Practice of
Residential Real Estate
course in Alberta
Your next step toward getting your residential real estate license in Alberta continues with RECA-recognized pre-licensing education. Relo shows you where the practical skills are landing, where they aren't, and when you're ready to book your exam.
$500CADRegular $1,000 CAD
- ReadyEngine™: readiness intelligence, 100% online, self-paced
- Video lessons, practice questions, flashcards, practice exams
- ReadyRating™ score, 24/7 study assistant, and live Office Hours
- Part of the Residential Real Estate Bundle
*Registration requires a myRECA account and your RECA Contact ID.
COURSE OVERVIEW
What is the Practice of Residential Real Estate course?
This course helps you get your residential real estate license in Alberta.
Building on the fundamentals you’ve learned, this pre-licensing course covers important topics around residential real estate. It uses lessons, quizzes, and real-world examples to make learning practical, engaging, and effective.
It is the second and final RECA-recognized course on the residential path, with its own pre-licensing exam. Fundamentals of Real Estate has to be complete before you enrol, and the material moves from knowing the rules to applying them: pricing a property, documenting a defect, measuring a house to the residential standard, and carrying a deal through to close.
Once you pass this exam you complete a criminal record check and secure brokerage sponsorship. The 10-step Alberta licensing pathway sets out what is left after the coursework.
COURSE CONTENT
What you'll learn in the Practice of Residential Real Estate course
The Practice of Residential Real Estate course focuses on the practical application of your real estate knowledge. Once you finish the basics, this course will get you ready for working with clients, properties, and deals as a real estate professional.
- Working with Real Estate Clients
- Defects and Hazards
- Practical Mortgage Awareness
- Property Features and Functions
- Property Ownership and Documentation
- Rural Residential Introduction
- Legal Awareness
- Market Analysis and Property Valuations
- Buying and Selling Basics
- Residential Measurement Requirements
COURSE FEATURES
Practice you can apply to a real Alberta transaction
Relo’s Practice of Residential Real Estate course is for anyone pursuing an Alberta real estate license in the residential sector.
The second exam tests judgement, not recall — which valuation approach fits this property, what has to be disclosed, how a measurement is taken to the residential standard. ReadyEngine™ scores each of those 25 concepts separately and sends you back to the ones where your answers are still inconsistent. Reach Level 5 before your first attempt and the Pass Guarantee applies: if you don’t pass on the first attempt, your course fee comes back. Full lesson completion is required before your first attempt, and RECA’s eligibility and exam timing rules apply.
After completing Practice of Residential Real Estate, learners pass the required RECA pre-licensing exam, complete a criminal record check, and secure brokerage sponsorship before applying for licensing. Still to buy Fundamentals? The two-course bundle saves you $50.
- Questions
- 1,100+
- Scenario-style questions on valuations, disclosure and client representation, each with a worked explanation.
- Flashcards
- 500+
- Fast review of measurement rules, document names and the defect and hazard categories you have to recognise.
- Video lessons
- 70+
- Focused lessons in video, PDF, and audio formats, worked through real Alberta residential examples.
- Concepts
- 25
- The 25 residential practice concepts in RECA's official competency framework, tracked one by one.
- ReadyRating
- Unlimited
- A live readiness score for the residential exam, through five levels (1 to 5). Level 4 is when you're ready to book. We recommend getting there with all video lessons watched and two practice exams passed.
- Study assistant
- 24/7
- Ask Riley to walk through a valuation, a disclosure rule or a practice answer, anytime and in any language.
- Office hours
- Included
- Live sessions with a working Alberta real estate agent, where the practical questions get answered by someone doing the job now.
- Pass guarantee
- ReadyRating Level 5
- Reach ReadyRating Level 5 and fail the residential exam on your first attempt, and we refund the course in full.
THE REALITY OF GETTING LICENSED
Getting your real estate license in Alberta costs more than a course fee
This is the last course fee on the residential path, but not the last cost. A criminal record check, the exam fee and RECA’s licensing and insurance fees all still sit between you and an active licence.
The exam window is the part people underestimate: once your provider marks you ready in myRECA, both attempts have to fit inside three months. ReadyEngine™ is built so you book inside that window knowing where you stand.
ReadyEngine™ shows when you’re ready to write your RECA exam.
*Registration requires a myRECA account and your RECA Contact ID.
