Congratultions. The California broker exam is one tough cookie. Takes most people three times to pass it.

Well congrats! It gives me hope. And our test is 2.5 hours. I think 5 hours would kill me.

Anyone taken the newer simulated exam in Georgia? I heard it was tough. I studying for right now.

I passed also. The test was very hard and althought I knew alot some were very ambiguous.

Congrats ruv12 on passing at your first sitting. Unlike the sales agent exam the broker exam is a piece of work. I've passed most of the CPA exam. I've an insurance broker having passed those exams and I had the exact same experience you did.

During the morning session I blazed through thinkin, wow, so easy everyone should be a broker. The afternoon session I stopped marking the questions I didn't know after I had 38 tick marks for unknown questions. By the time I got to question 58 I loosened my tie. At question 63 I removed my baseball cap. When I got to question 72 I started to think about when the test was being offered again. At question 88 or 90 I just gutted through just to finish what I started. I drove back to the Oakland field office the next day for lunch with Raj not to find out the results but just to be in that building without the stress associated with that exam. After lunch Raj used my soc to find out the results. He's a good guy but I didn't believe I actually belive I passed until my file actually updated on the DRE website. That test was so hard there were questions that having an accounting degree, decades of senior or executive level financial, management and business experience didn't come close to helping me answer. I think some of the questions didn't have a correct answer. What worked for me was making flash cards and writing out the answers to the questions I missed on the Allied CD. If looked at licensing in Florida, Georgia and a few other places that made since in 2004 an none were a rigorous as what you went through. Congrats ruv.

"If looked at licensing in Florida, Georgia and a few other places that made since in 2004 an none were a rigorous as what you went through. Congrats ruv."

Well I took the Ga exam within the last year for the brokers and it is not easy at all.My friend took the brokers the year before when they had an easy multiple choice test that was almost identical the sales persons test.

Then they totally change the brokers exam last year to where it's all situational about agents stealing money and other hairbrained questions about carpet running the wrong way in a condo the buyer wants to purchase etc.

The ga broker test has changed recently do not take it lightly if you are testing.

At last look GA offered reciprocity to a great many states. There was a time I thought I could do great things for others in Cobb, Gwinnett, Fulton an Clayton Counties based on things I did for myself in the early 90s.

I passed the California Broker Exam the first time too. I attribute some of the success my prep course. I took Real Estate Trainers -- http://www.retrainers.net or http://www.retrainers.com, I can't remember. But attending the weekend sessions and then doing practice exams during the week put me over the top.

Well, I failed the Georgia simulated exam. I did well in Decision Making (DM), but failed the Information Gathering (IG) by 2 points. In my opinion, the test is very vague. One has to assume too much. In the real world, I assume nothing; It's better to gather too much information than not enough.

Anyhow, I'll dust myself off and try again.

Update: I passed!

Congrats!

Thanks! That is one mind-draining test.

Can someone clarify the advantages of having a Broker's license to a sales license? I'm looking for information on the benefits, verses continuing as a sales person. Thanks

It gives you the option of opening your own brokerage.

Exactly, you don't need to work under another broker. However, it also means keeping more records and paperwork and having more liability and responsibilities.