Every two years, Wisconsin real estate licensees must complete 18 hours of continuing education (CE) to maintain their real estate license in the state of Wisconsin, as required by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS).

Those requirements haven’t changed. But what has changed is the curriculum that gets you there!

Launching for the 2023-24 real estate biennium is new curriculum with the same 18-hour credit requirement, but with a twist. Instead of three-hour CE courses, the new curriculum allows licensees to choose one-hour courses to meet the total 18-hour credit requirement.   

New 2023-24 CE courses  

Mandatory courses (licensees must take 12 hours)

• Wisconsin Agency Law
• Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Disciplinary Actions*
• Commissions in Wisconsin Agency Agreements, Offers of Compensation and Antitrust*
• The Inspection Contingency in the Wisconsin Offers to Purchase
• Wisconsin Legislative Updates Related to Real Estate
• Wisconsin Real Estate Case Law Update
• Advertising for Wisconsin Real Estate Licensees*
• Default, Earnest Money, and WB-45 Cancellation Agreement and Mutual Release
• Financing Commitment and Appraisal Contingencies in the Wisconsin Offers to Purchase
• Fair Housing in Wisconsin Transactions*
• Agent-to-Agent Relationships*
• Seller and Licensee Disclosure in Wisconsin Transactions

New elective courses (licensees must take six hours)*

• Short Sales and Foreclosures in Wisconsin 
• Changing a Property’s Use in Wisconsin
• Other Wisconsin Approved Forms
• Closing of Buyer’s Property Contingency, Secondary Offer and Bump Clause in the Wisconsin Offers to Purchas
• Drafting Contracts in Wisconsin Real Estate Transactions
• Risk Reduction for Wisconsin Licensees

In addition to this list of official CE courses, other electives that meet specific DSPS criteria may be offered as well as real estate designation courses.  

* Satisfies National Association of REALTORS^® Code of Ethics requirements.