California DRE Salesperson License & Examination Preparation License Requirements Exam Content
Pre-license education

Complete three valid courses, not generic continuing education.

Choose Real Estate Principles, Real Estate Practice and one DRE-approved elective; verify providers, timing, transcripts, fair housing and implicit-bias content.

Course 1Real Estate Principles

Core ownership, agency, finance, valuation, transfer, practice and contract concepts.

Course 2Real Estate Practice

Must include qualifying fair-housing, interactive and implicit-bias components.

Course 3Approved elective

Choose appraisal, property management, finance, economics, legal aspects, escrow, business law or another listed option.

Private-school timing rules

DRE states that no more than two private-school courses may be completed in a five-week period, and a single course may not be completed in less than two and one-half weeks.

Verify before payment

Search the exact provider and course in DRE's approved statutory/pre-license database.