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Salesperson · 45 hours

California Real Estate Principles — California Prelicensing, 45 hours

California Real Estate Principles covers the DRE statutory Principles curriculum and California real property foundations. Delivery, credential, and regulatory-credit eligibility are stated on the course page.

Professional training or exam-preparation material. No CE/MCLE/CPE credit hours are issued.

Course at a glance

Level
Beginner
Estimated time
45 hours
Prerequisite
Review the licensing eligibility and credit status shown on this page before enrolling.

Skills you will practice

  • Explain and apply §1.1 The industry you are joining.
  • Explain and apply §1.2 The Real Estate Law and where to find it.
  • Explain and apply §1.3 Who needs a license.
  • Explain and apply §1.4 Becoming a salesperson: education, exam, application.
  • Explain and apply §1.5 The broker-salesperson relationship.

Learning objectives

  • Explain and apply §1.1 The industry you are joining.
  • Explain and apply §1.2 The Real Estate Law and where to find it.
  • Explain and apply §1.3 Who needs a license.
  • Explain and apply §1.4 Becoming a salesperson: education, exam, application.
  • Explain and apply §1.5 The broker-salesperson relationship.

Assessment and timing

Knowledge check plus 2 final exam versions.

Passing score: 70%.

Final timing: 1 minute per question.

Hands-on practice

Applied course exercises

Use the course rules in practical scenarios and exercises drawn from the published syllabus.

  • §1.10 Worked scenarios (exam-form reasoning)
  • §1.11 The license-or-not clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §1.13 Case files: three disciplinary stories read whole
  • §1.17 The administrative hearing, walked like a case
  • §1.27 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §1.29 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked

Full syllabus

Chapter 1 — The Real Estate Business, the DRE, and License Law

  • §1.1 The industry you are joining
  • §1.2 The Real Estate Law and where to find it
  • §1.3 Who needs a license
  • §1.4 Becoming a salesperson: education, exam, application
  • §1.5 The broker-salesperson relationship
  • §1.6 Discipline: the machinery that removes licenses
  • §1.7 Trust funds — first exposure
  • §1.8 Subdivisions and the DRE's consumer gate
  • §1.9 The licensee's ecosystem: trade and public bodies
  • §1.10 Worked scenarios (exam-form reasoning)
  • §1.11 The license-or-not clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §1.12 Guided statute reading: B&P §§10131, 10137, 10139, 10176-10177
  • §1.13 Case files: three disciplinary stories read whole
  • §1.14 Rapid drill: forty questions, answers at speed
  • §1.15 Chapter 1 number bank
  • §1.16 The licensing power: where the DRE's authority comes from
  • §1.17 The administrative hearing, walked like a case
  • §1.18 Employment law inside the brokerage: the three-regime problem
  • §1.19 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §1.20 Chapter 1 review drill
  • §1.21 The first year, month by month: a working calendar
  • §1.22 License maintenance: the master table, and one renewal walked
  • §1.23 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §1.24 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about license law
  • §1.25 Chapter 1 master table: the license law on one page
  • §1.26 Integration walkthrough: one transaction, read through the license law
  • §1.27 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §1.28 Statute appendix: B&P §10131 — the gateway statute, read like a lawyer
  • §1.29 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §1.30 Case-file library: three license-law disputes, walked
  • §1.31 Form appendix: the DRE application stack, walked field-by-field
  • §1.32 Vocabulary bank: license law terms with the trap noted
  • §1.33 Five-question self-test (close the chapter before you leave it)
  • §1.34 Exam map: where chapter 1 shows up on test day
  • §1.35 Second integration walkthrough: opening a branch office, read as a compliance build
  • §1.36 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §1.37 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §1.38 Rapid review: chapter 1 in fifty questions
  • §1.39 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios across the chapter (worked key follows)
  • §1.40 Supervision-file workshop: eight broker systems graded

