The July 2017 Florida Real Estate State Exam Pass Fail Numbers and Total License Numbers Report

As expected, the Pass Fail rates for the Florida Real Estate state exam are exactly what is expected but Licensee numbers are going up.

The July 2017 Real Estate License State Exam Pass Fail Summary

In July 2017, from July 1 to July 31, 2,829 people to the Florida real estate sales associate state exam at Pearson Vue for the very first time. Of that number, 1422 of them passed the exam and 1407 of them fail the exam. This is a passing rate of 50% and a failing rate of 50%. Students from The Climer School of Real Estate are passing their state exam on their first try like crazy!

2699 people took the Florida real estate sales associate state exam for a second time were for a repeated time. Of this number, 843 of them passed in 1856 of them fail. This is a dismal passing rate of 31% and a failing rate of 69%.

This pass fail ratio is the same as it always is. I believe it again proves my point that the powers that be within the state of Florida are more interested in tricking real estate exam test takers and they are in testing their knowledge. And I believe this proves again that they are very good at tricking test takers into wrong answers.

222 people to the Florida real estate brokers license state exam for the very first time. Of this number 144 than passed and 78 of them failed. 182 people took the Florida real estate brokers license state exam for a second or for a repeated time. Of this number 61 of them passed while 121 of them failed. This is a passing rate of only 34% and a failing rate of 66%.

Again, this is about the same as it always has been.

The total number of real estate licenses in the state of Florida increased by over 2600 from June 2017 through July 2, 2017. This is all licenses.

The total number of active sales associate and broker associate licensees increased by 1227. This is an increase of 0.61% per month for 7.36% annually.

It may be interesting to note that there is an additional 76,389 voluntary inactive sales associate licensees and 5246 voluntary inactive broker associate licensees. There are also 17,305 involuntary inactive sales associate licensees and an additional 1557 involuntary inactive broker associate licensees.

These are significant numbers when it comes to your potential competition.

34.1% of sales associate licensees are inactive in some way. If they all became active at the same time, this would really change the market picture. You better have a good marketing plan in place and you better be working it.

Don’t be afraid of competition. Someone told me once there is always room for someone better. The Pareto principle or the 80 20 rule is always in place. Whatever the numbers are yet to make sure the show as part of the 20% is on top. If you go back and read my blog on Dr. Sean Snaith’s assessment of the economic future of Florida and especially the Orlando Kissimmee Metropolitan statistical area than you know we are going to keep growing. Everybody needs a place to live whether they buy or rent. So, the need for a true real estate professional will always be there.

I have written about the Certified General Appraiser license exam results.

You may be interested in knowing that in July 2017 zero people took the Certified Residential Appraiser license examination for the first time. I’m sure it’s clear that zero people passed and zero people failed. What may not be clear is that no one wanted to take this examination.

Only two people took the Certified Residential Appraiser’s license exam for a second offer repeated time. One person passed and one person failed. We have a 50 - 50 passing rate based on two people.

The appraisal community is losing appraisers. The number of certified registered trainees has decreased from 541 in November 2016 down to 505 as of June 2017. There were 231 in active registered trainees in November 2016. This number has decreased to 157 in June 2017. There were also 422 involuntary inactive registered trainee’s licensees November 2016. This number has decreased to 371 in June 2017.

Even more alarming is the fact that from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, the Florida real estate appraisal Board (FREAB) only welcomed in 9 new certified residential appraisers.

This can’t be a good thing. I believe we are having a problem in the very near future. We are losing our appraisers much higher rate than we are gaining them.

What do you think will happen regarding these statistics? I wish I knew. However, keep following my blog and I will keep you updated and status as soon as I get new information.

Stay positive!

Since 1984, The Climer School of Real Estate is The Best Real Estate School in Orlando. If you want to have the best chance possible of passing your Florida Real Estate Exam on your first try, then you need to attend classes at The Climer School. Call us at 407-822-3926 (EXAM), or stop by our website at www.ClimerRealEstateSchool.com . We have the Best Real Estate Instructors in Orlando

Announcing our 3 new central Florida locations and our Live Streaming Virtual Classroom!

The Climer School of Real Estate is expanding to 3 new central Florida campuses and is debuting our Live Streaming Virtual Classes!

We will be in 3 new central Florida locations and, we will be covering the entire state of Florida and the whole world with our Live Streaming Classroom beginning October 9th 2017

The Climer School of Real Estate is buzzing with excitement these days. Not only are we about to branch out into three new Central Florida locations that we here are about our long-awaited virtual, Live Streaming Classroom format. We’re not sure what were more excited about.


