Your Path to Becoming a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in NJ and PA Starts Here!
Garden State Real Estate Academy is the state’s top-ranked real estate school, and we are thrilled to welcome you to our school.
Here are the requirements for obtaining a New Jersey or Pennsylvania “Salesperson” real estate license.
New Jersey
- At least 18 when you apply for your license (you can be start real estate school at age 17)
- A high school diploma or the equivalent
- Be legally allowed to live and work in the United States
- Complete a licensed real estate school’s 75-hour course
- Pass the state exam with a score of at least 70%
- Undergo a criminal history background check
- Complete all the above and join a brokerage firm within one year of graduating from the real estate pre-licensing course.
Pennsylvania
- Be 18 years or older
- Provide proof of high school diploma or equivalent
- Be a U.S. resident
- Have completed 4 credits or 75 hours of real estate education (effective 8/28/18) in Real Estate Fundamentals and Real Estate Practice within 5 years prior to passing the licensing examination
- Optional—possess a bachelor’s degree with a major in real estate or the equivalent from an accredited college, university, or institute of higher learning
- Optional—have completed four credits for 75 hours of acceptable, basic real estate courses at a real estate school, accredited college, university, or institute of higher learning located outside the commonwealth that has been approved by the jurisdiction where the school is located. See note * below
- Have successfully passed both the state and national exam
- Provide a background check
Register for our PA self-study licensing classes
If you hold a salesperson license in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Georgia, Louisiana or Arkansas, you may qualify for a Pennsylvania “Reciprocal” license. Contact the Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission for details.
What’s Next?
Call us at 609.923.0590 if you’d like to sit in FREE on any ongoing real estate class to see why our instruction methods make us the state’s TOP-RANKED real estate school!
Decide whether you want to take the online self-study course, or the course led by a live instructor.
- Register for our instructor-led NJ licensing classes where you can attend live or via Zoom.
- Register for our NJ self-study licensing classes.
- Register for our PA self-study licensing classes.
- Register for our self-study courses in states OTHER THAN NJ and PA.
- Call us at 609.923.0590 or email Support@GSREA.com if you have any questions.