Chapter 2 — Property, Estates, and Interests in Land

  • §2.1 Land, real estate, real property
  • §2.2 Fixtures: MARIA and its tie-breakers
  • §2.3 Freehold estates
  • §2.4 Rights that come with the land
  • §2.5 Leasehold estates (preview)
  • §2.6 Worked scenarios
  • §2.7 The classification clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §2.8 Guided reading: the estates map, drawn once
  • §2.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §2.10 Chapter 2 number bank
  • §2.11 Future interests for the working licensee: a treatise section
  • §2.12 Water law for the exam and the practice: the deeper current
  • §2.13 Chapter 2 case files: two stories read whole
  • §2.14 Restraints on alienation: the policy that organizes estates law
  • §2.15 A waste case walked: the life tenant and the remainderman
  • §2.16 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §2.17 Chapter 2 review drill
  • §2.18 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §§658–663 and 1013 — the classification engine in the code's own words
  • §2.19 The fixture clause at the negotiation table: a working walkthrough
  • §2.20 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §2.21 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about property and estates
  • §2.22 Chapter 2 master table: classification and estates on one page
  • §2.23 Integration walkthrough: the orchard sale, read through the whole course
  • §2.24 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §2.25 Statute appendix: the vertical and lateral reach of ownership — CC §§829, 830, 833–834 read closely
  • §2.26 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §2.27 Case-file library: three property-and-estates disputes, walked
  • §2.28 Form appendix: the fixture and personal-property addendum, drafted line-by-line
  • §2.29 Vocabulary bank: property, estates, and fixtures
  • §2.30 Five-question self-test
  • §2.31 Exam map: where chapter 2 shows up on test day
  • §2.32 Second integration walkthrough: the vineyard estate with a life-estate seller
  • §2.33 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §2.34 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §2.35 Rapid review: chapter 2 in fifty questions
  • §2.36 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-2 (worked key follows)
  • §2.37 Classification-audit workshop: the walkthrough inventory, graded

Chapter 3 — Ownership Forms: Severalty, Co-Ownership, Community Property, and Common Interest Developments

  • §3.1 Severalty
  • §3.2 Tenancy in common
  • §3.3 Joint tenancy
  • §3.4 Community property
  • §3.5 Entities and trusts
  • §3.6 Common interest developments
  • §3.7 Worked scenarios
  • §3.8 The vesting clinic: twelve decisions
  • §3.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §3.10 Chapter 3 number bank
  • §3.11 Severance doctrine: how joint tenancies really die
  • §3.12 A partition action walked
  • §3.13 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §3.14 Chapter 3 review drill
  • §3.15 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §§682–687 and §683.2 — co-ownership in the code's own words
  • §3.16 Reading the vesting like a title officer — and having the vesting conversation without practicing law
  • §3.17 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §3.18 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about co-ownership
  • §3.19 Chapter 3 master table: vesting on one page
  • §3.20 Integration walkthrough: the four-owner fourplex, read across the course
  • §3.21 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §3.22 Statute appendix: the revocable transfer on death deed — Probate Code §5600 et seq., read closely
  • §3.23 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §3.24 Case-file library: three co-ownership disputes, walked
  • §3.25 Form appendix: the vesting block, drafted line-by-line
  • §3.26 Vocabulary bank: ownership forms
  • §3.27 Five-question self-test
  • §3.28 Exam map: where chapter 3 shows up on test day
  • §3.29 Second integration walkthrough: divorce lands in the middle of an escrow
  • §3.30 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §3.31 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §3.32 Rapid review: chapter 3 in fifty questions
  • §3.33 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-3 (worked key follows)
  • §3.34 Vesting-reading workshop: ten recorded recitals decoded

