How to become a real estate agent in Virginia
Virginia Real Estate Board (Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation) licenses agents here. Virginia's Real Estate Board within DPOR licenses salespersons, and DPOR identifies PSI as the Board's examination vendor for the state and national salesperson exam portions.
- Entry license
- salesperson
- Exam vendor
- PSI
- Verified
- Official source
Start at the source
Virginia Real Estate Board (Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation) is the authority. Its site, www.dpor.virginia.gov, carries the current candidate handbook, approved education list, and application. Hours, fees and requirements change; the commission's version is the one that counts.
The path in Virginia
- Pull the candidate handbook from the commission above; it names the education hours, the application steps.
- Complete pre-licensing education with an approved provider.
- Pass the exam, administered by PSI: typically a national portion plus the state-law portion that catches candidates who studied only national material. The exam guide covers how to split your prep.
- Choose your sponsoring brokerage deliberately: the questions to ask matter more than the recruiting pitch.
- Before any of it, read the honest decision guide. The license is easy; the career is the decision.
Other states
| Washington | Washington State Department of Licensing |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Real Estate Commission |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (Real Estate Examining Board) |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Real Estate Commission |
| Alabama | Alabama Real Estate Commission |
| Alaska | Alaska Real Estate Commission (Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development) |
| Arizona | Arizona Department of Real Estate |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Real Estate Commission |
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