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628,764
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

I normally attend, this is the first time in 5 years Maryland is returning to Ocean City and they cut off registration due to not using the convention center. Maryland requires15 hours which includes 3.0 legislative, 3.0 Brokerage Relationships and Disclosure, 3.0 ethics, 3.0 supervision, 1.5 fair housing (required classes); the remaining 1.5 hours are electives 

Aug 28, 2022 04:22 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,381
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

No more 14 hours in Florida or 18 hours in Illinois for this retired guy. Have only attended a few state conventions when active.

Aug 28, 2022 05:05 AM
Rainmaker
1,555,968
Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES
Eagle Ridge Realty / Signature Homes & Estates - Gilroy, CA
REALTOR and Broker

I sued to attend the state conventions (and business meetings) in California, including Legislative Day in Sacramento.  Our 4 year continuing education requirements are 45 hours of CE every 4 years.  

Aug 28, 2022 07:29 AM
Ambassador
4,692,979
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I don't attend state conventions.  In Arizona, we need 24 credits of CE every 2 years.

Aug 28, 2022 05:35 AM
Rainmaker
1,543,623
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

No. They're basically traveling vender bazars trying to sell me all the latest shiny objects and I get better training at Buffini & Company, Ninja Sella, CRS and Career Compass. I get all my (45 hours) license renewals for free in one fun weekend with Career Compass.

It's a great place to network, get killer marketing strategies and ...renew!

The Career Compass | Facebook

Aug 28, 2022 05:09 AM
Rainmaker
7,835,407
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Now that I am retired, I no longer attend conventions. Buzz provided the CE information for Maryland.

Aug 28, 2022 04:47 AM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

In 23 years in North Carolina I have never attended. Attended only one national convention and was not impressed. We need 8 hours of CE in North Carolina. 4 hours of a required update course and one elective.

Aug 28, 2022 04:37 AM
Rainer
195,422
Karen Climer
Demetree School of Real Estate - Orlando, FL
Teaching people to pass the real estate exam

Fourteen hours in Florida.  Of that, three must be ethics, three core law, and eight of anything else.

I have attended the Florida Realtors classes at the convention but did not find value in it.  Now, I only attend the trade show part, which is free.  That allows me to network.

Aug 28, 2022 03:51 AM
Rainmaker
1,844,271
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

No to conventions. I think it is 20 credits plus sexual harassment program.

Aug 28, 2022 06:46 AM
Rainmaker
584,621
Shayne Stone
HomeSmart - Fulshear, TX
"Your Rock Solid Choice Realtor" RETIRED

In Texas we're required to have 18/hrs within 2-years! But since the pass issues this Nation been having. I've been doing all my CE via ZOOM. I sure miss the classroom settings, was a great way to network with fellow agents!!!

Aug 28, 2022 06:14 AM
Rainmaker
1,052,196
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

1. I have before, I have no interest in doing so again.

2. 30 for a broker.

Aug 28, 2022 05:59 AM
Rainmaker
901,524
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

I usually do not. I'm very selective about what I attend. We need 8 hours each year. Four is a mandatory training and 4 is an elective. We also have to do an ethics course every few years. Of course, I do more training that what is required by CE.

Aug 28, 2022 05:46 AM
Rainmaker
5,868,472
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

The last one I attended was so bad, I have gone back.   The class on technology I wanted to take didn't even talk about technology, and the venue they chose had terrible sound.

Aug 28, 2022 05:35 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I do not attend Realtor conventions in my state. 

45 hours to renew my license in California - every four years. 

Aug 28, 2022 07:49 AM
Rainmaker
1,311,397
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

I used to be active as a member of our local association Board of Directors and member of California BOD. As such I attended state meetings and national meeting. I enjoyed doing so. When I termed out of my Board seat, I stopped attending. 

45 hours every 4 years which training I do on-line.

Aug 28, 2022 08:23 AM
Ambassador
2,178,553
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Before I retired, I tried to attend most of the State Conventions but only attended one National Convention.

Licenses must be renewed every 2 years in Washington state:
30 total credits
3-Hour Core Curriculum Class plus
27-Hours of Electives.

Aug 28, 2022 08:00 AM
Ambassador
3,125,651
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Yes, I will be attending this year's UAR Convention in Park City and 18 hours of education are required (every 2 years) and must be approved by the state plus an ethics course every other year.

