The North Carolina State Only Exam for Out of State Real Estate Licensees

     If a real estate licensee from another state wants to get a North Carolina real estate license, the North Carolina Real Estate Commission has a special program for these people.  This out of state Realtor does not have to attend the seventy five hour real estate class at First Real Estate School in Hendersonville that most real estate license applicants are required to pass.

     These out of state real estate applicants do not have to take the 140 question exam that my students take.

The North Carolina real estate exam is not easy

     These out of state real estate licensees only have to pass a 40 question test testing their knowledge of North Carolina laws and customs.  Sounds simple.  It is simple.  The North Carolina Real Estate Commission tells you exactly what is on this forty question test on page 14 of their  booklet," Real Estate Licensing in North Carolina".  Here is a link if you want a free download.  www.ncrec.gov .

     The pass rate for this forty question exam is 22%.  That means if a hundred people took it, 22 passed and 78 will be paying $164 to take it again.  If you wonder if you can pass, try my practice exam at www.ncreexam.com .  Download the booklet from the North Carolina Real Estate Commission first.  Study page 14.

     The number one mistake that out of state licensees make is to believe that what they already know is going to help them.  It won't.  You need to know North Carolina stuff.

     When real estate students from North Carolina go take the exam, there are 140 questions.  One hundred are from the "general" section and forty are from the "North Carolina" section.  That real estate license applicant has to pass both sections.  Many students pass the "general" section and fail the "North Carolina" section.  There is a good way to waste $164.

     That applicant will be going back to PSI and paying $164 to take the "North Carolina"  section again.  That applicant needs to check out my practice exam at www.ncreexam.com

     If you are anywhere near Hendersonville, North Carolina and need to get a real estate license contact First Real Estate School at www.firstrealestateschool.com  .

In Real Estate School in Hendersonville, Stay In Touch With Your Classmates

     The pass rate for the North Carolina real estate exam, last month, was 57%.  The exam is no joke.  It costs $164 to take it again.  We can all agree that one sitting is enough.  Read this article .  Your chances of passing on the first attempt will be better. 

     If you are soon to be or currently enrolled in real estate school anywhere in North Carolina, get in touch and stay in touch with your classmates.  Pass around a paper and get everyone's contact information.  Make 40 copies and share it with the class.  Why do I want you to do that?    The class that studies together, passes together.   Making passing the North Carolina real estate exam a team sport. 

     Form study groups.  Study together one night or two nights per week.  At Keller Williams Realty in Hendersonville, where I work, we often have a volunteer instructor get together unofficially with people that are soon to take the test.  Don't wait for someone else to organize this.  Organize it. 

     Often, one of my students will form a Facebook page just for this class.  At First Real Estate School, we have a Facebook page.  We encourage the students to use our page to communicate and get together to study. Let your classmates know that you want to get together outside of class and study together. 

     Ask your classmates to post links to study aids that find online.  Some are good.  Some are bad.  Some are free.  Some cost money.  When you find a good one, share it with your classmates.  Invite a few fellow students that are having math problems over and watch my free You Tube videos.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdJ-2iHepM&t=80s    There is no math on the North Carolina real estate exam that I do not have posted on You Tube. 

     If you are soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam, take my practice test first.  www.ncreexam.com   After you take the test, I go over the answers with an explanation on video.  Ask your classmates to post links to worthwhile study aids or warn us about bad study aids that they find online. 

     Make passing the school test and the North Carolina real estate exam a group effort.  After class in over, stay in touch with your classmates.  Post on Facebook and Twitter that you passed.  Tell us where you went to work.  Send a group email to let us know that you passed the state exam.  Congratulate your peers when they pass.  Ask your newly licensed classmates if they encountered any strange material that the instructor did not cover like who is the new leader of the CFPB.  They would not ask that on the state exam.  Would they?  No they would not but they may ask what is the CFPB.  If you know the answer, please leave it in the comments. 

Stay in touch with your real estate school classmates

     Let your peers know where you chose to work and why.

     At First Real Estate School www.firstrealestateschool.com in Hendersonville, I make an effort to let my students know that they would be welcome to join me at Keller Williams Mountain Partners in Hendersonville.  Many of them do.  An equal amount find that it is not a good fit for them.  That is OK. 

Encourage your classmates.  Contact them and offer them help.  Contact your classmates if you need help.  This is no time to be proud or shy.  Nine out of ten of your classmates will
be happy to help you,  We learn best what we teach.  When you help someone understand mortgage amortization , you usually end up understanding it better yourself. 

