Sales Agent Licensing Education

How to Become a Real Estate Agent

1. Review the DRE's Sales Agent Licensing eligibility requirements
2. Enroll in your licensing courses and get
• Instant access to online study materials
• Printed books shipped to you the next business day
3. Study and pass our course exams
- Finish in as little as two months
4. Submit our certificates of completion with your application to the DRE
Tip - Email the DRE at AskDRELicensing or call 1.877.373.4542 for scheduling questions
5. Train for the state exam, pass and be a licensed real estate agent

Education and Licensing Preamble

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Critical Aspects

• These courses are home study correspondence courses;
     - California-specific content by Realty Publications, Inc., updated monthly online
• All-inclusive pricing — materials, taxes, shipping, and everything included
• All course materials delivered in print and e-book, or just e-book — excludes the Appraisal book
• Course videos embedded in the e-books give life to real estate concepts
• Online access is immediate
     - Printed books arrive via USPS in 5-7 business days
• For best comprehension, course content is fully linked to RPI forms and provisions
• Enrollment includes access to our Career Manual: Your Guide to Personal Branding & Income Enhancement
• Have a question on content? Next day answer, via email
• Print your Certificate of Completion on passing each course
• You have one year to complete the courses
• You receive email reminders to complete before course expiration
• 100% Money Back Guarantee during enrollment before any testing
     - 90 days for State Exam Training materials
• After enrolling, you may switch to a different course for an additional fee of $17.50
• Questions? See our Licensing Course Instructions

Testing Procedures

• You may take one exam every 18 days following the date of your enrollment
     - After the first 18 days you may take one exam, then another exam every 18 days
     - Thus, you may complete 3 courses in 54 days
• You may print your Certificate of Completion at any time after passing a course
• Each course exam has 100 multiple choice questions and is open book - 60% passing score
     - You have unlimited attempts to pass the exams during your one year enrollment
• Course quizzes provided both in print and online for you to check your comprehension and better prepare you for course testing
     - Quizzes are not graded
• You may take the final exam online 24/7
     - Or you may test on paper in the presence of a monitor
• When taken online, your exam results are posted on completion of the exam or expiration of testing time

Professional Services

• Customer Service Fast, friendly, LIVE customer service on first ring 8:30AM - 5:00PM PST, Monday-Friday
• Dictionary An online dictionary of real estate words and jargon to help you on the State Exam
• Books In Print & Online Highest-quality, California-specific materials published by firsttuesday/RPI
• 400+ Real Estate Forms RPI real estate forms online
• The firsttuesday Journal Online real estate news with market trends, legislation, regulations and cases, 50,000+ unique readers monthly
• Realtipedia 15+ e-book volumes for enhanced comprehension and professional reference
• 200+ FARM Letters FARM letter templates and copy to market your practice, create your brand
• Client Q&A Marketing Flyers Download FREE Client Q&A Flyers for marketing your practice as an advisor
• Broker Search Search for an employing broker
• Career Manual Your practice built on "who you are"
  - branding by assessable achievements

Study Method Options

Licensing Course Preview

Videos embedded in e-books

• Hours of engaging videos vividly illustrate critical concepts. See and hear ideas put into practice in your e-books
• Each Course Video features Learning Objectives and Video Summaries to solidify your understanding by highlighting critical concepts
• New videos added to the e-books weekly
• Unlimited access to all new videos during your enrollment

DRE Agent Licensing Kit

Career Manual Download

Student testimonials

I have been reading the chapters and then watching the videos. They have been most helpful in reinforcing the written materials.

Denise F.
Future DRE Sales Agent
on Sales Agent Licensing Package

[I liked] the ease of the course and having all the required information at your fingertips at anytime — online and books

Zenobia J
Future DRE Sales Agent
on Sales Agent Licensing Package