Chapter 4 — Encumbrances: Liens, Easements, Restrictions, and Homesteads

  • §4.1 The encumbrance map
  • §4.2 Liens: the vocabulary grid
  • §4.3 The lien family, member by member
  • §4.4 Easements
  • §4.5 Private restrictions: CC&Rs and deed restrictions
  • §4.6 The homestead exemption
  • §4.7 Worked scenarios
  • §4.8 The mechanics-lien timeline, walked twice
  • §4.9 The easement clinic: twelve decisions
  • §4.10 Rapid drill: thirty-five answers at speed
  • §4.11 Chapter 4 number bank
  • §4.12 Priority theory: why the order of liens is a policy map
  • §4.13 The homestead at a forced sale, walked
  • §4.14 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §4.15 Chapter 4 review drill
  • §4.16 Guided statute reading: the mechanics-lien spine — Civil Code §§8200, 8410–8414, 8460, 8450
  • §4.17 Dating every lien: a priority worksheet, walked
  • §4.18 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §4.19 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about encumbrances
  • §4.20 Chapter 4 master table: encumbrances on one page
  • §4.21 Integration walkthrough: the burdened bungalow, read across the course
  • §4.22 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §4.23 Statute appendix: the judgment lien — CCP §§697.310–697.340, read closely
  • §4.24 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §4.25 Case-file library: three encumbrance disputes, walked
  • §4.26 Form appendix: the preliminary notice and the mechanics lien claim, walked field-by-field
  • §4.27 Vocabulary bank: encumbrances
  • §4.28 Five-question self-test
  • §4.29 Exam map: where chapter 4 shows up on test day
  • §4.30 Second integration walkthrough: refinancing the over-encumbered fourplex
  • §4.31 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §4.32 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §4.33 Rapid review: chapter 4 in fifty questions
  • §4.34 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-4 (worked key follows)
  • §4.35 Priority-ladder workshop: eight lien stacks resolved to the dollar

Chapter 5 — Legal Descriptions, Land, and Its Characteristics

  • §5.1 Why descriptions matter
  • §5.2 Metes and bounds
  • §5.3 The U.S. government (rectangular) survey
  • §5.4 Recorded lot-and-block (subdivision map)
  • §5.5 Vertical descriptions: datum, benchmarks, air lots
  • §5.6 Physical and economic characteristics of land
  • §5.7 Worked scenarios
  • §5.8 The section-math workbook: fifteen problems, worked
  • §5.9 Reading three real descriptions
  • §5.10 Rapid drill: twenty-five answers at speed
  • §5.11 Chapter 5 number bank
  • §5.12 Boundary doctrines: when the paper and the fences disagree
  • §5.13 A survey conflict walked: the hierarchy of calls
  • §5.14 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §5.15 Chapter 5 review drill
  • §5.16 Plotting a metes-and-bounds description, step by step
  • §5.17 Reading the assessor's parcel map: the APN system
  • §5.18 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §5.19 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about legal descriptions
  • §5.20 Chapter 5 master table: descriptions on one page
  • §5.21 Integration walkthrough: the description that nearly sank the closing
  • §5.22 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §5.23 Statute appendix: the Subdivision Map Act — Gov. Code §§66424, 66426, 66499.30, read closely
  • §5.24 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §5.25 Case-file library: three description disputes, walked
  • §5.26 Form appendix: reading a recorded subdivision map, panel-by-panel
  • §5.27 Vocabulary bank: land description
  • §5.28 Five-question self-test
  • §5.29 Exam map: where chapter 5 shows up on test day
  • §5.30 Second integration walkthrough: forty rural acres by government survey
  • §5.31 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §5.32 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §5.33 Rapid review: chapter 5 in fifty questions
  • §5.34 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-5 (worked key follows)
  • §5.35 Description-audit workshop: ten defects found before they closed

