I take classes as often as they are offer in my area.  Most do not count toward any designation, they just increase my knowledge base.

I take one class per month with Buffini & Company, it's only 1 hour. Then one big class per year; this year it's for my Broker exam. Then I attend about 4 1 or 2 day-trainings-once per quarter for 3/4 quarters (never the second quarter, too busy). You have to become the change you wish to be.

I'm more likely to take classes to expand my knowledge than to earn a designation.   

I usually take these in the slower times, and the last couple of years has been too busy.   Hopefully will add another designation in the next couple of years.

Continually taking classes.

My practice has been to take several classes each year.

I have taken a number of week long programs related to professional designations.

Whenever and wherever I can. It is an on-going process and the market continually changes.

As we need 22 1/2 hours every two years it is moer for the knowledge than the designation.

when I was actively beating the pavement, I had 9 designations and made it a policy to participate in at least one or two seminars a year....

Not as much as I used to since I have most of them!! 

I do not believe that classes will help you more than the actual experience.

I take classes for my knowledge, when something interesting is offered.  Took a TILA/RESPA class and a seminar on the economic forecast from a Ph.D.  this week.  Cool stuff!  Taking one on online advertising next week.  None offer CEs.

I have a long IT background and IT is full of "paper certifications" (know enough to get the paper and then forget it all) and people with more accronyms after their name than Real Estate HAS certifications!  I'm not at all impressed with MOST certifications. 

With this lens, I looked at the "ePro" certification about two months back because I was learning the info and figured why not get the cert at the same time.  You open up three youtube videos, pay $300 to login to three webinars ($100 per), then send in a $130 licensing fee.  Instant ePro, no test, proof of viewing, or skills demonstration required!  A couple other certifications I looked at through the National Association were the same way.  Essentially, just pay the money and it's yours!  In otherwords, worthless initials after your name that have nothing behind them.

Lets contrast that to my NRA Pistol Instructor certification now.  16 hour class, required attendance, multiple instances of practicing teaching the material, a written test AND a shooting qualification.  Each one of those items, if you failed you didn't get the certification.  Much different!

So far, not impressed with Real Estate designations.  I do have two IT audit certifications.  Required a lengthy exam testing not only book knowledge but how to apply it in the real world and requires 40 hours/yr of continuing education.

Very often, always important to be the best that I can be.

I take either one or two classes every year.

I take classes to learn all the time, not for designations. The most important things you can learn are not relted to real estate in my opinion.

Always learning- right now working on speaking Madarin Chinese

As often as I can. I focus more on classes that will give me knowledge and skills I'll use rather than just those for designations.

Sorry, I no longer do any of that.  CE is taken on line.

I take CE classes quarterly.  It keeps my sharp and I learn something new.