California Real Estate Sales Agent License Exam Prep
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California exam facts
- Questions
- 150 multiple choice
- Time
- 3 hours
- Passing score
- 70% correct
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Official California resources
- Regulator: Taking the Exam (California Department of Real Estate)
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About the California real estate salesperson exam
- Exam
- California real estate salesperson examination, given by the Department of Real Estate1
- Questions
- 150 multiple-choice questions, each with four answer choices1
- Time
- 3 hours1
- Passing score
- 70% of questions answered correctly1
- Retakes
- Apply to re-take once you have been notified that you did not pass1
The salesperson exam is 150 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours, each question with four answer choices. To pass you must answer at least 70% of the questions correctly. If you pass you are not told your score; if you don't, you are told your score and how you did in each subject area, and you may apply to take the exam again.1
Our lessons and questions follow the subjects the exam covers. The rules above are the Department of Real Estate's, not ours, and they do change — check the official page below before you book.1
Official sources
- California Department of Real Estate: Taking the Exam
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Course outline
81 lessons in 7 modules, in study order. Tap a module to show its lessons.
Module 1 · 10 lessons Property ownership and land use controls and regulations
Includes a free lesson: Real and personal property, fixtures, and trade fixtures
- 1. Real and personal property, fixtures, and trade fixtures✓ Free
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- 2. Physical and economic characteristics of land and appurtenancesFull plan
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- 3. Liens: mechanics' liens, judgments, tax liens, assessments, and priorityFull plan
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- 4. Freehold and leasehold estates in landFull plan
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- 5. Ownership by business entities and syndicatesFull plan
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- 6. Legal descriptions: metes and bounds, government survey, and recorded mapsFull plan
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- 7. Government rights in land: police power, eminent domain, taxation, escheatFull plan
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- 8. The Subdivided Lands Act and the Subdivision Map ActFull plan
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- 9. Environmental hazards and regulationsFull plan
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- 10. Private controls: CC&Rs and common interest developmentsFull plan
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Module 2 · 15 lessons Laws of agency and fiduciary duties
Includes a free lesson: Agency defined: principal, agent, third party, general and special agents
- 11. Agency defined: principal, agent, third party, general and special agents✓ Free
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- 12. Agency relationships in California: seller's, buyer's, and dual agentsFull plan
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- 13. The salesperson's relationship to the responsible brokerFull plan
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- 14. How an agency is created: express, implied, ratification, and estoppelFull plan
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- 15. Agency agreements: listing and buyer representation contractsFull plan
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- 16. Fiduciary duties an agent owes the principalFull plan
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- 17. Representing a seller or a buyer: offers, price, and confidential informationFull plan
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- 18. The California agency relationship disclosure: who, what, and whenFull plan
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- 19. Dual agency in California: consent and confidentialityFull plan
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- 20. Disclosure of acting as a principal or having another interestFull plan
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- 21. Termination of agencyFull plan
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- 22. Commissions and fees: negotiability, written agreements, and fee sharingFull plan
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- 23. Duties to non-client third parties: honesty and material factsFull plan
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- 24. The broker's duty to conduct a visual inspection of residential propertyFull plan
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- 25. Misrepresentation, fraud, and negligence liability of agentsFull plan
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Module 3 · 12 lessons Property valuation and financial analysis
Includes a free lesson: Elements of value and the forces that influence value
- 26. Elements of value and the forces that influence value✓ Free
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- 27. Principles of value: highest and best use, substitution, and conformityFull plan
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- 28. Market value, price, and cost; other types of valueFull plan
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- 29. The appraisal process and appraisal standardsFull plan
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- 30. The sales comparison approachFull plan
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- 31. The cost approachFull plan
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- 32. Accrued depreciation: physical deterioration and functional and external obsolescenceFull plan
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- 33. The income approach and capitalizationFull plan
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- 34. Gross rent and gross income multipliersFull plan
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- 35. Financial analysis of income property: cash flow, returns, and leverageFull plan
