ROLAND, INC. SCHOOL OF REAL ESTATE
(850) 857-3768
FLORIDA RECOGNIZES REAL ESTATE LICENSING FROM OTHER STATES AND SHARES MUTUAL RECOGNITION WITH 10 STATES
WHAT MUTUAL RECOGNITION MEANS:
IF YOU ARE LICENSED THROUGH THE REGULAR LICENSING MANNER OF ANY OF THE STATES OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION, YOU NEED NOT TAKE ANY FLORIDA PRE-LICENSING COURSE. YOU WOULD NEED ONLY TAKE A 40-QUESTION FLORIDA-SPECIFIC REAL ESTATE LAW EXAMINATION CONSISTING OF 40 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS: PASSING IS 30 (75%) OR BETTER. THIS EXAM CAN BE TAKEN IN YOUR STATE BEFORE YOU COME TO FLORIDA.
IN ORDER FOR MUTUAL RECOGNITION TO APPLY, YOU CANNOT BE A RESIDENT OF FLORIDA. THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION APPLIES EXCLUSIVELY TO NONRESIDENTS (OF FLORIDA) LICENSED IN OTHER STATES.
FLORIDA RESIDENCY IS DEFINED: A PERSON WHO HAS RESIDED IN FLORIDA CONTINUOUSLY FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR CALENDAR MONTHS OR MORE WITHIN THE PRECEDING YEAR, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PERSON RESIDED IN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, HOTEL, RENTAL UNIT, OR OTHER TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT LOCATION. ANY PERSON WHO PRESENTLY RESIDES IN FLORIDA IN ANY OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED ACCOMMODATIONS WITH THE INTENTION OF RESIDING CONTINUOUSLY IN FLORIDA FOR FOUR MONTHS OR LONGER, BEGINNING ON THE DATE THE PERSON ESTABLISHED THE CURRENT PERIOD OF RESIDENCE, IS ALSO CONSIDERED A LEGAL FLORIDA RESIDENT.
THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE LICENSED IN A STATE OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND ARE PLANNING TO RELOCATE TO FLORIDA, AND YOU ARE WANTING TO GET A FLORIDA LICENSE BY RECIPROCITY, YOU MUST GET IT BEFORE BECOMING A FLORIDA RESIDENT. MUTUAL RECOGNITION DOES NOT APPLY TO FLORIDA RESIDENTS!!
For full details, visit http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/re/frec_licensing_requirements.shtml.
YOU MAY APPLY FOR THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE LICENSE AND EXAM BY GOING TO WWW.MYFLORIDALICENSE.COM.
FOR LICENSEES FROM STATES WITH WHICH FLORIDA DOES NOT SHARE MUTUAL RECOGNITION:
One who has been an actively licensed real estate sales associate or broker for at least 12 months during the preceding 5 years in another state may apply the experience toward a Florida real estate broker license. If one is claiming experience from a state or jurisdiction other than Florida, attach to the application a current certification of real estate license history (not more than one year old) from the licensing agency of that state or jurisdiction. The real estate license must have been obtained from the real estate licensing authority by completing that state's education and examination requirements
This would allow one who has been actively licensed in another jurisdiction (whether as a sales associate or broker) to bypass the Sales Associate Pre-License Course and 12-month active license requirement before getting one's Broker's license. You may go directly for the Broker's license by meeting the requirements and taking the 72-Hour Broker's Pre-License Course and end-of-course exam and state exam.
For full details, go to http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/re/frec_licensing_requirements.shtml.
You can have your Florida real estate license before ever coming to Florida! You can take our Broker's (or Sales Associate's, if you prefer) Course Online and we will mail you the necessary information and paperwork for applying for the state exam. Once approved, you can take the Florida Real Estate Broker's (or Sales Associate's) Exam in your state and become licensed before ever coming to Florida. You can be ready to sell Florida real estate as soon as you get here!
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(850) 857-3768 or (888) 857-3768 --or you may e-mail us at www.RolandSchoolOfRE.com. We DO respond to our e-mail.