TN real estate licensing guide

Tennessee

Tennessee does not issue a salesperson license — the entry title is affiliate broker. Affiliate broker is 60 hours of principles/fundamentals whose school pushes PSI eligibility, then PSI $63 independently scored at 70% — national 80 items (80 points) / 160 minutes pass 56, Tennessee 40 items (40 points) / 80 minutes pass 28 — then the 30-hour Course for New Affiliates before CORE will issue, IdentoGO 28TZ99 / ORI TN920784Z, E&O, Principal Broker signature, and $91 at core.tn.gov within one year of passing on bulletin 511 (Updated 7/1/2025). Broker is 36 months as affiliate if licensed after May 12, 1988 (24 months on the older or degree path), 120 classroom hours including 30-hour Office/Broker Management, TREC pre-approval (~4 weeks), PSI 75 items carrying 80 points / 150 minutes pass 60 of 80 points (75%) plus state 50 / 90 minutes pass 38 (75%), $91, one-year apply, and 120 additional post-broker hours before the fourth anniversary on the live Broker page. Renewal is $75 with 16 hours (6-hour TREC CORE + 10 elective). Designated agency, E&O as a licensing requirement, and the Education and Recovery Account are scored Tennessee items — this paper cannot be renamed to Virginia's Principles 60 or Kentucky's sales-associate 96.

Verified 2026-09-02

The Tennessee Real Estate Commission sits at 500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243. Phone (615) 741-2273. trec.info@tn.gov. Statute: T.C.A. Title 62 Chapter 13 and Rule 1260-05-.03. PSI delivers the exam under Candidate Information Bulletin 511 (test-takers.psiexams.com/tnre; (855) 340-3710; Updated 7/1/2025; fetched 2026-09-02), the bulletin TREC's own PSI page currently links. The live Affiliate Broker page fetched 2026-09-02 is the hour bible: 60 hours of principles/fundamentals before PSI; 30-hour Course for New Affiliates before issuance. A Virginia 60 is a neighbor comparison, not that 90-hour split.

PSI seats 80 national items in 160 minutes (pass 56) and 40 Tennessee items in 80 minutes (pass 28) at $63 full / $37 national / $26 state. Apply at CORE within one year of passing (bulletin 511). Original $91. IdentoGO 28TZ99 / ORI TN920784Z. E&O is an issuance exhibit. Renewal $75 with 16 hours including the named 6-hour TREC CORE. Older six-month apply blogs are lag against bulletin 511.

Broker is 36 months (post-1988), 120 hours including 30-hour Office/Broker Management, TREC's four-week eligibility review, PSI 75 items/80 points/150 min pass 60 + 50/90 min pass 38 at 75%, $91, and post-120 before year four on the live Broker page. Virginia's 180, Kentucky's sales associate, and North Carolina's provisional broker are neighbor comparisons, not Tennessee's thesis. This paper cannot be renamed to another state: the entry title is affiliate broker, the 30 is pre-issuance, and IdentoGO 28TZ99 is TREC's code.

Licensing authority

Tennessee Real Estate Commission (Department of Commerce and Insurance)

TREC

TREC licenses affiliate brokers — the entry title, not salesperson — and brokers, contracts PSI for the exam, requires E&O, IdentoGO fingerprints (service code 28TZ99, ORI TN920784Z), and administers the Education and Recovery Account. Live Affiliate Broker page (fetched 2026-09-02): sixty (60) hours of real estate principles/fundamentals before the examination (the school provides PSI with proof; you may not register until that posts) and the 30-hour Course for New Affiliates before a license will be issued. Live Fees page: Initial Affiliate $91; Broker upgrade from Affiliate $91; Licensee & Firm Renewal every 2 years $75. Live PSI page: Affiliate Broker full $63.00 / state-only $26.00 (80 mins.) / national-only $37.00 (160 mins.). E&O is an issuance exhibit, not optional because a recovery account exists.

T.C.A. Title 62, Chapter 13 (including §62-13-303 hours and fingerprints; §62-13-303(h) broker post-120). Rule 1260-05-.03 (90-hour split). Rule 1260-01-.01(4) two-year wait from probation/parole/conviction/incarceration for felonies and theft misdemeanors. Live TREC Affiliate Broker page, Broker page, PSI & Exam Information page, and Fees page fetched 2026-09-02. PSI Tennessee Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin at test-takers.psiexams.com/tnre / bulletin 511, Updated 7/1/2025 (PDF created 8/26/2026), fetched 2026-09-02. TREC's own PSI page links bulletin 511. CORE at core.tn.gov. CE Broker is the official CE tracker. 500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243-0565 TREC (615) 741-2273 or (800) 342-4031. Department main (615) 741-2241. trec.info@tn.gov. PSI examinations (855) 340-3710. IdentoGO (855) 266-2937.

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