimination in the sale or rental of housing, and other prohibited practices
• Pricing Property to Sell - South Dakota continuing education that includes lessons on pricing compared to appraisal, basic concepts of pricing property, principles of value, and more.
• Basic Real Estate Finance - Reviews financing instruments, promissory notes, mortgages, assumptions, priority of loans, foreclosures, trust deeds, types of loans, sources of funds, loan practices and closing costs.

These are the current requirements for renewing your South Dakota Real Estate Salesperson license. We will always provide the newest information available and will update the requirements as soon as there are changes.


• To renew your Real Estate Salesperson License in the state of South Dakota, you are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education every 2 years.
• Real Estate Salesperson Licenses expire every 2 years. Continuing education must be completed prior to expiration. A maximum of 6 hours of independent study may be used toward the continuing education requirements per renewal cycle.
• A minimum of 12 hours must be completed in required courses related to real estate contracts, real estate license law, ethics, fair housing, antitrust, environmental issues, the American with Disabilities Act, brokerage services, or any combination of these subjects. The remaining hours may be completed in elective courses.
• Course providers must provide a certificate of completion to each licensee upon completion of the course. Licensees are encouraged to maintain a record of continuing education completion certificates. The Board shall randomly audit for verification of continuing education compliance.


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