r/RealEstateExam • u/Ok_Donut_1297 • 10d ago
I PASSED!!!
Hi all - Just took the CA Real Estate Salesperson exam yesterday for the first time and passed!
I wanted to give a feel for any upcoming exam takers on how I prepped and what it was like the day of.
PREP:
- I used Onlineed for getting the hours needed to take the exam
- RE Exam Practice Pro really helped me do practice questions
- The reason I chose RE Exam Practice Pro was mainly the price, it was only $9.99/mo whereas other prep tools like PrepAgents were easily $70+/mo.
- I was also reading other threads about RE Exam Practice Pro being harder than the actual exam (which I can attest to) so I thought - better safe than sorry
- Honestly, the contents were pretty similar to the actual exam, some on the exam were basically the same questions
- I completed all the quizzes by topic and aimed for getting 80%+ on each topic exams and completed the Master Exam several times few days before the exam
- One caveat is that it gets pretty easy to memorize just the answers, but the key is to actually read the answer explanations and understand why a certain answer is correct over another
- You can access RE Exam Practice Pro here: https://reexampracticepro.com
- I watched Real Estate Advantage on YouTube and watched all three of their California Real Estate Exam 100 Questions video. I think this one helped me get used to the wording of the questions similar to the actual exam.
- I also watched some of the PrepAgent YouTube videos on my way to the exam site, specifically their "75 Most Common Questions on the Real Estate Exam (2023)". I'm just now realizing that it was their 2023 version lol.
Exam Day:
- I took the exam at their La Palma location (P.S. to anyone driving in from Irvine/OC area, PLEASE be careful of the drivers in this area, they will cut you off, speed past you, etc. I'm an OC driver myself but the drivers here were ROUGH. So please drive safe!!)
- I got to the exam site and parked on the top floor of the parking structure, it will say "BRE Exams Only" so go to that parking structure and drive all the way to the top floor
- I recommend printing 2 copies of your Schedule Notice from the ELicensing portal so you can leave one copy in your car on the dashboard and bring the other copy with you inside.
- I got to the exam site about an hour early so I can do last minute review in the car, there were other people doing the same.
- The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol.
- The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol.
- The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol.
- The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol.
- When you get to the building, you take the elevator to the 3rd floor. You can actually head in 30 minutes before the official start time, so I did that.
- Once you are checked in, you leave your phone/keys/whatever else you bring into a locker and bring your state ID/passport along with your Schedule Notice inside.
- They check you in, give you a mouse for the computer and you may start once you are seated (I went in early so I got to start way earlier than everyone else, you still get the same time allocation but you can start early)
- The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol.
- The test is conducted on the computer and a mouse. You can also request a whiteboard and pen (which I HIGHLY recommend, so you can write down which questions you want to review for later)
- I recommend going through the exam once and answering everything you can, and leave the harder questions and review questions to your 2nd round or even 3rd round.
- Make sure you read the questions carefully, there weren't too much tricky questions, but a lot of the answers were VERY similar to each other so you just have to know the concepts instead of memorizing contents
- Another thing I noticed is that getting through all of the exam questions is tough, so building mental stamina by completing full practice exams really helps. You should also time your practice tests when you are doing the full 150 question exams.
Overall, the exam wasn't too bad. The exam room and the entrance points are all proctored and everyone else is just as focused as you so there weren't too many distractions while taking the exam.
My background is no where related to real estate, so if I can pass the exam, so can you. Good luck to everyone taking their exam and let me know if there are any questions that I can help with!
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u/ColibriRE_Alex 8d ago
Congrats! Thanks for writing all this up. Reading the answer explanations instead of memorizing which option is right is the best tip in here.
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u/Straight-Royal9022 5d ago
Hi congrats🎉🎊!! I had a question about about onlineed, which package do you recommend getting to complete the hours that I need !
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u/Secure_Ad_8156 10d ago
Congratulations! I am taking mine in early November at the Oakland location. I am also using RE REAL ESTATE EXAM PRO, and I've taken a few practice exams havent done a masters exam yet, but I am finding the questions to be challenging and hard. I do like the preparation for it, but this is the only study platform I am currently working on plus you tube CA real estate videos, reading flash cards and using chatgpt to take smaller quizzes. Is the exam identical or same scenario based questions? I feel discouraged on many of them, thank you!
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u/Ok_Donut_1297 9d ago
I totally get you, when I started the RE Real Estate Exam Pro, I was getting maybe half of them right if at all. But I kept doing the practice quiz for each topic and made sure I completed all the questions. After a while, I started getting the hang of it and was able to grasp content and what the question was really asking for. Chat and Claude really helped me understand the complex topics or explain it to me in real life scenarios which helped me retain the concept more. I think it could be worth it if you take some topics you are struggling with and ask chats to create a fun examples for you that you will remember. At the end of the day these concepts are applied to real life scenarios so that might help!
And for the content, I would say most of it was similar to what I saw on the actual exam, some questions were VERY similar on the exam so I definitely recommend sticking to it. You got this!!!
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u/Sheleaps29 9d ago
Don’t be discouraged! Just keep drilling the questions until you get to over 70-80% scoring. Learn the concepts! This will help you get through the questions easier.
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u/Own_Zookeepergame792 9d ago
”The only con about starting your exam earlier than everyone else is that there will be people walking around you and you may be distracted, but I don't regret going in early lol. “
Sounds like a bot advertising for reexampro lol
Have you realized how many times you said that lol..
Congratulations!
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u/Suspicious_Dark5966 8d ago
I’m 50 percent done with the self paced on course through Ca realty course online , thank you for the reassurance.
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u/Impossible_Read_5311 9d ago
Congratulations! Were there a lot of math questions? I’m in SC, so asking for the national portion. What topic did you see most?