     You are familiar with car pooling.  That is when four of us get in our neighborhood in  one car and go to school.  It saves everyone a little bit of money.  It is usually more fun than riding in alone.  You can "car pool"  expensive study aids.  One of my students bought a one hundred dollar course state exam review class on line.  He invited three of his classmates over to watch it on his computer .  Each of the three gave him $25.  That is a WIN WIN .  You could do the same thing with a CD audio program.  We sell a CD audio program at First Real Estate School to help the students pass the first time.  There are nine Cds.  Often two students will share the expense.  One students takes half of the  CDs and the other students takes half.  They trade throughout class.  Car pooling works. 

     Forty students could get together and make 400 flashcards.  One student makes ten flashcards on deeds.  One student makes ten flashcards on mortgages.  One student makes ten flashcards on agency.  Very quickly , we have 40 sets of flashcards.  Every one passes. 

     Get together with your classmates.  Make passing a group activity.  Do not wait for a leader to show up.  Be a leader. 

   

What To Do When You Fail The North Carolina Real Estate Exam in Asheville

     If you have recently failed the North Carolina real estate exam, you are in good company.  Forty six per cent of the real estate license applicants that took the North Carolina real estate exam last month failed. http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2017/11/pass-fail-statistics-for-north-carolina.html

     Here is the part that I do not understand.  Why don't these applicants that fail the exam ask for help?  It costs $164 to take the exam for the second time.  There are 140 questions on  the North Carolina real estate exam in Asheville.  You have to answer 35 or more questions incorrectly in order to fail.  Do you suppose that, when you come back with your $164 re entry pass, you may see the same questions again? 

Read this if you might fail the North Carolina real estate exam

     That makes sense to me.  If that is true and it is true, may I suggest something that may help you pass the second time.  FYI it costs $164 the third time also.

     Before you leave your car in the parking lot of the exam site, put a legal pad or recorder on the seat of your car.  When you return with a failure notice in your hand, start writing down or recording questions that you saw but did not know the answer to.

     If you saw a question that said, "How many members are on the North Carolina Real Estate Commission?", you know that there are nine members so you do not need to write that down.  On the other hand, maybe you should write it down .  Check your notes and be certain that nine is the right answer. Also, you saw another question that said," How many members of the N.C.R.E.C. must be real estate brokers?".  You remember the question but you did not know the answer.  Do you want to go back to take the exam again at $164 per opportunity without knowing the answer to this question?  Would it make sense to write that question down?  Be certain that you know the answer when you go back.  That certainly makes sense to me.

     If I missed 35 questions on my exam, I believe that I would be able to remember most of the ones that I did not know.  Write them down before you leave the parking lot of the exam site.  Get the answers to those questions.  How can you get the answer?  I can think of several ways.  Call me.  I will tell you the answer.  Call your classmates.  I assume that you have the contact information of your classmates.  Call one of them and ask her, "How many members of the N.C.R.E.C. must be real estate brokers?".  "Why do you ask?"  your classmate replies.  "Oh. I was just curious."  you say.  You would not want to discuss the North Carolina real estate exam with someone that is taking it tomorrow.  Would you?

Some how, some way you need to get the answers to these questions.  Your next North Carolina real estate exam will be very similar to your last one.  Before you leave the parking lot of the real estate  test center, take your text book.  Thumb through the table of contents and remind yourself:
There was a question about joint tenancy   

Itt is hard to overstudy for the North Carolina real estate exam

There was a question about TRID
There was a question about CFPB
There was a question about dual agency
There was a question about adjusted basis
There was a question about matched pair analysis

Get the answers to these questions before you go back.

     Who seemed to be the smartest student in your class?  I would surely want to have that person's phone number.  I would call that person and ask him,"What do we call that metal stuff that wraps around the chimney?". ( If you know the answer to this one, please leave it in the comments. )

     If there were real estate math questions on the test that you did not know how to do, I have them posted on You Tube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6P5FEpnxt0 

     If you need help with amortization of a mortgage , here it is   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6P5FEpnxt0
     If you need help with determining value of real estate with income approach, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb_E8ZA7k6A 
If you need help with cash flow analysis of an apartment building, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdJ-2iHepM&t=64s
If you need help with comparable market analysis, here it is   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4b78lDQtfE&t=14s
     If you need help determining the seller's net at closing, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHYf3DYhIU


     There is no math on the North Carolina real estate exam in Asheville that I do not have on You Tube.  It is free.  It is easy. Watch it .  The math is ten percent of the exam.  Before you go back with your $164 re entry ticket, take my practice exam at www.ncreexam.com   .  I have one for the general exam and I have one for the North Carolina only exam.

    If there is anything that we can do to help you get a North Carolina real estate license , contact me at www.firstrealestateschool.com   or 828 440 1064.

