Alabama Real Estate License Exam 2025
With 100% Correct Answers
After passing state exam, you have ___ days to apply for a Temporary License, either on an
Active or Inactive basis. - correct answers ✔✔90
Temporary Licenses are only valid for ___ year(s), and cannot be renewed. - correct answers
✔✔1
For an Original License, you must pass a ___ hour post-license course. - correct answers ✔✔30
If Temporary License is ACTIVE, the post-license course must be completed within ___ months. -
correct answers ✔✔6.
If the post-license course is not completed within ___ year(s), the Temporary License lapses.
This period begins on the FIRST DAY of the month AFTER passing the state exam. - correct
answers ✔✔1
For Broker's License, applicant must have ACTIVE Salesperson License for ___ out of ___ years
immediately preceding the application. - correct answers ✔✔2/3
The fee to transfer your Salesperson License to a new Qualifying Broker is $___. - correct
answers ✔✔$25
An owner's mortgage includes a clause requiring a prepayment penalty. Three percent of any
outstanding loan principal would be charged by the lender if the owner paid off the principal
before the scheduled time. Payments were $296.88, due on the first of each month, and
included both principal and interest in arrears at 8% per annum. After the owner's July 1
,payment, her loan balance was $8,946.23. On August 1, after handing her lender the check for
her August 1 payment, the owner paid off the entire remaining loan balance. What is the
approximate prepayment penalty? - correct answers ✔✔The monthly house payment, $296.88,
includes both interest and principal. The prepayment penalty is charged only on the principal,
not on interest. Therefore, one must determine how much the new principal loan balance will
be after the August 1st house payment is made. The calculations are as follows:
The loan balance after the July 1 payment is $8,946.23 x 0.08 interest rate = $715.70 a year ÷ 12
months = $59.64 interest for July.
$296.88 monthly house payment $59.64 interest = 237.24 principal payment on August 1
payment.
$8946.23 loan balance $237.24 principal paid in August leaves new principal balance of
$8708.99 after August 1st payment.
This is the amount on which the prepayment penalty will be based:
$8708.99 x 0.03 penalty = $261.27
A managing broker requires his licensees to mention a particular lender to buyers. The broker
has a financial interest in this particular mortgage lender. Which of the following should the
licensee recommend to buyers? - correct answers ✔✔Consider this lender, disclosing the
broker's interest, and other lenders.
Licensees should generally avoid recommending only one lender, and if a financial interest is
involved, it should be disclosed. Since rates can change, a licensee most likely would not know
which lender has the best rates. Licensees may provide a list of lenders without having to
display the lenders in any particular order.
,When using the sales comparison approach, a licensee determines that a comparable property's
tile floor in the entry hall is worth $2,000. The subject property does not have tile floors at all.
Which of the following adjustments should be made? - correct answers ✔✔The comparable
should be adjusted downward.
In the sales comparison (market data) approach to appraisal, it is always the comparables that
are adjusted, never the subject property. If the comparable is better than the subject property,
the adjustment to it is downward. If the comparable is not as good as the subject property, the
adjustment to it would be upward.
On February 1, a licensee with ABC Realty takes a 3month exclusive right-to-sell listing on a
house. On March 1, the licensee moves out of state and inactivates his license. What happens
to this listing? - correct answers ✔✔It remains a valid exclusive right-to-sell listing contract with
ABC Realty.
The listing belongs to the brokerage firm; it does not belong to an individual licensee. The
licensee takes the listing on behalf of the firm, and, if the licensee leaves or becomes unlicensed
during the listing, the listing would remain in whatever form it was originally taken. The listing
would still be in effect with the firm until it expires or is terminated.
A person bought property from a seller and received a general warranty deed. Two years later,
the seller's brother came forth and claimed he had an ownership interest in the property. The
brother stated he knew the court would uphold his interest. In a general warranty deed, the
buyer is protected from this situation by the covenant-- - correct answers ✔✔--of seisin.
Although all covenants in a general warranty deed work together to protect the buyer, the
covenant of seisin specifically guarantees that the owner owned the real estate at the time of
the sale and had the right to convey it.
A listing licensee has what obligations to a buyer? - correct answers ✔✔A licensee's duties to a
buyer or customer are fairness, honesty, and accuracy.
, A builder is obtaining a construction loan of $95,000 for a single-family residence. Under the
Truth-in-Lending Act, disclosure of a prepayment penalty by the lender is-- - correct answers
✔✔--not required for a business loan.
The Truth-in-Lending Act is applicable to individual home owners, but it does not apply to a
construction loan for a builder because the loan is for a business purpose.
To qualify as a tax-deferred exchange, a property must be-- - correct answers ✔✔--held for
productive use in trade or business.
To defer the gain on the sale of an income-producing property, a tax-deferred exchange may be
used.
An office building is valued at $800,000 when the annual net income is capitalized at a rate of
20%. If the operating expenses and vacancy and rent loss total 40% of the gross income, what is
the approximate gross annual income? - correct answers ✔✔$266,667
The income approach to value is calculated as follows:
Annual net income divided by capitalization rate equals value.
Therefore, net income ÷ 0.2 $800,000.
The net income is $800,000 × 0.2 = $160,000.
The net income is 60% (100% 40%) of the gross income.
The gross income is $160,000 ÷ 0.6 = $266,667.
