The 90 hours, on your own time
The approved course is online and self paced. It opens the moment you enroll and you have 180 days with it. Work a shift, work a weekend, work at midnight. Nobody is waiting on you.
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SERVING SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER CITY AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
Real Estate School Serving Shreveport and Bossier City
Louisiana requires 90 hours of approved education before you can sit the salesperson exam, and EXCEL teaches those hours to Shreveport and Bossier City students for $150 self-paced or $600 with 16 live instructor hours included. LREC approved school 9150. You can start today from Caddo or Bossier Parish without driving anywhere, and the same instructor teaches every live session, start to finish.
16
live hours on what actually fails people
16 live hours on the parts that fail people
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 to 8 PM, across four weeks with a week off in the middle. Not a review of everything. Only the areas that years of tutoring show are where students actually struggle most on the exam.
Come back as many times as you need
Attend the live class as often as you like for your full 180 days. If you fail, repeat it free. And you have one on one time with the instructor the whole way through.
We serve Shreveport and Bossier City, and you have choices there. Both are true.
Northwest Louisiana
Why Shreveport and Bossier students choose EXCEL
You get the instructor, every session
Not whoever is available that night. The same instructor teaches every live session, so the answer you get in the last week comes from the person who gave you the answer in the first.
The live hours go where people fail
Sixteen hours, aimed only at the material that years of tutoring show costs people the exam. Not a march through all 90 hours again, which is time you have already spent.
Your hours start the day you enroll
The approved 90 hours are online and open immediately, so nothing has to fill and no term has to begin before you can start studying.
Same license, same commission
Louisiana does not issue a lesser license to someone who studied online. The LREC approval is on the school and that is what matters.
We are still here after you pass
Post-license, continuing education and ten NAR designations all run the same way, with the same instructor. You are not starting over with a stranger at renewal.
We know what happens after for Northwest Louisiana agent
Getting licensed is the first step. Choosing a board, a brokerage and an MLS is the next one, and in Northwest Louisiana those answers are different from the rest of the state. Call before you spend anything and ask which course you actually need. You will get the instructor, not a script.
SHREVEPORT QUESTIONS
What people here ask.
If your question is not here, call (337) 522-3334 and ask. You will get the instructor. Prices and requirements checked on 19 September 2026.
Does EXCEL serve Shreveport and Bossier City?
Yes. We teach students throughout Caddo Parish, Bossier Parish and across Northwest Louisiana, and we serve every parish in the state the same way. Live classes run on Zoom with a real instructor on a real schedule, and the self paced course is open any time. Our office is in Lafayette, so if you specifically want a classroom seat in Shreveport there are options for that. What we offer is the same instructor teaching every live session, wherever in the state you happen to be sitting.
Is EXCEL based in Shreveport?
No. Our office is in Lafayette and we teach Shreveport and Bossier City students over Zoom and through the online course. There are LREC approved schools physically in Northwest Louisiana, and if a classroom seat close to home is what you want, you have options. What we offer is the same instructor teaching every live session, wherever in the state you are sitting.
Why would I choose EXCEL when there are schools closer?
Two reasons people give us. The first is what the live hours are spent on: ours are 16 hours aimed only at the material that years of tutoring show is where students lose the exam, rather than a second pass through everything. The second is continuity. Every session is taught by the same instructor, and you can sit the class again as often as you like for your full 180 days, free, including if you fail. If a classroom seat close to home matters more to you than either of those, a local school is a fine choice and we will tell you so on the phone.
Is an online real estate course accepted in Louisiana?
Yes. The Louisiana Real Estate Commission approves the school, not the room. The same 90 hours count whether you sit them in a classroom, on Zoom, or on your own schedule, and the license at the end is identical.
How much does it cost to get licensed from Shreveport?
The online 90 hours are $150. For $600 you get those same hours plus the 16 hour live class, over Zoom or in person, repeatable for your full 180 days. On top of either one you have the state application, the fingerprint background check, the Pearson VUE exam and errors and omissions insurance before the license issues. Those are the same wherever you study. The cost page lists every figure.
Which board and MLS will I join in Shreveport or Bossier City?
Most Shreveport and Bossier City agents join the Northwest Louisiana REALTOR Association rather than a south Louisiana board, and its MLS is a different system from the ones used elsewhere in the state. That is worth knowing before you pick a brokerage, because it affects the data you work from every day. Your sponsoring broker will tell you which board they belong to.
Can I do my continuing education and designations with EXCEL too?
Yes, and most people do. The mandatory course, your electives, the 45-hour post-license course and ten NAR designations and certifications all run the same way, taught by the same instructor. That continuity is the main reason people stay after the license.
Do I have to do the 16 hours to get my license?
Absolutely not. Plenty of students get licensed with the self-paced course alone. The in-person class does not count toward your 90 hours. At every Louisiana school that offers a combined in-person and online program, students get their 90 hours from the online portion. Our live class is a tutorship on the material that costs people the exam.
TALK TO THE INSTRUCTOR FIRST
Start from Shreveport today.
The self-paced course opens as soon as you enroll. If you would rather have a schedule and an instructor in front of you, the live class runs on Zoom and the next one is listed on the course page.