Florida Real Estate Exam Confidential Scoring For Repeaters For April and May 2013

     If you read my previous article, you know that the first time Florida real estate exam takers did not fare too well in April and May of 2013.

     The retakers did even worse.  Here is their story.  Forty one made a grade between 40% and 44%.  Eighty scored between 45% and 49%.  One hundred and eighty nine earned a score of between 50% and 54%.  Two hundred and forty made between 55% and 59%.  Four hundred and thirty two retakers were disappointed with a grade between 60% and 64%.  Five hundred and ninety six repeat test takers scored a grade between 65% and 69%.  Seven hundred and forty seven almost made it with a grade between 70% and 74%.  That is two thousand two hundred and five disappointed Florida real estate exam retakers.  All of these people are attempting the state exam for the second or third or fourth or fifth try.  It costs $31.50 every time you try the Florida real estate exam. If my arithmetic is correct, 34% of the repeat test takers passed.

     WOW!  This Florida real estate exam is no picnic.  Did you notice the first timers and the retakers, the largest group was the 70% -74% group?    http://ronclimer.blogspot.com/2013/09/florida-real-estate-exam-confidential.html   They "almost passed".  The second largest group for the first timers and the retakers was the 75% to 79%.  They "barely passed". 

     What is the difference between the "almost passed" and the "barely passed"?  The 'barely passed" group don't have to study anymore.  The "barely passed" group don't have to pay $31.50 to Pearson Vue to take the test again.  The "barely passed" group have a Florida real estate license.  They are ready to go make some money.  Also, the "barely passed" don't know what their grade is.  They think they made a 99%.  "Barely passed" is a lot better than almost passed.

     At Climer School of Real Estate in Orlando, we teach a two day state exam review.  Taking this review course is a excellent way to pass the Florida real estate exam the first time.  You can get the details by calling Kathy at 407 822 3926.  We realize that many people can not attend this live in person class in Orlando.   We put the two day state exam review class, ( the cram course) on audio CD.  Then we put it on video DVD.  In response to popular demand, now we have it so you can download it from our website.  www.climerrealestateschool.com   Go to my website for the details on that.

     We also have twelve free real estate math videos on You Tube.  If you don't know how to do the math, it is very difficult to be in the barely passed group.  You will more likely be in the almost passed group.  Check it out.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb_k4kq9h0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUyBcLU3Ccx-ZxAyemcXWd1w  This link is to one of my videos .  There are eleven more to help you pass the Florida real estate exam.  You have to take the effort to watch the videos.  If you have taken the exam and you are in the below sixty per cent group, how could you better spend your time between now and your next attempt?

     Before you go attempt the Florida real estate exam at $31.50 per try.  take my FREE practice test on my website.  The link is above.

     You folks that made less than fifty per cent on your first try, you have probably already figured out that that $99 real estate course from some real estate school in some other state that specializes in all fifty states and several foreign countries was not such a bargain.  That is water under the bridge.

     What you need to know now is what is on the FLORIDA real estate exam.  The best way to answer this question is to call Kathy at 407 822 3926 and order Dr. Linda Crawford's skinny book, "Florida Exam Manual for Sales Associates".  This is the book that we use when we teach our state exam review.  Linda Crawford is an expert on the Florida real estate exam. She is a professor at the University of Florida.  This skinny book  is an outline of the textbook that we use in our basic Florida Real Estate Commission course.  It has a glossary at the beginning of every chapter.  It has four

 hundred practice test questions.  Quit studying about deeds of trust and dower and community property.  We don't have that  stuff in Florida. Study what is on the Florida real estate exam.

     If you are taking the Florida real estate exam for the second time, study that sheet they gave you when you failed.  All of that stuff will be on your next exam.  If you are taking the exam for the first time, contact one of your classmates that have already failed and get that sheet from them or call Kathy.  She will send it to you for free.

     Good luck on your next exam.  If you want more luck, get a Climer School of Real Estate lucky T-shirt. Ask Kathy about that. www.climerrealestateschool.com

Florida Real Estate Exam Confidential Score Distributions

     Here is a little something I will bet you don't know about the Florida real estate exam given by Pearson Vue.  Of the 3037 Florida real estate sales associate license applicants that took the Florida real estate exam for the first time in April or May of 2013, here is their grade.

