Georgia CAM License Eligibility Calculator

How this calculator works

This is a Georgia Community Association Manager (CAM) license eligibility tracker. Given the applicant's progress on the four required components, it returns:

1. The per-component status (education, examination, supervised experience, background check).
2. The deficit in each component.
3. The months required to close the binding supervised-experience deficit at the applicant's current pace.
4. The projected eligibility date.
5. A next-action recommendation.

Use the calculator at the start of the CAM pathway to scope the four components, schedule the education and exam, and project when the supervised-experience requirement will be met.

The relevant Georgia statute

Georgia licenses community-association managers under OCGA Chapter 43-46A, administered by the Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC). The CAM license is required for any person who, for compensation, provides management services to a Georgia community association, other than as a licensed attorney acting within their professional scope or as a general contractor performing construction work.

OCGA 43-46A-9 — The license requires four components: (1) at least 75 classroom hours of GREC-approved pre-license CAM education; (2) passage of the state CAM examination; (3) verifiable supervised community-management experience under a currently-licensed CAM or broker; and (4) a cleared Georgia Crime Information Center and FBI criminal-background check.

OCGA 43-46A-11 — License renewal is every two years, with 16 hours of GREC-approved continuing education required within each renewal cycle. Lapsed licenses may be reinstated within a defined window with payment of the renewal fee plus a late reinstatement fee and completion of any continuing-education deficit; beyond the window, the applicant must re-qualify under the full initial-licensure pathway.

OCGA 43-46A-15 — Grounds for discipline including license revocation, suspension, or reprimand. Disciplinary grounds include fraud, conviction of certain offenses, breach of fiduciary duty, violation of the chapter, and conduct prejudicial to community-association administration.

OCGA 43-46A-2 — Definitions, including community association, management services, applicant qualifications.

Key thresholds and gotchas

The 2000-hour supervised-experience component is the binding constraint for most applicants. At full-time pace (160 hours per month), this is approximately one year. Part-time candidates may need 2 to 3 years to accumulate. The 75-hour pre-license education course is typically the fastest component (8 to 12 weeks of part-time study); the state examination and background check each typically resolve in 1 to 2 months.

Only GREC-approved pre-license education counts toward the 75 hours. In-house training delivered by an employer, association-board service, attendance at industry conferences, and unrelated real-estate coursework do NOT count, even if substantive. Verify provider approval before enrolling.

Supervised experience requires DIRECT supervision by a currently-licensed CAM or broker. Administrative employment without management responsibility (clerical, bookkeeping-only, IT-support roles in a management firm) does NOT count, even if employed by a CAM firm. The supervised-experience attestation must be signed by the supervising CAM or broker at the application date.

A flagged background check does NOT automatically bar licensure. The Commission has discretion to consider mitigating circumstances under OCGA 43-46A-15. But submitting the formal license application with an undisclosed disqualifying conviction is itself grounds for discipline. Address any flagged finding with GREC or Georgia counsel BEFORE submitting the application.

Renewal is every two years. The 16-hour continuing-education requirement is per renewal cycle, not per year. Lapsed licenses can usually be reinstated within a defined window with a late fee and CE catch-up; beyond the window, the applicant must restart the full initial-licensure pathway.

Worked example: full-time candidate starting from zero

Candidate has just started a community-management job at a CAM firm. Pace: 160 hours per month supervised work. Education: 0 of 75 hours. Exam: not attempted. Background check: not submitted.

• Education deficit: 75 hours. Plan: enroll in a GREC-approved 75-hour pre-license course; expected completion in 8 to 12 weeks.
• Exam: register and sit after course completion; expected pass in 1 to 2 months after education.
• Supervised experience deficit: 2000 hours. At 160 hours per month pace, 13 months to close.
• Background check: submit GCIC and FBI request in parallel; expected return in 4 to 6 weeks.
• Projected eligibility: approximately 13 months out (the supervised-experience deficit is the binding constraint).

