CaliforniaLicense.com offers the following CA Department of Real Estate approved online courses:

Real Estate Principles Course

This is one of the two mandatory courses required to become a salesperson in California. Successful completion of this course and passing the end of course online exam satisfies the 45 hour Real Estate Principles requirement. Topics covered include Agency, Contracts, Math, Appraisal, Finance, and much more!

California Real Estate Practice Course

This is one of the two mandatory courses required to become a salesperson in California. Successful completion of this course and passing the end of course online exam satisfies the 45 hour Real Estate Practice requirement. Topics covered include Marketing, Listing, Disclosures, Purchase Agreements, Property Management, and much more!

California Real Estate Finance Course

Successful completion of this course and passing the end of course online exam satisfies 45 hours of real estate pre-license education. Topics covered include Intro to Finance, Lenders, Loan Types, Qualifying, Foreclosures, Creative Financing Options, and much more!

We have created our courses to help you study for, and pass, the required exams! Our textbooks cover everything you need to know to pass the exam. When you are ready to take the exam, you may do so at our 24-hour online test center. Following taking the test, you will immediately receive a completion certificate from us via your personal computer, which you can download and print! All you need to do is mail a copy of your certificate, the Salesperson Examination Application (which you can access from our DRE forms page), and a check for $25 to the DRE. The DRE will then notify you of the date, time and location of your state salesperson's exam. This notification process will take approximately four to six weeks.

During this notification “waiting” period, we recommend you use our Real Estate Exam Prep to study for the state salesperson's license exam:

Exam Prep for the state salesperson’s license exam

Our Real Estate Exam Prep is designed for your computer to help you study for and pass the state salesperson’s license exam. This exam preparation program was prepared after a careful analysis of all of the testing formats that a real estate applicant may encounter. The program is composed of the ten topics found on all of the testing service exams and many state exams. The program also includes two 100-question practice exams: one salesperson practice exam and one broker practice exam. There are a total of 1,000 questions in this exam prep program.

When you pass the state salesperson’s license exam, you will be issued a conditional salesperson’s license from the DRE. To obtain your permanent salesperson’s license, you must fulfill one more obligation, which is explained next.

“18-Month” Courses (to qualify for your permanent salesperson’s license)
This is the last step required by the DRE before you can receive your permanent salesperson license: you must complete two continuing education courses within 18 months (hence the name “18-month” courses).

Our “18-month” course material consists of two textbooks,Escrow and Practices. After ordering the textbooks and taking our online “open-book” exams, you will promptly be able to download your completion certificates from our Web site. Mail copies of these certificates to the DRE, and you will then receive your new, permanent salesperson’s license.

Congratulations!

Broker’s Courses
Before we begin discussing our broker’s courses, we recommend you visit the DRE’s Web site (www.dre.ca.gov). The DRE requires individuals to have reached certain educational levels (e.g., a four-year college degree), or to have real estate sales experience before they can apply for their broker’s license. Your personal educational level and real estate sales experience will affect the number of courses you will be required to take.

We offer nine online, DRE-approved courses you can take to obtain your broker’s license: Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Practices, Real Estate Principles, Escrows, Legal Aspects of Real Estate, Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending, Property Management, Real Estate Appraisal, and Real Estate Economics. Each course includes a textbook and an online “open-book” exam.

When you complete your required courses,*; you will immediately receive your certificates of completion via your personal computer, a state exam application form, an experience form, and an equivalent experience form. All these forms, and a $50 fee, need to be submitted to the DRE. The DRE will then notify you of the date, time and location of your state broker’s exam. This notification process will take approximately four to six weeks.

*Please note that the DRE requires a waiting period between course completions. You will have to wait a minimum of 18 days before having access to your first exam and wait 18 days between each subsequent exam.

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