Continuing education: 14 hours per two-year renewal cycle (includes required core law and ethics hours).
Before you read
Test yourself first: 5 questions
Question 1 of 5
After the first renewal, how many hours of continuing education must a Florida licensee complete each renewal cycle?
Answer: B. Following the initial post-license requirement, Florida licensees must complete 14 hours of continuing education (CE) each renewal cycle.
Question 2 of 5
For each two-year renewal cycle after the first, how many hours of continuing education must a Florida licensee complete?
Answer: D. After completing post-licensing education, Florida licensees must complete 14 hours of continuing education (including required core law and ethics content) each two-year renewal cycle.
Question 3 of 5
After obtaining an initial Florida sales associate license, how many hours of FREC-approved post-licensing education must be completed before the FIRST license renewal?
Answer: B. Florida sales associates must complete 45 hours of FREC-approved post-licensing education before their first renewal. The 63-hour course is the pre-license requirement, and 14 hours is the continuing education required for subsequent renewals.
Question 4 of 5
A Florida sales associate has held the license through one full renewal cycle. How many hours of continuing education are required for each subsequent renewal period (after the post-license requirement is satisfied)?
Answer: B. Once the 45-hour post-license requirement has been met, Florida licensees must complete 14 hours of FREC-approved continuing education each subsequent two-year renewal cycle.
Question 5 of 5
Florida real estate licenses must be renewed on what cycle?
Answer: A. Florida real estate licenses are renewed every two years (biennially). The required continuing or post-licensing education must be completed within each two-year cycle.
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Must-know rules
- Regulator: Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), housed within DBPR.
- Pre-license sales associate education: 63 classroom hours before the state exam.
- Post-license requirement: 45 hours, completed before the first license renewal.
- Continuing education: 14 hours per two-year renewal cycle (includes required core law and ethics hours).
- Sales associates must work under a licensed broker; they cannot operate independently.
- Broker pre-license course: 72 hours, plus active experience as a licensed sales associate.
- Failure to complete post-license education before the deadline causes the sales associate license to become null and void.
Florida Licensing & Continuing-Education Quick Sheet: FAQs
Is Florida Licensing & Continuing-Education Quick Sheet on the real estate exam?
Yes. State License Law is a scored domain on the Florida real estate licensing exam, and this topic appears in the state license-law portion.
Is this cheat sheet free?
Yes — every page on Cinna RE's resource library is free to read, print and share. The app adds practice questions, mock exams and a readiness score.
Does Florida test this differently?
Florida applies its own license law on top of the national portion. This page covers the Florida rules specifically, which is what the state section of your exam tests.
