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How to Get Your Real Estate License
STEP BY STEP
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Step 1: Complete your Pre-Licensing Education
Begin your real estate journey with state-approved courses from an accredited school (like us!). Complete your required hours and earn your certificate to apply for your license.
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Step 2: Pass your Real Estate Exam
Once you’ve completed your pre-licensing course, you’ll apply to take your state’s licensing exam. Our exam prep courses, with practice tests and state-specific questions, ensure you’re ready to succeed.
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Step 3: Launch Your Career
Congrats! Now that you’ve passed your state exam, you’ll officially apply for your real estate license and begin looking for a brokerage to sponsor and support your career goals. Our helpful insights, tips, and continuing education courses are here to champion you through every step of your journey.
Complete your Pre-Licensing Education
Pass your Real Estate Exam
Launch Your Career
Step 1: Complete your Pre-Licensing Education
Once you’ve completed your pre-licensing course, you’ll apply to take your state’s licensing exam. Our exam prep courses, with practice tests and state-specific questions, ensure you’re ready to succeed.
Step 2: Pass your Real Estate Exam
Once you’ve completed your pre-licensing course, you’ll apply to take your state’s licensing exam. Our exam prep courses, with practice tests and state-specific questions, ensure you’re ready to succeed.
Step 3: Launch Your Career
Congrats! Now that you’ve passed your state exam, you’ll officially apply for your real estate license and begin looking for a brokerage to sponsor and support your career goals. Our helpful insights, tips, and continuing education courses are here to champion you through every step of your journey.
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Answers to Common Questions:
Getting your real estate license generally takes between four to six months. However, this may vary by state as each state has unique requirements when it comes to course durations, application processes, background checks and examination schedules.
Real estate licenses in the US are only available at a state-level. Each state has a set of requirements that need to be met to become a real estate agent. This involves meeting their qualifying criteria, completing your state-specific real estate pre licensing course and passing your real estate licensing exam.
Read more on how to become a real estate agent.
The total cost of getting a real estate license in the U.S. can range depending on your state. The total cost includes various fees, such as your course fees, application fees, background check fees, and examination fees.
In most states you do not need to be a U.S. citizen to become a real estate agent. Non-citizens who are legal permanent residents can also apply to get their license if they meet the states’ requirements.