Florida Real Estate License Classes
FLORIDA PRE-LICENSE CLASSES
Florida Real Estate School Online
Florida Real Estate License School Online - Florida Real Estate Pre-License Requirements for becoming a Fl Real Estate Associate
What are the requirements for obtaining a Florida real estate license?
BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
An applicant for licensure as a real estate sales-associates, broker, or
instructor must
- be at least 18 years old,
- hold a high school diploma (more detailed information is available in Chapter 475.17, Florida Statutes), and fulfill the following requirements:
- ***ALL APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO APPLY***
Becoming a Licensed Florida Real Estate Agent
You must have an active licensed Florida real estate Broker sponsor you before you can practice as a licensed salesperson in Florida. However, you can be awarded your Florida Real Estate License as an inactive agent until you find a broker that you want to work for. Whether you are looking at Real Estate as a supplement to your income or as a long-time
Real Estate Commission (FREC) for anyone who wishes to become a licensed real estate agent in Florida. This course utilizes interactive technology and audio in an appealing way that facilitates the learning of the comprehensive, state-required topics of real estate principles for salespersons.
Each of the 20 modules begins with an introduction, learning objectives, and key terms.
The modules are divided into lessons, which are followed by quizzes to test student comprehension. Each module concludes with activities and case studies that allow students to apply the knowledge they have gained from the modules’ lessons. The introductions, lesson summaries, and module summaries are all available in a printable format for reference purposes.
Upon completion of this module, the student will:
- Describe the various activities of real estate salespeople
- Distinguish among the five major sales specialties
- Identify reasons property management has grown in prevalence
- Explain the provision under Chapter 475.611 regarding federally backedtransactions
- Understand the provision under Chapter 475.25 regarding USPAP compliance
- Recognize the differences between mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers
- List all pre- and post-licensing qualifications needed to become a sales associate or broker
Florida Salesperson Exam Prep
FINAL PREP-PROMISSOR – National Questions for Florida Salespersons
An Exam Prep for Florida Real Estate License Candidates Based upon the Required PROMISSOR Exam
This exam prep is provided to those students who are preparing to take the state-mandated exam to become Real Estate Licensees in Florida. It is not an official or otherwise sanctioned testing mechanism, and is meant merely to provide a determination of your preparedness for taking the Proctored Exam given by PROMISSOR in Florida. This is the national portion of the exam. In order for this testing module to be truly effective you should have completed broker educational coursework.
Like the official exam, all exams given through this program are timed. Unlike proctored exams, however, you may stop and resume an exam at your convenience. When you log in as a returning student to complete an exam, you will return to the question that you last completed. In order to log in as a returning student to complete an exam, you must remember your username and password.
Like the official exam that you will take to gain your license, this test is comprised of questions dealing with issues applicable nationwide, and with Florida -specific issues.
To help you retain the information presented here, these subject areas are presented separately and all questions have feedback to explain the correct answer.
You will study the following subjects:
- Real Property Ownership, Land Use Controls and Regulations
- Valuation and Appraisal
- Contracts and Agency Relationships
- Property Disclosures
- Federal Law
- Financing and Settlement Costs
- Leases and Property Management
- Brokerage Operations
*ATTENTION BROKER LICENSE APPLICANTS*
Effective July 1st, 2008, the 12-month experience requirement during the preceding five years will change to 24 months. Learn more about Broker License Requirements at FREC FAQs
Real Estate Associate
Successfully complete a FREC-approved pre-licensing course for sales associates (Course I) consisting of 63 classroom-hours and covering the topics required by the FREC. The course is valid for licensure purposes for two years after the course completion date. Licensees with a permanent physical disability as defined by FREC Rule 61J2-3.013(2) may qualify for a correspondence pre-licensing course if unable, due to a permanent physical disability, to attend the site where the course is conducted.
Submit a completed Application, fingerprint card, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
Pass the Florida Real Estate Sales Associate examination with a grade of at least 75 or pass the Florida Real Estate Law Examination with a grade of at least 30.
