CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE LICENSE INFORMATION
The mission of the California Department of Real Estate is to safeguard and promote the public interests in REAL ESTATE MATTERS through licensure, regulation, education and enforcement.
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Positions that require a real estate license include: residential and commercial sales, property management, loan sales and leasing of commercial real estate.
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SALESPERSON LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
USD real estate students have most likely completed two out of the three course requirements. Real Estate Practice must be taken at an approved real estate online or in-person institution. Please refer to the links below for documents.
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Successful completion of three college-level courses is required to qualify for a real estate salesperson examination:
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Real Estate Principles, and
Real Estate Practice, and
One course from the following list:
Real Estate Appraisal
Property Management
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate Economics
Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Real Estate Office Administration
General Accounting
Business Law
Escrows
Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
Computer Applications in Real Estate
Common Interest Developments
BROKER LICENSE REQUIREMENT
USD Real Estate majors or minors and MSRE graduates have satisfied between four to five of the required eight course requirements. USD does not offer Real Estate Practice, which you must take at an approved real estate school (see link below for approved schools). A bachelor's or master's degree in real estate waives the work experience requirement.
Applicants for a real estate broker license examination must have successfully completed the following eight statutorily required college-level courses:
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Real Estate Practice; and
Legal Aspects of Real Estate; and
Real Estate Finance; and
Real Estate Appraisal; and
Real Estate Economics or Accounting*; and
Three courses from the following list:
Real Estate Principles
Business Law
Property Management
Escrow
Real Estate Office Administration
Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
Advanced Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Advanced Real Estate Finance
Advanced Real Estate Appraisal
Computer Applications in Real Estate
Common Interest Developments
*Note: If both Real Estate Economics and Accounting are taken, only two courses from the above group are required.
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