   

In Hendersonville, What To Do When You Graduate from Real Estate School

     You have done the hard part.  You have graduated from real estate school in Hendersonville, North Carolina.  Last month, only 59% of the real estate exam applicants passed the North Carolina real estate exam.  Read my previous article. 

     A career opportunity is calling to you.  Please come interview with us at Keller Williams Realty at 404 S. Main Street in Hendersonville. 

     You remember, in real estate class, we learned how to compute commissions.  The commission split between the company and the new rookie real estate broker is not the same everywhere.  At Keller Williams Realty, we pay an ambitious new real estate broker or an experienced veteran real estate broker the same way.  The new person starts at 70% of the commission that she generates.  This split goes to 100%.  Call me if you need more details.  My phone is 828 755 6996 . 

     A most important concern that a new real estate broker should have is about training.  Keller Williams Mountain Partners will train a new real estate broker better than than they can possibly get trained anywhere else. 

     We have a basic training class that we call "Ignite".  You will learn prospecting skills and presentation skills and personal skills.  You will learn how to do all the paper work and other work that it really takes to get a transaction from "Hello" to closing.  "Ignite" is extraordinary to say the least. 

It starts at First Real Estate School

     Keller Williams has a plethora of advanced training and technical training.  No industry has been changed more than real estate by technology.  I mentioned paper work in the previous paragraph.  We don't use paper anymore. We still call it paperwork.  The way real estate business is done is rapidly changing.  Methods that worked like a charm yesterday are obsolete today.  Technology training is essential and constant. 

     A pleasant work environment is a bonus at Keller Williams on Main Street in Hendersonville .  Our business philosophy is the wall paper in the lobby.  Win win permeates all of our relationships at Keller Williams.  Agents help each other.  Agents help buyers to find their dream home.  Agents help sellers to get on to the next house.  Hendersonville's Keller Williams office is a very nice place to work and start a new real estate career. 

     If you are a ambitious new real estate broker, we want to talk with you.  If you are an experienced veteran Realtor that is looking for a new home, we want to talk with you.  Call me at 828 755 6996.

     I am waiting for your call.  If you don't have a real estate license yet, we can help you with that.  www.firstrealestateschool.com   Also, Keller Williams will pay your tuition.  Watch this video for those details.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EpyxI_Gkg&t=49s  If you are looking for a great place to start or continue a real estate career, contact me.

Pass Fail Statistics for The North Carolina Real Estate Exam in October 2017

     How difficult is the North Carolina Real Estate exam?   In October of 2017,  six hundred and three real estate license applicants attempted this difficult exam. Three hundred and twenty seven passed.  That is a fifty four per cent pass rate.  Two hundred and seventy four real estate license applicants will be paying $164 to the North Carolina Real Estate Commission to try again.

     How do these repeat test takers fare?  In October, forty one test takers took the national portion of the North Carolina real estate exam for the second or third or fourth time.  Twenty six of these applicants passed.  Two hundred forty three real estate license applicants took the North Carolina portion of the real estate exam for the second or third or fifth time at $164 per attempt.  That is a 59% pass rate.  This test is not easy.  This test is not inexpensive.

     If you are soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam, study like there is a $164 prize if you make 100% .  Study like you want to make a 100%.  Most people study like they want to make a 75%.  If you barely passed your real estate school exam, you had better study a lot more for the North Carolina real estate exam.

     What can you do??  Let's start with the easy stuff.  You can watch my free real estate math videos on You Tube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdJ-2iHepM&t=23s   Real estate math is 15% of the North Carolina real estate exam.  If you can not do the math, that is a pretty big handicap.  There is no math on the North Carolina real estate exam that I do not have posted on You Tube.  There is really no excuse for NOT knowing how to do any problem that you encounter.  Do not expect to pass the North Carolina real estate exam if you can not do the math.  Watching my free You Tube videos is, by far, the easiest way to learn the math.  Invite you classmates over.  Cook some popcorn.  Watch math videos.

     Another thing that anyone can do to be certain that you pass your North Carolina real estate exam the first time is read your textbook.  You may have passed your real estate school test without reading your textbook about agency and deeds and contracts and fair housing.  You are unlikely to pass the North Carolina real estate exam without reading the textbook.  Have you answered all the questions in the back of the chapters?  If not, I suggest that you do before paying $164 to take the North Carolina real estate exam.

Pass your North Carolina real estate exam the FIRST time

     Did you buy the book," Guide to Passing the AMP Real Estate Exam" ?  It is published by Dearborn, the same people that publishes your textbook.  Will it help?  It has almost a thousand questions written in the same format that the North Carolina real estate exam questions are written in. Yes, it will help.  You can buy it from your instructor or you can find it it on my website at www.firstrealestateschool.com   If you did nothing but read the glossary of this book, it would help you pass the North Carolina real estate exam.  

