What are the requirements for taking the California broker’s exam?
To become a real estate broker, you must:
Complete 2 years of full-time employment as a licensed real estate salesperson (within the last 5 years), or complete 4 years of college.
A combination of full-time licensed employment and college can be used to meet this requirement, where each year of college completed equals 6 months of licensed full-time employment. For example, if you completed 2 years of college (counting as 12 months of employment), you would then only need an additional 12 months of full-time employment as a licensed real estate salesperson.
Real Estate Economics or Accounting (if you take both, you only need 2 from courses below)
And 3 courses from:
Real Estate Principles
Advanced Legal Aspects of Real Estate
Advanced Real Estate Appraisal
Business Law
Common Interest Developments
Computer Applications in Real Estate
Escrows
Mortgage Loan Brokering and Lending
Property Management
Real Estate Office Administration
How many questions are on the California broker exam?
There are 200 questions on the broker exam, many of which are the same as on the sales license exam (the questions appear to be dawn from the same source). The exam must be completed in 5 hours (2 ½ hours in the morning, with a break for lunch, and 2 ½ hours in the afternoon). A minimum score of 75% (150 correct answers) is required to pass the exam.
The broker exam is considered much more difficult, not only because of the additional 50 questions, but also because of the 75% passing grade.
The questions must be answered within a 5-hour period. A minimum score of 75% (150 correct answers) is needed to pass the exam.
To take practice exams that cover all of the topics above - and with the same number of
questions per topic, time period, and grading as the actual California broker exam,
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Or you can purchase Review questions in just the topics you need by creating a Custom Package
by topic.
What are the fees to take the California broker exam?
