Real Estate Board: Pre-License Education

Salesperson Pre-License Education

In order to become licensed as a real estate salesperson by the Real Estate Board, applicants must:

• complete 60 class/clock hours of a Board-approved Pre-License Course (PDF), and
• pass the state and national portions of the examination

Broker Pre-License Education

In order to become licensed as a real estate broker by the Real Estate Board, you must:

• complete 180 class/clock hours of Board-approved Pre-License Courses (PDF), and
• pass the state and national portions of the broker examination, and
• submit verification of experience (actively engaged as a salesperson for 36 of the 48 months preceding application).

Equivalent courses to Board-approved courses offered by an accredited university, college, community college, or other school or education institution may be accepted for broker pre-license education. Each course must be at least 45 class/clock hours or 3 semester hours. Proof of course completion, including a monitored, final written examination, is required for course approval.

You must complete a Real Estate Brokerage course. In addition to a Real Estate Brokerage course, you must complete either:

A) the three Broker-Specific Courses of Real Estate Appraisal, Real Estate Finance, and Real Estate Law; or
B) two of the Broker Specific Courses and one of the following Broker-Related Courses:

• Real Estate Abstracting
• Real Estate Contract Law
• Real Estate Economics
• Real Estate Feasibility Analysis
• Real Estate Investments
• Real Estate Math
• Real Estate Property Management
• Real Estate Property Law
• CCIM designation
• CRB designation
• GRI designation
• SIR/SIOR designation
• Business Law
• Commercial Mortgage Lending
• Land Planning and Use
• Urban Development

NOTE: Courses taken to meet continuing education requirements are not acceptable for pre-license credit in Virginia.

ANY PRINCIPLES OF REAL ESTATE COURSE TAKEN FOR LICENSURE AS A SALESPERSON IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS A BROKER PRE-LICENSE EDUCATION COURSE.
Original or certified copies of transcripts are required to verify broker pre-license courses.

Chart of Broker Pre-License Education Credit (PDF) for reciprocal applicants from other states.

Examination