     What else can you do to insure that you will pass the North Carolina real estate exam the first time?  Take my one hundred  question practice exam at www.ncreexam.com  .  This is, not only, a practice exam.  It has a video explanation of why the answers are the answers.  Check this out.  If you do not pass my practice exam, you will likely not pass the real thing. 

     Study.  Study.  Study.  Many people fail the North Carolina real estate exam by a  point or two.  Those people pay $164 to take the test again.  An equal amount of people probably pass by a point or two.  Those people are issued a real estate license and start a new career.  In which group do you want to be? 

    OH, I almost forgot.  In October, ninety three Realtors from other states attempted to get a North Carolina real estate license by taking a forty question North Carolina only test.  Thirty four of these applicants passed.  That is a 37% pass rate.  Almost all of these test takers mistakenly believed that what they knew from their home state would help them pass this exam.  If you want to know what is on this test, take my practice test at www.ncreexam.com for North Carolina only. 

     If you are anywhere near Hendersonville and interested in getting a real estate license , call me at 828 440 1064.  We teach pre license real estate courses and we teach post license classes. 

Real Estate School in Rutherfordton, North Carolina

If you want to get a real estate license in Forest City, North Carolina in Rutherfordton county, you will probably have to drive to another city. 

First Real Estate School www.firstrealestateschool.com in Hendersonville teaches the required pre license class that is necessary to get your North Carolina real estate license The tuition is $300.  The instructor is Ron Climer.  That is me.  I have over 100 videos posted on You Tube to help people that are soon taking the North Carolina real estate exam to pass it the first time.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZFPZGo_DJ4&t=307s   

First Real Estate School also teaches post license classes.  A new Realtor has to take a post license class every year for their first three years in business https://www.ncrec.gov/Education/PostFAQ  If you live anywhere near Hendersonville, First Real Estate School is a perfect place to take your required post license courses. 

Real Estate School in Rutherfordton , North Carolina

If you have already taken your pre license course but have not yet passed your North Carolina real estate exam, check out First Real Estate School's study aids on our website.  Also, check out our practice exam at www.ncreexam.com .  This has been a big help to many of our students. 

The pass rate for the North Carolina real estate exam is dismal.  http://rondclimer.blogspot.com/2016/08/pass-fail-statistics-for-north-carolina.html  If you are soon taking this difficult, expensive exam, take my practice test first. 

First Real Estate School would be delighted to help you with your pre license or post license class.  Call us at 828 440 1064. 

Pass Fail Statistics for The North Carolina Real Estate Exam for September 2017

Today, the North Carolina Real Estate Commission released the pass fail results for the September real estate exam.  Four hundred thirty three real estate license  applicants  paid to take the North Carolina real estate exam in September.  All of these applicants have graduated from a North Carolina real estate school.  Two hundred fifty of these applicants passed.  That is a 59% pass rate.  One hundred eighty of these real estate license applicants will be paying $164 to take this North Carolina real estate exam again.

In September of 2017, one hundred sixty three applicants took the North Carolina real estate exam for the second or third or fourth or fifth time.  It costs $164 every time.  Thirty five of those applicants were happy with their results.  That is a 21% pass rate.  If you are soon taking this test, practice on my practice exam at www.ncreexam.com    

The North Carolina real estate exam is fifteen per cent math.  Any math that is on the North Carolina real estate exam. is posted on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5T8VhUpxU&t=390s   I have a dozen videos showing you exactly how to do the math that is  on the North Carolina real estate exam.  What could you possibly have to do that is more important?  Turn the television off.  Go watch these videos on You Tube.  Invite your classmates over to join you.  It costs $164 every time you take the North Carolina real estate exam.  The videos are free. 

It costs $164 to take North Carolina real estate exam again. 

In North Carolina, if you have an active license in another state, you do not have to attend a North Carolina real estate school.  Check out the details at www.ncrec.gov .  All you have to do is PASS a forty question exam.  That seems simple enough.  In September, 2017,  eighty two attempts by out of state licensees yielded twenty seven successful applicants.   That is a 33% success rate.

If you are soon taking this test, use my practice test as practice www.ncreexam.com The biggest problem that out of state people have is the false belief that what they know from their home state will help them with this North Carolina only exam.  What is the likelihood that an out of state applicants would know how many members are on the North Carolina Real Estate Commission?  How many of those members have to be real estate brokers?   There is little or nothing that they learned in their home state that will help them on this exam.

If you live anywhere near Hendersonville, North Carolina, First Real Estate School would love to help you get your real estate license.  Our website is www.firstrealestateschool.com .   Our phone is 828 440 1064.