Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing. Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing
- Prelicense education
- 100 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 180 minutes
- Passing rule
- 70% on each portion (56/80 + 28/40)
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 100 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 PSI 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
10 hrs within first year
Continuing education
30 hrs every 3 yrs (9 mandatory)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- Ohio Licensing, the Commission, and the Division4 lessons
- Ohio Agency Law and Required Disclosures4 lessons
- Trust Accounts, Advertising, Discipline, and the Recovery Fund4 lessons
- Ohio Contracts, Seller Disclosures, and Transfers3 lessons
- Ohio Property Taxes, Landlord-Tenant Law, and Common-Interest Communities4 lessons
- Ohio Fair Housing and Professional Practice3 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
In which court must a claimant file an application for payment from the Ohio Real Estate Recovery Fund?
- A. The county court where the property lies
- B. The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas
- C. The Ohio Supreme Court
- D. The Ohio Court of Claims
Question 2
Under ORC 4735.80, before what action must an Ohio licensee obtain the seller's signed anti-discrimination disclosure?
- A. Closing
- B. Accepting an offer
- C. Ordering a title search
- D. Marketing or showing the seller's residential property
Question 3
A licensee mails flyers suggesting homeowners sell soon because "new groups are moving in and values will drop." This is:
- A. Steering, which is legal if accurate
- B. Redlining
- C. Blockbusting, prohibited by Ohio law
- D. Permissible market commentary
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