Real Estate License Exams for Dummies: Second Edition

Great supplemental book to read in addition to your real estate course. Let me first start off stating that I and my best friend both purchased an online course for a real estate course on Groupon. The course itself was terrible and did not go into details key concepts and real estate definitions one would need to know to pass the state exam. This book was very thorough in all aspects. Please note however it does not go into detail on specific state laws, you would have to research that yourself. This book gives you the much needed fundamentals of real estate, policies procedures, etc. The read is clear and concise, an easy read. After each chapter you are given a mini quiz and it gives you a detailed explaination on the correct answer. Also, at the end of the book you have a real estate math sections and 3 practice tests with details answers. I recommend reading this book first before taking your actual course and then re-reading it after your course to get a thorough grasp of the concepts. And also recommend to keep retaking the practice tests. I passed my state exam but it was extremely hard. I had 157 questions, maybe 15 of the questions were similar questions from all my course notes, the book, online research, and various practice tests that I got from other people. To answer the rest of the questions on the state exam you really need to apply these real estates concepts and select the best answer of the multiple choice...and the only way you will pass realistically is by understanding these concepts. The questions can be tricky so be sure to reread each questions and understand exactly what they are asking. Using the process of elimination you can often narrow down the answers to two possible answer, but then you would need to select the best answer of the two. I took the GA state exam and I did get several questions on types of loans like loan assumptions, questions on calculating transfer tax and intangibles tax...which this book helped me to understand. Good luck!!

This was purchased to help me with my real estate prelicensure course as the textbook used in the course is hard to read and understand. This book was easy to read and explained everything very well. It isn't updated and it's not state specific (it just tells you what might be state specific and asks for you to research it). I say it's not updated because since it's not state specific, it does not have the information from the Illinois License Act and therefore does not have the update information from when the act was amended. So youll need something in addition to this book to help with the state specific things. It's a great addition to a prelicensure course!

Pretty good book, easy to understand. He covers a lot of topics in a short time, so I would not use this as my sole piece of study material, but it's good in combination with others. One thing you need to be aware of is the answer is is NOT always correct. I noticed this occurring quite a bit in Practice Exam Three (probably 3-4 times). I don't recall all of the ones I found incorrect, but one that stuck out was #87. He says the answer is A, then in the explanation says something along the lines of, " Because of such and such, B is the most correct answer." It seems like he started slipping on the second half of the exam, not checking his answers properly. I have yet to take Practice Exam Four, so I cannot speak of that quite yet. But I will say if you get an answer incorrect, double check both his explanation as well as an outside source.

I'm not planning on going into real estate but am very interested in taking an active, informed part in the selling of my own home and the purchase of another. This book gave me so much information! I found some of this on different internet sites, but this combined it all in a book form. I feel more confident knowing the legal terms, definitions, and possible complications. Now I know the right questions to ask about y own sale and my eventual purchase.

The book came in very fast and was a gift for my son. He started reading it and is very easy to apply what he learned in school. Definitely recommend this book for anyone that is interested in making what you learned in Real estate school and applying it.

is very simple and easy to understand I have not taken the program yet but I signed up to start in 2 weeks, how possible cases or transactions are susceptible grabbing understand more easily and questionnaires help a lot to have greater clarity of subject to be treated this author's experience is very important, I think has helped me understand a lot issues and preparme when taking my class and exam