For more information, please visit the Iowa Real Estate Commission at  https://dial.iowa.gov/i-need/licenses/other-professional-licensure/real-estate-licensees

• Take a 60 Hour Pre-License class and pass the PSI Real Estate Exam (only the 60 Hour Pre-License course must be completed in order to take the PSI Real Estate Exam)
• Complete three additional classes:  Developing Professionalism & Ethical Practices (12 hours), Listing Practices (12 hours) and Buying Practices (12 hours)
• Complete a background check, which expires after 210 days, and may take up to 10 weeks to complete
• Proof of Errors & Omissions Insurance
• Fill out the Application

Courses may be taken in any order and must be completed during the 12 months prior to license application. 

A salesperson must be assigned to a licensed broker or firm and cannot conduct business independently. You must be 18 years of age or older. (You may actually sit for the exam before you are 18, but you MUST be 18 before you make the application for a license, which must be within six months after you pass the exam.) An applicant is not ineligible because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, residency, or citizenship, although the application form may require citizenship information. You must not have had an application rejected for licensure in this or any other state within twelve months prior to the date of application, and whose real estate license has not been revoked in this or any other state within two years prior to the date of application.