Florida Real Estate Exam Pass Fail Results For The First Six Months of 2013

     Between January 1st  and June 30th of 2013, , nine thousand five hundred and sixty seven Florida real estate license exam applicants took the Florida real estate sales associate exam. Three thousand eight hundred and eighty five passed.  They all paid $31.50 for the experience.  Forty one per cent of these first time test takers passed. 

     The Department of Business and Professional Regulation reported that eleven thousand three hundred and eight people took the Florida real estate sales associates exam for the second or third or fourth or fifth or sixth time.  We call these people repeat test takers.  Three thousand three hundred and ninety two repeat test takers passed.  That is a 30% pass rate.  This is the news from the DBPR for the first six months of 2013. Thirty one dollars and fifty cents was paid by all of these repeat test takers every time.

     If you are planning on taking your Florida real estate exam soon, you need to study.  You need to study the right stuff.  You need to study what is on the Florida real estate exam.  The Florida real estate exam is not like other state exams.  In many states they have a state exam and a national exam.

     If you took your basic online real estate course from a school that teaches for a national test, welcome to Florida.  The Florida real estate exam is just for Florida.  If you did not take your basic real estate school from a Florida real estate school, you better start studying Florida material.

     A good place to start is to watch the twelve free real estate math videos that I have posted on You Tube.  Ten per cent of the Florida real estate exam is math.  You might as well get 100% of the math correct.  If you watch and pay attention to these free videos, you can get one hundred per cent of the math right.  How did you do on the math last time? Our user name on You Tube is Climer School. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb_k4kq9h0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUyBcLU3Ccx-ZxAyemcXWd1w  Here is a link to one of the twelve free real estate math videos.  It is very difficult to pass the Florida real estate exam if you can't get the math.

     The other ninety per cent of the Florida real estate exam information can be learned in Linda Crawford's " Florida Real Estate Exam Manual" .  This little book was written by Linda Crawford, a professor at the University of Florida.  If you are studying real estate material from another state, call Kathy at 407 822 3926 and buy Linda's book.  You need it.

     This is the book that we use at Climer School of Real Estate when we teach our two day Florida real estate exam review.  We call this the state exam cram course.  This is a class that we teach for our students.  Most of our customers for this cram course are not our basic class students.  They took their basic real estate class at some other real estate school.  About half of our students don't take this class.  The other half leave our basic class and go pass the Florida real estate exam.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQkyITKFtrc   Here is a link to one of those students at the test center telling us a little about the Florida real estate exam.

     If you are taking the Florida real estate exam soon, we have this review class live in Orlando.  We have it on audio CD.  We have it on video DVD.  We also have it on line.  You can download it right to your own computer.  Check it out at our website at www.climerrealestateschool.com

       If you are taking the exam soon and you want to know if you are ready, here is the easiest way to find out.  Go to Climer School's website and take the one hundred question free real estate exam practice test.  If you don't pass that test, you will not pass the Florida real estate exam .  Mine is free.  Pearson Vue charges $31.50 for every practice round.  Also there are four practice tests in Linda's exam manual.

     If you want to pass the Florida real estate exam given by Pearson Vue, here is what you need to do:

     Watch my free real estate math videos.
      Do my free practice test at www.climerrealestateschool.com
      Get Linda Crawford's "Florida Real Estate Exam Manual" from Kathy at 407 822 3926
      Attend my live two day state exam cram course if you are near Orlando.
      Download my two day state exam review class at www.climerrealestateschool.com if you can not attend my Florida real estate exam review.   

    

The Mistaken Florida Real Estate School Course.

     Do you realize that you have made a mistake?  You signed up for that bargain real estate license class from that real estate school in Timbuktu.  You are studying stuff that is not only boring, you are not sure it is even on the Florida real estate exam. 

     You have paid your tuition.  You need to pass the course to get your certificate from the online real estate school to get your certificate to get into the Florida real estate exam.  You also need to pass the Florida real estate exam.  The pass rate last month was 44% for first time test takers and 27% for retakers.  http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3840/blog_posts/27250-floridas-real-estate-exam-pass-rate  Here is the details on that if you want it.