     Fifty two of these test takers made between 40% and 44%.  One hundred and four made between 45% and 49%.  One hundred and fifty four made between 50% and 54%.  Two hundred and thirty made between 55% and 59%.  Two hundred and ninety one made between 60% and 64%.  Three hundred and ninety three made between 65% and 69%.  Four hundred and eighty eight made between 70% and 74%.  Of the 3037 first time test takers, 1712 failed in April and May of 2013.  Fifty six per cent of these test takers paid $31.50 to Pearson Vue only to be disappointed.  These were the first timers.  The repeaters don't do as well.  Read this if you want details   http://ronclimer.blogspot.com/2013/09/florida-real-estate-exam-pass-fail.html

     Four hundred seventy four first time test takers made between 75% and 79%.  However these four hundred and seventy four happy campers don't know their grade.  They think they made a ninety nine per cent.  Who cares?  They passed the Florida real estate exam.  They have a Florida real estate license.  Four hundred and thirty made between 80% and 84%.  Two hundred and ninety nine made between 85% and 89%.  One hundred and eight made 90% to 95%.  Fourteen made 95% or better.  Those were probably my students.  Don't you think? 

     What does all this info tell you?  1712 test takers out of 3037 test takers failed.  Fifty six per cent will be back paying $31.50 again.  There is nothing easy about the Florida real estate test.

     What is the largest group of test takers from 40% to 100%  ?  The largest group is the 70 to 74 per cent group. That is a failing grade.  There were 488 applicants in the "almost passed" group.    It is almost passing more commonly known as failing.    It still costs $31.50 to take the test again.  The second largest group is the 75 to 79 per cent group.  That is barely passing.  What is the difference between these two groups.   These people in the barely passing group do not have to study anymore nor do they have to pay $31.50 to Pearson Vue again.  The people in the barely passing group are licensed Florida real estate agents.  They are ready to go make some money. 

     I believe, if the "almost passed" people had Linda Crawford's "Exam Manual for Sales Associates", they would have certainly picked up a few points and been in the "barely passed" group.  Climer School of Real Estate sells this book.  Call Kathy at 407 822 3926 if you need to move up to a higher group. 

     I believe if the "almost passed" group had watched all of my twelve free real estate math videos on You Tube, they would have picked up enough points to have been in the "barely passed" group.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtflncxZjOo  If you have not watched these twelve videos, watch them before you go spend $31.50 taking the Florida real estate exam. 

     If the 488 people that were in the almost passed group, had read the "Candidate's Handbook" ( a free publication that Kathy will send to you if you call her and ask), they would have learned enough to move into the "barely passed" group. 

     I believe if the "almost passed" people had taken my free practice exam at www.climerrealestateschool.com  , they would have learned enough from taking this test to move into the "barely passed" group.  Why would anyone go take the $31.50 Pearson Vue test without taking my free practice test?

     What about those folks in the 40 % to 44% group?  I suppose they took their basic Florida real estate course at a online real estate school from some other state.  I suppose that their real estate school specializes in all fifty states.  I suppose no one told them the pass rate for the Florida real estate exam is pretty dismal.  http://ronclimer.blogspot.com/2013/04/florisda-real-estate-exam-dismal-pass.html  I suppose no one told them to study and more importantly what to study.  Their $31.50 fee to Pearson Vue must have been a wake up call.  If you think you are ready for the Florida real estate exam, take my free practice test at my website.  Why would any frugal, reasonable person go take the Florida real estate exam at $31.50 per try when they can take my practice test for free.  In the back of Linda Crawford's Exam Manual, there is four 100 question tests.  These questions are very similar to the questions on the Florida real estate exam.  Call Kathy and get this book.

     Our friends in the forty to seventy per cent group have to know they need some help.

     Climer School of Real Estate has help available.  We teach a live in the classroom two day state exam review.  We teach this about twice per month.  This is a very intense Florida real estate exam review.  If you don't know what Regulation Z is, if you don't know what the Sherman Clayton Antitrust act is, if you don't know what Fla Stat 720 is , you need to attend this class.  Call Kathy for details.

     At Climer School of Real Estate in Orlando, we recognize that many people can not attend this class in person.  We teach this same intense class on audio CDs and video DVDs.  We also have it
online.  You could be watching these videos ten minutes from now.  Check our website for a preview or watch one of the math videos for a preview. 

     At Climer School of Real Estate we are dedicated to helping you pass the Florida real estate exam.  The purpose of this article is to let you know it is not easy.  Help is available.  Contact us at 407 822 3926 www.climerrealestateschool.com



    

Florida Real Estate Exam, An Expensive Mistake

     Here is a story about a expensive mistake one of our students at Climer School of Real Estate made.  Kathy got a phone call from one of our students that was driving to the Pearson Vue test center in Melbourne.  She had forgotten her certificate from the school and she asked Kathy if she would fax another one to the test center.  Kathy charges ten dollars to do that.  The students told Kathy that she would call when she got to th Melbourne test center and give Kathy the fax number. 

