How to Offer BAP

• You must be a Certified Continuing Education Provider.
• Your course must be developed based on the approved BAP course outline.
• Your course must be approved by the Oregon Real Estate Agency.

Certified Continuing Education Providers offering BAP have the following responsibilities:

• Include "Broker Advanced Practices" on all documents relating to the course, including certificates of attendance (PDF).
• Ensure that the course meets the minimum length requirement of 26 hours. The instructor may allow a break of no more than 10 minutes as part of each hour of instruction.
• Assign each course an identifying course number. (Any number is acceptable. Each course must have its own number.)
• Ensure that each instructor who teaches the course or is available to answer students' questions completes and signs the Instructor Qualifications Form.
• Give each licensee who completes a course a completed certificate of attendance containing information required by OAR 863-020-0050.
• Keep detailed records of each course provided for three years as required by OAR 863-020-0055.
• Notify the Agency of any changes to the information originally submitted as part of the certification process by logging into eLicense and submitting the changes.
• Notify Agency if certified continuing education provider discontinues offering the course by logging into eLicense.
  
• Notify Agency if certified continuing education provider no longer meets the qualifications to be a certified continuing education provider as outlined in OAR 863-020-0020 by logging in to eLicense.
  

As of July 1, 2026, the assessment of license proficiency (formerly known as the final exam) for all Advanced Practices (AP) courses must contain one or more case studies or hypothetical scenarios.

The Broker Advanced Practices assessment must require a real estate broker to demonstrate the ability to:

• Identify and address issues that present risks to a client;
• Select appropriate contract provisions and terms that reflect the client's objectives; and

Example

The following is an example of a question that would meet the scenario- or case-based item requirement for assessments of license proficiency. This is a sample only. 

A homeowner couple contacted a listing agent to potentially list their home. They purchased the home as new construction and owned the property for just a year. They confided in the broker that they wished to sell since one owner had health issues and was having trouble using the stairs. They can close in a minimum of 45 days but are flexible beyond that.

The listing agent prepared a comparative market analysis with a recommended list price between $650,000 and $700,000. Based on the comprehensive marketing plan and professionalism of the agent, the seller decided to list. Seller decided they want to start at $705,000 and the listing agent agreed.

Once it was listed, listing agent hosted an open house and met an interested buyer. They had a good conversation and the buyer decided they wanted to write an offer. The buyer requested that the listing agent also act as their buyer’s agent. The agent explained that in this scenario they would be acting as a disclosed limited agent, and that the seller had agreed to allow it should the situation arise. They agreed to meet the next day to write an offer.

At the time of drafting the offer, the buyer signed the appropriate buyer representation and disclosed limited agency agreements, and they both sat down to complete the sales agreement.

Select the best answer for each question.

1. The buyer asks the agent why the owners are selling and how quickly they can close. Acting as a disclosed limited agent to both buyer and seller, what is the best way for the agent to respond?
   1. Explain that the seller has health issues that prevents them from climbing the stairs, but can close in 45 days.
   2. Explain that the seller is flexible, so the buyer should specify their preferred closing date.
   3. Explain that the seller is flexible but could accommodate a 45-day closing.
   4. Explain that they are unable to provide any information about seller’s preferences.
2. Buyer asks the agent what price to offer for the property. How should the agent respond?
   1. Prepare and present a current market analysis, then ask what price the buyer is comfortable offering.
   2. Explains that, as a disclosed limited agent, they are unable to provide a market analysis and suggest the buyer compares market data on realtor.com and Zillow.
   3. Share that the previous market analysis came in between $650,000 and $700,000, and that the seller was asking for $705,000 at the first open house.
   4. Explain that, as a disclosed limited agent, they cannot recommend any price higher than $650,000.
3. The buyer is indecisive about whether to include a home inspection contingency. What is the best way for the agent to respond?
   1. Acknowledge the buyer’s hesitation and emphasize that, since the home is only three years old, a home inspection is probably excessive.
   2. Advise the buyer that a home inspection contingency is in their best interest.
   3. Encourage the buyer to waive the contingency to make the offer more competitive.
   4. Write a contingency for the sellers to provide a copy of their move-in home inspection, as it was prepared within 24-month statutory timeframe allowed by real estate law.