Wisconsin Real Estate License Requirements

Wisconsin

Wisconsin salesperson is a Board-approved 72-hour program within four years (REEB 25.033) — or 10 semester credits — then Pearson VUE (not PSI) $65 for a single intermixed paper: 140 scored items + 5–10 pretest in 4 hours at scaled 75 on a 0–100 equated scale, then LicensE application within one year of passing and Form 812 firm association to practice. Renewal is statutory December 14 of each even-numbered year at $75 (live RDAF; $100 with late fee) with 18 hours CE (12 mandatory + 6 elective); originals issued after October 1 of an even year skip CE for that one cycle only. Broker is 2 years of salesperson practice in the last 4 plus 40 experience points on Form 3036 (residential close 5 / commercial 10 / timeshare 1 / property management 0.5 per month), Board-approved broker education (live page: 72-hour broker program or 20 semester credits), Pearson broker paper 100 scored + pretest / 3.25 hours / scaled 75 / $65, and no first-biennium CE exemption since December 2016. IL/IN current broker licenses use Form 3036 verification. This paper cannot be renamed to Illinois PSI or Indiana's broker-entry Pearson 091500: WB forms, Marital Property Act, and the Wisconsin transfer fee are scored items, and there is no consumer recovery fund on the live DSPS pages.

Verified 2026-09-02

The Wisconsin Real Estate Examining Board sits inside DSPS at 4822 Madison Yards Way, Madison, WI 53705. Phone (608) 266-2112 / (877) 617-1565. Email dsps@wisconsin.gov. Apply at license.wi.gov (LicensE). Statute: Wis. Stat. ch. 452 and Wis. Admin. Code chs. REEB 12, 16, 18, 25. Pearson VUE delivers the exam under Candidate Handbook #095000 and content outlines #095006 (fetched 2026-09-02) at pearsonvue.com/us/en/wi/realestate.html; (888) 204-6284. Live DSPS salesperson page (fetched 2026-09-02): 72-hour Board-approved program within four years or 10 semester credits; endorsement 13-hour path. Live RDAF: salesperson and broker renew $75 / late $100 on December 14 even years.

Pearson seats one intermixed salesperson paper — 140 scored + pretest, 4 hours, scaled 75 — at $65. Not PSI, not 80+40, not OnVUE. Apply within one year of passing. Form 812 hangs you with a firm. CE is 18 hours (12+6) by December 14 even years. Original credential fee historically $60 on the Initial Fee Changes PDF — confirm live LicensE.

Broker is 2 years in the last 4, 40 points on Form 3036, broker education, Pearson 100 scored / 3.25 hours / scaled 75. Illinois's salesperson-then-managing-broker PSI path, Minnesota's salesperson grid, Michigan's 40 including civil rights, and Indiana's broker-entry Pearson 091500 are neighbor comparisons, not Wisconsin's thesis. This paper cannot be renamed to another state: WB forms are scored, December 14 is statutory, and scaled 75 is not 75 percent.

Live DSPS pages (fetched 2026-09-02) are the hour bible: 72-hour salesperson program within four years (REEB 25.033) or 10 semester credits; broker 72-hour program (REEB 25.023) or 20 semester credits; endorsement 13-hour salesperson / 6-hour broker. Pearson handbook #095000 is the sitting bible: $65, salesperson 140 scored / 4 hours / scaled 75, broker 100 scored / 3.25 hours / scaled 75. You may sit before education is finished; DSPS will not issue without the hours. Form 812 hangs you with a firm. There is no consumer recovery fund on the live DSPS salesperson or broker pages — Form 814 trust-account consent is the consumer-protection instrument. DACA applicants follow DSPS SAVE / EAD instructions as currently published. Lead-based-paint certification, if you disturb pre-1978 paint, is a Wisconsin Department of Health Services product, not a DSPS real-estate hour.

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