Free Real Estate Practice Exam + 7 Hacks to Help You Ace Your Licensing Test

As a senior instructor at a major test preparation company, I learned all the secrets critical to success on the most challenging standardized tests—strategies you can use to practice and boost your score on your state’s real estate licensing exam.

Standardized tests can turn the coolest customer into a sweaty-palmed wreck, glancing nervously at the clock every few minutes with a No. 2 pencil clamped in between their teeth. But I’m here to help! In this article, we’ve partnered with RealEstateU to provide a free real estate practice exam, recommendations for taking your exam prep to the next level, and sever expert secrets you can use to level up your exam-taking strategy.

What to Know About Real Estate Exams

We don’t want to scare you, but the real estate exam is notoriously challenging and has very low pass rates in many states. Texas, for example, has one of the toughest exams, with an average pass rate of 58%. North Carolina’s pass rate is even lower, at 49%. Here are some quick facts about the exam:

• The exam is made up of a state portion and a national portion. South Carolina, for example, has 40 questions in the state part and the national part is composed of 80 questions.
• Most exams have between 120 and 150 total questions. Vermont has the fewest (100 questions) and Oregon has the most (200 questions).
• The time allotted depends on the state, but is usually three to five hours. South Dakota is an outlier, allowing seven hours, while states like Virginia and New York only allow 1.5 hours.
• The exams are pass/fail. No extra points for scoring well. However, some real estate commissions will allow you to pass the state and national portions separately, so that if you do fail one, you only need to retake that half.
• To pass, you’ll need to have answered somewhere between 70% and 80% correct, depending on the state.
• You’re usually allowed to bring a basic-function calculator into the testing room, and may be provided scratch paper and a pencil.
• Most exams are proctored, conducted on a computer in a state-approved testing facility.
• Taking multiple practice exams is one of the absolute best ways to prepare for the exam.

For more information on your specific state and its requirements, go to our guide on how to get a real estate license, or refer to our article on real estate exam tips. You can also look for an article on your specific state in the search bar in the upper right-hand corner of our site.

Take RealEstateU’s Free Real Estate Practice Exam

RealEstateU is a real estate education provider in 14 states, including Texas, California, Florida, and New York, with plans to expand to the rest of the country very soon. In fact, it is one of our top picks for online real estate education because it’s a budget-friendly option that is shaking up the industry with streamlined courses and career-building resources.

We partnered with RealEstateU because they are developing a new real estate exam prep program that could really change the game, and we got a little peek behind the curtain.

Essentially, real estate exams across the country are administered by two different providers (Pearson VUE and PSI), while the curriculum is developed by each individual state. This can create a lot of confusion, poor test scores, and time wasted studying the wrong things. RealEstateU is attempting something different by teaching to each state’s test. They want to ensure that you’re exposed to all of the necessary content, but that you focus on the information that you’re definitely going to be tested on.

Try your hand at this mini practice quiz below and then download their 100-question practice exam (for the national portion of the test) and see how prepared you are for the exam.