Real Estate License Exams for Dummies: Second Edition 2nd Edition by John A. Yoegel (PDF)

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Your ticket to passing the real estate license examAs the housing market begins to recover, jobs are becoming available in the real estate sector and hard-working, competitive people are taking them. Real Estate License Exams For Dummies gives you the information you need to pass the exam and join the ranks as a professional real estate agent.In order to become a real estate agent, you must pass the real estate licensing exam. This fully updated and revised edition of Real Estate License Exams For Dummies provides the latest and most up-to-date information on contracts, deeds, appraisals, leasing, and mortgage types, as well as new real estate law for all 50 states.Includes four practice tests with detailed answer keys that explain the concepts behind each answerOffers proven test-taking strategies and study techniquesSubject reviews cover all real estate exam test topics, plus sample practice questions throughoutIf you’re looking to start a career in real estate, turn to the trusted guidance and test-prep help in Real Estate License Exams For Dummies.

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Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Learn to:Feel confident in every area of the testTest your skills with four practice tests with detailed answer keysPass the real estate licensing examYour ticket to passing the real estate license examReal Estate License Exams For Dummies gives you the information you need to pass the exam and join the ranks as a real estate professional. Fully updated and revised, this hands-on, friendly guide gives you the most up-to-date information on contracts, deeds, appraisals, leasing, and mortgage types, as well as new real estate law for all 50 states.Sold! — find out who’s who in the real estate business, what they do, how they get paid, and the wealth of job opportunities in real estateOwn it — get the lowdown on owning and transferring real estate, from estates and interests to deeds and closing — and everything in betweenThe paper trail — understand everything you need to know about contracts, leasing property, and environmental government regulations and issuesCha-ching! — discover the ins and outs of property appraisals, mortgages, real estate assessment and taxes, and real estate investmentsPractice makes perfect — take four practice exams, complete with answers and explanationsOpen the book and find:Successful study and test-taking techniquesMaterial that is focused on the exam rather than general real estate practiceExplanations and examples of material you’ll encounter in the classroomPractice questions at the end of each chapter that help you pinpoint where you need more studyFour full-length practice examsTips to help you succeed on exam day About the Author John A. Yoegel, PhD, DREI, a certified Real Estate instructor and member of the Real Estate Educators Association, teaches a variety of real estate pre-licensing and continuing education courses.

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⭐Great supplemental book to read in addition to your real estate course.Let me first start off stating that I and my best friend both purchased an online course for a real estate course on Groupon.The course itself was terrible and did not go into details key concepts and real estate definitions one would need to know to pass the state exam.This book was very thorough in all aspects. Please note however it does not go into detail on specific state laws, you would have to research that yourself. This book gives you the much needed fundamentals of real estate, policies procedures, etc.The read is clear and concise, an easy read. After each chapter you are given a mini quiz and it gives you a detailed explaination on the correct answer. Also, at the end of the book you have a real estate math sections and 3 practice tests with details answers.I recommend reading this book first before taking your actual course and then re-reading it after your course to get a thorough grasp of the concepts. And also recommend to keep retaking the practice tests.I passed my state exam but it was extremely hard. I had 157 questions, maybe 15 of the questions were similar questions from all my course notes, the book, online research, and various practice tests that I got from other people.To answer the rest of the questions on the state exam you really need to apply these real estates concepts and select the best answer of the multiple choice…and the only way you will pass realistically is by understanding these concepts. The questions can be tricky so be sure to reread each questions and understand exactly what they are asking. Using the process of elimination you can often narrow down the answers to two possible answer, but then you would need to select the best answer of the two.I took the GA state exam and I did get several questions on types of loans like loan assumptions, questions on calculating transfer tax and intangibles tax…which this book helped me to understand.Good luck!!

