How To Become A Real Estate Agent in Georgia

How to Become a Real Estate Agent in Georgia

To work as a real estate agent in Georgia, you need to have a real estate license issued by the Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC).

If you are new to the real estate business, you are looking to be licensed as a real estate salesperson, Georgia's legal term for an entry-level real estate agent.

How to Get Your Georgia Real Estate Salesperson License

To start working as a real estate salesperson in Georgia, you must:

1. Be at least 18 years of age.
2. Have a high school diploma or GED.
3. Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien.
4. Complete 75 hours of GREC-approved pre-licensing education.
5. Obtain a Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) report, which is a criminal history report. This report may not be more than 60 days old.
6. Pass the licensing exam administered by PSI.
7. Submit your salesperson license application at the testing center or within 12 months of passing the state exam (note: the application fee doubles if submitting between 3 and 12 months after passing the state exam).

Georgia Real Estate Pre-License Education

All candidates must complete 75 hours of real estate pre-license education. The Georgia salesperson license training consists of one 75-hour course with incremental quizzes after each chapter. After completing this course, the student must complete a final course exam. The topics covered in the course are:

• Real estate contracts
• Real estate instruments and conveyances
• Closing procedures
• Law of agency
• Pricing real property
• Real estate financing
• Georgia's Residential Mortgage Fraud law
• Community association management
• Environmental laws
• Taxation
• City and urban development
• Fair housing
• Antitrust laws
• Safety precautions
• Georgia real estate license law

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Pass the Real Estate Licensing Exam

After you finish the pre-licensing education, including passing the final exam, your record of completion will be automatically submitted to the Georgia Real Estate Commission. You may then schedule your real estate exam with the exam provider, PSI. The state licensing exam will be given at one of PSI's testing facilities, which are located throughout Georgia.

For complete details on the test and testing procedures, view the PSI Student Handbook.

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Background Check & Brokerage Association

Before you can get your license issued, you'll need a Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) report, which is a criminal history report. This report may not be more than 60 days old at the time you apply for your license.

To make your license active, you'll need to associate with a company that is licensed as a real estate broker in Georgia. To do this, you'll need to fill out a Sponsoring Broker Statement form. Bring this form with you to the PSI testing center. This does not have to be done in order to take the licensing exam, but it does need to be done before your license can be active..

Take the Post-License Course

Within your first 12 months of licensure, you'll need to take a 25-hour post-licensing course. This is a kind of followup course that educates new licensees on important topics after they have received some experience. If you don't take this course within the first year of licensure, your license will become inactive.