For starters, we officially have a new professional affiliation with the Keller Williams Advantage Group and Lori Tyrrell and Rich Carpentieri. They currently have three main offices with two more in the works.

Keller Williams Advantage Realty

Our first official class with Keller Williams Advantage will be in the Oviedo campus location. The address is 59 Alafaya Woods Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765. Head Instructor and owner Andy Brown will be teaching an amazing two day Continuing Education class focusing on Sales and Marketing.

The team leader for the Keller Williams Advantage Oviedo location is Rick Bosley. Their website is www.KWOviedo.com. The office can be reached at 407–977–7600.

On October 1, 2017, The Climer School of Real Estate officially begins at our new Lake Nona campus location. The address is 9161 Narcoosee Road, Suite 107, Orlando, FL 32837.

The team leader for the Keller Williams Advantage Lake Nona location is Dave Chubb. Their website is www.KWNona.com and the office can be reached at 407–207–0825.

On January 1, 2018, The Climer School of Real Estate will officially begin at our Waterford Lakes campus. The address is 12301 Lake Underhill Rd. Suite 111, Orlando, FL 32828.

The team leader for the Keller Williams Advantage Orlando Waterford Lakes location is Kristin Duncan. Their website is www.KWWaterford.com. The office can be reached at 407-393-5901.

We are coordinating all of the classes together. This means that you can either find out what the schedule is by going to our website www.ClimerRealEstateSchool.com or by visiting any of their offices' websites or by calling their locations.

To say that we’re excited to be working with Lori Tyrrell and her entire Keller Williams Advantage Team would be a huge understatement.

Just as exciting to the Climer School team is the debut of our Live Streaming Classroom. This is a vision that Pam Matera and Andy Brown have had since even before they owned The Climer School of Real Estate.

They wanted to be able to deliver high quality real estate education in this live streaming format to anyone anywhere that one of the best real estate education in the state of Florida. And now, anyone, anywhere in the world can take advantage of a live class given by one of the best real estate instructors in Florida from The Climer School of Real Estate.

From Pensacola to Key West, you will now be able to experience a live Climer School of Real Estate class. The very first inaugural class will begin at 9 AM Monday morning October 9th. Head instructor Andy Brown will be sitting in front of his web camera leading a class of students from all over the state, maybe even from all over the world.

And better yet, our Live Streaming format is approved and sanctioned by the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC), the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and the Division of Real Estate (DRE). We have this class approved through all 3 of them!

It will be our standard two-week format. The class will run from Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM, for two weeks in a row. Our partner, Dearborn REcampus, is going to mail you a textbook. We will be going over homework every single morning, and he will be preparing you for the class exam at the end of the class that you will take online.

Andy Brown, considered by many to be the best real estate instructor in Florida, will be teaching you everything he knows that will help you pass your Florida Real Estate Sales Associate State Exam.
Eventually, every single one of our classes will be offered through our virtual live streaming classroom format. Even all of our Spanish Real Estate classes will be offered this way.

This is only our first and inaugural class. Because it is the very first one, we will be offering it at an "Inaugural Class"  discount. More than likely there will be a couple of technical glitches here and there so we will all be helping each other out.

Once we run the system live and get the glitches worked out, we will be offering a wide variety of class day and time formats, especially on evenings and weekends.

But if you know someone who is ready to start their real estate career and wants to get the real estate license at the best real estate school in Florida with the best real estate instructor in Florida, have them call us at 407-822-3926 or email ClimerConcierge@gmail.com and let us know of your interest and we will put you on the list. Friends don’t let friends go anywhere but The Climer School of Real Estate!

The best chance that you can give yourself of passing your Florida Sales Associate Real Estate License state exam or your Florida Brokers Real Estate License state exam on your first try is by attending The Climer School of Real Estate in Orlando Florida. 407-822-EXAM (3926).

Since 1984, The Climer School Of Real Estate is The Best Real Estate School in central Florida. If you want to have the best chance of passing your Florida Real Estate Exam on your first try, then you need to attend classes at The Climer School. Call us at 407-822-3926 (EXAM), or stop by our website at www.ClimerRealEstateSchool.com, The Climer School of Real Estate has the Best Real Estate Instructors in central Florida

The New FREC 61-J2 Rule on Team or Group Advertising

Does Your Team or Group Name have an illegal or forbidden term?