Aug 28, 2022 07:54 AM
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6,393,154
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I seldom miss a Realtor convention, was attending them for 20 years before I became a Realtor.

For continuing ed I generally attend these 18 hours online.

Aug 28, 2022 11:44 AM
Rainmaker
1,196,798
Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

No as they tend to be a flea market of vendors and I don't like crowdds. In MA we need 12 CEU's over 2 years

Aug 28, 2022 10:08 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

No, even though they are "fairly" close by, I have never seen a point in attending them.

In California we have to test on 45 hours of material every 4 years (2 years for newly licensed agents).  I emphasis the test on material part as we are not actually required to sit in a class for that long.  That is  VERY common misconception.  The law only requires testing on the material.

I do mine online.

We are getting a new requirement next year for an interactive "implicit bias" training class.

Aug 28, 2022 08:47 AM
Ambassador
3,164,269
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

no attending, we have to have 36 hours every 4 years for our broker's license.  I have to have an additional 60 (some very specific) hours for my instructors license.  I do attend the Georgia Real Estate Educators Association meeting/convention annually.

Aug 28, 2022 06:16 PM
Rainmaker
911,228
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Never been to a convention. There are plenty of local training opportunities locally.

Aug 28, 2022 12:16 PM
Rainmaker
637,434
Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

I'm a broker in California and Hawaii.  California's renewal is every 4 years and Hawaii every 2 years.  I've gone to Hawaii's conventions (who wouldn't if it's at the Hilton Hawaiian Village?). It's actually good to get to know all the vendors participating because it's such a small community.  Suggest skipping the looong lunch and it's speeches and go jump into the ocean for a refreshing swim instead. 

Aug 28, 2022 11:08 AM
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3,587,835
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Not anymore.  24 hours in AZ for agents 30 for brokers

Aug 28, 2022 10:49 AM
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5,048,883
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

45 credits every 4 years for license renewal. I haven't attended a state Realtor convention in a number of years.

Aug 28, 2022 10:12 AM
Rainmaker
2,890,372
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Yes! I always attend (in person) annual State REALTOR Conventions. In addition, I attend (in person) our annual TEXAS REALTORS Winter Meetings in Austin. For renewal (every 2 years/in person) I need to take 18 hours of approved CE: 8 hours of Legal Update 1 and 2, 3 hours of contract-related courses, 7 hours of elective CE. Also, 6-hour of Broker Responsibility as part of my CE and in between renewals, I take additional CE classes offered as many as possible. FYI new agents renewing for the first time must have a total of 270 qualifying CE hours 4 hrs Legal 1, and 4 hrs Legal II prior to renewal.  

Aug 29, 2022 04:52 AM
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883,565
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

I used to attend every state convention. Good way to meet the people and see Alaska. We used to have good conventions, but they have gone ta little sideways 

20 hours every 2 years here in Alaska. 

Aug 29, 2022 01:02 AM
Rainmaker
763,883
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

No, never have, never will.  I attended one Superstar Retreat and that was enough for me.  I AM A GREAT SALESPERSON hahahaha

Aug 28, 2022 02:00 PM
Rainmaker
2,781,153
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

The past conventions were fun. productive and intriguing. Today, not so much. As to the credits needed, I just jump through the hoop presented at the time

Aug 29, 2022 06:30 AM
Rainmaker
764,882
John Marshall - FORE!
LoKation Real Estate - Cherry Hills Village, CO
Specializing in Golf Course Properties

I used to attend conventions, they had a spring and fall event here in Colorado, but they have been very poorly attended the past dozen years or so. in early 2000 there would be 10K agents show up, now they are lucky to get 200 - I rented a booth in 2019 and I doubt I saw more than 50 agents, mostly title reps that had their own booths just bopping by - 

As for credits, we need 24 every 3 years, and that includes a 4 hour annual update course that must be taken every year, the other 12 hours can be electives in anything else the agent wants. Our company offers all the FREE CE classes an agent wants, as we prefer them to be as educated as possible.

Sep 06, 2022 09:30 AM
Rainmaker
900,128
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

We haven't had in person conversions, or EXPO's, as they've been called here and those were not at the state level, more local. I liked to attend to get a morning and afternoon CE class in, reconnect with colleagues over a nice lunch, enjoy the trade booths, etc. In CT we need 12 hours of CE plus NAR Ethics. 6 credits of 3 each are mandatory (usually law and fair housing) and 6 are electives, again 3 hrs each. 

Aug 30, 2022 09:56 AM