Chapter 6 — Agency: Creation, Duties, Disclosure, and Termination

  • §6.1 The relationship and its vocabulary
  • §6.2 Creating agency
  • §6.3 Duties to the principal: OLD CAR
  • §6.4 Duties to third parties
  • §6.5 The statutory disclosure process: disclose, elect, confirm
  • §6.6 Listing agreements
  • §6.7 Buyer representation after AB 2992
  • §6.8 Earning the commission; termination of agency
  • §6.9 Worked scenarios
  • §6.10 The fiduciary clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §6.11 Guided reading: Civil Code §2079.13-.17, the process statute
  • §6.12 Rapid drill: thirty-five answers at speed
  • §6.13 Chapter 6 number bank
  • §6.14 From Easton to §2079: how the inspection duty was built
  • §6.15 Horiike and the associate-licensee problem, walked
  • §6.16 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §6.17 Chapter 6 review drill
  • §6.18 The disclosure form itself: what §2079.16 makes every agent hand over
  • §6.19 The listing presentation, compliance-first: a working script
  • §6.20 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §6.21 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about agency
  • §6.22 Chapter 6 master table: agency on one page
  • §6.23 Integration walkthrough: one dual agency, every doctrine firing
  • §6.24 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §6.25 Statute appendix: the general law of agency — CC §§2295–2330, read closely
  • §6.26 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §6.27 Case-file library: three agency disputes, walked
  • §6.28 Form appendix: the PRBS and agency confirmation, walked field-by-field
  • §6.29 Vocabulary bank: agency
  • §6.30 Five-question self-test
  • §6.31 Exam map: where chapter 6 shows up on test day
  • §6.32 Second integration walkthrough: the relocation referral chain
  • §6.33 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §6.34 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §6.35 Rapid review: chapter 6 in fifty questions
  • §6.36 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-6 (worked key follows)
  • §6.37 Confirmation-block workshop: eight agency confirmations graded

Chapter 7 — Contract Law for Licensees

  • §7.1 Classification vocabulary
  • §7.2 The four elements
  • §7.3 Offer and acceptance mechanics
  • §7.4 Statute of frauds and parol evidence
  • §7.5 Performance, discharge, and breach
  • §7.6 Remedies
  • §7.7 Assignment, novation, third parties
  • §7.8 Options and rights of first refusal
  • §7.9 The purchase agreement — bridge to practice
  • §7.10 Worked scenarios
  • §7.11 The offer-acceptance clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §7.12 Remedies worked: three scenarios with numbers
  • §7.13 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §7.14 Chapter 7 number bank
  • §7.15 The statute of frauds and its escape valves
  • §7.16 A contingency dispute walked: the loan that almost died
  • §7.17 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §7.18 Chapter 7 review drill
  • §7.19 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §1624 and §§1671/1675 — the writing rule and the deposit rule in the code's own words
  • §7.20 The purchase contract's clock machinery: a working timeline
  • §7.21 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §7.22 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about contracts
  • §7.23 Chapter 7 master table: contracts on one page
  • §7.24 Integration walkthrough: the contract that almost wasn't, then almost was twice
  • §7.25 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §7.26 Statute appendix: contract essentials and consent defects — CC §§1550, 1565–1567, 1572–1573, read closely
  • §7.27 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §7.28 Case-file library: three contract disputes, walked
  • §7.29 Form appendix: counteroffers and notices to perform, drafted line-by-line
  • §7.30 Vocabulary bank: contracts
  • §7.31 Five-question self-test
  • §7.32 Exam map: where chapter 7 shows up on test day
  • §7.33 Second integration walkthrough: the seller who found a better offer
  • §7.34 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §7.35 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §7.36 Rapid review: chapter 7 in fifty questions
  • §7.37 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-7 (worked key follows)

Chapter 8 — Listings, Purchase Agreements, and the Statutory Disclosure Stack

  • §8.1 The listing appointment done right
  • §8.2 The purchase agreement's working parts
  • §8.3 The Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS)
  • §8.4 The natural hazards and environmental layer
  • §8.5 The money-and-district layer
  • §8.6 Practice discipline: the disclosure ethic
  • §8.7 Worked scenarios
  • §8.8 The disclosure clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §8.9 The transaction paper-trail, day by day
  • §8.10 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §8.11 Chapter 8 number bank
  • §8.12 The architecture of nondisclosure liability
  • §8.13 A stigma-and-concealment case walked
  • §8.14 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §8.15 Chapter 8 review drill
  • §8.16 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §1102 et seq. — the TDS statute walked
  • §8.17 The TDS at the kitchen table: the form walked section by section
  • §8.18 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §8.19 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about disclosures
  • §8.20 Chapter 8 master table: the disclosure stack on one page
  • §8.21 Integration walkthrough: the disclosure file, assembled and attacked
  • §8.22 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §8.23 Statute appendix: the federal lead-based paint disclosure — 42 U.S.C. §4852d and its regulations, read closely
  • §8.24 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §8.25 Case-file library: three disclosure disputes, walked
  • §8.26 Form appendix: the AVID, walked page-by-page
  • §8.27 Vocabulary bank: listings, purchase contracts, and disclosures
  • §8.28 Five-question self-test
  • §8.29 Exam map: where chapter 8 shows up on test day
  • §8.30 Second integration walkthrough: the inherited hoarder house
  • §8.31 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §8.32 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §8.33 Rapid review: chapter 8 in fifty questions
  • §8.34 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-8 (worked key follows)
  • §8.35 Disclosure-file audit workshop: ten files, ten gaps

