The basic requirements to become a real estate agent or a real estate broker requires a high school diploma, completion of a real estate pre-license course and passing an exam for a real estate license.
Also, agents or the salespeople are usually required to get connected with a real estate broker and obtaining a broker’s license requires added training hours and a more exhaustive exam.
Also, one shall become a real estate agent or broker only when he or she is in association with National Association of Realtors and must be adapted to its code of ethics.
In many areas, institutes provide real estate agent and broker courses ranging from $600 to $5000. Along with that certificate courses in real estate, they offer associate’s degree as well.
For example, in Texas, many organizations provide real estate education approved by the Texas Real estate Commission TREC for agents and brokers for about $600 for in-state locals.
Many state-run universities also provide real estate agent and broker training process. Real estate agent pre-license classroom courses are mostly integrated into a general business degree.
Extending real estate licensing courses are also available at a cost of $500 to $2,000 or more. For example, in California UCLA university costs $960 for pre-licensing real estate agent course and $1,440 for broker training real estate course.
There are some For-profit schools who offer broker or agent or salesperson courses ranging from $100 to $1,000 or much more. For example, the Texas Brokers Institute charges $497 for explaining the concept of seven and three-hour classes for the concept of real estate principles.
Not only classroom classes, but there is also an availability of distance education like correspondence or online real estate licensing courses cost vary from $150 to $1,200 or more, depending on concerned state and the chosen real estate course. All the courses come with exam preparation training materials and practice tests. For example, The American School of Real Estate Express offers broker and real estate agent courses for several states in America, ranging from $150 to $650 to $1350.
Along with the above, the real estate student have to check the State licensing fees for the real estate education which may vary according to from state to state, which is about $200 to $300 and it should be renewed for
In California, for example, the licensing fee is $245 for an agent/salesperson and $300 for a broker, valid for four years.
