Real Estate Licensing in Lake Mary Jane CDP, Florida

Who Needs a License

Real estate licensing is required for any person who, for compensation or promise of compensation, sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases real property, or negotiates or offers to negotiate any of these transactions on behalf of others.[Fla. Stat. § 489.105]

A broker is defined as a person who employs, directly or indirectly, one or more sales associates or other brokers to perform licensed activities. A sales associate is a person employed by a broker to perform licensed real estate services on the broker's behalf.[Fla. Stat. § 489.105]

How to Get Licensed

Real estate licensing in Florida is administered by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), Division of Real Estate.

For Sales Associates:
1. Complete a 63-hour pre-licensing course from a DBPR-approved provider
2. Pass the Florida Real Estate Sales Associate Exam
3. Apply to DBPR and be sponsored by an active broker
4. Pay applicable fees
5. Background screening and fingerprinting required

For Brokers:
1. Hold or have held a current Florida sales associate license
2. Complete 72 hours of broker pre-licensing education from an approved provider
3. Pass the Florida Real Estate Broker Exam
4. Have at least one year of experience as a licensed sales associate within the five-year period before application
5. Apply directly to DBPR
6. Pay applicable fees and pass background screening

[Fla. Stat. § 489.105]

Local Requirements

Lake Mary Jane CDP is located in Orange County, Florida. Permit and registration requirements specific to Lake Mary Jane are found in the Lake Mary Jane Municipal Code.

Consult the municipal code for any local amendments, registration requirements with the town, or additional compliance obligations beyond state licensing. Contact the Lake Mary Jane Building Department to confirm current local requirements and permitting procedures.

Florida real estate licenses are issued at the state level only—no town-level real estate license is required beyond DBPR authorization.

Exemptions

The following are exempt from Florida real estate licensing requirements:
- Owners of real property selling or leasing their own property without employing a broker or sales associate
- Attorneys licensed to practice law in Florida while performing real estate services in connection with legal representation
- Persons employed by owners to manage the owner's property (property managers under specific conditions)
- Public officers performing duties related to their office

[Fla. Stat. § 489.105]

State Licensing Board Contact

Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Phone: 850-487-1395
- Website: https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/real-estate-commission/

References

The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)