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Broker applicants must:
Have reached the age of majority, eighteen (18).
Successfully complete sixty (60) hours of real estate education, of which forty-five (45) hours must be the commission-developed Broker Pre-License Education course from an accredited postsecondary school or a school or organization licensed by the Arkansas Real Estate Commission within 36 months immediately preceding the date they apply to take the broker’s exam.
Have been licensed as an active real estate salesperson or broker for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months within the previous forty-eight (48) month period immediately preceding the date of application; however, upon written request such experience requirement may be waived for a real estate broker applicant who has held an active real estate broker license for a period of not less than eighteen (18) months; (if experience requirement was met in another jurisdiction, please furnish an official license history from that jurisdiction) or has experience acceptable to the commission in a field considered real estate related for a period of not less than twenty-four (24) months within the previous forty-eight month period immediately preceding the date of application (must submit a written history of experience for review by commission) [ACA Sect. 17-42-303 and Commission Regulation 4.1]
Submit a broker application to the AREC, including information required for State and Federal Background Checks.
Receive approval to sit for the exam from the Arkansas Real Estate Commission.
Pass the licensure examination; and
Send the proper forms and fees to the Arkansas Real Estate Commission no later than ninety (90) days after passing the examination.
Post-license Education