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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!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1
Part 1: Putting Real Estate License Exams into Perspective 7
Chapter 1: Sold! Taking a Glance at Real Estate License Exams 9
Chapter 2: Using Successful Study and Test-Taking Techniques 17
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
Chapter 4: Understanding Agency Law 45
Chapter 5: Knowing the Fair Housing Laws for Selling Real Estate 63
Part 3: It's All Mine: Owning and Transferring Real Estate 77
Chapter 6: Owning It: Estates and Interests 79
Chapter 7: Understanding Forms of Real Estate Ownership 89
Chapter 8: Knowing the Limitations on Real Estate Ownership 99
Chapter 9: Transferring Ownership: Deeds and Title Closing 119
Chapter 10: Giving Up or Losing Property 143
Part 4: A House Is Made of Lots of Paper: Legal and Physical Issues 151
Chapter 11: Contracts 101 153
Chapter 12: Leasing Property 167
Chapter 13: Dealing with Environmental Government Regulations and Issues 177
Part 5: You Want How Much? Valuation and Financing of Real Estate 189
Chapter 14: Appraising Property 191
Chapter 15: Finding the Money: Mortgages 215
Chapter 16: It's So Taxing: Real Estate Assessment and Taxes 241
Chapter 17: Investing in Real Estate 255
Chapter 18: All in the Numbers: Real Estate Mathematics 275
Part 6: You're Ready: Taking Practice Exams 299
Chapter 19: Practice Exam One 301
Chapter 20: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam One 313
Chapter 21: Practice Exam Two 325
Chapter 22: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Two 337
Chapter 23: Practice Exam Three 349
Chapter 24: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Three 361
Chapter 25: Practice Exam Four 375
Chapter 26: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Four 387
Part 7: The Part of Tens 401
Chapter 27: Ten Things to Find Out from Your State's Real Estate Law 403
Chapter 28: Ten Tips to Help You Succeed on the Exam 409
Appendix A: Glossary 415
Index 435
Über den Autor / die Autorin
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.
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 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!