What it really means

The Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) is discussing what is probably the last draft on new 61J2 – 10.026 team or group advertising rule. My estimate is that this new rule will be voted on and passed in next month's (September's) meeting.

This has been in work for a long time. I myself heard the commission discussing this issue in a commission meeting almost 2 years ago. 

 The reason for this rule change is because the commission had felt that many sales associates and broker associate were stepping way over the line for too long of a time with regards to the way they present themselves to the general public. 

Only a broker is allowed to name themselves, and market themselves to the public as a real estate business. Sales associate and broker associate may only do business under their own name. And it needs to be the name that they have registered with the DBPR. 

 The Florida Real Estate Commission believed that many team names were actually the name of a real estate business (which is not allowed). They had been receiving numerous complaints from consumers who did not know who they were working with or what brokerage. 

Some of the complaints were that they did not know with who on what team they were working with and they had no idea who showed up to the appointment. 

 And I want to remind you that the only thing that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), the Division of Real Estate (DRE), and the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) care about is the general public. They do not care about real estate licensees. 

When the general public starts complaining about licensees too much, the commission is going to do something about it. 

 So here are the new rules on Team or Group Advertising: 

1. Team or Group Advertising shall mean a collective name or logo used by one or more real estate licensees who represent themselves to the public as part of one brokerage that performs real estate license activities under the supervision of the same broker. 

As a reminder, every single sales associate and broker associate works for their employing broker. They are not independent business entities. 

2. Each team or group shall file with the broker an appointed team leader to represent the team or group. This team leader shall be responsible for ensuring that the advertising is in compliance with Chapter 475 Florida Statutes and 61J2 Florida Administrative Code. 

3. The registered broker must maintain a current written record of each team’s or group’s members. 

4. Team or group names. Real estate team or group names must always include the word “team” or “group” as part of the name. 

Real estate team or group name shall not include the following words: 

a. Associates
b. Brokerage
c. Brokers
d. Company
e. Corporation
f. Corp.
g. Inc.
h. LLC
i. LP or LLP
j. Real Estate
k. Realty
l. or similar words suggesting the team or group is a separate real estate brokerage or company 

All of these indicate a real estate brokerage business. It had become too deceptive to the general public. Only a broker can own and operate and register a real estate brokerage business, not sales associates or broker associates.

5. Unless otherwise provided, this rule applies to all mediums of advertising including print, radio or television, and Internet. It includes but is not limited to such type of advertising as signs, billboards, email, business stationery, business cards, business documents, signs, logos, newsletters, or electronic equivalents, or anything of a similar kind of use for a similar purpose as any of the items set forth above. 

6. Advertisements containing the team or group name, team or group member, or individual licensee shall not appear in larger print or be more prominently displayed than the name of the registered brokerage’s logo. 

Many of the teams were further trying to skirt the issue by putting the required brokerage information in teeny tiny print somewhere near the bottom of the ad. It is another rule that all advertising must contain the name of the brokerage. 

The commission considered this as another way for teams to break the rule. So now, there’s a new rule. Nothing can be larger than the print that contains the name of the real estate brokerage. 

 7. All signage, including yards and billboards, must comply with these requirements no later than 12 months following effective date of this rule. 

8. Excluding the items listed above, all other relevant advertising must comply with these requirements no later than six months following the effective date of this rule. 

By the way, everything is advertising. While the discussion of this was going on for a couple of years I always let my classes know about it. On many occasions I had students call me and asked me about a team name that contained one of the now forbidden, illegal terms. 

I told them all, don’t do it. I told them they would be wasting their time and money. They were going to spend money with a URL, a webpage, SEO and SEM to brand them, business cards, car placard, and so on and so on. 

I told them they were going to be wasting your time and money and they were going have to be changing it all soon. 

They responded, “but my broker said it was okay.” I asked them, then why did you call me and ask me? Then I would tell them you get to do whatever you want.  

And now and everyone is going to be changing their team names or group names that contain one of the forbidden terms. 

 But you are all sales people. So use it as an opportunity to communicate with your entire customer database. At the very least, turn it into a positive!

The Climer School Of Real Estate is The Best Real Estate School in Florida. If you want to have the best chance of Passing your Florida Real Estate Exam on your first try, then you need to attend your real estate classes at The Climer School. Call us at 407-822-3926 (EXAM), or stop by our website at www.ClimerRealEstateSchool.com . Ask for any of our instructors. The Climer School of Real Estate has the Best Real Estate Instructors in Florida