Becoming A Sales Agent (Alternative Route)

BECOMING A SALES AGENT

EDUCATION: 3 COURSES REQUIRED

3 Courses are required: real estate Principles, Practice and Legal Aspects (elective)

  • Our courses are home-study correspondence courses.
  • you receive your materials in hard-copy print and online.
  • Online Access is Immediate; printed books arrive in 5-7 business days

STUDY YOUR COURSE MATERIALS

  • 3 Courses in 54 Days
  • You have 1 year from enrollment to complete the courses
  • To Check your comprehension, take quizzes online or from your printed books

PASS YOUR COURSE EXAMS

  • All courses exams are open book.
  • Each course exam has 100 multiple choice questions.
  • You have 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete each exam.
  • 60% passing score for each exam.
  • Print all your Certificates of Completion.

APPLY FOR THE AGENT STATE EXAM

You may either:

  • Apply to take the state exam first and on passing the exam, apply for the licence; or
  • Apply for the state exam and license at the same time to cut the processing time.

More details on this alternative route Click Here

CalBRE Processing Time 3-6 weeks

After you apply, you have 2 Years to pass the state exams

Bureau of Real Estate
Examination Section
PO BOX 137001
Sacramento, CA 95813-7001

You will receive an email or letter from CalBRE Clearing for the State Exam

Schedule your State Exam date and location by registering for an eLicensing account at
dre.ca.gov/

PREPARE FOR THE STATE EXAM

  • Read the State Exam Study Guide and Study Tips
  • Study your State Exam Prep Books.*
  • Take the Interactive Practice Exam.*
  • Review the online memory-sorting Flash Card App.*
  • Watch the Online Video Crash Course with it’s math component .*
  • You May want to attend a live state exam prep course.*

* Premium Study Tools, not included in all packages

TAKE YOUR STATE EXAM

Take only your current government-issued Photo ID into the testing room- Nothing Else.
Receive your Exam Results Immediately on completion.

When you pass move to the next step. What if i don’t pass

GET YOUR FINGERPRINTS SCANNED

APPLY FOR YOUR LICENSE

CalBRE Processing Time 3-6 weeks
you have 1 Year after passing the state exam to apply for your license

Bureau of Real Estate
Examination Section
PO BOX 137001
Sacramento, CA 95813-7001

when your license application has been processed, you will receive your
Real Estate sales agent license.

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