How to earn the CO pre-license course completion certificate?

Colorado offers two options to fulfill its education requirements. Either take real estate as a major course of study at a college or university or take 168 hours of education from an approved education provider.

If you have not studied real estate at a college or university, you can take a 168-hour broker pre-license course. Taking the class from an approved state provider is likely more affordable than from an occupational school. Plus, taking the classwork online enables you to move at your own pace.

Refer to the state’s options, including pre-approved education providers. Providers offer the courses as in-person classes or as online courses. Many opt for online courses for their flexibility and affordable price.

Yes, many students prefer to take the course online because it is more affordable than enrolling at a college or university. Online classes also allow you to work through the course at your pace. As long as a state-approved education provider provides the course, you can take it online.

Yes, depending on the course provider you select, you can take the 168-hour Colorado broker pre-license course while still in high school. If you opt to take real estate as a major course of study, the college or university you enroll with likely requires a high school diploma or GED.

Licensed attorneys can qualify for an associate broker license. To earn your license using your law degree and license, you must provide proof of an active and valid law license, take 12 hours of education in trust accounts, record keeping, and closing, submit fingerprints, and pass the state exam.

Yes, college credits can apply towards Colorado’s education requirement as long as you have earned a degree from an accredited college or university in real estate as a major course of study. You'll have to include original transcripts with your application.

The Colorado broker pre-license course is broken into six different topics, with varying required hours in each topic. You’ll take exams in each subject area as you progress through your coursework. At the end of your 168 hours, your course of study will be capped by a comprehensive final exam.

You successfully complete the Colorado broker pre-license course by passing all your course exams plus the comprehensive final exam at the end of the 168 hours.

The exact number of questions on your pre-license course exams will vary based on the current section of the course you are taking. Your course administrator will let you know how many questions are on the different exams and the comprehensive final.

You will receive your Certificate of Completion, also known as the REC-33 Course Completion Certificate, immediately after passing the comprehensive final exam for the 168-hour pre-license courses. The certificate will be available to download after logging into your RealEstateU account.

Colorado provides this list of pre-approved education providers for in- and out-of-state education.

You must submit with your broker application proof of education. This will be either an official transcript foreign major course of study from an accredited college or university or form REC-33 Course Completion Certificate for your 168 hours of pre-licensing education.

No. It’s up to you to show proof of real estate education. RealEstateU students will submit form REC-33 Course Completion Certificate for evidence they met the required 168 hours of pre-licensing education.

Your CO course completion certificate does not have an expiration date. However, you must file your application within one year of passing your state license exam.