Note - Florida has entered into a Mutual Recognition agreement with the following 10 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. See the Mutual Recognition page for specific requirements.
Submit a completed RE 2050-1 form to activate the license, otherwise the license is issued in an inactive status. If you want to immediately begin working as a real estate sales associate, submit the completed RE 2050-1 form at the examination site. Otherwise, submit the RE 2050-1 form to the Division of Real Estate.
Whether holding an active or inactive license, successfully complete a FREC-approved post-licensing course for sales associate consisting of at least 45 classroom-hours, prior to the expiration of the initial sales associate license.
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Florida Law
The focus of this module is to refresh legal concepts and their importance in the practice of real estate. For instance, because of the many divergent types of businesses and people that a brokerage deals with, it is essential that licensed sales associates and broker associates as well as brokers themselves are sufficiently knowledgeable about the laws regulating their profession. This module is designed to explore some of these distinctions as well as some of the general obligations of these individual licensees.
This module covers a broad range of issues related to license law. To help the student navigate this subject, it includes the following lessons:
The Commission
Registration and Partnerships
Licensing and Examinations
Real Estate Business Practices
In addition, this module includes a final practice lesson. This concluding lesson presents real-world dilemmas and concrete applications of the information presented in the rest of the course. As the student completes this course, he or she should try to develop a broad picture of license law, how it relates directly to him or her and its necessity within the practice of this profession. The last lesson will help with this objective by presenting comprehensive content questions, practice problems and case studies.
Approved Course Number(s):
0010319
ASSET MANAGEMENT
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Asset Management is the term used for the decision-making process involved in maximizing returns on real property investments. This process includes such decisions as whether to renew a lease for a tenant, purchase or lease more assets, improve, sell, or rent one’s current assets, etc. The asset manager must be aware of market trends and indicators and must be able to accurately predict the cash inflows and outflows of holdings. This module provides an introduction to the basics of asset management. It introduces the student to the key ideas and concepts of management as well as the techniques a manager will use to evaluate the market and evaluate the financial impact of alternatives in order to make properly informed decisions. The student will learn how to handle not only well-established properties, but distressed properties as well. We will also give instructions on how to successfully market a revenue-increasing strategy.
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
Be familiar with the basic concepts of asset management.
Be familiar with the common decisions faced by an asset manager.
Know what a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is and the benefits of investing in one.
Understand the risks and rewards associated with real estate investment.
Know how to conduct a useful market study.
Understand how interest rates affect the real estate market.
Be able to calculate the depreciation of residential and commercial real property held for business or investment.
Be familiar with the financial ratio methods of valuation, including Price to Earnings Ratios and Cap Rates.
Know how to create a pro forma projection for a real estate investment alternative.
Know the basics of a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis.
Know how to use the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) to compare the values of several alternatives.
Be familiar with distressed properties and how to handle them.
Know the important factors to consider when refinancing.
Be able to apply these concepts in the real world.
Approved Course Number(s):
0009869
Contracts, Purchase and Sales Agreements
Agreement is an essential component in the legal transference of ownership. In real estate, contracts are the instruments by which agreements are reached for the conveyance of property. Whether a salesperson is promising to sell a property within a specified period of time, a prospective buyer is placing an offer on a house or a seller is considering an offer on property, some type of contract is involved.
In this Contracts course, the student learns about the types of general contracts as well as the different kinds of real estate contracts. The module begins by providing the student with an overview of the various types of contracts: bilateral, unilateral, implied, express, executed, executory, valid, void, voidable and unenforceable. Once the student is introduced to the different types of contracts, he or she learns what makes a contract legally enforceable, this being the five components that make a contract valid: mutual assent, legally competent parties, consideration, lawful objective and adherence to a statute of frauds.