Chapter 9 — Deeds, Recording, Title Insurance, and Escrow

  • §9.1 How title moves
  • §9.2 Deed validity versus recordability
  • §9.3 The deed catalog
  • §9.4 Recording and notice
  • §9.5 Title insurance
  • §9.6 Escrow
  • §9.7 Worked scenarios
  • §9.8 The recording-race clinic: twelve decisions
  • §9.9 Escrow walked start to finish
  • §9.10 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §9.11 Chapter 9 number bank
  • §9.12 Anatomy of a title policy: what the insurer actually promised
  • §9.13 A forged-deed claim walked
  • §9.14 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §9.15 Chapter 9 review drill
  • §9.16 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §§1107, 1213, 1214, 1217 — the recording engine in four sections
  • §9.17 Reading a preliminary report front to back: the licensee's homework list
  • §9.18 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §9.19 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about title and escrow
  • §9.20 Chapter 9 master table: title and escrow on one page
  • §9.21 Integration walkthrough: thirty days in escrow, hour by decisive hour
  • §9.22 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §9.23 Statute appendix: the Escrow Law — Financial Code §17000 et seq., read closely
  • §9.24 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §9.25 Case-file library: three title-and-escrow disputes, walked
  • §9.26 Form appendix: the closing settlement statement, read line-by-line
  • §9.27 Vocabulary bank: escrow and title
  • §9.28 Five-question self-test
  • §9.29 Exam map: where chapter 9 shows up on test day
  • §9.30 Second integration walkthrough: the double escrow — selling one house to buy another
  • §9.31 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §9.32 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §9.33 Rapid review: chapter 9 in fifty questions
  • §9.34 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-9 (worked key follows)
  • §9.35 Escrow-failure triage workshop: five collapsed closings, diagnosed

Chapter 10 — Real Estate Finance I: Instruments, Trust Deeds, and Foreclosure

  • §10.1 The note: the debt itself
  • §10.2 Hypothecation and the security instruments
  • §10.3 Nonjudicial foreclosure: the trustee's sale
  • §10.4 Judicial foreclosure, deficiencies, and anti-deficiency armor
  • §10.5 Priority and the junior world
  • §10.6 Worked scenarios
  • §10.7 The foreclosure clinic: twelve decisions
  • §10.8 Instruments compared: the table to memorize
  • §10.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §10.10 Chapter 10 number bank
  • §10.11 The anti-deficiency architecture: four statutes, one policy
  • §10.12 A judicial foreclosure walked
  • §10.13 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §10.14 Chapter 10 review drill
  • §10.15 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §§2924–2924m — the trustee's-sale engine, section by section
  • §10.16 The note and deed of trust at the signing table, clause by clause
  • §10.17 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §10.18 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about finance instruments and foreclosure
  • §10.19 Chapter 10 master table: finance I on one page
  • §10.20 Integration walkthrough: a default, run through every instrument
  • §10.21 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §10.22 Statute appendix: the deed of trust's service machinery — CC §§2934a and 2924b, read closely
  • §10.23 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §10.24 Case-file library: three finance-instrument disputes, walked
  • §10.25 Form appendix: the NOD and the Notice of Trustee's Sale, walked field-by-field
  • §10.26 Vocabulary bank: finance instruments and foreclosure
  • §10.27 Five-question self-test
  • §10.28 Exam map: where chapter 10 shows up on test day
  • §10.29 Second integration walkthrough: buying the distressed duplex — assumption vs subject-to vs short sale
  • §10.30 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §10.31 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §10.32 Rapid review: chapter 10 in fifty questions
  • §10.33 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-10 (worked key follows)
  • §10.34 Timeline-computation workshop: five default files dated out