Worked example: candidate with prior community-association work

Candidate has been working as a community-management assistant for 18 months under a licensed CAM. Pace: 160 hours per month. Education: 75 of 75 hours complete (took the pre-license course early). Exam: passed. Supervised experience: 2400 hours logged (above the 2000-hour reference). Background check: cleared.

• All four components satisfied. Status: ELIGIBLE.
• Next action: submit the formal license application to GREC with the application fee, supervised-experience attestation signed by the supervising CAM, education-completion certificate, exam-pass record, and background-check clearance.
• Continuing-education obligations begin on the license issuance date — 16 hours every two-year renewal cycle.

Worked example: candidate with a flagged background check

Candidate has completed all other components. Background check returns a flagged misdemeanor conviction from 10 years ago.

• Status: BACKGROUND FLAGGED — review required.
• Do NOT submit the formal license application until the flagged finding is reviewed.
• Options: (1) consult Georgia counsel on expungement or set-aside availability under Georgia law; (2) prepare a personal-statement submission addressing rehabilitation and the offense's relevance to fiduciary duties; (3) request a Commission hearing on the eligibility question before formal application; (4) consult GREC directly on the conviction's treatment under OCGA 43-46A-15 discipline grounds.

Worked example: part-time candidate

Candidate works part-time as a community-management assistant. Pace: 60 hours per month supervised work. Education: 75 of 75 hours complete. Exam: passed. Supervised experience: 600 hours logged. Background check: cleared.

• Three of four components satisfied. Supervised experience: 1400 hours remaining.
• At 60 hours per month, 23 additional months to close the supervised-experience deficit.
• Projected eligibility: approximately 23 months out.

What this calculator does NOT model

This calculator implements the eligibility-component math under OCGA 43-46A-9. It does NOT:

• Validate that the pre-license education provider is currently GREC-approved.
• Validate that the supervising CAM or broker is currently licensed at the supervised-experience attestation date.
• Validate that the work hours logged constitute qualifying supervised community-management experience versus administrative-only employment.
• Model the specific GREC application fee, examination fee, or background-check processing fee.
• Model the Commission's discretionary review of a flagged background-check finding under OCGA 43-46A-15.
• Model the continuing-education tracking for renewals under OCGA 43-46A-11.
• Model state-reciprocity provisions for license holders from other states.

For any consequential CAM-license application decision, verify the current requirements with GREC and consult Georgia counsel if a background-check finding or other irregularity is present.

Counting conventions

Education hours are counted as cumulative classroom hours from GREC-approved providers; the calculator does not validate provider approval.

Supervised-experience hours are counted as cumulative verifiable hours under direct supervision; the calculator does not validate the supervisor's license status or the qualifying nature of the work.

The projected eligibility date is computed as the as-of date plus the longest remaining component deficit, measured in months. The calculator assumes the candidate continues at the input supervised-experience pace from the as-of date forward; faster accumulation closes the deficit sooner.

The 2000-hour supervised-experience figure is a GREC-referenced standard, not a verbatim statutory number; the Commission has discretion to evaluate the totality of the applicant's experience under OCGA 43-46A-9. Use the calculator output as a planning benchmark, not as a determinative eligibility ruling.

Sources

Last reviewed: 2026-05-16 against:

• OCGA Chapter 43-46A (Georgia Community Association Manager license chapter).
• OCGA 43-46A-2 (definitions of community association, management services, applicant qualifications).
• OCGA 43-46A-9 (license requirements — 75 hours pre-license education, state examination, supervised experience, GCIC and FBI background check).
• OCGA 43-46A-11 (license renewal, 16-hour continuing-education requirement every two-year renewal cycle).
• OCGA 43-46A-15 (grounds for discipline including license revocation, suspension, reprimand).
• Georgia Real Estate Commission rules under GAC 520-1 (general broker and salesperson rules) and CAM-specific rule chapters.
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) procedural guidance for license-related background checks.