     When the student asked the Pearson Vue clerk for the fax number, she was informed that test center does not accept faxes.  She would have to go down the street to Office Depot to receive the fax.  I am certain there was a fee to Office Depot for that. 

     Take your certificate to the Florida real estate exam.  What else to take.   http://ronclimer.blogspot.com/2013/09/florida-real-estate-exam-what-to-bring.html  www.climerrealestateschool.com

Florida Real Estate Exam, What To Bring With You on Test Day

     When you go to take your Florida real estate exam at the Pearson Vue test center, bring your certificate from your real estate school.  If you don't have your certificate from a Florida real estate school, Pearson Vue will not let you in.  This seems like a simple thing.  Many applicants show up at the test center without their certificate.  Adios $31.50.  They will not let you in.  Even if you are there for the second or third or fourth time, bring your certificate from the real estate school. If you fail like 56% of the first time test takers did last month, get your certificate back from the clerk at Pearson Vue.  They won't let you in next time if you don't have it.  

      Here is another problem.  Some real estate schools give their students a fancy looking diploma that you might say is "for novelty purposes only", suitable for framing.  This is cool looking.  It will not get you into the test center.  You need the official real estate school certificate with the ZH number of the real estate school on it.

     Another thing you may want to take with you is your glasses.  If I showed up without my glasses, I may as well not show up.  If that is true for you, bring whatever glasses you need to read the computer.

     It seems to me that everyone would carry proper I.D.  I have learned at Climer School of Real Estate that many people do not carry proper identification.  Take your driver's license.  Take your passport.  Take two forms of I.D.  Read the "Candidates Handbook".  if you need more instruction.

     Bring a simple calculator.  You can not use an alpha calculator.  Bring a ten dollar calculator.

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     Take a little box of chocolates for the clerk.  Rumor has it that if you bring a box of chocolates, the clerk will give you the easy test.  I am not sure that is true.  Who knows?  Bring a smile and a box of chocolates.  Maybe you will get the easy Florida real estate exam.   www.climerrealestateschool.com

Florida Real Estate Exam Pass Fail Results For August 2013

     The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has released August's pass fail results for the Florida real estate exam.  The new pass rate is slightly better than July.

     In August 2013, two thousand two hundred and fifteen applicants paid Pearson Vue $31.50 to try the Florida real estate exam for the first time.  They were all high school graduates.  They all graduated from a 60 hour basic real estate class at a real estate school.  Some of them took this class in a classroom.  Some of them took this real estate class online.

     Of the 2215 first time test takers, 1025 of them passed.  That is a 46% pass rate.  That is the best pass rate since the DBPR launched their new Florida real estate exam in February 2013 .  At the same time 2529 repeat test takers took their Florida real estate exam for the second, third,forth or fifth time.  798 of these repeat test takers passed.  That is a 32% pass rate for the repeaters.  You would think the repeaters would do better than the first timers.  It costs $31.50 every time you take the Florida real estate exam.

     I would think many first timers don't know what to expect.  After you have made a fifty per cent on a test you thought you were ready for, you might start looking for some help.

     If you are looking for some help, a good place to start is watching the twelve real estate math videos that I have posted on You Tube.  If you have already taken the Florida real estate exam, you will recognize these problems.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb_k4kq9h0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUyBcLU3Ccx-ZxAyemcXWd1w    Here is a link to one.  There are eleven others.  If you are taking the Florida real estate exam soon, you need to watch all twelve of these.  They are free.  There is no easier way to learn the real estate exam math.

     If you want to know if you are ready for the Florida real estate exam, take my one  hundred question practice test on my website at www.climerrealestateschool.com .  If you have already had the practice test at Pearson Vue ( the one that costs $31.50 ) ,  they gave you a sheet with a few study suggestions.  This is exactly what you need to be studying.  This material will be on your next test.  If you don't have this sheet, call Kathy at 407 822 3926.  She will send you a complimentary copy. 

     Read  your "Candidate's Handbook"  It has a breakdown of what is on the exam.  If you need a lot of help, call Kathy and ask her about Linda Crawford's " Exam Manual for Florida Real Estate Associates"  This is the book that we use at our two day state exam review.  Many people call this the cram course.

       Linda Crawford is a professor at the University of Florida.  Her exam manual is the best study guide to study for the Florida exam.  Many people took their basic course at a real estate school from another state.  They have been studying material to help them pass a national exam.  We don't have a national exam in Florida .  You need to be sure you are studying what is on the Florida exam.

