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Can you test for another state’s real estate licensure with West Virginia training?

If you currently have a real estate license in West Virginia can you be licensed in other states without taking more education?

Updated over a year ago

Perhaps. It’s a complicated answer unfortunately because it largely depends on if the other state accepts WV’s education requirements. Because those rules change all the time it’s easy to not know what another state’s law is and thus requires you to reach out to their commission and ask. From what I hear, most of the time the other state will have you take their state portion of the exam and not the national portion again. (That is if you had tested in WV and passed our national portion of the licensing exam.) This means that most of the time you would have to take a smaller test in the new state, and most of the time you wouldn’t have to take another class. THAT SAID, THAT CAN VARY and only their commission will be able to tell you with certainty how they handle people who hold a real estate license in West Virginia. The best-case scenario of this outcome is using Massachusetts as an example. Massachusetts currently accepts WV existing licensure as perfectly fine and doesn’t even require you to take another exam! Yay, Massachusetts!

Regardless of Massachusetts stance, you will need to call the real estate commission of the state you plan to move to and say, “Hi, I have an active real estate license in WV. What do I need to do in your state to be licensed there?”

Here is a list of the commissions contact addresses around the country that might ease your search for the answer you seek.

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