Minimum Requirements to Apply for
the Real Estate Broker Exam and License

1. Applicant has to meet the following requirements

• Age: To apply for a license, you must be 18 years of age or older.
• Residence: License applicants must provide Proof of Legal Presence in the U.S. If not a California resident, see additional information on the Department of Real Estate web site http://www.dre.ca.gov/outstate.htm.
• Honesty: License applicants must be honest and truthful. Conviction of a crime may result in the denial of a license. Failure to disclose any criminal violation or disciplinary action in an applicant's entire history may also result in the denial of a license.
• Experience: A minimum of 2 years full-time licensed salesperson experience within the last 5 years or the equivalent is required. You would need to submit proof of your experience to the DRE. An applicant with a four-year degree from a regionally accredited college is exempt from the two-year salesperson experience requirement.
• Education: Applicants for a real estate broker license examination must have successfully completed the following eight statutorily required college-level courses:

Note: If both Real Estate Economics and Accounting are taken, only two courses from the above group are required.

*All marked courses are offered by StudyLicense Real Estate School.

Each college-level course must be a minimum of three semester-units or four quarter-units. The courses must be completed prior to being scheduled for an examination. Copies of official transcripts are generally acceptable evidence of completed courses. Transcripts of other courses, submitted as an equivalent course of study in lieu of the statutory courses, must be accompanied by an official course or catalog description in order to be evaluated.

Broker qualification courses must be completed at an institution of higher learning accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or by a comparable regional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education, or by a private real estate school which has had its courses approved by the California Real Estate Commissioner.

StudyLicense Real Estate School courses are approved by the Department of Real Estate. We issue our students official course completion certificates.

Courses completed through foreign institutions of higher learning must be evaluated by a foreign credentials evaluation service approved by the Department of Real Estate.

Note: Applicants who have completed the eight college-level courses statutorily required for the broker examination and license are eligible to take the salesperson examination without providing further evidence of education or experience.

2. Applicants must pass the Broker Examination

All qualification requirements must be met before you can be scheduled for the broker examination. To obtain a real estate broker license, you must qualify for and pass a written examination. Those who pass the examination are provided a license application which must be submitted to and approved by the Department of Real Estate.

If you have any additional questions regarding requirements to apply for Broker License, please visit the Department of Real Estate web site at http://www.dre.ca.gov/brkrlic.htm.