Chapter 11 — Real Estate Finance II: Lenders, Programs, Markets, and Consumer Protection

  • §11.1 Where the money comes from
  • §11.2 Government programs: insure, guarantee, lend
  • §11.3 The money markets
  • §11.4 Federal consumer-protection statutes
  • §11.5 California statutes: usury, Article 7, carryback disclosure
  • §11.6 Worked scenarios
  • §11.7 The consumer-law clinic: twelve decisions
  • §11.8 The money-flow map, told as one story
  • §11.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §11.10 Chapter 11 number bank
  • §11.11 Why TRID exists: disclosure as market regulation
  • §11.12 The LE→CD timeline walked, with the tolerance buckets doing the work
  • §11.13 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §11.14 Chapter 11 review drill
  • §11.15 Guided statute reading: Article 7 of the Real Estate Law — B&P §§10240–10248 walked
  • §11.16 Reading a Loan Estimate with a buyer, page by page
  • §11.17 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §11.18 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about lending law and the money market
  • §11.19 Chapter 11 master table: finance II on one page
  • §11.20 Integration walkthrough: one loan application, every regulator watching
  • §11.21 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §11.22 Statute appendix: advertising credit — Regulation Z's trigger-term rules, 12 CFR §1026.24, read closely
  • §11.23 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §11.24 Case-file library: three lending-law disputes, walked
  • §11.25 Form appendix: the Closing Disclosure, page-by-page
  • §11.26 Vocabulary bank: lenders, markets, and lending law
  • §11.27 Five-question self-test
  • §11.28 Exam map: where chapter 11 shows up on test day
  • §11.29 Second integration walkthrough: first-time buyers choose a loan — FHA vs conventional walked to the dollar
  • §11.30 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §11.31 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §11.32 Rapid review: chapter 11 in fifty questions
  • §11.33 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-11 (worked key follows)
  • §11.34 Program-picker workshop: ten borrowers matched to financing

Chapter 12 — Valuation and Appraisal

  • §12.1 Value: definitions and elements
  • §12.2 Principles of value
  • §12.3 The appraisal process and sales comparison
  • §12.4 The cost approach
  • §12.5 The income approach
  • §12.6 Appraiser regulation
  • §12.7 Worked scenarios
  • §12.8 The valuation clinic: twelve decisions
  • §12.9 Guided reading: the operating statement, line by line
  • §12.10 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §12.11 Chapter 12 number bank
  • §12.12 Highest and best use: four tests run in strict order
  • §12.13 An income appraisal walked from rent roll to value
  • §12.14 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §12.15 Chapter 12 review drill
  • §12.16 The appraisal report walked, section by section
  • §12.17 Reconciliation discipline: how three answers become one
  • §12.18 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §12.19 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about valuation
  • §12.20 Chapter 12 master table: valuation on one page
  • §12.21 Integration walkthrough: three value questions, one property, three different answers
  • §12.22 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §12.23 Statute appendix: who may appraise — B&P §11300 et seq. and the fair-appraisal overlay, read closely
  • §12.24 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §12.25 Case-file library: three valuation disputes, walked
  • §12.26 Form appendix: the CMA worksheet, built column-by-column
  • §12.27 Vocabulary bank: valuation and appraisal
  • §12.28 Five-question self-test
  • §12.29 Exam map: where chapter 12 shows up on test day
  • §12.30 Second integration walkthrough: the refinance appraisal comes in low
  • §12.31 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §12.32 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §12.33 Rapid review: chapter 12 in fifty questions
  • §12.34 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-12 (worked key follows)
  • §12.35 Adjustment-grid workshop: one subject, three comps, every adjustment worked