The real cost of becoming an agent
$1,125course fee with Relo
The cost of both required courses (Fundamentals and Practice of Residential) bundled together in Relo. Access until you pass. Individual courses also available separately.
- $350
RECA eligibility application.
Non-refundable. Takes 2-4 weeks to process. Required before you can enrol.
- ~$50
Online criminal record check through Mintz Global.
Required for licensing.
- $235
RECA exam fee, per attempt.
One exam per course. Two attempts allowed within three months.
- 3 mo.
Your exam window.
Your window to schedule and complete both exam attempts once your course provider marks you ready in myRECA.
- $800
RECA license and registration once you pass.
$475 license fee, $225 E&O insurance, $100 Assurance Fund.
- $2,000+
First-year memberships.
AREA ($1,075), CREA ($810), plus your local real estate board.
HOW IT WORKS
How Relo gets you ready for the residential exam
ReadyEngine™ tracks the 25 residential concepts separately, so a strong result on client representation cannot hide a weak one on measurement. Your ReadyRating™ moves as your answers do, and the study plan keeps pointing at whichever competency is holding the score down. We recommend reaching ReadyRating Level 4, passing two practice exams, and watching all video lessons before you write.
Learn more about ReadyEngine™Find Your Starting Point
Start with a ~90-min assessment that maps your strengths and gaps.
Get off to a faster start!
An initial assessment recognizes what you already know and can save you time. It takes about 90 minutes and does not need to be completed in one sitting.
Follow a Personalized Study Plan
Focused lessons hit your gaps first. The platform brings concepts back on a spaced schedule so they're still there on exam day.
Which concepts to focus on learning
Concept Mastery Key
Non-for-profit: statement of activities
Mastery Estimate: 25
You’ve shown a basic understanding, but probably have more to learn.
Know You're Ready
Your ReadyRating™ score gives a real-time prediction of your exam odds that updates with your progress.
Over 90% odds of passing. You're exam-ready!
Get off to a faster start!
An initial assessment recognizes what you already know and can save you time. It takes about 90 minutes and does not need to be completed in one sitting.
Which concepts to focus on learning
Concept Mastery Key
Non-for-profit: statement of activities
Mastery Estimate: 25
You’ve shown a basic understanding, but probably have more to learn.
Over 90% odds of passing. You're exam-ready!
GET STARTED
Fundamentals done? This is the last course you need.
You started with Fundamentals. This is where you get ready to practice residential real estate in Alberta — pricing properties, representing clients and carrying a transaction through to close, with a readiness score that tells you when to book the second exam.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your questions about Practice of Residential Real Estate
This course is for anyone who has completed and passed Fundamentals of Real Estate and is continuing toward a residential licence. It's where the core knowledge becomes the day-to-day work: valuing property, spotting defects, and handling residential transactions. It's also well suited to existing agents moving into the residential sector.
On Relo, course completion consists of achieving a ReadyRating 4, passing two practice exams, and watching all video lessons. To know you’re truly ready for your exam, refer to your ReadyRating score as that gives you a real-time prediction of your exam odds. It stays updated throughout your progress, so that you know when to take the exam.
Unlike the previous Relo platform where each course length was 75 hours, there's no set timeframe with ReadyEngine™. Our courses are concept mastery driven, meaning you progress by demonstrating understanding of each topic rather than spending a set number of hours.
You can learn at your own pace, or if you already know some topics, our initial assessment helps you skip concepts you understand. The goal is to ensure you're truly ready for your exam and to receive a passing grade on the first try.
RECA gives you 3 months from course completion and 2 attempts. That window is RECA's, not Relo's. It's the reason we recommend booking at ReadyRating Level 4 rather than as soon as you finish the lessons: you want the clock to start when you're actually ready.
Yes. Fundamentals of Real Estate is RECA's mandatory prerequisite for all pre-licensing education in Alberta. You must complete Fundamentals before you can enrol in Practice of Residential Real Estate. If you completed Fundamentals through another RECA-recognized provider, you are still eligible to enrol in Practice of Residential Real Estate through Relo. Your myRECA account is how we verify your completion status.
No. This course is specifically for the residential license. The Fundamentals course you already took is the prerequisite for both practice areas.
We do not currently offer a commercial real estate course on ReadyEngine™. If you already purchased our Practice of Commercial Real Estate course, you can still complete it on the previous version of Relo at courses.relo.ca.