California Pre License Requirements:
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You Need: | 360 | 360 | 0 |
We Offer: | 135 | 135 | 0 |

California Pre License Individual Courses |
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45-Hr. CA Real Estate Finance Course
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45 | $105 | |
45-Hr. CA Real Estate Practice Course
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45 | $105 | |
45-Hr. CA Real Estate Principles Course
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45 | $105 |
California Requirement Details for Real Estate Pre-Licensing
Hours Required: 360 hours
Education: Applicants for a real estate broker license examination must have successfully completed the following eight statutorily required college-level courses:
1. Real Estate Practice; and
2. Legal Aspects of Real Estate; and
3. Real Estate Finance; and
4. Real Estate Appraisal; and
5. Real Estate Economics or Accounting*; and
6. 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
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.
The CE Shop Sponsor ID number is S0607.
The CE Shop Offering:
- Real Estate Principles (45 hours)
- Real Estate Practice (45 hours)
- Real Estate Finance (45 hours)
Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.
Expiration Date of Course: The CE Shop’s Pre-Licensing courses expire six months after the date of purchase. Each student will be granted a one-month extension at no charge, to be applied immediately after the initial six-month term. For any reactivation or extension of the course after the seventh month, The CE Shop will charge the student 20% of the current retail price of the course for each 30-day extension or partial 30-day extension in the event that the course finally terminates before the end of the final 30-day extension. Students may also elect to re-enroll for 50% of the current retail price of the course, if the course has hit the year expiration or the student is at the 7 month mark and wants to repurchase and restart the course and enrollment. Extensions or reactivations cannot be granted beyond 12 months from the purchase of the course since, in all events, the course terminates 12 months after purchase.
Course Completions: A student may enroll in any number of courses with the following guidelines:
1. Schools may not offer a single correspondence course that is to be completed* in less than 2½ weeks. This rule applies regardless of the number of schools the student is taking courses from (see example below.)
2. No more than two courses may be completed in a five-week period.
Number of Courses Min. Completion Time*
1 2½ weeks
2 5 weeks
3 7.5 weeks
4 10 weeks
6 15 weeks
8 20 weeks
*The time from the date the student receives access to the course material to the date the final exam is successfully passed.
Final Exam: The state requires that you achieve a score of 70% or higher to pass the final exam. You have two attempts to pass the final exam. Pursuant to Article 25 – Section 3007.3 (f)(k)(o), you are allotted one minute per question on the final exams. OF NOTE: Students that enrolled prior to 9/25/19 are required to have their final exam proctored.
Certificates: Once The CE Shop has received the signed affidavit, your certificate of course completion will become available to download (and via email). Upon completion of the course, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic Certificate of Completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies. Please refer to your license application to determine if you need to submit your Certificate of Completion with your license request. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date of your Certificate of Completion will reflect this.
California Department of Real Estate
Street Address: 1651 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95815
Telephone: 877.373.4542
Fax: 916.263.8943
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