A Florida licensed Real Estate Broker looking to open a new branch office or qualify a real estate business will be require to complete and submit DBPR RE 7

A licensed real estate sales associate or broker, who has real estate experience in another state, may apply the experience toward a Florida broker’s license, if the applicant has held an active license in that state for at least 24 months during the preceding five years.

To obtain a Florida broker’s license an applicant must meet the following criteria:

If you just passed your real estate exam, you must allow at least thirty days from issue date before requesting a duplicate real estate license, or if you

A Florida sales associate is required to complete 14 hours of continuing education every two years prior to renewing the license as long as it is not the first renewal. (Post licensing education must be done in order to renew in the first renewal cycle.)

Florida Real Estate Licensees that received their initial license by applying as: Initial Sales Associate (completing the 63 hour pre-licensing education), applied through Mutual Recognition Agreement, and attorneys must complete post-licensing courses prior to the expiration of the initial license.

A school permit holder is the individual who is responsible for directing the overall operation of a proprietary real estate school. A school permit holder must be the holder of a license as a broker, either active or voluntarily inactive, or must hold an instructor’s permit. A school permit holder must also meet the requirements of a school instructor if actively engaged in teaching.

A sole proprietor is a real estate broker that is acting individually without the support of a registered entity.

Florida does not have reciprocity with other states, Florida has mutual recognition agreements with 9 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee.

Some applications for a Florida Real Estate license can be filed online. You may apply online by going to

In order to become a Florida Real Estate Sales Associate you must meet the following requirements:

The Florida Real Estate Commission meets once per month. The dates of Commission meetings can be found at Meeting and Workshops. The Commission meetings are held at the Division of Real Estate offices in Orlando, Florida.

The Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) was created to protect the public through education and regulation of real estate licensees. The Commission consists of seven members appointed by

A group license is for an owner/developer who owns properties through various entities, but all such entities are connected so that such ownership or control is by the same individual or individuals. A sales associate or broker associate may have a “group license” in order to sell for all the entities owned by the owner/developer.

A real estate company is any partnership, limited liability company, or corporation which acts as a broker. Limited liability companies will be licensed as “CQ.” Partnerships and limited liability partnerships will be licensed as “PR.”