Education

Continuing Education Requirements

All active and inactive associate brokers and qualifying brokers shall successfully complete thirty (30) credit hours of continuing education in courses approved by the commission during each 3-year licensing cycle. The only exception to this requirement are brokers exempted from continuing education by virtue of being sixty-five (65) years of age with twenty (20) years continuous licensure. However, the exemption does not apply to qualifying brokers who are required to successfully complete a four (4) hour qualifying broker refresher course as a condition of license renewal regardless of age or years of licensure.

  • The thirty (30) continuing education hours must include the eight (8) credit hour real estate commission mandatory course during each licensing cycle. Of the remaining twenty-two (22) credit hours, ten (10) credit hours may be credited toward the continuing education requirement from approved training category courses. At least twelve (12) credit hours must be taken from approved education category courses; however, all twenty-two (22) credit hours may be taken from the list of commission-approved education category courses.
  • Commission approved pre-licensing courses may count for up to ten (10) credit hours toward continuing education if the course is being used to upgrade from associate broker to qualifying broker.  The commission approved thirty (30) hour New Broker Business Practices course may count for up to ten (10) credit hours toward continuing education.
  • No commission approved continuing education course will be granted more than ten (10) credit hours of continuing education credit.
  • Continuing education credit hours cannot be carried forward to the next licensing cycle
  • Brokers may receive four (4) approved education course credit hours during each licensing cycle for attending commission meetings, rules hearings, and disciplinary hearings.
  • Approved instructors may use up to ten (10) credit hours during each three-year licensing cycle toward fulfillment of their own continuing education requirements for teaching commission approved courses.

Pre-Licensing Course Waivers

Education requirements for individuals currently licensed in another state
Pre-Licensing Course Waiver Fact Sheet

Applications and Forms

Continuing Education CE Course Application
Instructor Application
What to Expect When Appearing Before the Education Steering Committee (ESC)
Sponsor Application [DOC - This application will open in your computer's word processor to allow you to fill it in in your computer.]

Approved Courses and Schools/Sponsors

Course Outlines
Approved Courses
Approved Schools/Sponsors
Course Schedules and/or Pricing for Schools

Information For Schools and Sponsors

Instructors and Courses They Teach

Instructor Resources

The Education Steering Committee approved the 2009 Conference of the New Mexico Chapter of the American Society for Training Development as an alternate Instructor Development Workshop for approved New Mexico real estate instructors. Their website is: www.astdnm.org. ASTDNM has given the commission a guaranteed rate of $139. If you have questions, contact Claire Conrad at 505-222-9825.

NMREC Education Steering Committee (ESC) Meetings

2010 Meeting Schedule
Meeting Agendas and Minutes

For education-related questions, e-mail Claire Conrad.