      You need the right information to pass the Florida real estate exam.  You need to know what is on the Florida real estate exam.  Climer School of Real Estate 's online video state exam review can teach you what you need to know to pass the Florida real estate test.  We have this online video review cram course available at www.climerrealestateschool.com

     If you have taken a online real estate course that has not taught you what you need to know to pass  the Florida real estate exam, take my online video real estate review class.   If you want a free preview of this course.  go to You Tube and watch any and all of the free real estate math videos that I have on You Tube.  There are twelve free real estate math videos.  Our user name is Climer School. This will help you pass the Florida real estate exam and it will give you a preview of my cram course.  http://lwww.climerrealestateschool.com/Courses.aspx?s=301

     If we can help you pass the Florida real estate exam, call us at 407 822 3926

Florida Real Estate Exam

     Can I pass the Florida real estate exam first time?   The pass rate last month (July 2013) was 44% for first time takers and 27% for retakers.

     How can I know if I am ready for the Florida real estate exam?  You could take Climer School of Real Estate's free practice test at my website,  www.climerrealestateschool.com.  If you take that free exam and fail it, what does that mean?  It means you are not ready to go pay Pearson Vue $31.50 to take the Florida real estate test.

     What should you be studying?  If you took your basic real estate course from a real estate school that is not in Florida, it would probably be a good idea to start studying what is on the Florida real estate exam. 

     On You Tube, I have posted twelve free real estate math videos that take all the mystery out of the math that is on the Florida real estate exam.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_gTg35GIs&list=TLIxIKxrX5zSU  If you have not watched all twelve of these free videos, what are you waiting for?  This is the math that is on the Florida real estate exam.

     If you would like an inexpensive state exam review class ( real estate cram course ), Climer School of Real Estate has the best one in Florida .  We teach this live at 5104 N. Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando.  We also have this state exam review course on audio CD.  We also have the real estate cram course on the internet.  You can download it and watch Ron Climer tell you exactly what is on the Florida real estate exam.  Check this out at our website at  www.climerrealestateschool.com  .

     If you have had the experience of taking the Florida real estate exam at an expense of $31.50 paid to Pearson Vue, and you would like to have that experience only one more time, call Climer School of Real Estate at 407 822 3926.  Ask Kathy.  She will tell you about all the study aids we have to help you pass the Florida real estate exam.

Florida Real Estate Class You Get What You Pay For.

     There is an old story about a young couple that were very much in love on a south sea island a few hundred years ago.  In this agricultural society, the local tradition required a young man to buy his bride from her father.  The money of the realm was usually barter.  People would trade cows and goats and chickens for what they wanted.

     When a young man went to barter with his future father in law, a very beautiful young bride would fetch a price of five maybe six cows.  A not so pretty young wife, a price of three or four cows would be enough.

     As Johnny and Linda were seen around the island, the local gossipers would speculate as to how much Johnny would offer Linda's father for her hand in marriage.  Most would guess two maybe three cows.  Linda was a rather plain looking girl and Johnny was not only the most handsome young man around he was also a very successful farmer and merchant. 

     The local gossipers would speculate that he would negotiate The price of Linda down to one or two cows and maybe a couple of goats.

     One day during the annual harvest festival, Johnny walked up to Linda's father and announced among many onlookers. " I will offer you eight cows for Linda's hand in marriage.'.  A deal was struck and the wedding date was set.

     After the wedding, it almost seemed like Linda got prettier and prettier.  Within a couple of years , Linda was considered to be one of the prettiest women  on the island.  Johnny and Linda enjoyed a happy marriage.  They had many children. Johnny's business continued to thrive.

     One day Johnny was reminiscing with some old friends.  They asked him why did he offer so for Linda's hand in marriage.  Even after all these years, eight cows was the most that any young man had ever paid for his bride.   Johnny told his friends that he loved Linda very much but he wanted a eight cow wife.

     At Climer School of Real Estate, we charge $220 tuition for the basic sixty three hour course that you need to get your Florida real estate license.  I recently had a conversation with a student that was currently a student at a competitive real estate school in north Orlando.

     She told me that she saw our website with our $220 price and she saw our competitor's website with their $495 price.  Her logic was that if their price was twice  what ours was, they had to be better.  After she enrolled and paid her $495 tuition, she realized that she had a brand new Florida real estate instructor that was practicing her first real estate class.  She did not know the answers to any of the students questions.  Most of her explanations made no sense.  This student was in my real estate school buying my audio CD  course so she could learn enough to pass her real estate exam for the class and the Florida real estate exam.
     This student seriously told me that if Climer School of Real Estate would double their price, she would have been my student and we would both be better off.

