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Feel right at home with the real estate license examTo 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 flashcardsIf you want to move quickly into your dream career, there's really no better key than this trusted, bestselling guide!
List of contents
Introduction 1Part 1: Putting Real Estate License Exams into Perspective 7Chapter 1: Sold! Taking a Glance at Real Estate License Exams 9Chapter 2: Using Successful Study and Test-Taking Techniques 17Part 2: So You Want to Sell Real Estate: The Job and Basic Laws 25Chapter 3: The Job: It Isn't Just Driving People Around 27Chapter 4: Understanding Agency Law 45Chapter 5: Knowing the Fair Housing Laws for Selling Real Estate 63Part 3: It's All Mine: Owning and Transferring Real Estate 77Chapter 6: Owning It: Estates and Interests 79Chapter 7: Understanding Forms of Real Estate Ownership 89Chapter 8: Knowing the Limitations on Real Estate Ownership 99Chapter 9: Transferring Ownership: Deeds and Title Closing 119Chapter 10: Giving Up or Losing Property 143Part 4: A House Is Made of Lots of Paper: Legal and Physical Issues 151Chapter 11: Contracts 101 153Chapter 12: Leasing Property 167Chapter 13: Dealing with Environmental Government Regulations and Issues 177Part 5: You Want How Much? Valuation and Financing of Real Estate 189Chapter 14: Appraising Property 191Chapter 15: Finding the Money: Mortgages 215Chapter 16: It's So Taxing: Real Estate Assessment and Taxes 241Chapter 17: Investing in Real Estate 255Chapter 18: All in the Numbers: Real Estate Mathematics 275Part 6: You're Ready: Taking Practice Exams 299Chapter 19: Practice Exam One 301Chapter 20: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam One 313Chapter 21: Practice Exam Two 325Chapter 22: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Two 337Chapter 23: Practice Exam Three 349Chapter 24: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Three 361Chapter 25: Practice Exam Four 375Chapter 26: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam Four 387Part 7: The Part of Tens 401Chapter 27: Ten Things to Find Out from Your State's Real Estate Law 403Chapter 28: Ten Tips to Help You Succeed on the Exam 409Appendix A: Glossary 415Index 435
About the author
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.
Summary
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!
