Florida Licensing & Continuing-Education Quick Sheet

📋 The 1-minute cheat sheet

• Regulator: Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), housed within DBPR.
• Pre-license sales associate education: 63 classroom hours before the state exam.
• Post-license requirement: 45 hours, completed before the first license renewal.
• Continuing education: 14 hours per two-year renewal cycle (includes required core law and ethics hours).
• Sales associates must work under a licensed broker; they cannot operate independently.
• Broker pre-license course: 72 hours, plus active experience as a licensed sales associate.
• Failure to complete post-license education before the deadline causes the sales associate license to become null and void.