Getting a license: Real estate salespersons
To be licensed as a real estate salesperson, you must:
- be 18 years of age or older.
- complete a 60 clock-hour course in real estate fundamentals. Clock hours must be completed within 5 years prior to application for examination.
- obtain a Candidate Handbook, which contains the examination application, from the course provider. Have your school stamp and complete the required information on the Examination Application. To schedule an exam, contact the provider of our Real Estate examinations, Promissor, at the toll-free number provided in the handbook.
- pass the examination. Those who pass the exam will receive information on how to apply for a license. Results are valid for one year from the date of passing the examination.
- complete and submit the Real Estate Salesperson, Associate Broker, or Branch Manager Application with the appropriate fee
Broker Requirements:
120 Clock hours for Brokers and 2 years experience as a salesperson.
Course Descriptions
Washington Real Estate Pre-License Package
This package contain following Online courses:
- Washington Real Estate Fundamentals
- Washington Real Estate Practices
Washington Real Estate 60 Hour Fundamentals
This prelicense course begins by introducing the student to various types of real estate careers, activities, companies, and governmental agencies that regulate the industry. Then the course explores property rights, forms of ownership, property restrictions, and zoning. Students will learn the mathematical calculations and formulas commonly used in the real estate industry. The course provides an overview of agency relationships, contract law, property transfers, listing agreements, and deeds as well as environmental issues that licensees may encounter. The general prelicense section ends with an exploration of loans and the loan process, leasing, appraisal methods, and fair housing laws. The license law portion examines the laws and rules governing the licensing and conduct of real estate professionals, as well as the role, structure, responsibilities, and duties of the Real Estate Commission. Students explore the real estate related activities that require a license, as well as the requirements for obtaining and renewing various real estate licenses. Licensee duties, agency relationships, unprofessional conduct, trust accounts, disclosures, and record retention are also discussed
Washington Real Estate 60 Hour Fundamentals – Salesperson Pre-License
This course covers the following topics:
- License Law Washington Law
- Property Rights Bundle of Rights
- Title, Tenancies, Estates
- Public & Private Restrictions, CCR’s
- Contracts Elements of a Valid Contract
- Fair Housing Fair Housing Rights
- Investments Property Management
- Deeds, Title, Purchase Agreement
National Salesperson Exam Prep
FINAL PREP-PROMISSOR – National Questions for Salespersons
An Exam Prep for Real Estate License Candidates Based upon the Required PROMISSOR Exam
This exam prep is provided to those students who are preparing to take the state-mandated exam to become Real Estate Licensees in their state. It is not an official or otherwise sanctioned testing mechanism, and is meant merely to provide a determination of your preparedness for taking the Proctored Exam given by PROMISSOR in your state. This is the national portion of the exam. In order for this testing module to be truly effective you should have completed pre-license education coursework.
Like the official exam, all exams given through this program are timed. Unlike proctored exams, however, you may stop and resume an exam at your convenience. When you log in as a returning student to complete an exam, you will return to the question that you last completed. In order to log in as a returning student to complete an exam, you must remember your username and password.
Like the official exam that you will take to gain your license, this test is comprised of questions dealing with issues applicable nationwide, and with state-specific issues.
To help you retain the information presented here, these subject areas are presented separately and all questions have feedback to explain the correct answer.
You will study the following subjects:
- Real Property Ownership, Land Use Controls and Regulations
- Contracts and Agency Relationships
- Financing and Settlement Costs
- Leases and Property Management
WREC Approved Washington Real Estate License School
State Board of Real Estate
State of Washington Department of Licensing





Contact Person
Dolores Casitas or Georgia Schmidt





Olympia, Washington 98507-9020




