How many hours of education are required to get a ME license?

All new sales agents must take a 55-hour sales agent qualifying course from an approved course provider. This course provides an overview of the business of real estate and equips you with essential information for work as a real estate professional.

The Maine Real Estate Commission requires all new sales agents to take a 55-hour basic real estate knowledge course.

You can take the required 55-hour sales agent qualifying courses as a live, in-person classroom course or as a remote, online course. Many candidates decide to take an online course because of its flexibility and affordability.

Yes, you can take the 55-hour sales agent qualifying course online. It must be through an approved course provider.

Check with the course provider on their requirements. While the Maine Real Estate Commission requires you to have a diploma by the time you apply, it’s possible you could schedule the course and the exam before you graduate.

Maine does not enable practicing attorneys-at-law to apply their license towards the pre-license education for real estate.

Maine does not accept college coursework as an equivalent to the real estate pre-license course.

Yes! In fact, the sales agent course requires you to take three quizzes and one final exam. You must finish the course with an overall minimum grade of 75%.

You must finish the sales agent qualifying course with an overall grade of at least 75% across the three quizzes and the final exam. A passing score earns you the course completion certificate essential for the next steps.

The exact number of questions on the sales agent course quizzes and final exam varies based on the current section of the course you are taking. The course administrator will let you know how many questions are on the different exams and the comprehensive final.

If you are a RealEstateU student, the course completion certificate will be available for viewing and download in your account. All you need to do is login to the course after passing the final exam.

The Maine Real Estate Commission published this list of approved course providers.

You’ll need to turn in your sales agent course completion certificate dated within the last two years with your license application. Otherwise, the Commission won’t approve your sales agent license.

No, it’s your responsibility to keep a copy of your sales agent course completion certificate and submit it with your license application. RealEstateU students will find their certificate at the ready in their account.

You have one year after finishing the course to take the Maine sales agent licensing exam. Register sooner rather than later, while all the information is fresh in your mind.