Real Estate Broker Licensing Course Packages

Build Your Own Package of California Real Estate Courses

To complete your education for a California broker license, you must complete five CA DRE required courses and three elective courses. Build your own package by combining any of these California real estate courses together and receive additional exam prep study tools and the California Live Online Learning Hub for the best value.

California Real Estate Live Online Learning Hub: Always Available Instruction

Featuring expert instruction that’s virtually always available, California Real Estate Live Online Learning Hub gives you access to Live Online classes nearly every day of the week—as well as an online Student Community available 24/7. Use this Learning Hub to reinforce your exam prep by joining expert instructors for laser-focused reviews of national, state, and math-related concepts. Plan your education path around your schedule using the Learning Hub’s Live Online Calendar, which displays all the class options available to you.

Select the number of Online Video courses you want to take from the drop-down menu above. Once you add the package to your cart, you will be prompted to choose the respective number of required courses and/or electives as listed below:

California Department of Real Estate Required Courses

• Real Estate Practice (45 Credit Hours)*: A real estate license does not come with an operating manual, so we have created real estate courses that focus on what it really takes to succeed in the business and will expand your knowledge of the industry in an engaging and effective forum. *Real Estate Practice is SB 1495 compliant.
• California Legal Aspects of Real Estate (45 Credit Hours): Make the law come alive and explore some of the common myths and misconceptions that affect your day-to-day activities. Find out how you can avoid legal entanglements with this exciting course!
• California Residential Real Estate Appraisal (45 Credit Hours): This California real estate course provides the principles of value, appraisal process, neighborhood and site analysis and valuations, the three approaches to value, depreciation concepts, and the methods to arrive at value. This course provides credit for real estate licensing, but will not count toward appraisal licensing.
• California Real Estate Economics (45 Credit Hours): Study of the trends and factors that influence changes in real estate values to aid the broker and salespersons in the interpretations of the economy and the real estate market, including government and business conditions that affect real estate decisions, regional and local trends, market analysis, and supply and demand factors.
• Real Estate Finance (45 Credit Hours): A useful overall view of the financing aspects of real property, including mortgage money market, source of supply and demand for financing, loan processing, mortgages and trust deeds, government involvement, tax aspects of real property, and junior financing.

Elective Courses

• Real Estate Principles (45 Credit Hours): Become successful in your field by understanding key topics such as time management, the listing and selling process, property valuation, closing the sale, escrow procedure, taxes, financing, and more. 
• California Real Estate Property Management (45 Credit Hours): This course is for California real estate brokers, salespersons, and owners and managers of income-producing properties with a major emphasis on small and medium apartment complexes. 
• California Real Estate Escrow and Title (45 Credit Hours): Escrow opens when a buyer and seller sign a sales contract. Your ability to efficiently and effectively escort your clients through escrow and to the closing table will help you stand out in the crowd. Not only will you close more properties, but also you’ll gain valuable word-of-mouth endorsements. This California real estate course is beneficial for all brokers and agents involved in closing, whether escrow is handled in-house or outside.
• California Real Estate Office Administration (45 Credit Hours): Practical management training to prepare brokers to recognize and solve the many specialized problems and challenges that are involved in administering a real estate organization. This is a valuable course for both new and experienced managers.

Additional Study Tools

• California Real Estate Exam Prep Online Video Course: Study California state exam content in this laser-focused online video course. This real estate exam prep course includes a PDF workbook, a pre-test to help you discover your strengths and weaknesses, videos to reinforce topics, and a post-test to gauge your effectiveness in preparing for your state licensing exam.
• California Real Estate Drill and Practice QBank: Prepare for your California real estate license exam with one of the most-comprehensive QBank test engines available. This QBank is built to simulate your exam, with hundreds of questions in various environments to help improve your score.

California Real Estate Live Online Learning Hub

• Live Online Calendar: Attend various Live Online classes featuring many of the industry’s best instructors and fellow students to reinforce your studies. Use this resource to view the class schedules and see what topic will be covered in each session.
• Real Estate Student Community: Interact with colleagues and instructors outside of the classroom with 24/7 access to this online discussion forum. Search for answers and post new questions to our expert faculty. 
• LEARN National Laws: Join our expert instructors as they cover some of the most challenging real estate exam topics and key national laws while you work through your licensing education.
• LEARN California Laws: Master California-specific topics that are crucial to your understanding of real estate laws and practices on your path to licensure.
• LEARN Math: Math doesn’t have to be hard. Overcome your math-related anxiety alongside your licensing education while you study for the exam. Use this class as your opportunity to ask instructors questions to gain confidence on the basics of real estate math.
• Exam Prep: National Laws: Instructor-led exam preparation reinforces key topics as you participate in a focused review of national concepts to help you prepare for your licensing exam. 
• Exam Prep: California Laws: Review state laws and difficult exam concepts in a group setting and lean on our expert instructors for guidance on state-specific topics so you’re ready for exam day.
• Career Mentor Connect: Kaplan’s expert instructors are also experienced real estate professionals, and they are here to mentor you as you begin your career. Prepare for your role in real estate with career-focused tips, tools, and processes. This is your chance to better understand a “day-in-the-life” of a licensed professional.