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Thursday, March 22, 2018

North Carolina Real Estate Exam Pass Fail Statistics for February 2018

     The North Carolina Real Estate Commission released the pass fail statistics for February 2018 today.

     In February, three hundred and eighty nine real estate license applicants paid $164 to attempt the North Carolina real estate exam for the first time.  The North Carolina real estate exam is 140 questions.  One hundred of the questions are the national portion.  Forty of the questions are the North Carolina portion.  If you don't answer 72 of the 100  questions on the national portion and 29 of the 40 questions on the state portion correctly, you will fail.  You do not want to go back.  You want to pass the first time.  In February, two hundred and twenty seven of the test takers passed both portions.  One hundred and sixty one of these real estate license applicants will be paying $164 to try again.  That is a 58% pass rate.  This North Carolina real estate test is no joke.  It is tough. www.ncrec.gov

     One hundred and sixty four dollars is considered a lot of money at my house.

     I can understand how a real estate test applicant might fail the first time.  Maybe their real estate instructor did not tell them that the North Carolina real estate exam is TOUGH.  Maybe no one told them about the "tricky" questions on the North Carolina real estate exam.   Read this: http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2017/12/what-about-those-trick-questions-on.html

     Maybe no one told him about my practice test at www.ncreexam.com .  My practice test will tell you if you are ready for the North Carolina real estate exam.  My practice test also has a video
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explanation of the answers.  It is worth the ten bucks.  If you are on a tight budget, I have a free test at
http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2015/04/real-estate-practice-exam-for-north.html   If you are on a really tight budget, study like you intend to make 100% on the North Carolina real estate test.  It costs $164 every time you take it.

     Maybe no one told those repeat test takers about my FREE You Tube videos that show you how to do any math that you may encounter on the North Carolina real estate exam.  The exam is ten per cent math.  If you can not amortize a mortgage when given the balance and interest rate and monthly payment factor, when would be a good time to learn?  You could learn this before you go take the state exam.  You could wait until after you have done your $164 practice run and you are absolutely certain that it is one of the questions on the test.  If you can not determine how much is the before tax cash flow on a ten unit building given vacancy rate and expenses and debt service and rent, when would be a good time to learn?  Watch one.  There are thirty.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdJ-2iHepM&t=52s  If you fail by one point, it costs $164 to take the test again.

     Maybe no one told these 161 unsuccessful test takers that staying in touch with your classmates in a very good idea.

     What about those repeat test takers?  How did they do last month?  In February, one hundred and fifty seven real estate license applicants paid the North Carolina Real Estate Commission $164 to try the comprehensive test again.  Twenty seven of them passed.  That is a 17% pass rate.  Forty eight repeat test takers paid $164 to take only the national portion of the exam again. Twenty six of them passed.  That is 54%.  Twenty two of those repeaters will be repeaters again.   Two hundred and ten repeaters paid $164 to take the North Carolina only portion of the exam.  One hundred and twenty one passed.  That is a 58% pass rate.

     I can understand how a first time test taker could underestimate the North Carolina real estate exam, especially if that first timer had not been warned by his real estate instructor or by reading an article such as this.  I can understand the first timer.  How can anyone that is paying $164 to try again, underestimate the North Carolina real estate exam?  A repeater has been there.  A repeat test taker has already seen the questions.  Questions like, " Which of the following groups are protected by the Fair Housing Act?"  Please put the correct answer in the comments.

A. race, color, religion. gender, national origin, familial status, handicap
B. race, color, religion, sex, creed, national origin, familial status
C. race, religion, sexual orientation,  color, national origin, familial status, handicap
D.  race, color, religion, age, sex, martial status, handicap

     How can a repeat test taker see that question on their own North Carolina real estate exam and return for another $164 chance without looking up the answer in the book or calling a classmate or calling their instructor to be certain that if I get that one again, I will be ready?  If you have not read my article, "What To Do When You Fail The North Carolina Real Estate Exam in Asheville" .  Here is a link .  If you are soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam, read it.  http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2017/11/what-to-do-when-you-fail-north-carolina.html

     There is so much help on the internet.  There is no excuse for failing the North Carolina real estate exam twice.  You can not blame your school or your instructor, or spouse, or boss, or the N.C.R.E.C.

