Rhode Island Real Estate Broker pass rate & how retakes work

PrepPass has not verified whether Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR), Division of Commercial Licensing publishes one, so we do not state a figure. Any exact percentage you see on a prep site that does not cite an authority document is an unofficial estimate rather than a number from the exam authority.

The published passing standard is Scaled score of 70. That is the authority's figure, not ours, and it is a passing SCORE — the bar you personally have to clear — not a pass RATE. Confirm it on Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR), Division of Commercial Licensing before you rely on it.

You can retake it. The authority may require a waiting period between attempts, so check the official page for the current rule. Working through practice questions until you consistently clear the standard you need is the most reliable way to do better next time.

The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation, through the Real Estate Section of its Division of Commercial Licensing, sets the qualification requirements and licenses real estate brokers and salespersons under R.I. Gen. Laws chapter 5-20.5 and regulation 230-RICR-30-20-2. A nine-member Rhode Island Real Estate Commission sits inside the Department and has a policy-making role in the examinations. The Department contracts with Pearson VUE to deliver the exams, and your license application must be filed within one year of the date you pass.

R.I. Gen. Laws 5-20.5-4(b) requires a broker applicant to have been engaged full time as a real estate salesperson for at least the two years immediately before applying, and to have completed at least 90 hours of approved classroom study. The 45 hours used to qualify for your salesperson license cannot be counted toward the 90, and classroom hours more than four years old do not count (230-RICR-30-20-2 s 2.7(C)). The application also needs the names of three unrelated Rhode Island residents who have known you for three years and will attest to your reputation for honesty.

Two separately scheduled and separately scored parts: a national/general section of 80 scored items in 2.5 hours, and a Rhode Island state section of 60 scored items in 1.5 hours, so the full exam runs about four hours. Each part also carries unscored pretest items (5 national, 10 state). Scores are scaled and 70 passes at all exam levels. The state section is weighted 3% duties and obligations, 10% licensing requirements, 37% statutory requirements governing licensee activities, 30% additional topics, and 20% broker-only material.

Yes. R.I. Gen. Laws 5-20.5-25 makes carrying and maintaining errors and omissions insurance a condition of retaining a broker's or salesperson's license, and a certificate of coverage must be filed with the Department by each annual renewal date. Regulation 230-RICR-30-20-2 s 2.28 sets the minimum for an individual licensee at $50,000 per claim and $150,000 in the aggregate; if your coverage lapses you must stop all licensed activity immediately and notify the Department within five business days.

Twenty-four clock hours of Department-approved courses in each two-year renewal period. At least nine of the 24 must come from the listed core subjects, and at least three of those nine must be federal, Rhode Island and local fair housing law (R.I. Gen. Laws 5-20.5-6(b); 230-RICR-30-20-2 s 2.30). Licensees first licensed before 12 December 1984, and Rhode Island attorneys licensed under 5-20.5-4(d), are exempt.