About the Exam

The Illinois state licensing exam contains 140 multiple choice questions (100 National law, 40 State specific). In order to sit for the exam and apply for a Real Estate Broker's license, an applicant must:

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1. Be at least 18 years old;

2. Have graduated from high school or obtained the equivalent of a high school degree (GED); and

3. Have successfully completed the required curriculum of 75 class hours of Real Estate courses at a real estate school approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the following manner:

   • Real Estate Broker Topics (60 hours)

   • Broker Pre-License Applied Real Estate Principles-Interactive (15 hours)

 

Here is the link to the candidate handbook with more information.

http://documents.goamp.com/Publications/candidateHandbooks/ILREP-handbook.pdf