     I offer my students books and CDs and practice tests and videos and good luck charms.  Most of my students do not take advantage of even the free stuff.  I suggest to my students that they share study aids that they discover on the internet with their classmates.  I suggest to all of my students that they get contact info from all of their classmates and stay in touch.. There is so many ways that making passing a group effort is a very good thing.  Several students can get together and buy some expensive study aid and split the cost or even hire a tutor and split the cost several  ways.  Find out when your class mate is taking the state exam.  Call him up and congratulate him on passing.  OH how embarrassing! He did not pass.  You can invite him to your study group that is meeting tomorrow night.  I think their presence would be mutually beneficial to everyone.

     Quit studying like you want to baaaaarely pass the exam.  Start studying like you intend to get your picture put on the cover of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission's "Bulletin"  when you make 100% on the state exam.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Help Passing The North Carolina Real Estate Exam In Asheville

     Is the North Carolina real estate exam hard?  The North Carolina real estate exam is 140 multiple choice questions.  One hundred of the questions are what the test makers call "general " questions.  Forty of the questions are "North Carolina" questions.  To pass, a real estate test applicant has to get 71 of the 100 "general" questions correct and 29 of the 40 "North Carolina"   questions correct.

     Last month, the pass rate for the exam was fifty nine per cent.  That means if 100 people took the exam, fifty nine passed.  Forty one exam applicants will be paying $164 to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to try again.  I think it is important to pass the first time.
First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, North Carolina

     Does it matter what real estate school you attend?  It is the instructor that matters.  Some are good.  Some are not so good.  How can you know if an instructor does a good job?  Read the real estate instructor's reviews on Facebook and Google.  Watch the videos that the instructor has posted on You Tube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HbEwoiVBMY&t=70s

     How long is the real estate broker's course in North Carolina?  The North Carolina Real Estate Commission requires the real estate broker's class to be seventy five hours long.  There is a lot of material to be learned.  You need to read the textbook.  You need to study outside the classroom.   You need to expose yourself to practice exams through out the course.  You need to get together with your class mates and study together. Here is a short example of why. http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2017/12/what-about-those-trick-questions-on.html   Creating study groups is a wonderful helpful way to increase your learning effort.

     After you pass your real estate school exam at First Real Estate School www.firstrealestateschool.com , you have to pass a 140 question exam given by AMP, a testing service contracted by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  This is the exam with the 59% pass rate. http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2017/12/pass-fail-statistics-for-north-carolina.html .

     Can I take the North Carolina real estate broker course online?  The North Carolina Real Estate Commission believes that real estate can not be learned on line.  You need to attend a brick and mortar real estate school with a live instructor licensed by the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.  If you disagree with that opinion, feel free to contact them at www.ncrec.gov .  I am certain they would love to hear from you.

     There are lots of study aids available online to help real estate students  pass their real estate course. Here is a word of caution.  If the "practice test" or "cram course" online is NOT from a North Carolina real estate school, be suspicious.   It likely has wrong information or useless information.  First Real Estate School in Hendersonville has a couple of practice exams that will help anyone that is soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam.  The free one is at http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2015/04/real-estate-practice-exam-for-north.html   and the ten dollar one is at www.ncreexam.com   Check those out if you are soon taking the test.

     Is the math on the North Carolina real estate exam difficult?  Also posted online is my free You Tube real estate math videos to help anyone that is planning on passing the real estate test the first time.  The test is fifteen per cent math.  Many real estate instructors teach the math rather rapidly.  I have posted any math that you need to know on You Tube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdJ-2iHepM&t=80s   It is hard to pass the North Carolina real estate exam if you cannot do the math.  The cool thing about having it on You Tube is you don't have to raise your hand in class and ask questions.  Just hit rewind.  Any math that is on the exam, I have posted on You Tube.

