Where to take the 90-hour Real Estate 101 course
Both schools appear on the Commission's approved pre-license school list. Only one of them appears on the separate approved post-license vendor list — and in Louisiana that is the difference that costs money.
The CE Shop
- Approved on the Commission's pre-license school list and its post-license vendor list, so one provider carries you through both required courses
- That matters because the rule requires all 45 post-licence hours to be secured through and reported by a single approved vendor — you cannot split them or carry credit across
- Sells the 90-hour course in several tiers, so you can skip exam prep if you would rather not pay for it
- Self-paced online, which suits a 180-day post-licence deadline you will be working through while starting a new job
Colibri Real Estate
- Approved on the Commission's pre-license school list and sells the 90-hour Real Estate 101 course in four tiers
- Gets the 180-day post-licence deadline right on its own Louisiana pages, which many sites state as a year
- Self-paced online, so the 90 hours fit around your current job
- ⚠ It does not sell Louisiana post-licensing and is absent from the Commission's approved post-license vendor list. Because all 45 hours must come from one vendor, a Colibri buyer starts that purchase from scratch elsewhere within six months.
How to get your Louisiana licence
Six steps, and Louisiana runs them in an order most states do not: the application comes before the exam, in two parts.
Complete the 90-hour course
Real Estate 101, either online or in a live classroom. The statute requires ninety hours "or its equivalent of instruction in real estate coursework approved by the commission prior to licensure," and passing a course exam is part of completing it.
File Part A and pay $90
Send the completion certificate with the Initial Salesperson License Application Part A and the $90 total — $45 licence, $10 research and education, $10 recovery fund, $25 processing. The Commission has to process this before you can book anything.
Wait for Pearson VUE to contact you
You cannot self-schedule. Once the Commission approves Part A, Pearson VUE emails you to book and pay the exam fee. Budget two separate payment events, not one.
Start the background check
Fingerprinting runs through IdentoGO. Current licensees renewing do not need it; every initial applicant does.
Pass both portions
Scored separately, each needing a scaled 70. You are authorised for one year with unlimited attempts — but if the year lapses with only one portion passed, you file a brand-new initial application and pay the $90 again.
File Part B with E&O proof
Part B carries your supervising broker's affidavit and your errors and omissions cover. Do not buy E&O earlier: the Commission's own checklist tells you to wait, and the group premium is prorated by the month you are licensed.
From the Louisiana Real Estate Commission, its approved pre-license school list and post-license vendor list, La. R.S. 37:1437 and 37:1466, and LAC 46:LXVII.907 and 5527.B, verified August 2026. Course prices are omitted because neither school publishes confirmable Louisiana package pricing. No classroom-hour definition, daily cap or course-final passing score is published here — Louisiana's rules set none.
Louisiana FAQs
Is Louisiana post-licensing 45 hours in the first year?
It is 45 hours in 180 days, not a year. La. R.S. 37:1437 requires each person obtaining an initial salesperson's licence to "complete forty-five post-license education hours within one hundred eighty days after the initial license date," and the Commission's rule and its own guidance say the same. For a licence issued in March, the difference between 180 days and twelve months is a September deadline against a March one.
Can I buy my post-licence hours from more than one school?
No. LAC 46:LXVII.5527.B says "post-license hours shall be secured through and reported by one approved vendor." All 45 hours have to come from a single vendor on the Commission's approved post-license list, so credit bought elsewhere does not carry across. This is the single most expensive thing to get wrong when choosing a Louisiana school.
Do I apply before or after the exam in Louisiana?
Before — and the application is split in two. Part A goes to the Commission with your course certificate and $90 before Pearson VUE will let you book. Part B, with your supervising broker's affidavit and errors and omissions proof, goes in after you pass. Most states are exam-then-apply; Louisiana is the reverse.
Does Louisiana require errors and omissions insurance?
Yes, and it is in the statute. La. R.S. 37:1466 says "all active licensees licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter are mandated to carry errors and omissions insurance to cover all activities contemplated under this Chapter." The Commission runs a group programme and you may bring independent cover that meets its minimums. Note the statutory escape valve: if group coverage cannot be obtained for under five hundred dollars, the requirement is void for that contract year.
How much does the E&O group cover cost?
It is prorated by the month you are licensed, which is a real timing decision nobody covers. The Commission's Part B form runs from $149 for a January licence down to $19 for a December one. Do not pay it early — the Commission's checklist tells applicants not to pay the errors and omissions fee at the application stage.
Does continuing education count toward the post-licence hours?
It works the other way, and only partly. LAC 46:LXVII.907.B lets post-licensing hours satisfy "no more than eight of the twelve annual continuing education credit hours required by law," and the Commission states they do not satisfy any mandatory topic. So a first-year licensee still owes the 4 mandatory CE hours on top of the 45.
Does Louisiana publish exam pass rates by school?
No. The Commission publishes licensing statistics by parish and several statutory reports, but no pass-rate-by-provider dataset. That means any Louisiana pass rate advertised by a school is self-reported and cannot be checked against a state source.