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- 36. Real estate arithmetic: area, percentages, and commissionsFull plan
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- 37. Real estate economics, land use trends, and market cyclesFull plan
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Module 4 · 8 lessons Financing
Includes a free lesson: General financing concepts: interest, amortization, points, and loan-to-value
- 38. General financing concepts: interest, amortization, points, and loan-to-value✓ Free
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- 39. Promissory notes, deeds of trust, and mortgagesFull plan
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- 40. Default, foreclosure, reinstatement, and anti-deficiency rules in CaliforniaFull plan
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- 41. Types of loans: fixed, adjustable, junior, seller-carried, and all-inclusiveFull plan
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- 42. Sources of financing: primary and secondary mortgage marketsFull plan
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- 43. Financing and credit laws: truth in lending, RESPA, and fair lendingFull plan
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- 44. Loan brokerage under the Real Estate Law and its disclosure statementFull plan
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- 45. Types of loan originators: the MLO license endorsement and the SAFE ActFull plan
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Module 5 · 3 lessons Transfer of property
Includes a free lesson: Title insurance: preliminary reports and CLTA and ALTA policies
- 46. Title insurance: preliminary reports and CLTA and ALTA policies✓ Free
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- 47. Deeds: grant and quitclaim deeds, validity, delivery, and recordingFull plan
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- 48. Escrow in California: instructions, the escrow holder, closing, and prorationsFull plan
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Module 6 · 22 lessons Practice of real estate and disclosures (includes specialty areas)
Includes a free lesson: Trust funds: handling deposits, trust accounts, and commingling
- 49. Trust funds: handling deposits, trust accounts, and commingling✓ Free
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- 50. Trust fund records, reconciliation, and shortagesFull plan
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- 51. The federal Fair Housing ActFull plan
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- 52. California fair housing law and the Commissioner's discrimination rulesFull plan
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- 53. Truth in advertising: license identification, team names, and misleading adsFull plan
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- 54. Record keeping requirements and retentionFull plan
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- 55. Broker supervision of salespersons and written broker-salesperson agreementsFull plan
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- 56. Permitted activities of unlicensed sales assistantsFull plan
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- 57. DRE jurisdiction and grounds for disciplineFull plan
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- 58. Disciplinary actions, citations, and restricted licensesFull plan
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- 59. Licensing: activities requiring a license, exemptions, and qualificationsFull plan
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- 60. License term, renewal, and continuing educationFull plan
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- 61. The Real Estate Recovery AccountFull plan
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- 62. General ethics and the Commissioner's standards of conductFull plan
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- 63. Technology: electronic signatures, records, and online marketingFull plan
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- 64. Property management and California residential landlord-tenant lawFull plan
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- 65. Commercial, industrial, and income properties and business opportunitiesFull plan
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- 66. Specialty areas: manufactured homes, timeshares, and other specialtiesFull plan
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- 67. The Real Estate Transfer Disclosure StatementFull plan
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- 68. Natural hazard disclosure statements and related hazard disclosuresFull plan
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- 69. Material facts, inspections, and reportsFull plan
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- 70. Servicing diverse populations: implicit bias, access, and languageFull plan
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Module 7 · 11 lessons Contracts
Includes a free lesson: Elements of a valid contract and contractual capacity
- 71. Elements of a valid contract and contractual capacity✓ Free
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- 72. Void, voidable, and unenforceable contracts and the statute of fraudsFull plan
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- 73. Performance, breach, remedies, and discharge of contractsFull plan
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- 74. Listing agreements: types, terms, and a definite termination dateFull plan
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- 75. Buyer broker agreementsFull plan
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- 76. Offers, counteroffers, acceptance, and revocationFull plan
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- 77. Purchase contracts: contingencies, deposits, and liquidated damagesFull plan
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- 78. Leases and other real estate agreementsFull plan
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- 79. Promissory notes and real estate securitiesFull plan
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- 80. Options, lease-options, and rights of first refusalFull plan
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- 81. Advance fees and advance fee agreementsFull plan
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