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Section 1National/general real estatePreview
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Summary

National quick review: prioritize Contracts, Agency, Practice, Property Ownership, and Financing. Master the core definitions, transaction sequence, federal-law purposes, and the standard calculation formulas; the national exam rewards precise distinctions more than broad real-estate vocabulary.

Key Points

  • EXAM WEIGHT: National portion = 80 scored items, 120 minutes, 70% passing. Contracts 19%, Agency 13%, Practice 12%, Property Ownership 10%, Financing 10%, Valuation 8%, Disclosures 7%, Calculations 7%, Title 6%, Land Use 5%, Property Management 3%.

Common Mistakes

  • Treating every attached item as a fixture and forgetting trade fixtures.

Exam Tips

  • Prioritize Contracts (19%), Agency (13%), and Practice (12%): together they are 44% of the national scored outline.
Section 2Ohio licensing and regulatory authorityPreview
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Summary

Ohio governance/licensing quick review: memorize the Commission structure, complaint/investigation clocks, recovery-fund concept, salesperson eligibility, 100-hour prelicense program, 20-hour post-license deadline, recurring CE, and the 30-day versus 15-day reporting rules.

Key Points

  • STATE OUTLINE: Governance 4 items + Licensing 6 items = 10 of the 40 scored state questions.

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing Commission membership with exam item counts.

Exam Tips

  • Memorize 5–10–20 business days for the complaint/mediation sequence.
Section 3Ohio brokerage, agency and transactionsPreview
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Summary

Ohio brokerage/agency quick review: this is the highest-yield state material. Know controlled-ad prominence and web/team rules, trust and current 2026 earnest-money handling, unlicensed-assistant limits, three-year records, and the separate timing/content rules for agency agreements, brokerage policy, agency disclosure, dual agency, fiduciary duties, offer presentation, compensation, and continuing confidentiality.

Key Points

  • STATE OUTLINE: License Law & Rules = 16 items; Brokerage Relationships/Agency Law = 14 items. Together = 30 of 40 state scored questions.

Common Mistakes

  • Making the salesperson's name bigger than the brokerage name in a controlled ad.

Exam Tips

  • State section is dominated by this material: 30 of 40 questions come from License Law/Rules + Agency Law.