2023 Minnesota

Real Estate Broker License Renewal

You are receiving this email because your email address is associated with an active real estate broker’s license at the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

It is the Primary Broker's responsibility to verify CE compliance and then renew the licenses that are up for renewal and associated with your company. The licenses must be renewed before 11:59 PM Central time on June 30^th on www.pulseportal.com.

There is no grace period or late renewal.

Please read the detailed renewal instructions and continuing education information.

USERNAME AND PASSWORD

• You will need your username and password to renew licenses. If you do not know your username and password, you as the Primary Broker must contact Vertafore Support at 833-814-0228.

RESIDENT BROKERS

STEP ONE

• Verify the CE compliance of your licensees on www.pulseportal.com by clicking on the “Review your CE Transcript” link. 
• Contact the course provider directly for assistance if a course has been taken that is not listed on the CE transcript. The Department of Commerce cannot assist you with this issue. All completed continuing education courses must be uploaded by the course provider.
• No credit will be earned if the licensee has previously obtained credit for the same course during the same licensing period.
• A licensee will not receive credit for more than eight hours of continuing education in one day.

STEP TWO

• After you have verified that the licensee is CE compliant by reviewing their transcript OR you have verified with the licensee that they have taken the correct courses and are waiting for the courses to be uploaded by the course provider, you may renew the licenses on www.pulseportal.com.

NONRESIDENT BROKERS

All nonresident brokers and salespersons up for renewal this year who are reciprocally licensed in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, or Oklahoma:

STEP ONE

• Renew the licenses on www.pulseportal.com.

STEP TWO

• AFTER THE BROKER HAS RENEWED THE LICENSE(S), you must email a current Letter of Certification from the resident state to licensing.commerce@state.mn.us. Please put “Real Estate Renewal” in the subject line.

All nonresident brokers and salespersons up for renewal this year from all states other than the ones listed above:

STEP ONE

• The broker must verify that the completed 30 hours of continuing education includes the required module course(s) before renewing the license(s) on www.pulseportal.com.

STEP TWO

• AFTER THE BROKER HAS RENEWED THE LICENSE(S), you must email the course completion certificates to licensing.commerce@state.mn.us.
• Please send one email per licensee with all of that licensee’s course completions attached. Do not send multiple emails for one licensee.  
• Please put “Real Estate Renewal” in the subject line.

REQUIRED MODULES

• The required module for 2021-2022 is The History of Diversity in Homeownership.
• The required module for 2022-2023 is Practical Application to Inclusive Representation

 COMMERCIAL-ONLY DESIGNATION

• The commercial-only designation must be submitted online every year even if the license is not up for renewal this year. 
• Brokers with commercial-only licensees who are exempt from the module and agency law/fair housing CE requirements must indicate this during the online mass renewal process.  Please note that after confirming the commercial-only status, you will be sent back to the original landing page and continue the license renewal process by selecting the state and board again and clicking on "Renew Brokers, Salespeople and Companies."
• Please read the detailed renewal instructions and continuing education information.

 HELP

• If you encounter technological problems during the online process, please contact Vertafore Support at 833-814-0228.
• If you have questions about state licensing procedures, please contact the Minnesota Department of Commerce at 651-539-1599.

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