Growing Green: Environmental Awareness and Your Real Estate Practice
Whether you're representing a seller who's listing a high-efficiency home or working with a buyer to find one, it's important to be able to recognize a home's green features and the value they bring to the property. This means understanding the benefit of big-ticket green items such as solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heating and cooling systems, solar water heaters, or even energy-efficient windows, as well as knowing the value in quick-and-easy updates like low-flow faucets, LED lighting, and smart thermostats. It also means knowing the difference between HERS and HES and SEER and LEED. Of course, greening up a home isn't cheap. Letting your clients know about available federal and state programs and incentives is another way you can ensure your clients are getting the best service around.
Course highlights include:
- An overview of the green home movement
- Green terminology, certifications, and ratings
- A review of energy-efficient upgrades, including solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal heating and cooling systems, solar water heaters, and more
- Tips for assisting green homebuyers and sellers
- A review of the FHA's Energy Efficient Mortgage and the 203(k) Rehabilitation Mortgage programs
- Qualifications for the DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program
- Interactive activities and scenarios to seal in the new information and frame it in everyday context
State Requirements For Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: Every three years within the initial month of licensure.
Effective 6/1/2025 Increase to CE hours requirement
Hours Required: 30 hours comprised of 17 elective hours and 13 core hours in six required subjects:
13 hours should be in the following topics, consisting of no less than:
- six (6) hours of Contracts and Forms,
- three (3) hours in Professional Conduct, and
- one (1) hour in Broker Relationships Act,
- one (1) hour in Fair Housing,
- one (1) hour in Code and Rules and;
- one (1) hour in Hot Topics/Current Issues.
Provisional Sales Associate Post-Licensing: Provisional Sales Associates have a separate and unique post-licensing requirement of 45 hours which must be completed prior to their first license expiration date. Provisional Sales Associates are not required to complete real estate Continuing Education for their first renewal cycle.
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
Street Address: 1915 N Stiles Ave #200 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Telephone: 405.521.3387