California · California Real Estate Salesperson exam
California Real Estate Exam Prep with a measured Readiness Score
Adaptive practice built on the actual DRE Salesperson exam outline — all seven content areas, weighted the way the exam weights them, with every California-law question cited to the code section, DRE regulation, or proposition it rests on.
The California exam, in brief
- One exam, no separate national/state sections: 150 questions, 3 hours, 70% (105 correct) to pass
- Administered electronically at the DRE's five test centers (Fresno, La Palma, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego)
- Seven content areas per the DRE outline — Practice & Disclosures alone carries 25%
- If you fail, the DRE reports your percentage in each of the seven areas — PassDeed's readiness report maps to the same seven
Every California blueprint domain, covered and measured
Sessions are balanced to the real exam weighting — your readiness report shows exactly where each domain stands.
Salesperson Examination
150 scored questions
- Property Ownership and Land Use Controls and Regulations15%
- Laws of Agency and Fiduciary Duties17%
- Property Valuation and Financial Analysis14%
- Financing9%
- Transfer of Property8%
- Practice of Real Estate and Disclosures25%
- Contracts12%
Go deeper into the hard parts
Topic guides for the areas California candidates miss most — what each covers, why it costs points, and how the adaptive engine diagnoses it.
California Agency & Disclosures
The AD form regime, dual agency done legally, and the new buyer-representation agreement law — Laws of Agency and Fiduciary Duties carries 17% of the California exam, and its rules changed more in 2024-2025 than in the prior decade.
California License Law
Who needs a license, the 135-hour education pipeline, discipline, and the Consumer Recovery Account — the licensing slice of Practice of Real Estate, the exam's biggest area at 25%.
Prop 13 & Prop 19 Taxes
The 1% rule, the 2% cap, reassessment events, and Proposition 19's transfer rules — California property taxation is unlike any other state's, and Prop 19 rewrote the answers many prep courses still teach.
California Exam Math
Documentary transfer tax, prorations, Prop 13 arithmetic, commission splits, and loan math — California's calculations are woven through four exam areas, and most misses are setup errors, not arithmetic.
Exam rules and state-law guides
Primary-source explainers with the citations shown: state law, retake rules, published statistics, and fees for the California exam.
Failed the California Real Estate Exam? Exactly What to Do Next
The DRE retake rulebook: $100 re-exam fee, no attempt cap inside your two-year window, eLicensing scheduling — and a retake plan built on your score report.
How to Read Your California Real Estate Exam Results
What the DRE tells you when you fail — your score plus percent correct in each of seven areas — what each area covers, and what to practice for each one.
California Real Estate Exam Pass Rate: What the DRE's Data Shows
DRE's own monthly data: 53% of salesperson exams administered this fiscal year were passed — a figure that counts retakes. The real numbers, cited.
How Much Does the California Real Estate Exam Really Cost?
Current DRE fees: $100 exam, $100 per retake, $40 rescheduling, $350 license, $49 fingerprint processing. With a calculator for the retake math nobody itemizes.
California questions, answered
Does PassDeed cover all seven DRE content areas?
Yes — the bank spans the full RE 425 outline, from ownership and land use through agency, valuation, financing, transfer, practice and disclosures, and contracts, weighted the way the exam weights them. Your readiness report scores the same seven areas the DRE reports to failed candidates.
Is the content current with recent California law changes?
The bank is built against current law and re-verified against primary sources — including the buyer-representation agreement requirements (AB 2992), the one-month security-deposit cap, the 10-court-day eviction response deadline, the balcony-inspection laws, and Proposition 19's transfer rules.
Is PassDeed affiliated with the DRE?
No. PassDeed is an independent study tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by the California Department of Real Estate or any state regulatory body. Verify current licensing requirements at dre.ca.gov.
How is the Readiness Score different from a practice-test percentage?
It is an Item Response Theory ability estimate: every answer is weighed by question difficulty, coverage is balanced to the DRE outline, and the score ships with a stated confidence range instead of pretending to be exact.
Explore: how PassDeed works · pricing · free diagnostic · free California practice questions
PassDeed is not affiliated with or endorsed by California DRE (Department of Real Estate), the DRE's examination program, or any state regulatory body. Licensing requirements and passing standards are set by the state — verify current requirements at dre.ca.gov. All PassDeed questions are original works — never actual exam content.