John A. Yoegel

Taking a state real estate exam is necessary for becoming a licensed real estate agent. Every state requires real estate agents to have a license — and to take and pass a state examination to get that license. You need to cover a lot of ground in preparation for the test, but your efforts are well rewarded by a fun, exciting career.

Licenses for real estate brokers and salespersons are granted by each state. Every state has its own laws governing real estate procedures, practices, and license law. This article gives you a list of issues (in alphabetical order) that you need to find out about in your own state before you take the real estate exam.

Among some other math questions on the Real Estate License Exam, you will be expected to find the assessed property value. The word assessed really means to assign or give a value to something. The assessed value is not necessarily the actual dollar value of the property. A municipality may, for example, assess property at 50 percent of its market value.

Real estate agents can work in a number of places after passing the Real Estate License Exam. In some cases real estate training can provide good background for jobs that may not require a real estate license. Independent brokerages and national franchises The vast majority of real estate agents are employed as salespersons working for independent brokers.

The Real Estate License Exam will expect you to have a basic grasp on real estate professions. You’d think that simply knowing what the main players do in a real estate business is pretty obvious, but because of the terminology they share, the distinctions between the players gets a little muddled. Here are quick descriptions of players in the real estate game.

Prepare for your real estate license exam by studying the precise meanings of words used for property that's conveyed or transferred voluntarily — through a number of means. Property can also be lost involuntarily through the forces of nature, law, or the government. And finally — in fact, very finally — property is usually transferred after you die.

The rectangular survey system, often referred to as the government survey system, is based on a system of lines that form rectangles and squares throughout the United States.The first sets of lines respectively are called principal meridians, which run north and south, and baselines, which run east and west. The principal meridians and baselines are based respectively on lines of longitude and latitude.

Every teacher with whom you’ve ever taken a class has told you that the way to successfully pass an examination is to prepare for it. Maybe that’s all they said, leaving you hanging, or maybe they gave you a few hints. But here's a detailed plan for getting ready to take the exam. The plan is based on steps characterized by the letters in the acronym PREPARE.

Prepare to review some of the math associated with mortgages. In these calculations, one important term to know is amortized loan, which means that each payment on the mortgage is a combination of principal and interest so that at the end of the mortgage term you have nothing left to pay.How necessary is having a financial calculator for real estate work or for the state exam?