2025-2026 CORE A - Advertising, Agency, and Accountability - it’s your kuleana!
This three-hour course, Advertising, Agency, and Accountability – It’s Your Kuleana!, is Part A of the Hawaii Real Estate Commission’s required six-hour core curriculum for the 2025–2026 licensing period. In addition to reviewing recent legislation, the course addresses essential compliance topics tied to advertising, agency relationships, and professional responsibility. Licensees will explore current rules and challenges in marketing real estate, including emerging technologies such as AI and social media, and review their fiduciary duties and ethical obligations under state law.
The purpose of this course is to provide licensees with a practical understanding of how to apply Hawaii’s real estate laws and rules in day-to-day practice, helping them stay compliant, informed, and accountable.
Course highlights include:
- 2025 real estate-related legislation passed by the Hawaii State Legislature
- Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR 16-99-11) and advertising compliance
- Fiduciary duties and agency responsibilities in real estate transactions
- Unlicensed assistants and legal limits of support roles
- Ethical considerations and codes of conduct in Hawaii real estate practice
- Risks and responsibilities when using AI and social media in advertising
State Requirements For Hawaii
Hawaii State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: 11/30 every even-numbered year. Please note: all CE courses and the license renewal application must be completed by this date in order to stay active. If a license has lapsed and was put into inactive status, the 2 core courses from the previous cycle must be completed prior to regaining an active status.
Hours Required by the State: 20 hours
- 6 hours – Core hours
- 14 hours – Elective hours
Note: A licensee who is issued a Hawaii real estate salesperson license during an even-numbered year shall be deemed to have completed equivalent to the continuing education hours as required by section 467-11.5, HRS, and section 16-99-90.
Hawaii Real Estate Branch
Street Address: King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, Rm 333, Honolulu, HI 96813
Telephone: 808.586.2643