Chapter 13 — Real Property Taxation and Income-Tax Aspects

  • §13.1 Proposition 13 and the assessment engine
  • §13.2 The tax calendar and collection
  • §13.3 Transfer taxes and withholding at sale
  • §13.4 Income-tax concepts licensees must recognize
  • §13.5 Worked scenarios
  • §13.6 The tax clinic: twelve decisions
  • §13.7 The two tax calendars, memorized as rhythm
  • §13.8 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §13.9 Chapter 13 number bank
  • §13.10 Change in ownership: the doctrine that runs Proposition 13
  • §13.11 A §1031 exchange walked, boot and basis included
  • §13.12 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §13.13 Chapter 13 review drill
  • §13.14 Guided reading: Article XIII A and the change-in-ownership sections — the constitutional text and its statutory engine
  • §13.15 The supplemental bill at the kitchen table: script and arithmetic
  • §13.16 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §13.17 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about property and income taxation
  • §13.18 Chapter 13 master table: taxation on one page
  • §13.19 Integration walkthrough: one family's decade of property-tax events
  • §13.20 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §13.21 Statute appendix: the documentary transfer tax and the decline-in-value review — R&T §11911 and §51, read closely
  • §13.22 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §13.23 Case-file library: three taxation disputes, walked
  • §13.24 Form appendix: the PCOR, walked field-by-field
  • §13.25 Vocabulary bank: taxation
  • §13.26 Five-question self-test
  • §13.27 Exam map: where chapter 13 shows up on test day
  • §13.28 Second integration walkthrough: trading up the rental — a 1031 with every wrinkle
  • §13.29 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §13.30 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §13.31 Rapid review: chapter 13 in fifty questions
  • §13.32 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-13 (worked key follows)

Chapter 14 — Landlord-Tenant Law, Leases, and Property Management

  • §14.1 The four leaseholds, revisited for operation
  • §14.2 Deposits, habitability, entry
  • §14.3 Rent control, just cause, and the notice grid
  • §14.4 Assignment, sublease, abandonment
  • §14.5 Property management: the licensed profession
  • §14.6 Worked scenarios
  • §14.7 The landlord-tenant clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §14.8 Guided reading: the eviction path, step by step
  • §14.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §14.10 Chapter 14 number bank
  • §14.11 Habitability doctrine: from caveat lessee to Green and the code
  • §14.12 A security-deposit dispute walked through §1950.5
  • §14.13 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §14.14 Chapter 14 review drill
  • §14.15 Guided statute reading: Civil Code §1950.5 read subdivision by subdivision
  • §14.16 The move-in/move-out system: a property manager's working file
  • §14.17 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §14.18 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about landlord-tenant law
  • §14.19 Chapter 14 master table: landlord-tenant on one page
  • §14.20 Integration walkthrough: one tenancy, cradle to courtroom
  • §14.21 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §14.22 Statute appendix: the Tenant Protection Act — CC §§1946.2 and 1947.12, read closely
  • §14.23 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §14.24 Case-file library: three landlord-tenant disputes, walked
  • §14.25 Form appendix: the eviction-notice family, drafted line-by-line
  • §14.26 Vocabulary bank: landlord-tenant
  • §14.27 Five-question self-test
  • §14.28 Exam map: where chapter 14 shows up on test day
  • §14.29 Second integration walkthrough: onboarding a 20-unit building — the property manager's first month
  • §14.30 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §14.31 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §14.32 Rapid review: chapter 14 in fifty questions
  • §14.33 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-14 (worked key follows)

