This guide will explain how to get your South Carolina property management license. Let's start from the beginning. The South Carolina Real Estate Commission regulates South Carolina property management licenses. The commission's purpose is defined as:
"The purpose of the South Carolina Real Estate Commission is to protect the interest of the public when involved in a real estate transaction through the effective administration of the Real Estate License Law and Regulations, the Uniform Land Sales Practice Act, and the Vacation Time Sharing Plan Act."
The Real Estate Commission regulates the real estate industry in South Carolina. They handle complaints and issue the curriculum for all real estate related education in the state of South Carolina.
You must be 18 years of age to be a property manager and 21 years of age to be a property manager in charge in the state of South Carolina. There is no experience required to be licensed as a property manager.
A candidate for a property management license must be a high school graduate or hold a certificate of equivalency. You must complete the thirty hour course in the fundamentals of property management required by the South Carolina Real Estate Commission.
If you have a law degree or baccalaureate with a major in real estate, you are qualified to take the state examination without taking the 30 hour pre-licensing course for Property management. Additionally, anyone taking the 60 hour first year sales course and receiving a salesman license will also be qualified practice property management.
There are five licenses that you can hold that will allow you to practice property management: