Getting Your Real Estate License

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 &  NEW Procedure October 1, 2007

        1.    Pass a qualified Real Estate Principles Class.

      2.    Pass a qualified Real Estate Practices Class.

      3.    Pass one other qualified real estate class, such as;

                a.    Real Estate Finance
                b.    Legal Aspects of Real Estate
                c.    Real Estate Appraisal
                d.    Property Management
                e.    Mortgage Loan Brokering
                f.    Real Estate Office Administration
                g.    Real Estate Escrow
                h.    Computer Applications in Real Estate
                i.    Real Estate Economics
                j.    Business Law
                k.    Accounting
                l.    Common Interest Developments

        4.    File for your examination after all three of these classes are completed.

        5.    Mail the completed application, with official transcripts (Community  Colleges)
                Private School Students mail copies of your certificates, with the appropriate
                fees to:

                                        California Department of Real Estate
                                        Examination Section
                                        P.O. Box 187001
                                        Sacramento, CA 95818-7001

          The cost for the test is approximately $25 for sales and $50 for broker.
           Fill out form (RE 400A).   Send checks or money orders made out to the
           California Department of Real Estate. You can apply using a credit card on the
           Department of Real Estate Web Site. ( http://www.dre.ca.gov  go to Examinees,
           then Exam Scheduling).

Department of Real Estate Examination Guide

     Test Taking Tips 

        1.    Study for the test.  Take and Re-take the tests, in the Thomas Felde Book "Real Estate
               Practice Exams", to Pass the Real Estate Examination.  Study these tests until your grades
               are in the 90th percentile (90%or above).

         2.    The weekend before you take your test, drive to the site where the test
                will be held.  Plan where you are going to park, actually park your car
                and walk to the building where the test is going to be.  This is called
                "Safe Island" it is a method used to help you feel at ease, relaxed the day of
                the test.

        3.    Take your test.

        4.    If you have done all of these things you will have pass.

        5.    You can check the California Department of Real Estate website to verify that you passed.

        6.    When the Department of Real Estate mails you the necessary paperwork, fill it out and
                send it in.  The cost is about $165. They will send you a license.

        7.    Two situations exist at this point;
                a.  You have a broker who has endorsed your license
                b.  You have an inactive license.

CALCULATORS IN THE EXAMINATION ROOM

            You are allowed to bring a silent, battery powered, electronic, pocketsize calculator that does not have a print
            capability or an alphabetic keyboard.

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