Chapter 15 — Fair Housing, Ethics, Professional Conduct, and Real Estate Math

  • §15.1 The federal fair-housing stack
  • §15.2 The California stack — broader on every axis
  • §15.3 Ethics and professional conduct consolidated
  • §15.4 Math consolidation I: percentage, commission, area
  • §15.5 Math consolidation II: interest, loans, prorations, taxes
  • §15.6 Worked scenarios
  • §15.7 The fair-housing clinic: fifteen decisions
  • §15.8 Math capstone: one transaction, every formula
  • §15.9 Rapid drill: thirty answers at speed
  • §15.10 Chapter 15 number bank
  • §15.11 The layered fair-housing regimes, read as one system
  • §15.12 A testing case walked: how enforcement actually happens
  • §15.13 Extended problem set: ten graded questions
  • §15.14 Chapter 15 review drill
  • §15.15 Guided statute reading: Government Code §12955 and Regulation 2780 — the working prohibitions, in their own words
  • §15.16 The advertising-compliance working checklist
  • §15.17 Cumulative drill: twenty questions at speed
  • §15.18 Myths corrected: ten misconceptions about fair housing and professional conduct
  • §15.19 Chapter 15 master table: fair housing, ethics, and math on one page
  • §15.20 Integration walkthrough: one Saturday at the office, every duty in play
  • §15.21 Extended workbook: twenty-five problems, worked
  • §15.22 The whole-course number bank: every figure in one place
  • §15.23 The exam-format guide: how this course examines you, and how the state will
  • §15.24 Statute appendix: erasing the covenants — Gov. Code §§12956.1 and 12956.2, read closely
  • §15.25 Workbook II: twenty-five harder problems, worked
  • §15.26 Case-file library: three fair-housing-and-conduct disputes, walked
  • §15.27 Form appendix: the fair-housing complaint machinery, walked step-by-step
  • §15.28 Vocabulary bank: fair housing, ethics, and math
  • §15.29 Five-question self-test
  • §15.30 Exam map: where chapter 15 shows up on test day
  • §15.31 Second integration walkthrough: the compliance audit after the complaint
  • §15.32 Diagnostic pre-test: ten questions before you reread
  • §15.33 Practice-script library: three conversations, annotated line-by-line
  • §15.34 Rapid review: chapter 15 in fifty questions
  • §15.35 Capstone synthesis drill: fifteen scenarios braiding chapters 1-15 (worked key follows)
  • §15.36 Mixed final mastery drill: twenty-five questions across the whole course
  • §15.37 The 45-hour course in one walk: a closing master review

Sample from Part I

Chapter 1 — The Real Estate Business, the DRE, and License Law California Real Estate Principles · 101PD Original Text · Professional training material. No statutory prelicensing credit is issued. Learning objectives. After this chapter you can: describe the structure of the California real estate industry and the roles within it; explain the Department of Real Estate's authority and the Commissioner's powers; state who needs a license, the exemptions, and the penalties for unlicensed activity; walk the path from applicant to licensed salesperson, including education, examination, and fingerprinting; explain the broker-salesperson relationship, license terms, renewals, and continuing education; and recognize the discipline system that polices the profession. §1.1 The industry you are joining Real estate is California's largest asset class and one of its largest industries. Around the simple event at the industry's center — one person transferring an interest in land to another — has grown a profession of specialists: brokerage (representing buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants), property management (operating income property for owners), mortgage lending and loan brokerage (financing the transfers), escrow and title (closing them safely), appraisal (valuing the collateral and the purchase), development and construction (creating the inventory), and counseling, investment, and syndication (organizing capital around all of it). The license you are studying for admits you to the first family — brokerage — and touches every other. A salesperson who understands how lenders, escrow officers, appraisers, and property managers think is worth more to every client than one who knows only forms. This book therefore teaches the whole transaction, not just the salesperson's slice of it. Two vocabulary distinctions organize everything that follows. First, real estate versus real property: the land and improvements are the physical thing; real property is the bundle of legal rights in that thing (Chapter 2). Second, principal versus agent: principals (buyer, seller, landlord, tenant) own the transaction; licensees act for principals, under fiduciary duties the law enforces ferociously (Chapter 6). Every scandal, every lawsuit, and most exam questions grow from confusion about whose interest a licensee was serving. §1.2 The Real Estate Law and where to find it California's Real Estate Law lives in the Business and Professions Code, beginning at §10000. It is not a set of professional courtesies — it is a licensing statute with criminal teeth, administered by a state agency, interpreted by regulations that themselves have the force of law. Three layers matter: 1. Statute — B&P Code §§10000 et seq. (the Real Estate Law) plus the subdivision statutes (§§11000 et seq.). The Legislature writes these. 2. Commissioner's Regulations — Title 10, California Code of Regulations §§2705 et seq. The Commissioner adopts these to implement the statute; violating a regulation supports discipline exactly as violating the statute does. 3. The DRE's published guidance — the Reference Book, Real Estate Bulletin, and licensee alerts. Not law, but the examiner's view of the law — and the exam is written from it. The Department of Real Estate (DRE) administers the law. Its chief executive, the Real Estate

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