In our tuition-free Real Estate Program, West Valley College offers all of the required courses that a student needs to take in order to obtain a Real Estate Salesperson’s license. The California Department of Real Estate (DRE) requires that an individual take three real estate-oriented classes and pass a state licensing exam before obtaining a renewable Real Estate Salesperson’s license. A Salesperson’s license is necessary in California for a person to be able to represent buyers and sellers of real estate.
Also, our tuition-free Real Estate Program offers a variety of real estate courses to those seeking to obtain a Real Estate Broker license or a Real Estate Appraiser license.
Tuition-free courses have no enrollment or registration fees. Students accrue completion hours rather than college credit. Noncredit courses are non-transferable to a university.
Certificates
| Degree or Certificate Program | Award Type | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Real Estate Broker License | Certificate of Completion | 384 - 432 hours |
| Real Estate Salesperson License | Certificate of Completion | 144 - 162 hours |
The Faculty
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Besides preparing you to take the state license exams, we also emphasize what it's really like to be a real estate professional working full-time. As any successful real estate professional will tell you, passing the exam is the easy part, developing your own business is a lot more workOur tuition-free Real Estate program enables students to take all of the real estate courses they need to obtain either their Salesperson and/or their Broker license at no cost to the students. Although these classes are free, they are fully eligible as counting towards the Department of Real Estate education requirements needed to be able to sit for the Salesperson exam and the Broker exam.