About Brenda Savage
Brenda Savage is a Real Estate Broker and Instructor licensed in the State of Arizona. She has been active in the real estate industry since 1988, and has been a Real Estate Instructor since 1999.
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How to obtain your Arizona Real Estate Broker License
To qualify for a broker's license:
- You must be at least 18 years of age when applying for a license.
- You must have at least 3 years of actual experience as a salesperson or broker during the 5 years preceding your application.
- Each broker who employed you in the previous 5 year period must complete a Form LI-226 - Broker Candidate Experience Verification (included in the informational brochure referenced in the next paragraph). Submit the completed forms to the Department to have the date through which your experience is valid determined (your "valid through" date). Allow approximately 3 weeks for a determination.
You may obtain a Candidate Informational Bulletin ("informational brochure") and a Certification Questionnaire from the following places:
- The Arizona Department of Real Estate office (602-468-1414, ext. 101)
- The Arizona Department of Real Estate website
- Thomson Prometric's website (the company that administers the state license exam - you may also phone them @ 1-800-899-4091).
If applying for a real estate license, you must complete 90 hours of pre-licensing education and pass the examination at a real estate school, college or university; you will receive the informational brochure and Certification Questionnaire from the school you attend. Complete the Certification Questionnaire. Disclosure and documentation concerning your background is required (see the informational brochure). When your experience has been verified, and you have passed the school's exam if you are a real estate applicant, contact Thomson Prometric (1-800-899-4091) to schedule your state examination. The fee is $120.00. You must take your Department-approved Broker Verification forms and photo ID to the examination. If you are a real estate applicant, also take your Education Certificate.
You have 1 year from the date you pass the state examination to apply for your license, unless your experience is only "valid through" a sooner date. To apply for your license, submit:
- Your pass-score/application form(s)
- Completed fingerprint card
- Completed Certification Questionnaire
- Broker Verification form(s)
- The license fee. The fee for an inactive-status associate real estate or cemetery broker's license is $174; for a membership camping broker's license, the fee is $154.
To be employed by a broker (active-status associate broker's license), include an Form LI-202 - Salesperson / Associate Broker Change signed by a broker and an additional $20 fee.
For a designated broker's license, submit an Form LI-201 - Employing Broker Change or an entity license application and the appropriate fees. The amount of the fees depends on whether you will be the designated broker for an existing employing broker or a new employing broker. Call the Department at 602-468-1414, extension 101, for assistance.
Licensed real estate brokers must attend a Broker Management Clinic as follows:
- Original real estate broker applicants prior to licensure.
- Associate real estate brokers prior to changing status to an active-status designated* broker, unless the broker has taken the course in the preceding 23 month period**.
- Each active-status designated* broker must attend a broker management clinic once every two-year licensing period.
If you have questions regarding any of this information, contact the ADRE Licensing Division at 602.771.7700.
How to renew your Arizona Real Estate License
Currently, Arizona does not allow for online pre-licensing; however all continuing education classes may be taken online. Licensees are required to complete 24 hours of continuing education every 2 years in the following approved categories: A minimum of 3 credit hours each of the following are required:
- Agency Law
- Disclosure Law
- Contract Law
- Commissioner's Standards
- Legal Issues
- Fair Housing
The remaining 6 hours may be in any of the above categories OR General Real Estate or Business Brokerage.
The Arizona Department of Real Estate now allows renewals to be completed online. Go to www.re.state.az.us, and follow the links to online renewal. You may also click on "Tutorial" for additional information on the process. Once you have renewed online, your Broker will be notified, and will have to confirm your renewal. You may want to contact your Broker to make them aware that you are renewing online.
You may also update your personal information online, including change of address and/or phone number, and hire or sever from a Broker.
General renewal information:
You may file an application for license renewal up to 90 days prior to the license expiration date, or up to 1 year after license expiration. If your license has expired, you cannot conduct real estate, cemetery, or membership camping activities, as applicable, until you renew your license and your status is "active".
If you are applying for renewal and are disclosing a criminal conviction, adverse civil judgment, or denial or discipline of a professional or occupational license you held or currently hold, provide the additional documents and information identified on Form LI-400 - Document Checklist, available on the Department's website under Forms Library.
If your license is currently active, your broker needs to go online and approve your continued employment or sign your renewal application before submission. Remember to provide copies of continuing education certificates with your renewal application.
If you are renewing online, you will be required to provide the course numbers and information provided on your course certificates.