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DRE Sponsor No. 0473 & S0110
NMLS Course Provider No. 1400986
Broker Licensing Education
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Welcome to Become a Broker
Note: To take the State Broker Exam, you must complete a newly-approved Real Estate Practice course.
To start, select the courses and study method you want
Practice
(mandatory)
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2023
Sample & Recent Updates
Finance
(mandatory)
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2016
Sample & Recent Updates
Economics
(mandatory)
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2022
Sample & Recent Updates
Appraisal
(mandatory)
Individual course price
Print Book $99.50
Available only in print
and ships with all
Appraisal enrollments
Mortgage Loan
Brokering and
Lending
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2018
Sample & Recent Updates
Property
Management
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2024
Sample & Recent Updates
Legal Aspects
(mandatory)
Individual course price
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2024
Sample & Recent Updates
Principles
(mandatory)
Individual course price
Video $139.50
Legal Edit 2024
Sample & Updates
e-book $69.50
Print & e-book $99.50
Legal Edit 2019
Sample & Updates
Your price for the educational courses you checked
$0.00
Our State Exam Training Package – e-book
$109.50
Content
  • To Build your confidence and master the State Exam questions, we brought together five interrelated methods of training
    • A topflight classroom presentation, enhanced with graphics and prerecorded to perfection
    • 90+ video segments, running 12+ hours, with new videos added constantly
    • Unlocks the State Exam for you, using our bank of 1,200+ multiple choice questions
    • Coordinated to run in tandem with the Online Video Course Training
  • Practice Exams
    • You take unlimited simulated state exams covering randomly selected sample questions
    • Questions are from the Prep Book with the correct answers fully explained
    • Designed to look and function identically to the State Exam — master the format
  • Flash Cards App
    • You train to retain, using a memorized-sorting slideshow focusing on the definitions for glossary terms you have not yet mastered
  • Concept Audio Glossary
    • Listen anywhere on your phone - during commutes, at the gym, doing chores
    • Turn everywhere you go into a portable classroom
State Exam Prep Book and Practice Exams
$49.50
Content
State Exam Prep Book
Realty Publications, Inc.
 
336 pages
 
Broker State Exam Prep Book
 
Course description
 
Table of Contents
 
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Our Prep Book and online tools give you the confidence you need to pass the State Exam with a 70% or greater score — on your first try.
The Prep Book contains:
  • extensive multiple choice questions weighted to match the study topics covered on the State Exam;
  • answers and feedback for every question;
  • critical aspects of State Exam procedures;
  • a Real Estate Glossary of fundamental real estate vocabulary likely to appear on the State Exam;
  • a real estate mathematics supplement
  • tips and strategies for structuring your studies and successfully taking the State Exam.
An unlimited number of practice exam are also available online. Focus your training on the topics you need to improve with the Topical Practice Exams. Push yourself with the Simulated State Exams which pull from a bank of 1,200+ sample questions. Each attempt contains different questions in different sequences.
TOTAL PRICE for the courses you checked
$0.00
Refund requests for the Prep Book and Video Crash Course must be made
within 90 days of purchase.


We train 2 in 5 agents who become real estate brokers in california

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DRE eligibility and licensing questions

  1. Please review the DRE's Broker Licensing eligibility requirements
  2. Determine the courses you have completed and the courses you need to complete
  3. Tip - Email the DRE at AskDRELicensing or call 1.877.373.4542 to inquire about the remaining courses you need

Education and Licensing Preamble
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Critical Aspects
  • These courses are home study correspondence courses;
       - California-specific content by Realty Publications, Inc., updated monthly online
  • All-inclusive pricing — materials, taxes, shipping, and everything included
  • All course materials delivered in print and e-book, or just e-book — excludes the Appraisal book
  • Course videos embedded in the e-books give life to real estate concepts
  • Online access is immediate
       - Printed books arrive via USPS in 5-7 business days
  • For best comprehension, course content is fully linked to RPI forms and provisions
  • Enrollment includes access to our Career Manual: Your Guide to Personal Branding & Income Enhancement
  • Have a question on content? Next day answer, via email
  • Print your Certificate of Completion on passing each course
  • You have one year to complete the courses
  • You receive email reminders to complete before course expiration
  • 100% Money Back Guarantee during enrollment before any testing
       - 90 days for State Exam Training materials
  • After enrolling, you may switch to a different course for an additional fee of $17.50
  • Questions? See our Licensing Course Instructions
Testing Procedures
  • You may take one exam every 18 days following the date of your enrollment
       - After the first 18 days you may take one exam, then another exam every 18 days
       - Thus, you may complete 3 courses in 54 days
  • You may print your Certificate of Completion at any time after passing a course
  • Each course exam has 100 multiple choice questions and is open book - 60% passing score
       - You have unlimited attempts to pass the exams during your one year enrollment
  • Course quizzes provided both in print and online for you to check your comprehension and better prepare you for course testing
       - Quizzes are not graded
  • You may take the final exam online 24/7
  • When taken online, your exam results are posted on completion of the exam or expiration of testing time
Professional Services
  • Customer Service Fast, friendly, LIVE customer service on first ring 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM PST, Monday-Friday
  • Dictionary An online dictionary of real estate words and jargon to help you on the State Exam
  • Books In Print & Online Highest-quality, California-specific materials published by firsttuesday/RPI
  • 400+ Real Estate Forms RPI real estate forms online
  • The firsttuesday Journal Online real estate news with market trends, legislation, regulations and cases, 50,000+ unique readers monthly
  • Realtipedia 15+ e-book volumes for enhanced comprehension and professional reference
  • 200+ FARM Letters FARM letter templates and copy to market your practice, create your brand
  • Client Q&A Marketing Flyers Download FREE Client Q&A Flyers for marketing your practice as an advisor
  • Broker Search Search for an employing broker
  • Career Manual Your practice built on "who you are"
    - branding by assessable achievements
Study Method Options
features of e-book and printed vs ebook only course option. Printed version has printed textbooks and printed quizzes and exams available

Artificial Intelligence Training™
  • FREE supplemental training with your enrollment
  • Learn to safely scale your real estate practice using AI-powered tools – without putting your DRE license at risk
    • A multi-sensory powerhouse – including actor-packed scenarios, online reading, cutting edge production, dynamic audio and more
  • Exclusively for firsttuesday Students
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