     At Climer School of Real Estate, we don't have much overhead.  Kathy runs the real estate school from home and I teach the real estate classes.  If you feel like you want to pay $475 for your Florida real estate class, just call  Kathy at 407 822 3926 and tell her  that you want the $475 class.

     Here is what you will get for $475. You will get the best real estate instructor in central Florida teaching you what is on the Florida real estate exam.  We will throw in Linda Crawford's exam manual which we usually sell for thirty dollars.  We will give you a reserved cushion for your chair.

     At Climer School of Real Estate we have a dozen cushions lying around the room.  These have been donated by former students.  As the week long class goes on, these increase in value.  We will throw in a two day state exam review.  In this class, we teach you how to pass the Florida real estate exam.  We teach this class about every two weeks.  You can see a preview of it at    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx27EXccVRo&list=TLfzKF4Ydhnxs  This is a link to one of the twelve free math videos that I have on You Tube to help any one pass the Florida real estate exam.

     We usually sell this two day review class for sixty dollars.  In this two day class, half the students are not my students.  They are people that went to another real estate school or they took the real estate class online.  They come to this class after they have failed the Florida real estate exam a  couple of times.

     Over half of my students don't take this class.  In the basic sixty three hour real estate course, I teach the students what they need to know to pass the Florida real estate exam the first time.  Many of my students leave the basic class on Saturday and go pass the Florida real estate exam at Pearson Vue on Monday or Tuesday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQkyITKFtrc

     For $475, we will throw in a Climer School of Real Estate lucky T Shirt.  We usually sell these in class for seven dollars.  They are available in a variety of colors. They are 100% cotton.  They are sexy regardless of your sex.  They attract luck.  That is why we call them lucky t shirts.

     If our low price is deterring you from attending the best real estate school in central Florida, call Kathy at 407 822 3926 and tell her you want the $475 real estate class.   If the low price is not a problem, go ahead with the $220.  We want to make you happy.  You can contact her at www.climerrealestateschool.com .

     Oh I almost forgot.  For $475, we will throw in a bottle of Zephyrhills water every day. 

The Best Neighborhood in Longwood, Florida

     Or is it in Lake Mary?  It is across the street from Alaqua Lakes.  It is across the lake from Lake Rice Estates.  The name of the neighborhood is Ravensbrook.

     Who lives there?  Judges,doctors, lawyers,developers,  architects, and super salesmen live in Ravensbook.  How long have they lived in Ravensbrook?  They have lived there a long time.  Bob Cushman, the original developer has lived in Ravensbrook since 1967.  My brother has lived in Ravensbrook since 1982.  Why do people stay in Ravensbrook in south Seminole county so long?  They stay there because Ravensbrook is the best neighborhood in south Seminole county.  It is the best neighborhood in Longwood.  Ravensbrook is the best neighborhood in Lake Mary.

     Ravensbook is a half mile south of Lake Mary Blvd. off Markham Woods Road.  It is a half mile south of the Heathrow fire station.  Ravensbrook is on the southern shore of Lake Rice.

     When you drive into Ravensbrook on Stone Gate South, you notice the large oak trees that line the street.  How did those trees get there?  Twenty five years ago, they were planted by one of the residents.  He knew he would be living in Ravensbrook when the trees matured.

     Sand hill cranes roam the neighborhood and visit with the residents.  There is a common area lakefront lot if you want to go fish in Lake Rice.  There are very few deed restrictions.  Modern neighborhoods have more rules than anyone needs.  If your brother in law comes to visit in his forty foot motor home, you can leave it in the driveway for a couple of days.  If you go out and buy a 1949 Studebaker and leave it in the driveway for a week, the committee is not going to stop by with a citation and a fine.  There is no committee.

     Bob Cushman created Ravensbrook back in 1967.  He stills lives in Ravensbrook.  He had a few deed restrictions like minimum square feet etc.  He didn't prohibit bird houses.  Who would want to live in a neighborhood where you can't have Martin houses to attract these wonderful birds?    How else can you control mosquitoes?  Martins eat mosquitoes.

     Ravensbrook is the perfect neighborhood.  In 1982, a young doctor bought a house in Ravensbrook from Judge Rumberger.  What a fortunate day.  He and his wife fell in love with Ravenbrook.  It was so convenient to everything.  You could be at the Sanford Hospital in a few minutes.  You could be at the Longwood hospital even quicker.  South Seminole hospital in Altamonte Springs was just a hop and a skip away.  Shopping  is easy.  The Altamonte Mall was just down the road.  Now the Seminole Town Center
is close.  There are plenty of nice restaurants just a couple of miles away.

