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Florida License Requirements

Florida Real Estate License Requirements

Please be sure you understand the requirements before taking the pre-license education and licensing examination. If you have any questions, please contact the Commission office at (850) 487-1395 or visit the Florida Real Estate Commission website.

An applicant must be at least 18 years old, hold a high school diploma (more detailed information is available in Chapter 475.17, Florida Statutes), and fulfill the following:

Real Estate Associate

When you have made the decision to become a sales associate, we recommend you submit a completed Application and do the electronic fingerprinting, with appropriate fees, then start your class. This will insure that you are approved to take the state exam as soon as you finish your course with little or no waiting.
Successfully complete a FREC-approved pre-licensing course for sales associates (Course I) consisting of 63 classroom or online hours and covering the topics required by the FREC. The course is valid for licensure purposes for two years after the course completion date. Minimum grade of 70% is required on the end-of-course examination. (If you fail your end-of-course examination, you must wait 30 days from the date of the original examination to retest) [Note: Online end-of-course examinations are administered online].
Pass the Florida Real Estate Sales Associate examination with a grade of at least 75 or pass the Florida Real Estate Law Examination with a grade of at least 30. Submit a completed RE 2050 form to activate the license. The license is issued in an inactive status. Your broker will help you with this.

Post license

Successfully complete a FREC-approved post-licensing course for sales associate consisting of at least 45 classroom-hours, prior to the expiration of the initial sales associate license. This applies whether holding an active or inactive license,

Real Estate Broker

Hold an active real estate sales associate license and complete 24 months of real estate experience during the 5 year period preceding becoming licensed as a broker OR a licensed real estate sales associate or broker who has real estate experience in another state may apply the experience toward a Florida real estate broker license if the applicant has held an active sales associate or a current and valid broker license for at least 24 months during the preceding 5 years. The real estate license must have been obtained from the real estate licensing authority by completing its education and examination requirements. NOTE: If the applicant holds a Florida real estate sales associate license, the applicant must fulfill the sales associate post-licensing education requirement before being eligible to obtain a broker license.
When you have made the decision to become a Broker or Broker associate, we recommend you submit a completed Application and do the electronic fingerprinting, with appropriate fees, then start your class. This will insure that you are approved to take the state exam as soon as you finish your course with little or no waiting.
Successfully complete a FREC approved pre-licensing course for brokers (Course II) consisting of 72 classroom hours and covering the topics required by the FREC. The course is valid for licensure purposes for two years after the course completion date.
Minimum grade of 70% is required on the end-of-course examination. (If you fail your
end-of-course examination, you must wait 30 days from the date of the original
examination to retest) [Note: Online end-of-course examinations are administered online].
Pass the Florida Real Estate Broker Examination with a grade of at least 75
Submit a completed RE 2050 form to activate the license, otherwise the license is issued in an inactive status. To immediately begin working as a real estate broker, submit the completed RE 2050 form to the Division of Real Estate.

Post license

Successfully complete a FREC-approved post-licensing course for brokers consisting of at least 60 classroom hours prior to the expiration of the initial broker license.

Continuing Education

Florida licensees are required to renew their license every two years based on the issue date of the initial license. A total of 14 hours of continuing education is required, with three of those hours in required subjects as mandated by the Florida Real Estate Commission.

For more information on Continuing Education Requirements, read Florida Statute 475.182

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License Application Process

Rowlett Real Estate School recommends that, if at all possible, as soon as the student decides to take the sales associate license course or the broker license course, the student should

1. First make application to the state.

This will insure that you are approved to take the state board and will also allow you to take the state exam as soon as you finish your course with no waiting. This can be accomplished by doing it on-line or printing the application out, having it notarized and mailing the application in with a check. The school recommends students make the application on-line because it is faster and the student can attest to the facts without having to have the document notarized, saving time and money. Students can mail the application payment on-line by credit card.

