How this site checks its facts

What this site is

An independent team that builds exam-prep tools. We are not a real estate school, we don’t sell prelicense hours, and no licensed broker signs these pages, so none is named as a reviewer.

In place of a credential we leave a paper trail. Each table row carries a footnote number, and the source list at the bottom of the page links the document behind it with the date we read it. You won’t find ads here: the site is funded by the study apps its buttons point to.

Where the practice questions come from

• Each question belongs to one area of that exam’s current outline, and the same scenario with the same answer is not repeated from one exam to another.
• Right and wrong options are each explained, so picking a wrong one still shows you the rule.
• The author checks the key against the handbook and state law. Then a different reviewer works the question without seeing the key and reads each explanation; anything that fails is rewritten or swapped out.
• None is a question from a real exam. Pearson VUE, PSI and DBPR do not release their items.

One exam, two authors

Four of the five state exams here come in two parts. The national portion is written by the vendor, Pearson VUE or PSI, and is shared across the states that use that vendor; the state portion follows the commission’s own outline. Florida is different again: it writes its whole broker exam itself.

The site is built the same way. National topics such as agency, contracts, financing and math are explained once, in the national portion section. A state page covers that state’s law, deadlines and licensing steps, and points to the national page instead of repeating it.

The documents behind the tables

Exam facts are taken from the vendors’ candidate handbooks and bulletins and from state law; other prep sites are not a source:

• Pearson VUE: the national salesperson outline and the candidate handbooks for Arizona and Alabama;
• PSI: the candidate bulletins for Georgia and Tennessee;
• Florida: the DBPR broker candidate booklet, chapter 475 of the Florida Statutes and the Commission’s rules in 61J2;
• state rules and statutes for fees, deadlines and licensing: Georgia’s 520-1, Tennessee’s 1260-01, Alabama’s 790-X and Arizona’s statutes on azleg.gov.

Each fact is kept in a single record that every page reads, so a fix lands everywhere at once and the record’s checked date moves with it. If the handbook or the state rule now says something else, it is right and we are out of date; who handles applications, appointments and scores in each state is on the contact page.

When sources disagree or change

It happens more often than you would expect, and the table says so instead of picking one in silence:

• Arizona exam fee. Pearson VUE’s handbook prices the two exams at $70 + $60. The same handbook mentions a $75 combo discount for booking them back to back, and the Department’s 2023 fee schedule, written before the split, lists $75 for application and exam combined. We print the handbook prices.
• Florida test delivery. Florida’s 2024 candidate booklet still describes online proctoring; in 2026 the exam is given at a test center only. The newer Pearson VUE page wins.
• Georgia retakes. The PSI bulletin has a heading for retaking a failed portion, but the text under it covers only rebooking, so our table reads “not stated” rather than guessing.

Prices and rules also move, so every fact shows the date of our last check. Georgia’s exam fee rose from $119 in the February 2024 bulletin to $175 in the July 2026 edition. Alabama’s HB382 changed the agency rules from October 1, 2025, and a new state outline applies from February 1, 2026. Arizona now gives two exams, General (80) and State (60), with the state outline in force since January 1, 2026; some study pages still describe the old single exam. The rule: the most recent primary document wins, and the older one is quoted next to the value.

What we leave out

• Numbers nobody published. Georgia’s pass mark and testing time are not public, so our tables say so and print no figure.
• Pass rates without a source. We print a pass rate only from a regulator’s own report; see pass rates by state.
• Claims about recent settlements on the exam. Pearson VUE’s outline says the content reflects the industry as a whole and may not reflect ongoing litigation or settlements, so we don’t say which commission rules the exam reflects.
• Items said to come from a real exam. We publish none and don’t trade in them.