STATE OF FLORIDA QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A REAL ESTATE BROKER

 
Real Estate Sales Associates seeking licensure as a Florida Real Estate Broker must have been actively licensed in Florida or any other state for at least 12 months within the 5 years prior to application. Florida applicants must also have successfully completed the Sales Associate’s 45 hour post license course and completed at least 6months of active real estate experience before becoming eligible to enroll in the broker pre-license course. 
 
Out-of-state brokers requesting a Florida broker’s license should refer below.

ATTEND AGORA SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE

Applicants must take a prescribed Broker pre-license course of instruction consisting of 72 hours and pass an end-of-course examination with a score of 70%. The exam consists 100 questions covering real estate law, principles & practices, real estate math, and one closing statement.
 
The Broker Pre-License course, titled Course II: Real Estate Principles and Practices for Brokers, is offered by AGORA School of Real Estate in either a live classroom instruction setting or distance learning. The course consists of information concerning Florida real estate law, escrow management, starting and operating a brokerage office, real estate and business valuation, listing and selling real property closing transactions, real estate math and a variety of other subjects related to real estate investment and transactions.

Classroom courses are designed to accommodate lecture, Q&A, and end of chapter questions and practice exams. The day courses include 8 consecutive sessions  while the evening curriculum covers a 17 session calendar. The last 3 hour session consists of the end of course 100 question examination.

• DAY Sessions begin at 8:15am and end at 5:45pm
• EVENING Sessions begin at 6:00pm and end at 10:00pm

Registration options:

• By phone, using a major credit or debit card;
• Mail a personal check (or money order) along with the registration form
• Visit our office  and register in person or
• Register on-line at our website at www.agorarealestateschool.com.

Textbooks may be obtained in advance by full payment or a deposit which is applied to the course tuition.

Classroom students should bring a highlighter, note paper, pencil, and a silent, battery operated, hand-held calculator to class.

APPLY FOR STATE EXAM

Application to take your state license examination, which must include your notarized signature, may be made before the pre-license class begins, during the time you are completing the course, or after the course has been satisfactorily completed. It is recommended that the applicant complete the application, fingerprint card, and  send those plus the fee to the DBPR as soon as possible. Approval from the State can take up to 60 days from receipt of a correctly completed application form.
Appropriate forms, are available at our office or by mail for our students.. You must submit a properly completed application to the Florida Division of Real Estate for processing.

After your application to take the state examination has been approved by the Florida Division of Real Estate, the Division will notify Assessment Systems Inc. (ASI), the state-contracted testing service that administers the examination. ASI in turn will notify you of your approval. You may then make a convenient appointment to sit for the examination. An examination fee will be collected by ASI at the time you schedule your examination. Information concerning testing procedures may be obtained from any of our training center personnel.

The Florida Real Estate Broker Examination consists of 100 multiple choice questions; a grade of 75 is required to pass. The examination contains 45 questions on Florida Real Estate License Law, 40 questions on real estate principles and practices and 5 on real estate math and a closing statement with 5 questions worth 2 points each.. The Examination is computer based. The applicant is given plenty of time to familiarize him/herself with the process before the exam starts.

PASS THE BROKER EXAMINATION THE FIRST TIME

AGORA School of Real Estate offers a Broker Prep Course for those interested. The compact three day course is designed to teach the applicant how to apply the knowledge gained in the pre-license course to the state examination. The Prep Courses runs from 8:00am to 5:00pm over a three day period, usually including a weekend where appropriate. This course may be taken as many times as desired over a 2 year period and is available to all applicants, even if they completed their pre-license course with another school.( Please refer to our course schedules for time and price.) Registration in advance for each class is required.

GET A HEADSTART  ---  COMPLETE THE POST-LICENSING REQUIREMENT

To maintain your license you will need to successfully complete 60 hours of post license educational course material within the initial licensing period( usually 18 to 24 months ). This material is offered in two segments of 30 hours each ( Management and Investment ), which can be completed in a  live classroom instruction setting or by distance learning. An end-of-course school exam is required to be passed with a score of 75 out of a possible 100 for each 30-hour segment. There is no grace period beyond expiration of the license! We strongly recommend you complete this requirement as soon as possible after receiving your initial license. This material covers various topics prescribed by the Division of Real Estate in the areas of real estate management and investment.
 
Subsequent license renewals (those following the initial license period) require completion of 14 hours of continuing education, which can also be completed through live classroom attendance or distance learning; no examination is required.

Please refer to our class schedule for dates and times for these and all other courses

Out-of-state brokers requesting a Florida broker’s license
The state of Florida has entered into mutual recognition agreements with Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Brokers that have been actively licensed in any of these states for at least 12 months within the previous 5 years may apply to take a 40 question examination on Florida license law. Passage of this examination with a score of 30 qualifies the applicant to receive a Florida broker’s license.
 
Brokers from states other than those indicated above are required to meet the same educational requirements as Florida residents.