⭐I have conflicted feelings about this book. I bought it as a way to get my feet wet before I took my Georgia RE Pre-License class. I had heard from several real estate friends that I should expect to fail my state license the first time I took it. Being the good student that I had been in grade school and college, I didn’t want that, so I decided not to enter into my class “cold turkey.” I feel that this book did succeed in providing me with a basic foundation of what I’ll need to know for my state license test.As many other reviewers have pointed out, this book covers a national look at real estate and state specific items must be researched elsewhere. That didn’t bother me so much as Dr. Yoehel’s “teaching style.” I felt that the chapters were linear and straight forward, with the chapter review quizzes helpful. Dr. Yoehel’s testing method was very much the “mad professor” though. I failed all four of the practice tests at the back of the book, scoring anywhere from a 63-68%. This shocked me quite a bit. I am a good student. I spent 6 months combing through the book, reading it cover to cover and making 800+ note cards to study. All but half a dozen of the test questions are trick questions and questions with two right answers, one just being “more right” than the other. I have not taken my license test yet (I will next month after my class), and from what I have heard there are a few trick questions on the state test. However, I found Dr. Yoehel’s testing method debilitating; rather than building me up, he beat me down. A good teacher builds his/her students up, not breaks them down. So many of the test questions had NEVER been covered in the previous sections (example test 4 #96 was a math question he’d never gone over and didn’t even use any of the formulas he’d taught in the book). This type of testing was discouraging, and now I am going into my pre-license class feeling worse than before. My husband, bless him, gave me a great positive attitude to look at the situation – that I know 63% more information going into my class than those other folks going in “cold turkey.” Yeah, my husband rocks. As for Dr. Yoehel, I found myself flipping back and forth constantly, trying to find out where he’d mentioned some of this extra stuff and not really finding it. Frustrating. I get he’s trying to challenge his reader with hard questions, but I think he went too far. I deducted a star for that from this review.The second star I dropped as an author myself. The number of typographical errors, especially in the practice test pages is inexcusable. It’s like the editor gave up on that part due to lack of knowledge, to correct the errors with all the anagrams and such. The errors get more frequent the closer to the end of the book. Some examples: 1) pg. 349 test 3, question 99 had two “B” answers, 2) pg. 367, test 4, question 30 “The “cat” that I must paint my house white” “cat” was probably not the right word intended by the author 3) pg 371, test 4, questions 75 and 76, the answers are switched on pg 382 4) and the most inexcusable an incorrect answer entirely pg 365, test 4, question 18 – states that the answer on pg 377 is (A) that “Riparian rights involve large bodies of water like lakes” WRONG! Back in Chapter 6 pg 84 Dr. Yoegel clearly states that “Riparian Rights are the rights of property owners who own land abutting rivers and streams.” The correct answer to #18 is (B) riparian rights. Finding an incorrect answer that directly contradicts what the author taught shatters my confidence in his testing ability. It makes me think I might not have missed quite as many questions as I originally had thought. Another review star deducted. I see that a new edition of this book came out this past April. Buy that instead. Hopefully, it corrects some of the blatant typographical errors in this 2013 edition.In conclusion, I am glad I read this book. I would do it again. Great practice. I hope my pre-license teacher will help out a more visual learner like me in the classroom. I’ll update this review after I take my GA state test to let you know if I passed.

⭐I got this book to supplement my online course for the real estate sales person license. Honestly, I’m a big fan of the “Dummies” books, but this one did not really help me. There was one formula trick that helped, but otherwise, the writing was just as ponderous as what was in my course. More importantly, I found several typos in the tests in the back, and there were several answers that didn’t make sense and may have been incorrect. As a result, I was a nervous wreck after taking all the practice exams and I was sure I would fail. I went back to the Exam Pro that was part of my course, and I studied that, as well. When I took the test, the questions were not like either my online program or this book, and while I did pass (YAY!), I can’t say this book was a great help. So my advice to you if you are planning on becoming a realtor . . . pay attention in your class, learn the concepts, practice your test taking strategies, and utilize the practice tests. This book alone probably won’t get you where you need to be.

⭐This book was okay. I purchased this and also the Barron’s Real Estate Exam Prep book and I definitely prefered the Barron’s book over this one. The price was great though and it was delivered promptly.

⭐Not state specific, can get a bit confusing because it is designed to be so generic. But it did help me with some basic principals. Using it in conjunction with my real estate class and its required textbook I passed my real estate exam in NC.

⭐So-so, decent information, but I learned more from my online course and from watching lessons from The Prep Agent on YouTube. I passed my exam on the first try using the course and the Prep Agent lessons.

⭐Good for America school and not here

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