What Are the DBPR Post-Licensing Requirements for Real Estate?

Every new Florida licensee has to take post-licensing education in their first renewal cycle to keep their license current.

Post-Licensing for Sales Associates

Sales associates are required to take a 45-hour post-licensing education course before the end of their first renewal cycle. The course can be taken in a classroom or online.

Deadline for Completing Post-Licensing

Real estate license renewal cycles in Florida are two years, though your first renewal can fall anywhere between 18 and 24 months from when you took your licensing exam.

All license holders will have an expiration date of 3/31 or 9/30, depending on when their license was issued. Your expiration date will be printed on your license. You have until that date to complete your 45 hours of post-licensing education.

Consequences for Failing to Complete Post-Licensing

If you don’t complete your post-licensing education in time, your license will be void and you will have to start back at the beginning of the licensing process. That means retaking the entire pre-licensing education course and passing the state exam again.

What’s in the Post-Licensing Course?

All post-licensing courses must be approved by the Florida Real Estate Commission to count toward the requirement. According to Florida law, the subject areas that can be covered include:

• Property management

• Appraisal

• Real estate finance

• The economics of real estate management

• Marketing

• Technology

• Sales and listing of properties

• Business office management

• Courses teaching practical real estate application skills

• Development of business plans

• Marketing of property

• Time management

Course Structure

The post-licensing requirement can be presented as a single 45-hour course or several smaller courses that add up to 45 hours. How it is structured depends on how the course provider chose to create their curriculum.

End-of-Course Exam

The post-licensing course has an end-of-course exam you must pass to get credit for the course. The minimum passing score is 75% and you can only retake the exam one time. If you fail the second attempt, you’ll be required to retake the entire course. There is no state-level exam for post-licensing.

Post-Licensing Instead of CE

For your first renewal cycle, you take the post-licensing course instead of CE. License holders are not required to complete the mandated 14 hours of continuing education during their first cycle, only the 45-hour course.

Post-Licensing Requirements for Brokers

New brokers and broker associates are also required to take post-licensing education. For brokers, the requirement is 60 hours. Like post-licensing for sales associates, broker post-licensing courses must be approved by FREC and will contain an end-of-course exam.