Here is the Link to the paper-less applications
Here is the Link to the paper Sales Associate application
Here is the Link to the paper Broker application

Complete the application as honestly as you know how. DISCLOSE ALL. The application fee to the state of Florida is $105 for Salesperson and $115 for Broker.

2. Get your Fingerprinting taken at a Pearson VUE Exam Center

Reservations are necessary for this process. Reservations can be completed by calling Pearson VUE at 888-274-2020 or making reservations on the Pearson VUE web site and selecting "Fingerprint Services". The fee for the fingerprint process is $56.25 (Pearson VUE $14 and FDLE/FBI $42.25). There are currently 15 Pearson VUE Exam and Fingerprints Centers in Florida.

3. While taking your class, you can check periodically for your application approval.

You can click this line >APPLICATION STATUS LINK< or If you prefer you may call "The Call Center" in Tallahassee at 850-487-1395 and ask if you are approved.

4. Complete the required course online or classroom.

5. Go immediately and schedule to take the state board exam.

Once your applicant is approved by the state and you have completed and passed the required course, We recommend you schedule with Pearson VUE test center to take your State Board Exam as soon as possible. Call 888-204-6289 6289 or go online to www.pearsonvue.com. to schedule your exam at one of the Pearson VUE test centers.

Good luck and welcome to a rewarding new career or license.
~ Captain Wayne Rowlett ~

Pearson VUE Schedule

At most sites there are two exams scheduled per day. One is in the morning at 8:00 A.M. and one in the afternoon at 1:00 P.M. Exams are scheduled Monday through Saturday. There are only a few locations that do evening exams and Pearson VUE does not promote it. So if that is necessary, you will have to ask for it.

The call centers hours are:
Monday through Friday: 8:00 A. M. to 11:00 P. M. EST
Saturday: 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. EST
Sunday: 10:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M. EST

When you call Pearson VUE give them a Visa/MasterCard/Discover or American Express card to pay for the exam. The other option is to bring a money order or cashier check to the test center.

What to bring to the Pearson VUE Center

The student needs to bring the Rowlett Real Estate School completion certificate to the required course to the exam center not the "wall certificate".

You must bring two forms of identification to the center (one must be a photo ID), and they must have signatures on the back. to gain access to the examination room.

What happens if I pass or fail?

Pass: Pearson VUE will give you your inactive real estate license.
Fail: Fail grades will include a reexamination application and a post examination review form.

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Mutual Recognition

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation mutual recognition resources.

Florida has entered into a mutual recognition agreement with eleven (11) of the following states, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Qualified residents from these states may get a Florida real estate license by passing a forty (40) question examination. The exam tests knowledge of Florida real estate license law, statutes and administrative rules. The exam is the same for sales associates or brokers.
There are no requirements that an applicant must attend a course for this exam, but we do suggest the following methods of preparation.

Self Study the Sales Associate's course text.

Florida Real Estate Principles, Practices & Law -Linda Crawford

Attend a sales associate class during the License Law segment.

This consists of the first twenty-four (24) hours of our Sales Associate Licensing Course.
This can be accomplished by attending the first three (3) classes. .

The License Law Course fee is $159.00. It includes the Sales Associate text above.
For scheduling, refer to our Pre Sales Associate License Course schedule for starting dates and classroom locations.

Attend the Sales Associate State Exam Cram Course

The Exam Cram Course price of $125.00 includes a review text.
For scheduling, refer to our Pre Sales Associate's State Exam Cram Course schedule for starting dates and classroom locations.

Mutual Recognition rules apply only to individuals whom are NOT Florida
residents as defined by Florida Statute 475

What if I am licensed in a state other than those with Mutual Recognition?

If you are a licensed real estate Sales Associate or broker who have real estate experience in another state that is not mutually recognized. Then you may apply the experience toward a Florida real estate broker license if you have held an active Sales Associate, or a current and valid broker license for at least twenty-four (24) months during the past five (5) years.

Email us or call us here at the office ask any further questions.

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