With 100% Correct Answers
After passing state exam, you have ___ days to apply for a Temporary License, either on an
Active or Inactive basis. - correct answers ✔✔90
Temporary Licenses are only valid for ___ year(s), and cannot be renewed. - correct answers
✔✔1
For an Original License, you must pass a ___ hour post-license course. - correct answers ✔✔30
If Temporary License is ACTIVE, the post-license course must be completed within ___ months. -
correct answers ✔✔6.
If the post-license course is not completed within ___ year(s), the Temporary License lapses.
This period begins on the FIRST DAY of the month AFTER passing the state exam. - correct
answers ✔✔1
For Broker's License, applicant must have ACTIVE Salesperson License for ___ out of ___ years
immediately preceding the application. - correct answers ✔✔2/3
The fee to transfer your Salesperson License to a new Qualifying Broker is $___. - correct
answers ✔✔$25
An owner's mortgage includes a clause requiring a prepayment penalty. Three percent of any
outstanding loan principal would be charged by the lender if the owner paid off the principal
before the scheduled time. Payments were $296.88, due on the first of each month, and
included both principal and interest in arrears at 8% per annum. After the owner's July 1
,payment, her loan balance was $8,946.23. On August 1, after handing her lender the check for
her August 1 payment, the owner paid off the entire remaining loan balance. What is the
approximate prepayment penalty? - correct answers ✔✔The monthly house payment, $296.88,
includes both interest and principal. The prepayment penalty is charged only on the principal,
not on interest. Therefore, one must determine how much the new principal loan balance will
be after the August 1st house payment is made. The calculations are as follows:
The loan balance after the July 1 payment is $8,946.23 x 0.08 interest rate = $715.70 a year ÷ 12
months = $59.64 interest for July.
$296.88 monthly house payment $59.64 interest = 237.24 principal payment on August 1
payment.
$8946.23 loan balance $237.24 principal paid in August leaves new principal balance of
$8708.99 after August 1st payment.
This is the amount on which the prepayment penalty will be based:
$8708.99 x 0.03 penalty = $261.27
A managing broker requires his licensees to mention a particular lender to buyers. The broker
has a financial interest in this particular mortgage lender. Which of the following should the
licensee recommend to buyers? - correct answers ✔✔Consider this lender, disclosing the
broker's interest, and other lenders.
Licensees should generally avoid recommending only one lender, and if a financial interest is
involved, it should be disclosed. Since rates can change, a licensee most likely would not know
which lender has the best rates. Licensees may provide a list of lenders without having to
display the lenders in any particular order.
,When using the sales comparison approach, a licensee determines that a comparable property's
tile floor in the entry hall is worth $2,000. The subject property does not have tile floors at all.
Which of the following adjustments should be made? - correct answers ✔✔The comparable
should be adjusted downward.
In the sales comparison (market data) approach to appraisal, it is always the comparables that
are adjusted, never the subject property. If the comparable is better than the subject property,
the adjustment to it is downward. If the comparable is not as good as the subject property, the
adjustment to it would be upward.
On February 1, a licensee with ABC Realty takes a 3month exclusive right-to-sell listing on a
house. On March 1, the licensee moves out of state and inactivates his license. What happens
to this listing? - correct answers ✔✔It remains a valid exclusive right-to-sell listing contract with
ABC Realty.
The listing belongs to the brokerage firm; it does not belong to an individual licensee. The
licensee takes the listing on behalf of the firm, and, if the licensee leaves or becomes unlicensed
during the listing, the listing would remain in whatever form it was originally taken. The listing
would still be in effect with the firm until it expires or is terminated.
A person bought property from a seller and received a general warranty deed. Two years later,
the seller's brother came forth and claimed he had an ownership interest in the property. The
brother stated he knew the court would uphold his interest. In a general warranty deed, the
buyer is protected from this situation by the covenant-- - correct answers ✔✔--of seisin.
Although all covenants in a general warranty deed work together to protect the buyer, the
covenant of seisin specifically guarantees that the owner owned the real estate at the time of
the sale and had the right to convey it.
A listing licensee has what obligations to a buyer? - correct answers ✔✔A licensee's duties to a
buyer or customer are fairness, honesty, and accuracy.
, A builder is obtaining a construction loan of $95,000 for a single-family residence. Under the
Truth-in-Lending Act, disclosure of a prepayment penalty by the lender is-- - correct answers
✔✔--not required for a business loan.
The Truth-in-Lending Act is applicable to individual home owners, but it does not apply to a
construction loan for a builder because the loan is for a business purpose.
To qualify as a tax-deferred exchange, a property must be-- - correct answers ✔✔--held for
productive use in trade or business.
To defer the gain on the sale of an income-producing property, a tax-deferred exchange may be
used.
An office building is valued at $800,000 when the annual net income is capitalized at a rate of
20%. If the operating expenses and vacancy and rent loss total 40% of the gross income, what is
the approximate gross annual income? - correct answers ✔✔$266,667
The income approach to value is calculated as follows:
Annual net income divided by capitalization rate equals value.
Therefore, net income ÷ 0.2 $800,000.
The net income is $800,000 × 0.2 = $160,000.
The net income is 60% (100% 40%) of the gross income.
The gross income is $160,000 ÷ 0.6 = $266,667.