     If you are anywhere near Orlando, come to my two day state exam review.  This is the best way to learn what is on the Florida real estate exam.  If you can't make it to Orlando, we have our Florida real estate exam review online.  We have it on audio CD.  We have it on video DVD.  Call Kathy at 407 822 3926 or www.climerrealestateschool.comThis is the easiest way to be on the winning side of the pass fail results on the Florida real estate exam.

A Simple Easy Prospecting Tool for Realtors

     Holding an "open house" is still a wonderful prospecting tool.  Buyers walk into open houses.  It is not especially efficient, but it works. 

     If your phone is ringing so much that you don't have time to answer it, you don't need to be sitting in an open house on Sunday afternoon.  If you could use a few more prospects, sitting in an nice open house in a good neighborhood waiting for a prospect to walk in is not a bad way to spend your time.  As people walk in, what if they can not afford the house you are sitting in?  They can afford something.  If they can't afford the $400,000 house you are sitting in, maybe they can afford a $300,000 house.  Is that OK?

     Don't make holding an open house a chore.          Select an empty house with electricity.  Bring a few open house signs.  Bring your computer.   Bring a contract.  Bring some brochures and business cards.  Bring a pen. Bring a chair or two.

     If you are going to hold an open house on Sunday afternoon from one to five.  Get a sign that says,"Open Sunday 1-5 and put it in front of the house Monday through Saturday.  On Sunday, show up on time.  Wouldn't  it be great to have a prospect waiting in the driveway for you to show up.

     Have a little "guest registration" book for prospects to sign.  Ask for their name and address and phone and email.  What a great prospect list.  When people walk in greet them and just chat with them just like you would chat with a guest in your home.  You could write yourself a list of questions if you like.  Questions like

     What attracted you to this house?
      Have you been looking long?
      Do you live nearby?
      Are schools a concern?
      Do you need a refrigerator magnet ?

     This may not be the most efficient way to prospect.  It certainly works.  Have an above average awareness for your personal safety.  ladies, leave your purse in the trunk of your car and your keys in your pocket with your cell phone and your pepper spray.

     Have some brochures about the house.  You could also create a single sheet brochure" The Three Best Ways To Finance This House"  Make a sheet with three columns.  Show 20% down with conventional financing.  Show FHA with FHA down payments and the FHA loan amount and the PITI payment. Show VA with no money down or USDA financing.   Show how much income you need to qualify.  If your company does not have such a form, create your own.

     Open houses have been working for Realtors to sell houses and find prospects for a hundred years.  Open houses still work.  The house pictured above is at 21 Stone Gate N. in Longwood. It is for sale in MLS.    www.climerrealestateschool.com

Florida Real Estate Exam, When and Where

     Since over half the people that take the Florida real estate exam are taking it more than once, there are a lot of people taking the Florida real estate exam.  It is crowded at the test center.

     May I suggest to you that you get a date with Pearson Vue as soon as possible.  Pearson Vue's phone number is 1 888 204 6289.  In central Florida,you can take the Florida real estate exam in Orlando or Ormond Beach or Lake Mary or Lakeland or Melbourne.  The sooner you book yourself a test date , the better.

     Do not hesitate and procrastinate booking a Florida real estate test  date with Pearson Vue.  As soon as the Department of Business and Professional Regulation approves you , call Pearson Vue and set your date.

       Lately, dates are about two or three weeks out depending on where you go.  If your closest test center is busy, go to one of the more obscure locations.  You can usually get in there quicker.  Don't wait for your sixty hour basic class to be over.  Call Pearson Vue as soon as you are approved.  Don't wait until you finish your online Florida real estate course.  Get a Florida real estate test date with Pearson Vue as soon as you are approved.

     You don't have to book the next available date.  Let's assume you are taking a night class at a real estate school that ends in six weeks.  Do not wait until that night class is over.  Book your test date for seven weeks from now.

     Let's get this" Get your Florida real estate license"  process over.

     Study Linda Crawford's " Exam Manual For Real Estate Sales Associates".  If you need to buy this call Kathy at 407 822 3926.  Take my free Florida real estate exam practice test at www.climerrealestateschool.com .  Watch my free real estate math videos while you are there.

     Pass this Florida real estate exam the first time.  http://ronclimer.hubpages.com/hub/The-Florida-Real-Estate-Exam-Pass-Fail-Rate-For-July-2012  Here is the scoop on the pass rate. It cost $31.50 every time you take the Florida real estate exam.