This course will introduce the student to two of the three factors that create a contract: offers and acceptances. When there is an offer and acceptance, the parties can either perform their respective parts of the contract or breach the contract by not fulfilling their obligations. Then we will discuss the third component of a legally binding and enforceable contract—performance. There are four basic types of contracts in real estate: sales contracts, option agreements, contract for deeds and leases; these types of contracts being those that deal in the governance of the real estate industry which, as a real estate professional, the student should be familiar with.
Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to:
Name and explain the various components of a valid contract.
Identify the differences between a unilateral and bilateral contract.
Describe the various types of contracts.
Recognize the difference between a forbearance and performance agreement.
Outline the features of a contract (and the contracting parties) that make a contract legally binding.
Recognize the general features of a completed contract.
Identify when a contract can be discharged.
Recognize the different kinds of real estate contracts.
Approved Course Number(s):
0009870
FAIR HOUSING
COURSE INTRODUCTION:
All Americans have the right to attempt to purchase, rent, or finance housing for themselves in the location of their choosing, regardless of their gender, religion, handicap, color, race, national origin or familial status. To help ensure that no one is deprived of this right, Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968. This Act prohibits unethical discrimination by those who rent, sell and finance residential real estate. This module discusses the federal Fair Housing Act, as well as other anti-discrimination laws that directly affect the real estate industry and the financing of real estate. Upon completion of this course, you will understand the legislation, its purpose, and importance. You will also be familiar with the penalties for violating such statutes and have a better understanding of how you can avoid unethical discrimination in your everyday conduct.
This module includes the following lessons:
Introduction to Fair Housing
Discrimination
Legal Protections against Discrimination
Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
How to Avoid Actions that are Discriminatory
Initially, this module will introduce the federal Fair Housing Act, explaining the groups of people whom it covers and the various wrongs against which the law is meant to protect those people. In addition, we will discuss the meaning of discrimination and the existence of certain exemptions to the law. After detailing the Fair Housing Act, this course will move on to other relevant statutes, such as the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This module concludes with a real estate practice lesson that will present you with various case studies. Using the information you have gained from this course, this final lesson provides you with an opportunity to decide how to handle the common predicaments that often face those providing brokerage services.
Approved Course Number(s):
0009871
Tips before you get started:
- Familiarize yourself with all of the requirements to be an agent by visiting the Department of Business and Professional Regulation Division of Real Estate*. The licensing process is fairly straight-forward but there are several required forms and fees before the application can be filed.
- Plan your education schedule. Online courses provide great flexibility, but you must dedicate plenty of time to completing them. A Florida Real Estate Salesperson license requires 63 hours.
- Select courses that fit your learning style (i.e., activities and engagement, quizzes, exams and the ability to stop and return to the course). Classroom Online offers Florida Pre-license courses for 3 different learning styles, an all Online Version, a correspondence book version and a correspondence pdf version.
- Test your knowledge and prepare for the exam. Take an exam prep course that matches your state’s exam environment. Classroom Online offers both a National portion exam prep and Florida portion exam prep.
- Follow the Florida Real Estate commission instructions for scheduling your exam!
Florida Licensing Requirements for Real Estate
Mail all applications to:
DBPR Central Intake Unit
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783
Real Estate Associate
- Successfully complete a FREC-approved pre-licensing course for sales associates consisting of 63 classroom-hours and covering the topics required by the FREC. The course is valid for licensure purposes for two years after the course completion date. Licensees with a permanent physical disability as defined by FREC may qualify for a correspondence pre-licensing course if unable, due to a permanent physical disability, to attend the site where the course is conducted.
- Submit a completed application, electronic fingerprints, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
- Pass the Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Examination with a grade of at least 75 or pass the Florida Real Estate Law Exam with a grade of at least 30.
- Submit a completed RE-2050-1 form to activate the license, otherwise the license is issued in an inactive status. If you want to immediately begin working as a real estate sales associate, submit the completed RE 2050-1 form at the examination site. Otherwise, submit the RE 2050-1 form to the Division of Real Estate.
- Whether holding an active or inactive license, successfully complete a FREC-approved post-licensing course for sales associate consisting of at least 45 classroom-hours, prior to the expiration of the initial sales associate license.
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