To become licensed, individuals must successfully complete the Real Estate Council of BC's education requirements. If you are considering a career in real estate trading services (sales), rental property management services, or strata management services, you will require a licence to provide those services.

• If you would like to become licensed to sell real estate in British Columbia, please read the
  Trading Services Representative Step by Step Licensing guidelines.
• If you would like to become licensed as a rental property manager in British Columbia, please read the
  Rental Property Manager Step by Step Licensing guidelines.
• If you would like to become licensed as a strata property manager in British Columbia, please read the
  Strata Management Step by Step Licensing guidelines.

Additional Licensing Courses

Once licensed, an individual’s licence level and/or category may be upgraded with further education. A number of choices exist for licence upgrades:

• To become licensed as a brokerage, associate broker, or managing broker in British Columbia, please read the
  Broker's Licensing Course guidelines.
• To become licensed as a mortgage broker in British Columbia, please read the
  Mortgage Brokerage in British Columbia Course guidelines.

Licensees who have a licence to provide trading services (selling residential or commercial properties), rental property management services, or strata management services can become licensed to provide one or both of the other licensed activities by taking the appropriate supplemental course through the UBC Real Estate Division.

These courses can be taken at anytime while licensed as a representative, associate or managing broker. Contact the
UBC Real Estate Division for more information.