Pursuing Florida RE Broker License

[Anthony Turner]

Is anyone familiar with Florida's out-of-state experience requirements to become a real estate broker? The DBPR website indicates the following:  "A licensed real estate sales associate or broker, who has at least 24 active months of real estate experience during the preceding five years in another state, may apply the experience toward a Florida broker's license."  In my case, I have 35 months of experience as a Sales Agent in Maine, as well as 13 months of Maine experience as an Associate Broker, for a combined 48 months.  I have also recently completed and passed the Bob Hogue Florida broker's course, but can not take the state exam until the DBPR signs off on my work experience.  The DBPR has rejected my experience submissions 6 times, dating back to April, citing that the certification of license history that I submitted was insufficient (although it came from Maine's RE Commission).  They also seemed to suggest that they are only considering the 13 months of experience as an Associate Broker, although their own website indicates that having 24 months of experience as a sales associate would satisfy this requirement.  I really do not want to go backwards and take the Sales Associate course at this point, since I've already completed the broker's course, but is anyone familiar with this experience section of Florida's broker rules?