Get your real estate license

To qualify for an individual real estate broker license, an applicant must:

1) Be at least 18 years of age.
2) Be a United States citizen, a non-citizen national or a qualified alien under federal law, or have a lawful presence in the U.S. and be authorized to work in the U.S. in the real estate brokerage field. [Note: A holder of a U.S. Permanent Resident Card (“Green Card”) is a “qualified alien.” Work authorization in the U.S. for most other aliens requires a U.S. immigration visa (rather than a visitor visa) and/or an Employment Authorization Document from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service that permits work in the real estate brokerage field.]
3) Have a social security number.
4) Satisfy the Education Qualification.
5) File a complete application and fee.
6) Pass the two-part real estate license examination, and
7) Satisfy the Commission that the applicant possesses the requisite character for licensure.

COMPLETION OF THE 75-HOUR NORTH CAROLINA BROKER PRELICENSING COURSE
An applicant (resident or nonresident) may qualify to take the North Carolina real estate license examination by successfully completing, within three (3) years prior to license application, the Commission-approved 75-hour
​North Carolina Broker Pre-Licensing Course.
​This course is only available at Commission-approved schools located in North Carolina.
 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

North Carolina real estate schools will electronically report all successful completions of the 75-hour North Carolina Broker Pre-Licensing Course automatically to the Commission to be paired with online license applications. An applicant who submits a paper application must attach the Official Certificate of Course Completion signed by the school director. No other proof of course completion will be accepted.