Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Idaho Real Estate Commission. Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Idaho Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 90 hours
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- Scaled 70 on each portion
The steps, in order.
01
Confirm eligibility
Check age, education, background review and other requirements with the regulator.
02
Complete approved education
Confirm the current 90 hours education requirement and approved providers. LicenseIQ does not replace required prelicensing education.
03
Apply and schedule
Follow the regulator’s application and testing authorization sequence; submit required documents and fees. Exact sequencing varies.
04
Prepare and take the exam
Use the Pearson VUE candidate handbook for check-in, accommodations, allowed materials and current scoring.
05
Complete license issuance
After passing, complete remaining regulator requirements. Do not practice until the license is issued and active.
06
Maintain your license
Verify post-license education, renewal deadlines and continuing education with the regulator.
Post-license education
12 hrs of prescribed post-license courses before first renewal
Continuing education
2 core courses + 12 elective hrs every 2 yrs
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- The Idaho Real Estate Commission: Powers, Discipline, and the Recovery Fund3 lessons
- Idaho Licensing Requirements4 lessons
- License Law in Practice: Brokers, Offices, Advertising, and Compensation3 lessons
- License Law in Practice: Trust Money, Agreements, Offers, and Records4 lessons
- Idaho Brokerage Representation (Agency Law)4 lessons
- Idaho Principles: Trust Deeds, Foreclosure, and Ownership3 lessons
- Idaho Property Taxes, Seller Disclosures, Landlord-Tenant, and Fair Housing3 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
Which document must the selling broker keep for the full retention period?
- A. Only the final closing statement
- B. Rejected offers
- C. Only accepted offers
- D. Showing feedback forms
Question 2
A seller and her listing brokerage disagree about whether a commission is owed. The seller asks the Commission to decide. What will the Commission do?
- A. Hold a hearing and order payment of the correct amount
- B. Suspend the broker until the dispute is settled
- C. Decline to resolve it, because the Commission does not resolve commission or fee disputes
- D. Refer it to the Real Estate Recovery Fund
Question 3
From whom may an Idaho salesperson accept compensation for licensed work?
- A. The title company, with written disclosure
- B. Only the broker with whom the salesperson is licensed
- C. The cooperating brokerage directly
- D. Any party to the transaction, if disclosed
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