2008 Educational Requirements

Mandatory Ethics Requirement - Deadline December 31, 2008.

Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008, every REALTOR® is required to complete a minimum of 2 1/2 hours of Code of Ethics training. REALTORS® who have completed this training as a requirement of membership in another association are not required to complete additional ethics training until the next four year cycle. GSAR offers classroom ethics training throught the year.

There is no grandfathering from the Ethics requirement.

If you are not sure if you have completed this requirement, please download the document at the bottom of this page which shows who has yet to complete the training. Please note - if you are registered for an upcoming Ethics class, your name may appear on this list until the completion of that class. If you have taken the requirement elsewhere, we may not have record of it. Please fax proof of completion elsewhere to 457-5884.

NEW MEMBERS: You are required to take the New Member Orientation, which includes the mandatory Ethics, within 180 days of joining the Board. Therefore, if you join in mid-November, for example, you are not required to fulfill the Ethics by 12/31/08, however you ARE required to fulfill within 180 days.

Still need the fulfill the requirement? GSAR has two options for you:

1. We are holding two Ethics classes at the Maplewood Inn in Liverpool:

November 19th, 2008, 9am-1pm

November 20th, 2008, 1pm-5pm

We have chosen a larger venue to try to accomodate as many of our members as possible. Because we have taken this out of our offices, there is a fee of $50 per person for this class ($60 for non-members). This class includes 3 hours of Ethics (NAR requirement), along with your 1 hour of Agency training (GSAR requirement).

Click here to register for this class.

2. If you are unavailable for any of the above classes, your last option is to take the Ethics class on-line. The fee is $45 for the on-line class.

Click here to register for the on-line class.

Agency Training:

GSAR requires all members to complete one hour of approved Agency training, on the same 4 year cycle as the NAR required Ethics training.

Our Ethics training in our classroom includes this 1 hour of training, however if you took the Ethics requirement on-line, or at another school, you may still be in need of this one hour of Agency.

To fulfill this, we will be offering the one hour ONLY on August 13th from 11:30am-12:30pm

GSAR members can click here to register for this class. No charge for this class. Open to GSAR members only.

Fair Housing:

Real Estate licensees are required to successfully complete 22.5 hours of approved real estate continuing education within their two year license term, prior to renewal. Effective for renewals on or after July 1, 2008, the 22.5 hours must include at least three hours of instruction pertaining to fair housing and/or discrimination in the sale or rental of real property or an interest in real property. If you are grandfathered from the continuing education requirements, you are also grandfathered from the Fair Housing requirement.

Upcoming GSAR Fair Housing classes with openings:  

October 21, 2008 1pm-4pm

Click here to register for one of these upcoming courses at GSAR.

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This page is designed to help you stay up to date on the educational requirements. Click here for more information on the 2008 changes from the NYS Department of State