     Can I earn an extraordinary income selling real estate?  The answer to that is a very loud YES!   The real estate industry is full of people that spent twenty years earning a mediocre income.  Then they went to real estate school, got their real estate license , doubled their income and never looked back. 

     Almost all real estate is sold on commission.  If you want to earn $50,000 per year, you can do that in real estate.  If you want to earn $250,000 per year, you can do that as well.  How hard you work depends on how hard you want to work.  It is not the same answer for everyone.  The opportunity is there for anyone.

     If First Real Estate School in Hendersonville can help you start a new career, contact us at 828 440 1064. 

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Pass Fail Ratio for The North Carolina Real Estate Exam for April 2017

     Six hundred and seventy five real estate license applicants paid to take the North Carolina real estate exam in April.  Four hundred and twenty eight of those real estate license applicants passed the North Carolina real estate exam.  That is a sixty three per cent pass rate.  That is the best pass rate that the North Carolina Real Estate Commission has reported in twelve months.

     When an applicant takes the North Carolina real estate exam, it comes in two parts.  There is the national section where they test you on things like sections and ranges and townships that we don't use in North Carolina.  There is the North Carolina section where they test you on things like the Conner Act that is unique to North Carolina.
 First Real Estate School in Hendersonville, North Carolina

     An applicant has to pass both parts of the North Carolina real estate exam or pay $92 to take it again.  That $92 is going to $164 July first 2017.

     If a real estate license applicant does have to take the North Carolina real estate exam again, their pass ratio is 22%.  That is:  One thousand nine hundred and fifty four people took the North Carolina real estate exam in April for the second or third or fourth or fifth time.  Four hundred and fifty three passed.  That is 22%.  They all paid $92 to be there.  One thousand five hundred and one of those repeat test takers will be back paying this fee to the testing company to take the North Carolina real estate exam again.   www.northcarolinaexamreview.com

     Would you like to hear some good news?  In the last twelve months, this 63% pass rate is the best pass rate for the North Carolina real estate exam for twelve months.

     If you are soon taking the the North Carolina real estate exam, over study.  Study all the time.  Do not underestimate this exam.  Study your textbook.  Read your textbook.  Do the questions in your textbook.  Listen to your instructor in class.  Some people expect their instructor to be the most interesting man in the world.  It is very difficult to make the three kinds of deeds as interesting as Facebook.  There is nothing on the exam about your Facebook page.  Work at listening to your instructor.  When you are in class, quit daydreaming.  Pay attention.

     Read "Real Estate Licensing in North Carolina".  This little free booklet tells you exactly what is on the North Carolina real estate exam.  Here is a link to a video to better explain that.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZFPZGo_DJ4&t=427s   and tell you how to get this booklet for free from the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.

     Watch my free You Tube videos if you need any help with the math that is on the North Carolina real estate exam.  There is no math on the North Carolina real estate exam that I don't explain in one of my videos. Here is a link to one of the videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3TtXSnMx9s  The North Carolina real estate exam is 15% math.  If you are planning on passing the North Carolina real estate exam without being able to do the math, you better plan on paying $92 to take the exam again.

     Invite several of your classmates over to join you watching math videos.  That will be fun and beneficial.  Studying together is good.

     If you think you are ready for the exam, take my free practice test right here on this blog.  Take this test a couple of days before your real test.  If you don't pass my practice test, KEEP STUDYING.

     Please do not underestimate the North Carolina real estate exam.  It is not easy.  It is expensive to fail.  If you are anywhere near Hendersonville, North Carolina, First Real Estate School would love to have you as a student.  Contact me at www.firstrealestateschool.com