{"id":911,"date":"2014-09-21T20:21:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T00:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepmecertified.com\/blog\/?p=911"},"modified":"2022-10-27T23:03:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T03:03:42","slug":"how-to-get-a-real-estate-license-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keepmecertified.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-real-estate-license-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Real Estate License in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/keepmecertified.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-21-at-8.17.45-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-921 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/keepmecertified.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-21-at-8.17.45-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Real estate class\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Ready to <a href=\"http:\/\/keepmecertified.com\/blog\/want-real-estate-agent-massachusetts\/\">start your real estate career<\/a>? \u00a0It starts with getting your real estate license, but before you can get your real estate license there are certain requirements that you need to meet. \u00a0First is your age, you must be at least 18 years old and a US citizen. \u00a0In Massachusetts a 40 credit-hour course is required to be completed prior to taking the state exam. \u00a0This class can only be taught by board certified real estate schools.<\/p>\n<p>To get a real estate license in Massachusetts candidates are required to complete a forty hour course in a physical classroom. \u00a0 While the twelve-credit <a title=\"Real Estate School\" href=\"https:\/\/ma.keepmecertified.com\">continuing ed course<\/a> is allowed to be offered and completed online, the real estate license exam prep class can only be taken in a physical classroom setting.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the course, available dates and to register\/reserve a seat, head over to our <a title=\"Exam Prep Class\" href=\"https:\/\/ma.keepmecertified.com\/real-estate-license-class\">real estate school<\/a> website at keepmecertified.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to start your real estate career? \u00a0It starts with getting your real estate license, but before you can get your real estate license there are certain requirements that you need to meet. \u00a0First is your age, you must be at least 18 years old and a US citizen. \u00a0In Massachusetts a 40 credit-hour course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-real-estate-school","category-real-estate","category-get-real-estate-license","cat-5-id","cat-4-id","cat-8-id","has_thumb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Get a Real Estate License in Massachusetts - Keep Me Certified Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about and sign up for the required 40-credit course students need to complete before taking the real estate exam. 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