I think I might be in trouble. I passed the state test 19 years ago and have been successfully selling real ever since but no one ever mentioned a National test.

I have never heard of a National Real Estate Exam. Is this something new?

When they say the National Exam, they mean the "General" portion that questions your knowledge of Real Estate generally. Then most, if not all, States and Commonwealths have a portion that questions your knowledge of the Laws that are specific to your Jusisdiction.

I'm sure that N.C. would not have Licensed you if you had not passed BOTH portions. Maybe you're having a "Senior Moment" ? So don't worry about it . . . . unless this just happens to be your week to worry !

Hey, how about that John Edwards ?

I'm not sure what advice to offer to improve your skills. You claim to be flustered by the nuanced questions. But is that really the problem? I really don't know.

There were quite a few questions on the Texas licensing exam that I had not seen during my licensing courses or test prep... and the choices provided usually all seemed reasonable. So the key for me was to relax, think carefully, and choose the BEST answer of those provided.

But I did find these statistics from TREC. You may find them interesting:


So it looks like about one out of three applicants fail their first go-round. Be persistent. You'll get there!