Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is South Carolina Real Estate Commission (LLR). Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- South Carolina Real Estate Commission (LLR)
- Prelicense education
- 90 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 200 minutes
- Passing rule
- 56/80 national + 28/40 state
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 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
None
Continuing education
10 hrs every 2 yrs (4 mandatory)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- South Carolina Real Estate Commission and Licensing4 lessons
- Licensee Conduct: Supervision, Advertising, Compensation, Offers and Records4 lessons
- Trust Accounts, Violations, Investigations and Penalties3 lessons
- South Carolina Agency and Non-Agency Relationships4 lessons
- SC Disclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Vacation Rental and Smoke Detector Laws4 lessons
- SC Fair Housing, Consumer Protection, Property Tax and Closing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
A listing agent passes along a structural engineer's report in good faith. The report turns out to be wrong. Under §40-57-350(G), the agent is:
- A. Liable if the agent recommended the engineer
- B. Liable only for half of the buyer's damages
- C. Not liable for relying on the expert's report
- D. Liable, because licensees must verify expert reports
Question 2
For disclosed dual agency, when must the buyer sign the Commission's dual agency consent?
- A. Before writing an offer
- B. At closing
- C. After the seller accepts the offer
- D. Before the first showing of any property
Question 3
A firm asks homeowners to sign a 25-year residential agreement that runs with the land and creates a lien on the property. Under South Carolina law, the agreement is:
- A. Unenforceable and treated as bad faith, exposing the licensee to discipline
- B. Enforceable if the homeowner received a cash payment
- C. Enforceable if recorded with the register of deeds
- D. Enforceable for the first year only
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