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Florida Real Estate Instructor Permit Requirements and Renewal

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A Florida real estate school instructor permit is a separate credential from a sales associate or broker license. Confirm your permit status and renewal requirements with DBPR before teaching.

Qualify for an instructor permit

Florida Statutes 475.451(2)(b) provides these qualification routes, subject to DBPR application review:

  • A bachelor's degree in a business-related subject, such as real estate, finance, accounting, or business administration (or its equivalent), and a valid Florida broker license.
  • A bachelor's degree, a valid Florida broker license, and extensive real estate experience as defined by Rule 61J2-17.011. That definition includes at least three years of full-time broker experience and at least five closed transactions as a licensee or the employing broker in the 12 months before applying.
  • Pass the Commission-approved real estate instructor examination.

Use the current DBPR Real Estate Commission application guidance for the application, documentation, examination, and fees. Meet the applicable requirements and obtain the required permit before teaching. A broker license by itself, a TSRE application, or an onboarding conversation does not establish instructor-permit approval or a teaching assignment.

Renew by the deadline shown in your DBPR account

Instructor permits renew every two years and normally expire on September 30 of odd-numbered years. Check your actual credential and deadline in DBPR Online Services.

  1. Complete seven hours of approved instructor continuing education: three hours of Core Law and four hours of Instructional Techniques.
  2. Take the Instructional Techniques course from another instructor. Teaching that course yourself does not satisfy this requirement.
  3. Confirm the required completion is recorded for the correct renewal cycle, then complete your DBPR renewal and pay the required fee.
  4. Verify that the permit shows renewed status and the correct expiration date. Keep your completion certificates for at least five years after course completion.

An instructor renewing for the first time is exempt from instructor continuing education if the time between initial permit issuance and the first renewal is less than six months. The rule also contains an exemption for qualifying Florida Bar members. Confirm any exemption applies to your record; it does not remove the need to renew the permit.

Where applicable, the same three hours of Core Law may also count toward a broker's continuing education, provided the course and completion date fit both renewal cycles. Instructor education does not automatically satisfy all sales associate or broker renewal requirements. See How to Renew Your Florida Real Estate License.

If the permit is inactive or expired

Failure to renew can place the permit in involuntary inactive status. Reactivation requires the applicable education and fees, including late fees. After two years in involuntary inactive status, the permit expires and becomes null and void under Rule 61J2-17.016. Confirm the available route with DBPR and resolve your status before teaching.

Keep your school informed

Provide your school with your current permit and updated renewal evidence. TSRE instructors should keep their onboarding records current and report any status concern before accepting or teaching an assignment.

For help locating a TSRE education record, submit a support request or email info@tsre.us. Include your name, registration email, instructor permit number, course and completion date, and renewal deadline. DBPR determines permit eligibility, status, and renewal requirements.

Official references

Reviewed October 17, 2026.

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