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Get an Ohio Real Estate Education Designed for Lifelong Career Growth

Choose an Ohio real estate education that’s there for every stage of your career. You’ll have support that’s based on your personal goals, with essential networking opportunities and education that will prepare you to enhance your client acquisition strategies, learn how you could to raise your income potential, and stand out in the market.

Ready to Get Your Ohio Real Estate License? 
This step-by-step guide will walk you through the salesperson licensing journey.

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Learn the Ohio Salesperson and Broker Requirements
Get a refresher on everything you need to complete for Ohio licensing and CE.

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Why Kaplan?

No matter where you are in your career, you won’t need to go anywhere else for your real estate education needs. Kaplan courses work around your schedule as your life changes, with industry insiders leading you every step of the way. You’ll always know that you’re compliant with all Ohio regulations when you choose us.

And don’t just take our word for it—Test Prep Insight has named Kaplan Real Estate Education one of the best online real estate schools in the nation.

Choose How to Complete Your Ohio Real Estate Education

No matter which course style you prefer, your instruction will be exceptional.

Live Online Real Estate Courses


Learn from our dedicated instructors in real-time, and work through assignments with your classmates. It’s the traditional classroom experience—all from the comfort of home. 

Online Video Real Estate Courses

 

Set the pace for your studies with our Online Video courses. You’ll learn from the same expert-led lessons as our Live Online courses, delivered as video recordings and reinforced by text-based materials.

Online Real Estate Courses

 

Prefer interactive content over video lectures? Choose from our Online real estate classes and dive into deeply engaging text-based lessons. You can start, stop, and resume your studies whenever is best for you.

Ohio Real Estate Stats

36,845

Number of Active Licensed Real Estate Salespersons

3,315

Number of Principal Brokers

100

Hours Required for Licensing Education

Ohio Real Estate Licensing Information, Reciprocity, and Portability

Reciprocity: Ohio offers partial reciprocity in the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

 

Steps to Real Estate License Reciprocity in Ohio:

  • Step 1: Must hold an out-of-state license substantially similar to Ohio’s real estate sales license or have a government certification from a state that does not issue a license
  • Step 2: The out-of-state license or government certification must have been held for at least one year before applying
  • Step 3: Actively practiced for at least 1 of the last 5 years, with a potential waiver by the Commission
  • Step 4: Complete an application and secure sponsorship from an Ohio real estate broker
  • Step 5: Pay a $135 application fee.
  • Step 6: Submit an Ohio and national background check
  • Step 7: Provide a letter of good standing for all jurisdictions in which you hold an out-of-state sales license or government certification
  • Step 8: Complete a consent to service of process statement
  • Step 9: Provide proof of completion of 20 transactions or equivalent experience as adopted by the Commission
  • Step 10: Pass the state portion of the Ohio real estate examination

Military Portability:

  • State agencies may issue temporary licenses to military spouses in good standing in another state 
  • Military spouses must submit to a criminal record check, if required 
  • All licensing fees for temporary licenses are waived
  • Temporary licenses are valid for a period not to exceed 6 years 
  • Licenses shall be issued within 30 days of receipt of an application or, if a criminal records check is required, within 14 days of receiving the results

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Frequently Asked Questions
To obtain a real estate license in Ohio, you must be 18 years old, be a legal resident of the U.S., complete the required 100 licensing course hours, be sponsored by an Ohio broker, and pass the national and state portions of the real estate salesperson licensing exam.
Students must complete 100 hours of licensing education. This includes 40 hours of Real Estate Principles and Practices, 40 hours of Ohio Real Estate Law, 10 hours of Real Estate Appraisal, and 10 hours of Real Estate Finance.
There is partial reciprocity in Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Applicants will still be required to take the 40-hour Ohio real estate law course.

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