The Real Estate Licensing curriculum provides licensing education required by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission for students preparing to take the real estate license examination and for provisional brokers that are seeking removal of the provisional status.

Course work includes the practices and principles of real estate, broker relationships as they apply to customers, sellers and buyers, contract procedures, fair housing and real estate methodology. Course work also includes professional development opportunities.

Graduates who have passed the real estate license examination and obtained a real estate provisional broker license should then qualify for removal of the provisional status and be able to provide basic, residential real estate services as a broker affiliated with a real estate brokerage firm.

A student must secure his/her provisional broker license before proceeding into the post-licensure courses and must complete the three mandatory post-licensing courses within three years of licensure in order to avoid cancellation of his/her license.

Real Estate Licensing Requirements
North Carolina operates a “broker only” licensing system for real estate professionals. The North Carolina Real Estate Commission licenses individuals as Real Estate Brokers. Individuals must meet a prelicensing education requirement prior to becoming licensed and a postlicensing education requirement after becoming provisionally licensed.

Broker Prelicensing Course:
Individuals must complete a prescribed, 75 hour North Carolina broker prelicense course in order to take the North Carolina Real Estate License Examination. Students who meet all requirements for successful completion of RLS 112 (Broker Prelicensing) may qualify to take the state license examination. Candidates passing that exam and meeting other requirements specified by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission may be licensed as Provisional Brokers.

Broker Postlicensing Courses: Provisionally licensed Brokers must complete 90 classroom hours of postlicensing education within three years of provisional licensure. At least one 30 hour course must be taken each year. This requirement may be met with the successful completion of RLS 121, 122, and 123. Students must hold an active Provisional Broker license to register for these postlicensing courses.

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