New York requires every licensed real estate agent to complete 22.5 continuing education credits every two-year cycle. Most agents know this. What most agents don’t do is plan for it — and they end up scrambling to complete credits in the final weeks before their license expires.
The Risk of Last-Minute CE
When you’re rushing CE completion, you lose the choice of which courses to take. You take what’s available when you need it. That means you miss the classes that would actually be useful to your practice — contract law, financing updates, disclosure requirements, inspection knowledge — in favor of whatever has open seats.
Planning CE as Professional Development
The best agents treat CE as a tool, not a requirement. Completing courses early in the cycle gives you 24 months of practice with the knowledge you just learned. It also keeps your license renewal stress-free and positions you as someone who invests in staying current.
Main St Success offers live, online, and hybrid CE courses across Nassau and Suffolk County — with flexible scheduling that works around a full production schedule. Register at mainstsuccess.com.