How to Pass Your Real Estate Exam

**Disclaimer: This is not a guarantee that you will pass your real estate exam. The purpose of this blog post is to share with you tips on how I was able to pass my Georgia real estate exam on the first try.**

Since I've become a real estate agent, a lot of people have asked me how did I pass my real estate exam and did I pass it on the first try. To answer the second question before I get started into this post, yes, I did pass it on the first try and honestly, I wasn't aware that so many people didn't.

Now, let's get into how I passed my Georgia Real Estate Exam on the first try...

First things first, I took my real estate class back around 2008 or 2009 (honestly not even really sure I just know it was some years ago), passed the actual class and everything but never took the state exam due to being in a bad marriage and allowing life to get in the way.

Fast forward to 2019, I quit my full time job. I literally just walked out because I was sick of working for people. Shortly after I quit, the pandemic hit and we were all on lock down. I was considered an "essential worker" since I was actually doing Amazon Flex, Instacart, Uber Eats or whatever app was popping that day in order to make ends meet, so I really kept working until I decided to take advantage of all the money they were rolling out.

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I signed up to collect unemployment and kept working until they approved it and then I decided to retake my real estate class even though I didn't have to because I had passed it years before. Took the class in June 2020 which lasted about 4 weeks and didn't have to take the exit exam because like I said I already passed the class years ago.

Once the class was over, I paid to schedule for my state exam. Unfortunately for me, there was a glitch on the website. The website took my payment, but wouldn't allow me to schedule myself for the test. After weeks of calling, emailing, etc., I decided to just pay for the test again. Mind you, this was some time around July 2020 and the tests were already as far out as September at that time. I was finally able to pay for the test again and when the schedule loaded, the closest test was all the way in November.

I ain't gone even lie, part of me wanted to go in panic mode because the test date was so far off, I feared I would lose all the information I learned in the class. After I gathered my edges, I was like 'girl you got this' and kept it moving.

Since I had so much time in between my test, from late July to November, I just put my real estate books, flash cards and study book in my closet until about 2 weeks before the test when I started back studying to prepare for it. Now it's time to get down to the nitty gritty...

Things you'll need:

1. Notebook or composition book to take notes in. Wide ruled or college ruled, completely up to you.

2. Ink pens and highlighters.

3. Flash Cards

Note: Now they do have already made flash cards on Amazon, you can choose to use these if you like, but I made my own.

4. Guide to Passing PSI Real Estate Exam Book 8th Edition

Now that you know what you need, here's what I did to study/prepare for the Georgia Real Estate Exam:

As I stated before, I started studying like two weeks before I was scheduled to take the real estate state exam. I went through all my notes to see how many chapters they were and broke them down by day. It roughly ended up to where I studied two chapters a day for about 10 days.

During the class, I made flash cards for each chapter of all the vocabulary words, anything that the instructor put emphasis on or repeated a thousand times as well as anything that I felt I was struggling with. On the front of the card, I put the definitions, formulas for math problems, etc., and on the back was the answer. I also made sure to write in the bottom right hand corner what chapter the information came from so that I would know where to reference back to in case I needed to and also to keep up my flash cards in a particular order. Feel free to use any color flash cards you choose whether they're all white or assorted colors. Me personally, I preferred the colors because it was easier for me to distinguish my chapters as well even if some were to get mixed up while studying.

Also during class, I took lots of notes, but I chose to write the notes inside my book next to the information in the chapter as well as highlight the area around it. I did this for every single chapter in addition to my flash cards. If I was struggling with anything, I made sure to highlight and fold the corner of that page so I could easily find it. It may also be a good idea to get you some of those little tabs you and put at the corner of your page as well if you don't want to fold the pages in your book.

Another thing I did was to be sure to take all the practice exams at the end of the chapters as well. Anything I missed, I went back to find it in the chapter and highlighted the information regarding the question.

Once I was done going over all the information in the actual real estate book, I spent three days reading through the Guide to Passing the PSI Real Estate Exam and also taking each of the three practice tests in the book since it had all the information broken down into three sections. I wasn't satisfied until I scored a 90% or above on each practice exam in that book. Again, anything I missed while taking the practice exams, I literally went back and studied my flash cards and any vocabulary associated with the subject/section.

The last day, which was the day before I took my real estate state exam, I didn't touch ANY material. I decided to use the day before the test to really relax and clear my mind because I was scheduled to take the test the next morning.

The morning of the exam, I literally didn't talk to anyone on the way to the test because I didn't want anything clouding my mind before the test. I arrived about 30 or so minutes early and just sat outside listening to the Steve Harvey Morning show as I would any normal day. When it was time to go in, I signed in and did everything the instructor told me to do. Sat in my seat and started my exam.

They allow you a total of four hours to take the exam. I advise you to honestly take as much time as you need and not to be in a rush. The exam consists of 150 questions so it's more than enough time to take it.

Funny little story... There was one thing in particular that I felt like I just couldn't get down packed for anything and it was the first question on my real estate exam. Instead of panicking, I literally giggled to myself and sat back and stared the screen for a little over 5 minutes or so before I selected an answer and moved on to the next question. In my mind, I felt like that answer was probably embedded in my head anyway since I repeatedly went over it so much while studying the weeks before.

After that little mishap, I was pretty confident about the rest of the test and my answers. I really took my time to really READ THE QUESTION to its entirety. I even read the question a couple times just to make sure I didn't miss important words like NOT and EXCEPT because those words can definitely make or break you when it comes to selected the correct answer for a question.

Also, I was made sure to read through all the answers carefully as well for the question given. I had to make sure that the answers made since in regards to the question. As you're doing your test, answer all the questions you're absolutely sure about FIRST. If there's any questions you're unsure or uncertain about, skip it and keep going so that you won't run out of time to take the test and possibly fail because you missed so many unanswered questions because you'll automatically be penalized and marked wrong because there's no answer selected.

Here's the biggest and best tip of all in my opinion... Once you finish the exam HIT SUBMIT... DO NOT... I REPEAT... DOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOTTT go back and change any answers. Most of the time, the first answer you choose IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. Going back and second guessing yourself is a complete no no.

This is how I passed my real estate exam on the first try. As I stated before, this is no guarantee that you will. I'm just sharing a few tips on the techniques I used to study to help me prepare for it and in essence I passed on the first try.

Good luck!!!