Chapter REEB 25

REEB 25.023(8)(a)4. 4. Property condition under s. 452.23, Stats.

REEB 25.023(8)(a)5. 5. Civil liability for misrepresentation.

REEB 25.023(8)(a)6. 6. Seller’s disclosure duties under ch. 709, Stats.

REEB 25.023(8)(a)7. 7. Buyer’s inspection obligation.

REEB 25.023(8)(b) (b) Fair housing, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(8)(b)1. 1. Federal law.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)2. 2. State of Wisconsin law.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)3. 3. Local fair housing law.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)4. 4. Sanctions for violations.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)5. 5. Testers and fair housing organizations.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)6. 6. Conduct prohibited by fair housing law.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)7. 7. Responding to fair housing questions.

REEB 25.023(8)(b)8. 8. Instituting equal professional service procedures.

REEB 25.023(8)(c) (c) Antitrust: conspiracy and group boycotts, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(8)(c)1. 1. Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)2. 2. “Conspiracy” requirement.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)3. 3. “Restraint of trade” requirement.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)4. 4. Compensation and “prices” that have been fixed.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)5. 5. Situations creating inferences of price fixing.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)6. 6. How to respond to antitrust situations.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)7. 7. Elements same as price fixing, including conspiracy and restraint of trade.

REEB 25.023(8)(c)8. 8. Situations creating inference of boycott.

REEB 25.023(8)(d) (d) Complaint handling procedures, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(8)(d)1. 1. Consumer satisfaction.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)2. 2. Liability avoidance.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)3. 3. Feedback on fair housing or other law violations.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)4. 4. Preventing complaint through education.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)5. 5. Documenting the compliant handling program in policy and procedures manual.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)6. 6. Informing the parties of the complaint handling program.

REEB 25.023(8)(d)7. 7. Dispute resolution systems.

REEB 25.023(8)(e) (e) Environmental factors, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(8)(e)1. 1. Underground storage tanks, including registration and closure.

REEB 25.023(8)(e)2. 2. Asbestos.

REEB 25.023(8)(e)3. 3. Radon.

REEB 25.023(8)(e)4. 4. Lead-based paint.

REEB 25.023(8)(e)5. 5. Procedures for high risk properties.

REEB 25.023(8)(e)6. 6. Wetlands and floodplain.

REEB 25.023(8)(f) (f) Education buyers and sellers, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(8)(f)1. 1. Property inspection and disclosing of defects.

REEB 25.023(8)(f)2. 2. Earnest money procedures.

REEB 25.023(8)(f)3. 3. Licensees’ responsibilities and expertise.

REEB 25.023(8)(f)4. 4. Utilizing third party experts.

REEB 25.023(9) (9) Specialty areas. Instruction relating to real estate specialty areas shall include all of the following:

REEB 25.023(9)(a) (a) Property management, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(9)(a)1. 1. Management contracts.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)2. 2. Insurance liability.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)3. 3. Security deposits.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)4. 4. Breach of lease.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)5. 5. Property inspections.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)6. 6. Tenant and landlord rights and obligations under ch. ATCP 134.

REEB 25.023(9)(a)7. 7. Rules regarding negotiating leases.

REEB 25.023(9)(b) (b) Business opportunities, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(9)(b)1. 1. Special expertise and licensing requirements under s. REEB 24.03.

REEB 25.023(9)(b)2. 2. Approved forms.

REEB 25.023(9)(c) (c) Selling specialized properties as a brokerage activity.

REEB 25.023(9)(d) (d) Alternative marketing methods, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(9)(d)1. 1. Exchanges.

REEB 25.023(9)(d)2. 2. Installment sales.

REEB 25.023(9)(d)3. 3. Cooperatives.

REEB 25.023(9)(e) (e) Mortgage banking, including all of the following:

REEB 25.023(9)(e)1. 1. Definitions of mortgage banker, loan originator and loan solicitor.

REEB 25.023(9)(e)2. 2. When separate registration is needed.

REEB 25.023(9)(e)3. 3. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.

REEB 25.023(9)(f) (f) Real estate appraisal.

REEB 25.023(9)(g) (g) Farms.

REEB 25.023(9)(h) (h) Auctions.

REEB 25.023(9)(i) (i) Mobile homes.

REEB 25.023(9)(j) (j) Time-Share, including familiarity with ch. 707, Stats., when selling time-shares.

REEB 25.023(10) (10) Notifying the department. Instruction relating to notifying the department shall include all of the following:

REEB 25.023(10)(a) (a) Change of name, address or trade name under ch. REEB 23.

REEB 25.023(10)(b) (b) Criminal conviction under s. 440.03 (13) (am), Stats.

REEB 25.023 History History: CR 15-010: cr. Register September 2015 No. 717, eff. 10-1-15; CR 17-100: r. (4) (a) 3. Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18; CR 23-075: am. (2) (c) 1. to 10., (6) (d), (7) (d) (intro.), (f) 1., (g) 1., r. (7) (h) Register August 2024 No. 824, eff. 9-1-24.

REEB 25.028 REEB 25.028 Nonresident broker education equivalency. An applicant who has held an active real estate broker’s license in another licensing jurisdiction within the 2 year period prior to filing an application for a real estate broker’s license in this state is deemed to have met the equivalency to the business management and salesperson program education based upon the applicant’s education required to obtain a license in the other licensing jurisdiction and the completion of Wisconsin specific education consisting of all of the following:

REEB 25.028(1) (1) Business management education consisting of 6 hours, including all of the following:

REEB 25.028(1)(a) (a) Broker-only contracts and contract issues, including all of the following:

REEB 25.028(1)(a)1. 1. Reynolds v. Dinger, 14 Wis. 2d 193.

REEB 25.028(1)(a)2. 2. State bar forms under s. REEB 16.03 (1).

REEB 25.028(1)(a)3. 3. Uniform commercial code forms under s. REEB 16.03 (1).

REEB 25.028(1)(a)4. 4. Forms used in other states.

REEB 25.028(1)(a)5. 5. Developing forms and contingency manual.

REEB 25.028(1)(a)6. 6. Supervising salesperson’s use of approved forms.

REEB 25.028(1)(a)7. 7. Commercial real estate broker’s commission under s. 779.32, Stats.

REEB 25.028(1)(b) (b) Agency relationships, including all of the following:

REEB 25.028(1)(b)1. 1. Multiple representation with designated agency.

REEB 25.028(1)(b)2. 2. Multiple representation without designated agency.

REEB 25.028(1)(b)3. 3. Single agency.

REEB 25.028(1)(c) (c) Disclosure, including all of the following:

REEB 25.028(1)(c)1. 1. Property inspections.

REEB 25.028(1)(c)2. 2. “As-is” sales.