r/CalRealEstateExam

ok so Ive been reading through this sub a lot lately, the passes, the "I failed for the 3rd time" ones, the 2am panic posts, all of it. and I keep noticing the same pattern so I wanted just say it plainly.

the people who pass are NOT the ones who had it together. they're not the one with the perfect Notion study tracker or the color coded flashcards(ok some of them do have that, but that's not why they passed lol).

they passed because they didn't stop showing up, even on the days it was 20 mins squeezed in before a shift, even on the days they got half the practice questions wrong and felt like garbage about it.

I got my licence doing the exact thing while working full time, some nights the "studying" was genuinely just me half asleep rereading agency law for the 4th time going "ok this still isn't sticking" and it didn't feel like progress. it just felt like showing up and being confused, over and over, until one day it wasn't confusing anymore. that's actually what studying for this exam looks like for almost everyone. It's just nobody post about the boring middle part, they only post the "I passed" part at the end.

so if you're in the middle of this right nwo and it feels like it's not working, that's not a sign you're behind. that's just what week 4 of studying for a licensing exam feel like for literally everybody. the disorientation isn't a bug, it's just part of the process working on you slower than you'd like.

You don't need to feel ready on the test day. almost nobody does. you just need to have put in the reps.

Keep going. see you on the passed post.

by the way, it's hot this week, stay cool as well.

Hi guys. I just passed this morning and I wanted to say that RE Real estate exam pro 100 percent was the driving factor to me passing.

I studied for about two days total, about 4-5 hours straight each day just doing the master exams over and over averaging about 60-70 percent. I would go through the whole test after I finished ( not just ones I missed and familiarize myself with the questions).

I saw probably 5 word for word on the test and 80 percent of the questions were concepts from the master exams .

When I was feeling burnt out of sitting and doing practice tests I watched the YouTube “ Real estate advantage “ 100 California real estate exam questions ( they have two videos with 100 questions) and listened while I was driving. There were several questions from this complication on the test as well.

I can say that the RE real estate master tests are slightly harder but the wording on the test is very similar to the style the actual exam formats their questions.

Some things I specifically remember about the tests:

several questions about when a broker or agent gets some special treatment ( like extra commission ect ) when or who needs to be told . Answer : seller always needs to know - must go through broker first then to seller to be distributed.

Several questions about contracts and how they become void
( remember anytime somebody dies- contract is over)

A couple questions regarding economic obsolescence and functional obsolescence. Know the differences.

A couple questions about easements.

A couple questions about loan to value ratio.

Questions about estate for years vs tenancy from period to period. Like “ if a lease is signed for a specific 2 months duration” which of the following - it would be estate for years because it’s a specific amount of time.

Agency agreements are big , exclusive and open were seen the most in questions.

Some zoning questions. I can’t remember specifics but there was 3 or 4 . Like who controls zoning ect .

ALSO- I took aceable courses and really blew through the curse zz Some of the key terms are important but their practice tests do not mimic the real test at all.

Here to help if anyone needs it. Good luck everyone !!