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Tennessee State Requirements

Education Requirements

Salesperson Licensing Requirements

AgentCampus does not currently offer this course.

Broker Licensing Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.

Affiliate Broker Candidates

Must complete 60 hours of real estate principles/fundamentals before they take the examination. Affiliate brokers licensed after 12/31/04 must have completed the 30-hour “Course for New Affiliates” prior to their license being issued and a letter or certificate of completion of the “Course for New Affiliates” must also be submitted with the license application.

Broker Candidates

To be eligible for the examination, broker candidates must have held an ACTIVE license that meets one of these criteria:

24 months actively licensed, if licensed as an affiliate broker on or before May 12. 1988

36 months actively licensed, if licensed as an affiliate broker after May 12, 1988.

24 months actively licensed, if the candidate has a baccalaureate degree with a major in real estate.

In addition to experience, broker candidates must have successfully completed 120 classroom hours of approved real estate education, 30 hours of which must be an “Office/Broker Management” course taken at a school approved by the Tennessee Real Estate Commission. Broker Candidates must submit the complete Broker Examination Application to the Tennessee Real Estate Commission. Commission approval is necessary before the broker candidate may make an examination appointment. After completing a review of education and experience documentation, the Tennessee Real Estate Commission will inform candidates of eligibility for examination. The approval process takes approximately 4 weeks to complete. Candidates may make an examination reservation after they have been approved.

Affiliate Broker Continuing Education Requirements

There are different requirements for affiliate brokers based on the date the affiliate broker’s license was issued. Check your license issuance date to be sure that you meet the correct education requirement for license renewal.

  1. Affiliate Brokers licensed between July 1, 1980 and Dec. 31, 2004 are required to complete 16 hours of approved continuing education between Nov. 2, 2004 and Nov. 1, 2006 to renew their licenses.
  2. Affiliate Brokers licensed between Jan. 1, 2005 and June 30, 2005 are not required to complete continuing education until their subsequent licensing period.
  3. Affiliate Brokers licensed on or after July 1, 2005 are required to complete 16 hours of approved continuing education in their first and all subsequent licensing periods.

All affiliate brokers needing continuing education must take the TREC CORE 05/06 (a specific four-hour course which is approved for both classroom and home study delivery), and at least 12 hours of elective education.

Post-License Requirements

Brokers licensed after January 1, 2001 must complete 120 additional hours of Commission approved education before the third anniversary of their broker license. Brokers licensed after January 1, 2005 must complete continuing education requirements after completing the 120-hour post license requirement.

Reciprocity:

Education And Licensure In Another State

Tennessee has written reciprocity agreements with the following states:

Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming

Reporting:

Student Reporting Requirements

Each sponsor of any Tennessee Real Estate Commission approved continuing education course for affiliate brokers, or post licensing course for brokers, shall submit, within ten (10) working days of the completion of the course, to the Commission, a roster of all students who successfully complete each course. The roster shall include the name, social security number and file identification number of each student. This information must be provided on a roster form approved by the Commission.

Case Management Procedures For Continuing Education

Each hour of classroom instruction required by =it T.C.A. § 62-13-303 shall consist of fifty (50) minutes of actual instruction.

There shall be a sixty (60) hour course in basic principles required of all applicants for an affiliate broker’s license under T.C.A. § 62-13-303. The "basic principles of real estate" course required of applicants for affiliate broker's licenses by T.C.A. § 62-13-303 shall include significant instruction in the following areas:

  1. the real estate business
  2. the agency relationship
  3. contracts (listings; leases; sales)
  4. governmental controls on real estate, including the Tennessee Real Estate Broker License Act
  5. legal aspects of real estate
  6. real estate mathematics
  7. real estate valuation
  8. real estate finance
  9. listing, offer to purchase, and settlement forms
  10. Tennessee real estate laws, rules, practice, etc.
  11. fair housing
  12. any additional subject which the Commission may require by reasonable written notice to course sponsor and/or instructor