Jim Weese Real estate education

The commercial series

Commercial real estate CE for North Carolina brokers

Every year, commercial brokers sit through Update courses built around residential deals. The commercial series covers the same required material through commercial transactions and commercial forms, taught live by a practicing broker. I wrote my own commercial versions of GenUp and BICUp, developed with the Real Estate Commission.

Host a class See the February dates

Your full eight hours, all commercial

Pair the Update course you need with the commercial elective and your whole annual requirement is commercial.

Brokers GenUp Commercial4 hours Commercial Forms Gone Wild: Professional Edition4-hour elective = 8 hours
Brokers-in-charge BICUp Commercial4 hours Commercial Forms Gone Wild: Professional Edition4-hour elective = 8 hours

The courses

All three are four hours and approved for in-person and live online delivery.

4 hours · General Update credit

GenUp Commercial

The Commission’s required Update course for brokers, rebuilt each year around commercial transactions, commercial forms and the questions commercial brokers actually run into.

4 hours · BIC Update credit

BICUp Commercial

The required Update course for brokers-in-charge, including the BIC responsibilities section, built for those who supervise commercial offices.

4 hours · Elective · NCREC-approved 2026

Commercial Forms Gone Wild: Professional Edition

  • Form 580-T section by section, including the five 2026 revisions
  • 2026 changes to Forms 541, 570, 572, 580L-T, 583-T, 592-T and 593-T
  • Commercial scenarios: entity authority, a missed Examination Period, an indemnity gap
  • Quizzes, role-play exercises and common pitfalls throughout

Public classes: February 2027, live online

Through Pitt Community College, taught live on Webex, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. $50 each. Registration links go up here as soon as PCC opens the sections.

Tuesday, February 16

GenUp Commercial

General Update credit, for brokers and provisional brokers.

Wednesday, February 17

Commercial Forms Gone Wild: Professional Edition

Elective credit, for everyone.

Thursday, February 18

BICUp Commercial

BIC Update credit, for brokers-in-charge.

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Bring the series to your members or your office

Want a class just for your group? Spring 2027 dates are being booked now, ahead of the June 10 renewal deadline.

CE schools

Add commercial sections to your schedule and reach the brokers who skip residential-focused classes.

REALTOR® associations

Give your commercial members CE that fits their work, as a member benefit or a commercial council event.

Commercial brokerages

Your team finishes their hours together, in your office or online, on a date that works for you.

  • In person or live online. All three courses are approved for both.
  • You handle registration. I teach the class.
  • Dates set around your calendar.
  • Teaching fee quoted per class.

Taught by Jim Weese

I’m a practicing North Carolina broker with Aldridge & Southerland, a Certified North Carolina Real Estate Instructor, and an approved Education Provider with the Commission (#1807). I’ve taught real estate for 20 years, including commercial CE in the Raleigh market, and I wrote or adapted all three of these courses myself.

Commercial brokers don’t need the residential version of the rules explained to them again. They need the same requirements applied to the deals they actually work. That’s what these courses do.

Want the commercial series on your 2027 calendar?

Email Jim