The Georgia Real Estate School
The Georgia Real Estate School is licensed by the Georgia Real Estate Commission and offers both classroom and online classes in Sales pre-license, Sales post-license, and Continuing Education (see below for online classes).
Sales Pre-License
Georgia Law determines the requirements for a salesperson’s license. An applicant must: be at least eighteen years of age ( 17 to take the course ), be a high school graduate or hold a GED, complete a state mandated course (minimum 75 hours), pass the state examination with a score of 75% or greater, acquire, at applicant’s expense, a certified criminal history report. A criminal history report, issued by the Georgia Crime Information Center of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, may be obtained through some local police precincts. It must be dated within sixty ( 60 ) days of a real estate license application.
Classroom topics include: Property Identification, Rights of Ownership, Forms of Ownership, Title Transfer, Governmental Rights, Contracts, Agency, Leases, Valuation, Finance, Net to Seller, Buyer’s Costs, License Law, Rules and Regulations.
Each applicant must meet the time and classroom participation requirements, complete homework assignments and pass the course with a score of 75% or greater to become eligible for the course final examination. A score of 75% or greater on the final examination is require to become eligible for the state examination.
