Feel right at home with the real estate license exam
To get your foot in the door of the competitive real-estate trade, your first port of call is passing your state exam. Real Estate License Exams For Dummies gives you the building blocks to help you succeed in order to get moving in this lucrative career. It'll guide you through the latest information on contracts, deeds, appraisals, leasing, and mortgage types--plus four complete practice tests to make sure you know your way around the real thing.
Written in a friendly, step-by-step style by expert instructor John A. Yoegel, it offers proven test-taking strategies and study techniques that will help you negotiate the big day and have you signing on the dotted line to make that first big sale in no time!
* Take 4 complete practice tests with answers
* Access real estate laws for all 50 states
* Get grounded in real estate terminology
* Study on-the-go with flashcards
If you want to move quickly into your dream career, there's really no better key than this trusted, bestselling guide!
Autorentext
John A. Yoegel, PhD, is a certified real estate instructor and former board member of the Real Estate Educators Association. He teaches pre-licensing and continuing education courses for salespeople, brokers, and appraisers.
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FEATURES
- 4 Practice Tests Online
- Expert Strategies
- 525 Flashcards
- Study Tips
The key to launching your career in real estate
To get your foot in the door of this competitive trade you need to pass your state exam. This book, with tests and flashcards online, gives you the building blocks to do just that and get on and move up the ladder to a lucrative future. Written in a friendly style by expert instructor John A. Yoegel, this new edition has the latest on everything from contracts to mortgage typesplus four complete practice tests so you can navigate your way when you take the real test. If you want to move quickly into your dream career, there's really no better key than this trusted, bestselling guide!
Inside...
- Get grounded with the trade terminology
- Find plain-English explanations of complicated real estate concepts
- Use practice tests to feel relaxed and confident on exam day
- Practice online with 525 vocabulary and math flashcards
Zusammenfassung
Feel right at home with the real estate license exam
To get your foot in the door of the competitive real-estate trade, your first port of call is passing your state exam. Real Estate License Exams For Dummies gives you the building blocks to help you succeed in order to get moving in this lucrative career. It'll guide you through the latest information on contracts, deeds, appraisals, leasing, and mortgage typesplus four complete practice tests to make sure you know your way around the real thing.
Written in a friendly, step-by-step style by expert instructor John A. Yoegel, it offers proven test-taking strategies and study techniques that will help you negotiate the big day and have you signing on the dotted line to make that first big sale in no time!
- Take 4 complete practice tests with answers
- Access real estate laws for all 50 states
- Get grounded in real estate terminology
- Study on-the-go with flashcards
If you want to move quickly into your dream career, there's really no better key than this trusted, bestselling guide!
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 3
Icons Used in This Book 3
Beyond This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 5
Part 1: Putting Real Estate License Exams into Perspective 7
Chapter 1: Sold! Taking a Glance at Real Estate License Exams 9
Checking Out Licensing and Exam Basics 9
Figuring out licensing procedures 10
Knowing the difference between salesperson and broker licensing and exams 10
Looking at the format and other exam details 12
Sign Me Up: Registering for the Exam 12
Knowing What to Take to the Exam and What to Leave at Home 13
Scoring High: Figuring Out How Scores Are Determined 14
Take Two: Retaking the Exam 15
Chapter 2: Using Successful Study and Test-Taking Techniques 17
One Word to Get You Through: PREPARE 17
Provide 18
Review 18
Evaluate 19
Practice 20
Arrive 20
Relax 21
Enjoy 21
Trying Terrific Test-Taking Strategies 21
It's all in the timing 21
Reading everything carefully 22
Avoiding too much analyzing 23
Guessing 23
Second-guessing 24
Number crunching: Tackling math questions 24
Part 2: So You Want to Sell Real Estate: The Job and Basic Laws 25
Chapter 3: The Job: It Isn't Just Driving People Around 27
Recognizing Those in the Real Estate Business and How They Got There 28
The buck stops here: Brokers 28
Movin' on up: Salespeople 29
In between: Associate brokers 29
Making it legal: Looking at license law 29
Knowing What a Real Estate Broker/Salesperson Does 30
Perusing a list of common activities 30
Checking out a typical real estate transaction 30
Understanding How a Real Estate Broker/Salesperson Gets Paid 32
Working Hard: Career Opportunities 33
Considering independent brokerages and national franchises 33
Checking out corporations (in and out of the real estate world) 34
Building business with builders 34
Going into government 34
Appreciating appraising 35
Homing in on home inspections 35
Property Management: A Special Kind of Career Opportunity 35
Taking care of business: The duties of a property manager 35
Saying yes: The property management agreement 38
Managing a Real Estate Office: You're the Boss, Ms or Mr Broker 39
Keeping an eye out: Supervision 39
Teach me! Training 40
Setting office policy: Rules are rules 40
Working As an Independent Contractor 40
Focusing on Job-Related Laws That You Need to Understand 41
The price isn't right: Price fixing 41
Bad break: Market allocation 41
Feeling shunned: Group boycotts 42
What's your condition? Tie-in arrangements 42
Review Questions and Answers 42
Chapter 4: Understanding Agency Law 45
Becoming Someone's Real Estate Agent: You're Hired 46
Picking sides: Representation in agency relationships 46
Establishing the agency relationship (and doing it in writing) 49
Keeping the Faith: The Relationship between an Agent and a Principal 52
Who has the money? Accounting 53
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