Advertising, Marketing and Internet
Three state items. PSI's subtopics are blunt: social media and internet are advertising and part of 'ALL advertising'; advertising must be in the broker's name; and the broker must permit or approve advertising.
What counts as advertising
MREC Rule 3.3(A) defines advertising as the use of any oral, written, visual, printed or electronically generated advertisement by a licensee or by another person on the licensee's behalf, and defines 'advertisement' to encompass correspondence, mailings, newsletters, brochures, business cards, for-sale and for-lease signage and sign riders, promotional items, automobile signage, telephone directory listings, radio and television broadcasts, telephone solicitation, and electronic media including e-mails, text messaging, public blogs, social-media networking websites and internet displays. There is no small-scale or personal-account exception. That breadth is why Rule 3.3(D) reaches 'all forms of advertising enumerated in Rule 3.3(A), including the for-sale sign' when it requires a licensee to disclose licensed status.
In the broker's name, with the broker's approval
Rule 3.3(B) requires a broker to advertise in the name in which the license is issued; a descriptive term such as 'realty', 'real estate' or 'property management' may follow the broker's name, but advertising in any other form requires a partnership, trade name, association, company or corporation license first. All advertising must be under the direct supervision and in the name of the Principal Broker or the Brokerage Firm, with that name prominently displayed so that it is conspicuous, discernible and easily identifiable by a member of the public, in the same size or larger print as any licensee, team member or team, and must include the telephone number of the Principal Broker or Brokerage Firm. Principal Brokers must verify this on all advertising. Rule 3.5(D) requires an approved team name to sit near the firm's name in the same size or smaller print. Rule 3.3(C) forbids any licensee to advertise property or place a sign on it without first obtaining written authorization from all owners or a person with full authority to convey, and Section 73-35-21(1)(h) makes displaying a 'for sale' or 'for rent' sign without the owner's consent a disciplinary ground.
Advertising your own property, and misleading advertising
Rule 3.3(D) requires a licensee advertising his or her own property for sale, purchase or exchange, where it is not listed with a broker, to indicate that he or she is licensed, in every form of advertising including the for-sale sign, and to disclose licensed status on all real estate contracts in which the licensee has an ownership interest. A licensee may not advertise in a manner indicating that the offer is being made by a private party not engaged in the real estate business, and no advertisement may be placed where only a post office box, telephone number, e-mail address or street address appears. Every licensee advertising real estate in any publication must indicate that the advertising party is licensed, whether on active or inactive status. Rule 3.1(I) confirms that a licensee is not exempt from disciplinary action when selling property the licensee owns, and Section 73-35-21(1)(c) and (d) make a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation through any medium of advertising, and any misleading or untruthful advertising, independent grounds for discipline.
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State-specific details
State exam facts
- State regulator
- Mississippi Real Estate Commission (MREC)
- Exam vendor
- PSI
- Prelicensing education
- 120 classroom hours (150 without 36 months of active salesperson experience)
- Passing score
- 75% national (60 of 80 points) and 80% state (32 of 40 points)
- Scored questions
- 115
- Time limit
- 240 minutes
Who regulates real estate brokers in Mississippi?
The Mississippi Real Estate Commission (MREC) licenses brokers and salespersons under the Real Estate Brokers License Law, Miss. Code Title 73, Chapter 35. MREC contracts with PSI to deliver the licensing exams.
What experience do I need before the Mississippi broker exam?
Miss. Code § 73-35-7 requires a resident broker applicant to be at least 21, legally domiciled in Mississippi, to have held an active salesperson license for the 12 months immediately preceding application, and to have completed 120 classroom hours of real estate courses. An applicant who has not held an active salesperson license for at least 36 months must instead complete 150 classroom hours in courses acceptable for degree credit at a college approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. MREC also requires a letter of reference from the applicant's bank.
How is the Mississippi broker exam structured?
PSI delivers 115 scored questions in two separately timed and separately scored portions: a 75-question national/general portion scored to 80 points in 2.5 hours, and a 40-question Mississippi state portion worth 40 points in 1.5 hours, 4 hours in total. You must pass each portion on its own — 75% (60 of 80 points) on the national and 80% (32 of 40 points) on the state. That 80% state cut is the strictest of any state we have measured.
What is on the Mississippi state portion?
PSI Candidate Information Bulletin 2348 publishes nine areas with their broker item counts: Powers and Duties of the Real Estate Commission (4), Licensing Requirements and License Maintenance (4), Property Condition Disclosures (6), Agency Disclosure and Duties to Parties (8), Out-of-State Brokers and Developers (3), Trust Accounts (3), Broker Responsibilities Including Supervision of Sales Associates (5), Records and Documents (4), and Advertising/Marketing/Internet (3).
Sources: https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/2348, https://www.mrec.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MREC_LICENSE_LAW_2026_REVISED-7-01-2026.pdf, https://www.mrec.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MREC_RULES_AND_REGULATIONS_REV_02-21-2025.pdf
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