State Pre-Licensing

All states have a pre-licensing education requirement you must complete in order to qualify to take the state exam. The required number of hours and course curriculum are dictated by the state’s real estate commission. Schools that provide real estate pre-licensing education in a given state must meet the state’s requirements and receive approval. Many states also require that you complete a post-course exam (usually administered by the real estate school that provided your pre-licensing education) and achieve a satisfactory score in order to qualify for the state licensing exam. A list of approved real estate schools can be found on the website for your state’s real estate commission.

Alabama	https://arec.alabama.gov/arec/
Alaska	https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/RealEstateCommission/ApplicantsLicensees/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.aspx
Arizona	http://www.re.state.az.us/
Arkansas	http://www.arec.arkansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx
California	http://www.dre.ca.gov/
Colorado	https://www.colorado.gov/dora/division-real-estate
Connecticut	http://www.ct.gov/DCP/cwp/view.asp?a=1622&Q=501004&PM=1
District of Columbia	https://gcaar.com/resources_ektid948.aspx
Delaware	http://www.dpr.delaware.gov/boards/realestate/
Florida	http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/frec.html
Georgia	http://www.grec.state.ga.us/
Hawaii	http://cca.hawaii.gov/reb/
Idaho	https://irec.idaho.gov/ilr.html
Illinois	https://www.idfpr.com/DRE.asp
Indiana	http://www.in.gov/pla/real.htm
Iowa	https://plb.iowa.gov/
Kansas	https://www.krec.ks.gov/
Kentucky	http://krec.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana	http://www.lrec.state.la.us/home/
Maine	http://www.state.me.us/pfr/professionallicensing/index.shtml
Maryland	https://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/mrec/
Massachusetts	http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/re/
Michigan	http://www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-72600_72602_72731_72871—,00.html
Minnesota	https://mn.gov/commerce/licensees/real-estate/
Mississippi	http://www.mrec.state.ms.us/
Missouri	http://pr.mo.gov/realestate.asp
Montana	http://boards.bsd.dli.mt.gov/rre
Nebraska	http://www.nrec.ne.gov/
Nevada	http://red.nv.gov/
New Hampshire	http://www.oplc.nh.gov/
New Jersey	http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_rec/index.htm
New Mexico	http://www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/real_estate_commission.aspx
New York	http://www.dos.ny.gov/licensing/re_salesperson/re_salesperson.html
North Carolina	https://www.ncrec.gov/
North Dakota	http://www.realestatend.org/
Ohio	http://www.com.state.oh.us/real/default.aspx
Oklahoma	https://www.ok.gov/OREC/
Oregon	http://www.oregon.gov/REA/pages/index.aspx
Pennsylvania	http://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/Pages/default.aspx#exam
Rhode Island	http://www.dbr.state.ri.us/divisions/commlicensing/realestate.php
South Carolina	http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/rec/index.asp?file=pub.htm
South Dakota	http://dlr.sd.gov/realestate/default.aspx
Tennessee	https://www.tn.gov/commerce/section/real-estate-commission
Texas	http://www.trec.texas.gov/
Utah	http://realestate.utah.gov/
Vermont	https://www.sec.state.vt.us/professional-regulation.aspx
Virginia	http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/boards/real-estate/pre-license/
Washington	http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/realestate/
West Virginia	http://rec.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Wisconsin	http://dsps.wi.gov/Home
Wyoming	http://realestate.wyo.gov/