90 Hr WV Salesperson License Course by Streaming Video

  ($399 - Textbook Included)

After you have enrolled, if you have questions relating to the course material, a licensed real estate instructor will be available for questions Monday through Friday between 9:00 A. M. EST and 5:00 P. M. EST.   

We encourage students to e-mail the instructor with questions regarding the On-Line course at Frank Cooke .  With an e-mail to the instructor, the student will have a written document of the response. 

For questions by e-mail, there is a 24 Hour response time Monday through Friday, E-mails over Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday will be returned the first business day.

The West Virginia Licensing Process

• To obtain a real estate license in West Virginia the student :

  • must be 18 years of age or older
  • is a high school graduate or the holder of an equivalency diploma.
  • must successfully complete the 90 Hour West Virginia Principles course and pass a paper and pencil end-of-course with a minimum of 75% in each of the four categories:   1) principles and practices; 2) real estate law; 3) real estate finance; 4) real estate appraising
  • must be trustworthy, of good moral character and to help accomplish this evaluation the student must obtain the "Recommendation of Two Real Estate Owners" who have owned real estate in West Virginia for at least the past twelve months and have known the student applicant for the past two years. 
    • This real estate owner can NOT be:  a) a relative; b) affiliated with the applicant as an employer, partner or associate: c) affiliated with the broker that will employ the applicant.
    • The real estate owners must state that the applicant is honest, trustworthy, deals fairly and is competent to transact the business of real estate in a manner that will protect the interest of the public.   
• Upon completing successfully the end-of-course exam, the school will mail the Completion Certificate to the student.  Here the a link to the STATE EXAM APPLICATION. 

  • The student then mails the completed application and the certificate from the school, please note that there is a filing deadline for every state exam.  SEE WEST VIRGINIA 2010 STATE EXAM SCHEDULE and REGISTRATION DEADLINE. 
  • A letter will acknowledge approval by the WVREC to take the state exam.  The exam is given in Charleston, once a month.  The exam fee is $25 paid by check or money order at the exam center.  .   

Technical Issues:

• Call:  1-800-943-9993
• Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, EST, Saturday 8 AM to Noon, EST

Course Structure:

Orientation:

The course begins with an orientation which explains the course requirement.  Here is a link to the orientation: PRESENTATION.   Once the student views the orientation the student must successfully complete the short orientation quiz to move to the Session One.

Quizzes, Summary Quiz and Final Exam:

There are 30 sessions which cover the content of this course.   Some sessions have been divided into Part A and Part B and even a Part C on a few sessions.  Each unit presentation has an assessment quiz that the student must pass to move on to the next session. A score of 80% is needed before being able to move on to the next session.  When the student has completed the quiz successfully, the student receives instant feedback showing the number of correct answers and the answers to all the questions and the reason.

When the student passes the quiz, the student has the ability to go to the additional questions that are available in the session to improve their knowledge of the subject matter.

Upon completing the 30 Sessions, there is a Summary Quiz of 50 questions which the student must complete a score of 75%.  Upon successfully completing the summary quiz, the school will e-mail in an attached the 150 question final exam along with the affidavit. 

Course Time: 

Since this is a 90 hour course, students are required to spend 4,500 minutes in the course (West Virginia calculates 50-minute hours so 90 hrs x 50 minutes = 4,500 minutes).  The goal with course time is to make sure a student is in the course for the time necessary to learn the material. 

All time taken in the course counts towards the required time.  Cooke has text links to important web sites and institutions that are relevant to the subject matter of the course.  Plus, Cooke has crossword puzzles provided for each session, to help learn the vocabulary. 

Textbook - Modern Real Estate Practice:

All Cooke’s pre-license courses do include the paper textbook.  Cooke feels that having a textbook to refer to is an important part of the learning process.  If students wants to refer to the textbook for additional information, the time spent can be applied towards their course time but only if students are on their personal student’s page and actively engaged with the course while viewing the book.    

Information the students needs to know before taking this course:

1. Once the student purchases this course, the student CANNOT get a refund.
2. Once the student purchases the course, the student has ONE year to complete the program.
3. Students must complete the end-of-course exam in one session.  Student will not be allowed to complete the final exam in segments. A passing grade of 75% is necessary for passing the course.
4. If the student fails the end-of-course exam, the student can retake the an end-of-course exam right away. The student is able to have access to review the course for a year.  If the student fails the second time the student will need to take the course again.
5. Once the student successfully completes the exam, the course is good for five years. 
6. This course is a totally on-line streaming video course.   The course is not downloadable.  The student can work through the course at the student's convenience.
7. This course is NOT designed to be printed for security purposes and copy right regulations. 
8. At the time of registration for the On-Line Distance Learning Course, the student will receive an e-mail from Cooke School with their user name and password and link to the course.  The link is the light blue icon on right side of the page "Cooke School Student Login"   
9. Every On-Line student must agree to the "Student Affidavit".
10. Students must complete the course evaluation to satisfy all the requirements of the course.
11. Please feel free to call the school with any questions about the Exam Process.