NEWS We're clearing the shelves! Boxes full of the 2016-2017 edition of Orlando Relocation Guide are now available as we make room for the next edition. Quantities of the guide are available on a first-come, first-serve basis; good while supplies last. For pick-up arrangements, contact Fernando Silva at fernandos@ orlandorealtors.org. The all-color consumer information publication includes sections on Orlando and its three area counties, health and education, and things to do. Naturally, there are expanded sections on finding a home and the benefits of using a REALTOR®. The publication is supported by a website (orlandorelocationmagazine.com) with additional resources, and you can also provide your relocating clients with a link to the digital version of Orlando Relocation Guide (orlandorelocationmagazine.com/ ebook). Interested in reaching newcomers by advertising in the 2018 Orlando Relocation Guide? Visit http://bit.ly/2veXqhq. FREC updates license renewal requirements to include ethics Renewals after March 2018 need a three-hour ethics class The 14-hour requirement to renew a Florida real estate license hasn't changed – but the mandatory courses will for any real estate licensee who needs to renew their license after March 31, 2018. The rule directly impacts real estate licensees who must renew by September 30, 2018. Under the new rules, a three-hour ethics and business practices course becomes mandatory as part of the renewal package, and Florida real estate licensees who do not complete that course before the September 30, 2018, deadline will not be able to renew their real estate license. Under the continuing education 14-hour requirement, a real estate license renewal after March 31, 2018, must include: • Three-hour core law course • Three-hour ethics and business practices course • Eight hours of specialty courses (may include a second core law course) The change does not impact post-education requirements that apply to renewal of an initial license. In some cases, the National Association of REALTORS’® REALTOR® Code of Ethics training requirement – once every two years – can do double-duty as a CE course under the new ethics and business practices credit category for license renewal. "If the code of ethics course that REALTORS® complete to meet their biennial NAR ethics requirement is taken during the licensee's renewal cycle and approved by FREC as a three-hour ethics and business practices course, this one course should satisfy both NAR and the new continuing education component requirement," says Meredith Caruso, Florida Realtors manager of member legal communications. Address changes now made online Visit the portal to update your info You can now update your address via the Member Portal on orlandorealtors.org. 1. Log in to the Member Portal using your NRDS number and password. 2. Click on "Update Your Member Profile" in the bottom of the blue box on the left. 3. Click on "Mailing Address" from the "My Profile" menu options on the left. 4. Enter your new info and hit update The Florida Real Estate Commission requires licensees to notify the DBPR within 10 days after an address change. This can be accomplished online at http://bit.ly/2vfd5Nx or by submitting the DBPR-RE 10 Transaction Form at http://bit.ly/2w2intj 2017 Orlando Relocation Guide free for the taking Grab as many copies as you like of this popular consumer publication as we make room for the 2018 edition gements c d a p O ti t ex home and 6 Orlando REALTOR® September / October 2017
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