     Another cool thing that happens in Ravensbrook is many of the residents have a club where they all go out to dinner together once per month as a social event.  That is a much better way to get to know your neighbors than the HOA meeting.  There is no HOA in Ravensbrook.  They don't need one.  The neighbors have class and style.  They know not to park a pick up truck on the front lawn.   

     In 1989, when the young doctor wanted a bigger house, leaving Ravensbrook was not an option.  They bought a lot a few hundred feet away from their current home and Bob Cushman built them a beautiful 3700 square foot house right on the lake.  You should see the sunset views.  Gorgeous is an understatement. 

     Alas, all good things must come to an end.   We have listed their lake front house for sale.  If you know anyone that wants a super house in a super duper neighborhood, check out this beautiful house.  It is listed in the MLS.  The mls number is 05178062.

     Call me at 407 822 3926 or call your own Realtor.  Welcome to the best neighborhood in Longwood .Or is it the best neighborhood in Lake Mary or is it the best neighborhood in south Seminole county?

The Florida Real Estate Exam, Analyzing The Questions Correctly

     Many people tell me that all four of the choices for the questions on the Florida real estate exam seem correct or all four choices seem incorrect.  You need to learn to analyze the question choices on the Florida real estate exam.  Is the choice true or false. 

     A student called me yesterday to ask about a question that he encountered on the Florida real estate exam.  The question was about the fair housing act.  When students explain questions to me, I never know if they have the question right or close to right.  The student tells me that the question states," Mr. Real Estate Agent shows a house to an African American prospect in an African American neighborhood in central Florida. The prospect asks a question.   The real estate agent  can assume...........? "

     A. The prospect wants to be in an African American neighborhood.
     B. The prospect does not want to be in a African American neighborhood.
     C. The prospect is concerned about the ethnicity of the neighborhood.
     D.  The prospect likes the architectural style of the house.  

     It is important that you read the Florida real estate exam question carefully.  It is important that you understand the question.  The question is:  what can the real estate agent assume?  The exam question stated that the prospect asked a question.  We don't know what that question was.   Our question is what can the salesman assume.

     A. If the real estate salesman assumes that the prospect wants to be in an African American neighborhood, he is steering.  This is a violation of the Fair Housing Act. This choice is wrong.
     B.  If the real estate agent assumes that the prospect does not want to be in an African American neighborhood, he is steering.  This is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.  This choice is wrong.
     C.  If the real estate salesman assumes the prospect is concerned about the ethnicity of the neighborhood, he is steering.  This is a violation of Fair Housing Act.  This choice is wrong.
     D. It would be OK for the real estate salesman to assume that the prospect likes the architectural style of the house.  This is not a violation of any law.  This is the best answer.

     As we read this and other questions we wish we could ask questions like," What did the prospect ask?".  We wish we could but we can't.  A smart test taker will not add or subtract to the questions on the Florida real estate exam.  Everything on the Florida real estate exam depends on the choices.  You can't write in an answer.  You have to go with the choices. It is not like one answer is dead right and three are dead wrong.  Which is the best answer?

     As you read the question, make sure you understand the question.  Carefully read the choices and ask yourself,"Is this choice true or false?".  If it is false, it can not be the right answer. 

     The more you know, the easier it is to discern the wrong answers.  If you would like to practice before you go spend $31.50 taking your Florida real Estate exam at Pearson Vue in central Florida, take the practice test on my website at www.climerrealestateschool.com .  This is free, easy, effective and painless.  If you are taking the Florida real estate exam soon, why would you pass on this.  If you are taking the Florida real estate exam for the second time, be sure to know all the stuff that is on that sheet Pearson Vue gave you about frequently  missed questions.  If you are taking the Florida real estate exam soon, watch all eleven of my free real estate math videos on You Tube.  My user name is Climer School.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-J6kid1FTs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUyBcLU3Ccx-ZxAyemcXWd1w   A lady called me recently and told me she had failed the Florida real estate exam three times.  She made a 73,72, and a 74.  The best she had done was on the math was six out of ten.  She said she watched my free math videos.  She said she only watched the ones if the problems I was teaching looked familiar from the Florida real estate exam.  The link above is
a new problem on the new Florida real estate exam. 

