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Renew your license
online, and you may win a refund of your renewal fee! Everyone who renews his/her
license online has his/her name put in for a drawing at each month's
commission meeting to receive a refund of the $160 renewal fee. A new winner every month!!
If you need help to register, log in, or use the new IREC
online services, please contact one of our friendly staff members at (208)
334-3285 or (866) 447-5411 (toll free in Idaho).
FEBRUARY 2009 BROKER
BULLETIN AVAILABLE ONLINE! The Broker Bulletin discusses IREC's new Guideline #23, covering the
requirement to be available to receive and present offers and counter
offers.
IREC's Real Estatement newsletter is published online on January 1 and July 1 of each year. IREC maintains archives of e-newsletters,
the Broker Bulletins, and Real
Estatement newsletters at www.IREC.idaho.gov.
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HOT TOPIC - Credit Counseling Idaho Code requires
anyone engaged in credit counseling to be licensed with the Department of
Finance. The only exception is a
real estate licensee who is working with a buyer or seller as part of a
specific real estate transaction. People advertising themselves as offering only "short sale
negotiation" services may need to obtain a credit counseling license. Please contact IREC's Enforcement
Department or the Department of Finance
if you have any questions!
License Agreements Cancelled All IREC license
agreements, except for Oregon, have been cancelled effective 3/23/09. Licenses obtained under an agreement have
been converted to primary Idaho licenses. The biggest change for those who were licensed under a reciprocal or
other license agreement is that licensees now must show proof of completing
16 hours of CE electives plus an Idaho Core course to renew the Idaho
license. In addition, new license
applicants who are already licensed in another state will be required to
pass the Idaho portion of the licensing exam. Questions? Call the IREC Licensing Dept.
Electronic Fingerprints - Coming Soon!! The Real Estate
Commission has contracted with Pearson Vue, the license exam provider, to
offer electronic fingerprinting services at its Idaho and Spokane test
centers for new license applicants (sales associate and broker). Candidates can take the licensing exam
and be fingerprinted at the same time, and they will pay all fingerprint
fees to the vendor at the same time as the exam fees. Using "Live Scan" equipment and software,
fingerprints will be electronically transmitted dIRECtly to Idaho State
Police for review. Results will
often be received within 24-48 hours. We hope to launch the electronic fingerprinting service by April 1st,
and paper fingerprint cards will be discontinued soon. We also have a plan for out-of-state
candidates, so please contact us if you have any questions!
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