How to Get a Real Estate License in South Carolina

South Carolina is home to some of the most desirable coastal real estate markets on the East Coast and has been one of the Southeast's fastest-growing states for population and in-migration. The South Carolina Real Estate Commission requires 90 hours of pre-licensing education, with PSI administering the licensing exam. Markets like Charleston, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach attract buyers from across the country — many of them retirees from the Northeast trading high property taxes and cold winters for South Carolina's warm climate and lower cost of living. Columbia's market and the growing Greenville-Spartanburg corridor round out a state that offers agents genuinely diverse opportunities.