Click the tabs below to learn more about how you can become a licensed Real Estate Agent in Florida! In Florida, the Real Estate Agent is called a "Sales Associate", and possesses a Real Estate Sales Associate license.

You can find the official DBPR Candidate Booklet by clicking the button below.

You must be:

- at least 18 years of age

- possess a high school diploma or equivalent 

- possess a U.S. Social Security number

- honest, truthful, trustworthy, of good character, and possess a reputation for dealing fairly

- be competent and able to make real estate judgements for transactions, and to conduct real estate negotiations

You can learn more about requirements directly from the DBPR by clicking the link below.

After taking the course and when applying for licensure, the applicant must disclose**:

- any criminal convictions

- if found guilty of any crimes, nolo contendere, or if under any crimincal investigation

- any disciplinary action to any professional license or permit in Florida or any other state

- any denial to a license or permit application

- any pending action to deny any such application

You do not need to be a citizen of the USA in order to take the course or become licensed.

**ALL POTENTIAL STUDENTS AND APPLICANTS WITH CONCERNS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY OR CRIMINAL HISTORY SHOULD CONSULT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR LICENSURE AND MAY WISH TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR ATTORNEY PRIOR TO PAYING FOR A REAL ESTATE LICENSING COURSE**

Click the button below to review the Florida Statutes regarding Real Estate practice.

Complete a 63- hour Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Pre-Licensing course with a DBPR- approved real estate school.  This course can be online. You must pass the end of class exam.

At Lutz School of Real Estate, you may complete your course online, 24/7 at your own pace. You must complete the course within 6 months of registration.

The Lutz School of Real Estate is a Florida approved education provider and offers the 63- hour Sales Associate Pre-Licensing course in English and Spanish languages.

The student must take their licensing exam within 2 years of prelicense course completion.

You can start your approved course with LSRE by clicking the button below.

Apply to the Florida Department of Business Regulation (DBPR) to take the exam. There is a fee to apply. You may apply online or do a paper application. You may apply for your license before your real estate course is completed.

The student must take their lcensing exam within 2 years of prelicense course completion.

You can access the DBPR applicant website by clicking the button below.

As part of the application for licensure procedure, applicants must have their fingerprints scanned through the Livscan vendor. The fingerprints are then sent to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The ORI number for Florida Real Estates Sales Associates and Brokers is: FL920010Z

There is a fee to have fingerprints completed.

Please click the button below for more information about fingerprinting:

The Florida Real Estate Sales Associate licensing exam is multiple choice computerized test. The test taker must achieve a score of 75% or higher in order to pass. The exam is proctored, is 3.5 hours, and is not open book or open notes.The licensing exam may be taken as many times as needed in order to pass. The test taker can only take the exam once per day. There is a fee every time the test taker registers for a new exam attempt.

The student must pass their lcensing exam within 2 years of prelicense course completion.

The Florida Real Estate Sales Associate licensing exam may be taken in English or Spanish languages. 

The test taker will know immediately after completing the exam if they passed or failed.

Click the button below to learn more about the licensing exam proctor, Pearson Vue

Once an applicant passes the licensing exam, they will receive a license from the DBPR, usually within one to several days after passing the exam. This license is not active and the applicant cannot practice real estate yet. The license holder must activate their license by affiliating themselves with a Forida licensed real estate Brokerage, under the supervision of a Florida licensed real estate Broker. The Broker will activate the license holder's license after the license holder agrees to the terms of the Brokerage affiliation. Affiliating oneself with a real estate Brokerage is also called "hanging your license with a Brokerage"

Before the licensee's license expires (within 2 years after initial licensing), it's necessary for the licensee to complete a 45-hour post-licensing course. If the post-licensing course is not completed by the license expiration date, the license will become null and void. 

Lutz School of Real Estate encourages all students to complete their 45 hour posting licensing education as soon as possible to avoid losing their license. This course can be completed as soon as the license is obtained.

After the initial 45 hours of post-licensing education is completed, Florida Real Estate Sales Associates need only to complete 14 hours of continuing education every 2 years in order to renew their licenses.