       If we can do anything to help you pass your Florida real estate exam, call Kathy at 407 822 3926.  While you have Kathy on the line ask her to send you the free Florida Real Estate Handbook.  This book has a breakdown of what is on the Florida real estate exam.

You Squared

     I did one of my recruiting videos on You Tube with Lorraine Castro from Nextage Uptown Realty.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-l1MoGd-YU&feature=youtu.be  She brought me a small gift, a book.  The book was "You Squared" by Dr. Price Pritchett.

     What a fabulous book!  If you are new in real estate, you need to read this book.  You Squared is a mathematical formula.  The premise of the book is that you can get better, not gradually, but exponentially.  I hope you know what that word means.

     It means you don't add to yourself gradually but rather you can multiply yourself.  The book shows you how.

     At my age, when I read this book, I looked back to times in my life when that happened.  One of the tools for multiplying yourself is taking risks.  There is not much growth in your comfort zone.  Fear is the enemy. Fear is your friend.

     Get this book.  It is short and sweet.    www.climerrealestateschool.com
 

Orlando Regional Realtor Association, My First Adventure

   I  have been debating with myself for six months whether or not I would benefit from joining the Orlando Regional Realtors Association. I finally paid my dues and joined ORRA two weeks ago.   When you join the Orlando Regional Realtors Association, one of the benefits is educational opportunities.  They have lots  of seminars.

     I saw this seminar in the seminar catalog for "How To Be Better On Facebook".  It was scheduled for noon to 1:30.  The Orlando Regional Realtors Association requires that you make reservations.  I did not make reservations  for this seminar.  I showed up at noon anyway.  There was four people waiting in the hall.  The clerk added my name to the waiting list.  At 12:15 they let person number one on the waiting list go into the seminar. 

      My fellow waiter asked the clerk if the rest of us could go in.  She said no and explained that we have to wait and see if the twenty four people that have reservations may show up to fill the twenty four empty chairs in the room.  They were already fifteen minutes late. 

     Standing in the hall was a drag so I left.  I missed that seminar.  I wonder if those twenty four people that were fifteen minutes late showed up later.  Who knows.   www.climerrealestateschool.com

Florida Real Estate Exam, Pass Fail Rates For July 2013

     The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has released the results for the Florida real estate exam for July 2013.  Two thousand and thirty four applicants for a Florida real estate license attempted the sales associates exam for the first time in July, 2013.  They all paid $31.50.  Nine hundred thirty five of those real estate license applicants passed.  That is a forty six per cent pass ratio.  That is the best pass rate this year.  Fifty four percent of those test takers were disappointed and unhappy.

     Two thousand four hundred and two tried again for the second or third or fourth or tenth time.  Seven hundred eighty of those passed.  One thousand seven hundred and two failed.  They all paid Pearson Vue $31.50 for the experience. 

     If you are taking the Florida real estate exam any time soon, you do not want to be one of the disappointed ones.  How can you pass the Florida real estate exam the next time you attempt it?  The previous facts should make you understand that this test is no picnic.  You have to study.  You have to study hard.  That is not enough.  You have to study what is on the FLORIDA real estate exam.  If you are studying what is on the California exam, you are doing yourself no good.

     I know for sure what is on the Florida real estate exam.  I have been studying it for thirty years.  If you want to know about the math that is on the Florida real estate exam, watch my free math videos on You Tube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-J6kid1FTs&feature=c4-overview&list=UUyBcLU3Ccx-ZxAyemcXWd1w There are eleven of these free videos on You Tube.  I would like to tell you that they are free and easy.  The math on the Florida real estate exam is not easy.  It is very hard to pass the exam if you can't do it and there is no easier way to learn it than my free videos.  Watch all eleven of them.   My user name is "ClimerSchool".

     Have you taken my free practice exam on my website at www.climerrealestateschool.com  ?  If not, why not?  This is a perfect way to determine if you are ready for the Florida real estate exam.  Take this test.  Take it like a test.  Grade yourself.  If you make a 70% on Climer School of Real Estate's free test, that is probably what you will make on Pearson Vue's $31.50 test.

     If you used Linda Crawford's "Principles, Practices and Law"  textbook in your real estate class, take the one hundred question practice test in the back of that book. That is very similar to the Florida real estate exam.

     Do not underestimate the Florida real estate exam.  We have all kind of study aids available to help you pass including a two day review cram course that we teach about twice per month.  If we can help you pass, contact us at 407 822 3926 or www.climerrealestateschool.com