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This comprehensive study guide is designed for real estate professionals preparing for the National Real Estate Exam Practice (PSI), featuring complete exam solutions with expert-verified practice questions customized for top academic performance. It provides extensive coverage of economic principles including supply and demand, competition, progression, plottage, scarcity, and utility, along with appraisal methods including the sales comparison approach, cost approach, income approach, capitalization rate, gross rent multiplier, bracketing, curable and incurable depreciation, external depreciation, and the appraisal process. Agency law content addresses fiduciary duties including disclosure, confidentiality, obedience, reasonable skill and care, and accounting, along with special and general power of attorney, dual agency, implied agency, estoppel, agency coupled with interest, termination of agency agreements, and the law of agency. Property law and ownership topics include legal descriptions including metes and bounds, rectangular government survey, lot and block, and acreage calculations, along with timeshare property, life estates, fee simple absolute, fee simple determinable, deeds including quitclaim, warranty, and grantor/grantee requirements, covenants including seisin and against encumbrances, easements, encroachments, licenses, alluvion and accretion, and title insurance. Finance content covers loan-to-value ratios, conventional loans, FHA and VA loans, rural development loans, bridge loans, amortized loans, private mortgage insurance, points, interest calculations, P&I payment breakdowns, transfer taxes, prorations, and the Truth in Lending Act including APR and TRID disclosures. Landlord-tenant and property management content addresses fair housing compliance, lease termination, and tenant rights, while fair housing topics include protected classes, familial status, disability, sex-based discrimination, blockbusting, steering, redlining, and fair housing advertising. Environmental content covers lead-based paint disclosure, radon testing, mold, asbestos, brownfields, underground mines, sinkholes, and CERCLA including innocent landowners and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. Antitrust content addresses price fixing, group boycotting, the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act, along with RESPA kickback violations, unauthorized practice of law, CAN-SPAM Act fines, and deceptive advertising penalties. Additional content addresses zoning, variances, special assessments, building codes, comprehensive plans, police power, inverse condemnation, and property tax calculations. This exam guide is structured to build applied knowledge, critical thinking, and professional competence, making it an essential resource for achieving academic success and earning real estate licensure.

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National Real Estate Exam Practice (PSI): Complete ...
Exam Solutions with Expert-Verified Questions
Customized for Top Academic Performance
The economic principle that tells us that when supply goes up, price goes down is
commonly referred to as what? - CORRECT ANS- -Supply and demand



Which of these situations is addressed by the fiduciary duty of disclosure? - CORRECT
ANS- -The seller's agent fails to disclose a conflict of interest.



Which of these statements accurately represents one of the required elements in a deed? -
CORRECT ANS- -The deed includes an act of conveyance.



Danette hasn't paid the first quarter water bill on her property. It was due on April 1. She's
closing with the buyer, Jason, on April 1. What type of expense is this and how will it appear
on the settlement statement? - CORRECT ANS- -This is an accrued expense, and will
appear as a seller debit and a buyer credit.



Richard is interested in purchasing some rural land and included outbuildings. When
reviewing the legal description, he sees the name of a principal meridian. What type of
legal description is this? - CORRECT ANS- -Rectangular government survey



A group of 26 different families have shared ownership of a vacation condominium. Each
family spends two weeks annually at the condominium. Legally, the condominium is
considered a _______. - CORRECT ANS- -Timeshare property



Which of the following statements about the number of contingencies in a sales contract is
true? - CORRECT ANS- -The inclusion of numerous contingencies makes it less likely that
the buyer's offer will be accepted.




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,Seller Gina feels awful that Martha, who was going to buy her property, lost her job. Gina
decides to _________ Martha from the purchase contract. - CORRECT ANS- -Release



What type of insurance protects a lender's collateral interest in a property that's being
financed? - CORRECT ANS- -Title insurance



Sophie received title to her grandmother's farm last spring. For almost 100 years, Sophie's
family has kept cows and goats on the 120-acre property. The deed came with a caveat:
Sophie is never to raise pigs on the farm. If she does, then the property is transferred to her
brother. What did Sophie's grandmother create? - CORRECT ANS- -Condition



Which body of law contains the rules governing the relationship between a real estate
professional and the person being represented? - CORRECT ANS- -Law of agency



What is put at risk if a buyer misses a contingency deadline? - CORRECT ANS- -The buyer's
earnest money



Connor was the seller and Duke was the buyer when Connor sold his property. Who
conveyed the title? - CORRECT ANS- -Connor, as grantor



When Stacy's clients ask her if she can recommend a mortgage broker, she promptly gives
them the name of the best mortgage broker she knows, Gary Jones. Later, she always
receives a check from Gary as payment for the referral. Is this legal or illegal under the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act? - CORRECT ANS- -This is illegal under RESPA because
it's considered a kickback between settlement service providers.



Which act created an agency to investigate antitrust practices? - CORRECT ANS- -Federal
Trade Commission Act




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, Lenore makes a 95% offer on a townhouse that's listed at $285,000 and includes an
earnest money deposit for 10% of her offer, which the seller accepts. She brings to closing
a cashier's check for $35,025 comprising the balance of her 20% down payment and
closing costs. What's the amount of her total down payment? - CORRECT ANS- -54,150

Lenore's offer is $270,750 which is 95% of the list price ($285,000 x .95 = $270,750 ). Her
total down payment is 20% of her accepted offer of $270,750, which is $54,150 (or
$270,750 x .2).



Juan has finalized his comparables and is ready to determine a property's appraised value.
How does he do this? - CORRECT ANS- -He reviews his process and places more weight on
the most similar comparables that he believes to be the most valid.



Alluvion describes new deposits of land that are the result of what natural process? -
CORRECT ANS- -Accretion



The owner of a six-unit apartment building is worried that there may be some electrical
issues. The owner's leasing agent, Katrina, meets with him to discuss his concerns. What's
her responsibility to the owner? - CORRECT ANS- -Advise him to consult an expert.



Charlene shares one wall with her neighbors to the side, but her home has three levels and
she has no upstairs or downstairs neighbors nor a neighbor on the other side. What type of
dwelling does Charlene own? - CORRECT ANS- -Townhome



Basement wall cracks and leaks can be indicators of ______ problems. - CORRECT ANS- -
Foundation



A buyer is purchasing a home for $400,000 and is financing $300,000. What is the loan-to-
value ratio? - CORRECT ANS- -75




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