Real Estate Broker's License Requirement  
 

Experience: A minimum of two years full-time licensed salesperson experience within the last five years or the equivalent is required. For further information, see Documenting Experience Requirements for the Broker Examination.

Education: Applicants for a real estate broker license examination must have successfully completed the following eight statutorily required college-level courses:

  • Real Estate Practice

  • Legal Aspects of Real Estate

  • Real Estate Finance

  • Real Estate Appraisal

  • Real Estate Economics or Accounting
  • And three* courses from the following group:
    • Real Estate Principles
    • Business Law
    • Property Management
    • Escrows
    • Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
* If both Real Estate Economics and Accounting are taken, only two courses from the above group are required.
For additional information, updates, and changes, please visit the Department of Real Estate web site (http://www.dre.ca.gov/index.html)
CA Dept of RE