CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE
BROKER APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: Complete 8 statutorily-required college-level courses:
  
  The following five courses are required plus any three from the next group below:

  (RE 13)	Real Estate Practice	3 units
  (RE 12A)	Legal Aspects of Real Estate	3 units
  (RE 14A)	Real Estate Finance I	3 units
  (RE 40)	Real Estate Appraisal	3 units
  (RE 16) or (BUS 1A)	Real Estate Economics or Accounting (Bus 1A)*	3 units/4 units

   

• Pick THREE* from the following group:

  (RE 11)	Real Estate Principles	3 units
  (Law 5)	Contracts, Sales and Commercial Paper	3 units
  (RE 19)	Real Property Management	3 units
  (RE 26)	Principles of Escrow	3 units
  (RE 31)	Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending	3 units
  (RE 14B)	Advanced Real Estate Finance	3 units
  (RE 41)	Advanced Real Estate Appraisal	3 units

   

      *If both RE16 and & BUS1A are taken, only 2 courses from the group are required.

• Age: Must be at least 18 years old to obtain license,
• Experience: Must be one of the following:
  2 years full-time salesperson experience within past 5 years, OR 
  1 year full-time salesperson experience in California with an Associate degree (ECC Real Estate AS degree) 
  No work experience if applicant has a four-year degree from an accredited college, or if applicant holds an LL.B. or J.D. degree or is a graduate of a law school recognized by the California State Bar. An Employment Verification Form is required.
• Pay Licensing fee,
• License: Pass the State Exam with 75% or more on 200 questions.
• Must have livescan fingerprint card completed for background check.
• Activation: License must be activated within one year from date of examination.
• Pass the State Exam

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