obtaining and maintaining license

Question 1

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Low income fee waivers

Answer 1

With all the fees together, the total cost of applying for a license is $83.75 for sales associates and $91.75 for brokers

Proof of low-income status can be shown through enrollment in public assistance programs with the same guidelines. Note that low-income applicants still must pay the application fee, the recovery fund fee (if applicable), the fingerprinting fee (to a third-party vendor), and the exam fee (to the exam provider).

Question 2

sealing vs expungement

Answer 2

sealing a record is putting it under highly restricted access.

Expungement, on the other hand, involves removing a record and destroying it. You do not need to disclose anything that has been expunged from your record.

Question 3

things to disclose while the application

Answer 3

Arrests
Guilty pleas
Traffic incidents
Things still under investigation
Nolo contendere (or no contest) pleas

Question 4

if member had criminal issues

Answer 4

in addition to disclosing past criminal issues, applicants must provide documentation like court records with their application, provide at least three letters attesting to their good character, and include a letter from their probation officer if they’re on probation.

Question 5

background check. and figer prints

Question 6

what is on your license

Answer 6

Licensee’s full legal name

Licensee’s address

License number, with a two-letter prefix that indicates what type of license it is (SL stand for sales associate)

Effective date and expiration date

The name of the governor and the secretary of the DBPR (oooh celebrities!)

Question 7

licensure vs registration

Answer 7

Being licensed means that you have passed the state exam. You’ve been given your license
once you get your license is not activated

Registration is when you officially register with the DBPR. For sales associates and broker associates, that includes officially registering that you are working for your sponsoring broker.
Through RE11

Question 8

what is on the public record

Answer 8

contains the name and address of every registered sales associate and broker associate, the name and business address of their employer, the license status of both the sales associate/broker associate and the employer, and whether the person is the officer, director, or partner of a real estate business.

Question 9

florida resident

Answer 9

if you’ve been in the state for four months, no matter where you were living, you’re a Florida resident

Question 10

mutual recognition

Answer 10

is a contract between states with similar pre-licensing education requirements to recognize the other state’s real estate education

Question 11

florida has mutual recognition with

Answer 11

Alabama

Arkansas

Connecticut

Georgia

Illinois

Kentucky

Mississippi

Nebraska

Rhode Island

West Virginia

Question 12

Reciprocity

Answer 12

reciprocal license allows a license holder to skip everything but the background check and fingerprinting. Reciprocity is designed to allow license holders in one state to quickly get a license in a reciprocal state.

Florida only offers reciprocity to active duty and former active duty military personnel and their spouses with active licenses in other states or jurisdictions (455.02(3) (a), F.S).

Question 13

post licensing education

Answer 13

Every sales associate must take a 45-hour post-licensing education course before their first renewal. You’ve got to take it from a licensed provider. At the end, there is an exam, and you must score at least 75%.

Question 14

exemptions

Answer 14

People in the Florida Bar are NOT exempt from post-licensing education. However, people with degrees in real estate from four-year accredited institutions are. You win some, you lose some, lawyers.

Question 15

post licensing education for brokers

Answer 15

New brokers are also required to complete post-licensing education before their first renewal. The broker requirement is 60 hours, and like sales associates, failing to complete the required post-licensing education will nullify a license.

Question 16

brokers

Answer 16

rokers, however, have the option of dropping their license back down to a sales associate if they want to, or if they’re unable to complete the post-licensing education requirement in time. In that case, they would just need to do the normal 14 hours of continuing education.

Question 17

continuing education

Answer 17

All license holders must do 14 hours of CE every renewal period, or every two years.

Three hours must be the core law class, which includes updates to Florida real estate laws

Three hours must be ethics and business practices

Once per cycle, a license holder can get credit for attending a FREC legal agenda session, as long as they notify the DRE at least seven days in advance (and as long as they’re not on the agenda for disciplinary actions, come on guys)

The rest is up to you

The FREC suggests that license holders might want to take core law every year, just to keep current on new legal updates, but they don’t require it.

Question 18

exemption of CE

Answer 18

Members of the Florida Bar are excused from doing CE (I guess they probably know about the legal updates already). \
People with four-year degrees in real estate from accredited universities DO have to do CE.

Question 19

New sales associates and brokers are required to their post-licensing education instead of CE on their first renewals.

Answer 19

New sales associates and brokers are required to their post-licensing education instead of CE on their first renewals.