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Real Estate Practice Exam & National Exam Prep

Prepare for the national portion of your real estate salesperson exam with practice questions, timed mock exams, and explanations for every answer. Build your knowledge of property ownership, agency, contracts, financing, and fair housing.

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What's on the national real estate exam

Most of the salesperson exam is the national portion — the same core every state builds on. It covers property ownership and land use, agency and disclosure, contracts and transfer of title, financing and valuation, and the practice of real estate, including fair housing.

  • Ownership, encumbrances, and land-use controls
  • Agency duties, disclosure, contracts, and title
  • Financing, valuation, and real estate math
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How hard is the real estate exam?

It's passable, but it isn't a read-through-and-go test. The parts that trip people up are the vocabulary you need cold, the real estate math you can't wing, and the situational questions that ask how an agency or contract rule applies. Timed practice and understanding why each answer is right is the reliable way through.

  • Vocabulary and definitions you need to know cold
  • Real estate calculations you can't guess your way past
  • Situational agency, disclosure, and contract questions
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National fundamentals now, your state's law alongside

Get Cleared covers national real estate fundamentals. Use your state's law supplement alongside it for state-specific statutes and regulations.

  • National real estate fundamentals
  • Pair with your state's law supplement for local statutes
  • One account, on the web and your phone

Curriculum

What's on the real estate exam

Explore eight topic groups and 89 study topics in your salesperson exam prep, with 1,724 practice questions covering national real estate fundamentals.

  • Real Property Characteristics
  • Real vs. Personal Property
  • Fixtures and Improvements
  • Trade Fixtures and Emblements
  • Legal Descriptions and Surveys
  • Police Power and Building Codes
  • Land-Use Planning and Zoning
  • Zoning Exceptions and Nonconforming Uses
  • Eminent Domain and Escheat
  • Encumbrances and Private Restrictions
  • Easement Basics
  • Easement Types and Transfer
  • Creating and Ending Easements
  • Licenses and Encroachments

  • Ownership Rights and Interests
  • Freehold and Fee Simple Estates
  • Life Estates and Future Interests
  • Individual and Shared Ownership
  • Joint Tenancy and Survivorship
  • Condos, Co-ops, and Timeshares
  • Types of Tenancy
  • Lease Types and Terms
  • Leasehold Rights and Responsibilities
  • Lien Basics and Types
  • Lien Priority and Enforcement
  • Voluntary Title Transfers
  • Deed Types and Requirements
  • Other Transfers and Land Changes
  • Foreclosure and Redemption
  • Recording and Title History
  • Title Defects and Insurance

  • Value Basics
  • Market Forces and Property Value
  • Appraisal Principles and Best Use
  • The Appraisal Process
  • Sales Comparison, CMAs, and BPOs
  • Comparable Sales and Adjustments
  • The Cost Approach
  • Deterioration and Functional Obsolescence
  • External and Economic Obsolescence
  • Income Approach and Rent Multipliers
  • Appraisers and Appraisal Reports
  • Assessed Value and Property Taxes

  • Contract Types and Essential Elements
  • Writing Requirements and Statute of Frauds
  • Void and Voidable Contracts
  • Offers, Counteroffers, and Acceptance
  • Earnest Money and Contingencies
  • Equitable Title and Purchase Options
  • Contract Performance and Changes
  • Contract Breach and Remedies
  • Agency Types and Relationships
  • Creating and Ending Agency
  • Agency Duties and Disclosure
  • Offers, Deposits, and Trust Funds

  • Brokerage and Property Management
  • Fair Housing Laws and Protections
  • Steering, Blockbusting, and Redlining
  • Fair Housing in Practice
  • Listing Formation and Broker Authority
  • Open, Net, and Buyer Agreements
  • Exclusive Listings
  • Listing Duration and Termination
  • Fees and Commission Agreements
  • Earning and Disputing Commissions
  • Risk Management and Compliance

  • Property Hazards and Disclosures

  • Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
  • Lenders and Mortgage Markets
  • Loan Payments and Amortization
  • Mortgage Clauses
  • Borrower Qualification and Mortgage Insurance
  • VA and Conventional Loans
  • FHA Loans
  • Specialized and Construction Loans
  • Seller Financing and Sale-Leasebacks
  • Secondary Mortgage Markets
  • Mortgage Cost Disclosures
  • Mortgage Advertising and Cancellation Rights
  • Fair Lending and Mortgage Fraud
  • Closing and RESPA

  • Property Measurement and Area
  • Property Valuation Math
  • Loan Amounts, Points, and Fees
  • Interest and Loan Payment Math
  • Commission and Closing Math
  • Investment and Operating Math
  • Tax Deductions, Credits, and Rates
  • Cost Basis, Gains, and Exchanges

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