Membership Requirements at Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®
Once an individual has become a REALTOR® with Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®, they are eligible to receive all benefits and services associated with membership in the local, state and national Associations.
However, there are requirements that an individual must continue to meet in order to maintain their REALTOR® membership.
Licensure
Members must maintain an active Pennsylvania Real Estate License, or a state contiguous to.
If your license becomes inactive, escrowed, or placed with a referral company, your membership is required to be cancelled.
Affiliation
Members must affiliate their license with a Designated REALTOR® (broker) of an office who belongs to Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®.
Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® does not mandate that a real estate licensee become a member of the Association. However, member offices may require Association membership.
If the Designated REALTOR® does not belong to Tri-County Suburban, either he/she has to opt to join the organization or the member must consider joining the local organization to which the Designated REALTOR® already belongs.
Membership Dues
Members must remit the annual membership payment to Tri-County Suburban for their local, state and national dues.
If a member fails to remit payment and is still actively licensed in a REALTOR® office, the Association is required to bill the broker/manager for the licensee as a non-member.
New Member Orientation
*New Primary REALTOR® Members must complete New Member Orientation within 120 days of joining Tri-County Suburban REALTORS®.
Reapplicants or members transferring from another association will receive instructions on completing an orientation in their welcome email. For questions, please call 610-560-4800.
Required Training
Every three years, REALTOR® members complete mandatory 2.5 hours of Code of Ethics training required by the National Association of REALTORS®. This cycle (cycle 8) runs from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027.
Beginning in 2025, all REALTORS® are required to meet updated training requirements. In addition to the 2.5 hours of ethics training previously required, REALTORS® must also complete 2 hours of Fair Housing training within the same 3-year cycle.
These trainings are separate but mandatory, and there are various options to complete them, including courses that provide continuing education credit.
Tri-County Suburban REALTORS® tracks both Code of Ethics and Fair Housing training completion.
Members can verify their training status completion through their Secure Member Portal.
For all information regarding Code of Ethics training, click here.
For all information regarding Fair Housing training, click here.
Failure to complete the required trainings shall be considered a violation of membership duty.
Failure to meet the requirement will result in suspension of membership for the first two months (January and February) of the year following the end of any three (3) year cycle or until the requirement is met, whichever occurs sooner. On March 1 of that year, the membership of a member who is still suspended as of that date will be automatically terminated.