Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Wisconsin Dept. of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS). Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Wisconsin Dept. of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS)
- Prelicense education
- 72 hours
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Questions
- 140 questions (140 combined)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- Scaled 75
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 72 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
None
Continuing education
18 hrs every 2 yrs (12 mandatory)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- Wisconsin Licensing, the Real Estate Examining Board, and Firm Structure4 lessons
- Wisconsin Agency: Clients, Customers, and Multiple Representation4 lessons
- Disclosure: Inspection Duties, Adverse Facts, and the Real Estate Condition Report4 lessons
- WB Forms and Wisconsin Contract Practice4 lessons
- Trust Accounts, Advertising, and Discipline4 lessons
- Wisconsin Property Transfers, Transfer Fee, Landlord-Tenant, and Open Housing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
A licensee notices a ceiling stain that suggests a possible leak but does not know the cause. Which step is NOT part of the response REEB 24.07(3) describes?
- A. Recommending that the parties obtain expert assistance
- B. Drafting inspection contingencies if the parties direct
- C. Disclosing the information to the parties in writing in a timely manner
- D. Hiring a third-party inspector at the licensee's expense
Question 2
Unless a written property management agreement provides otherwise, property management fees held in trust are disbursed:
- A. Annually before February 1
- B. Quarterly
- C. Within 24 hours of each rent payment
- D. Monthly
Question 3
If the buyer does not receive the RECR within the statutory period, the buyer may rescind by:
- A. Calling the listing agent within 5 days
- B. Delivering written notice to the owner or owner's agent within 2 business days after the 10-day period ends
- C. Refusing to close
- D. Filing a complaint with DSPS
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