Cited to the regulators — TREC, the DBPR, the California DRE, Pearson VUE
Real Estate Exam Guides
The rules, fees, and statistics that govern the licensing exams — written from the primary sources, with the citations shown, and centered on the question that matters after a failed attempt: what exactly do you fix?
Texas
Failed the Texas Real Estate Exam? Exactly What to Do Next
The Texas retake rulebook, cited to TREC and Pearson VUE: fees, attempt limits, the 3-failure education rule, and a retake plan built on your score report.
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How to Read Your Texas Real Estate Exam Score Report
What every content category on the Pearson VUE score report covers, how many questions each carries, which numbers to trust, and what to practice for each.
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Texas Real Estate Exam Pass Rate: What TREC's Data Actually Shows
TREC's own numbers: 56% of first-time candidates pass both portions. The state portion passes only ~50% while the national passes ~65%. Full data, cited.
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How Many Times Can You Take the Texas Real Estate Exam?
No fixed attempt cap — but fail a portion three times and TREC requires 30 more classroom hours, and everything must fit inside your one-year application.
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How Much Does the Texas Real Estate Exam Really Cost?
Current official fees: $43 per exam attempt, $206 application, $37 fingerprints. Plus the retake math nobody itemizes — with a calculator for your scenario.
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The Hardest Part of the Texas Real Estate Exam, by the Numbers
Pearson VUE's own data: the state portion passes only ~50% of first-timers. The weakest categories — contracts, agency, math — with the numbers behind them.
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Passed the National but Failed the State Portion? Here's the Texas Rulebook
You keep the national pass for one year and retake only the 40-question state portion ($43). The rules, the deadline math, and what to drill for the retake.
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Florida
Failed the Florida Real Estate Exam? Exactly What to Do Next
The DBPR retake rulebook: the 24-hour wait, the 21-day exam review right, the two-year course clock, and a retake plan that uses them in the right order.
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Florida Lets You Review the Exam Questions You Missed — Here's How
Failed candidates may review the questions they missed at a Pearson VUE center — request within 21 days of the grade notice. The rules and the strategy.
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Florida Real Estate Exam Pass Rate: First-Timers vs Repeaters
The published split: 48% of first-time candidates passed vs 31% of repeaters (May 2026 Pearson summary via FREC). What the numbers mean for a retake.
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How Many Times Can You Take the Florida Real Estate Exam?
No numeric cap — a 24-hour wait after each failure, the full fee per sitting, and two two-year clocks (course and application) do the limiting. Rules cited.
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How Much Does the Florida Real Estate Exam Really Cost?
The sourced figures: $62.75 DBPR application (RE 1 form) and the exam fee's last published schedule, caveats stated. Plus the forfeit rules and a calculator.
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Florida Real Estate Mutual Recognition: The 10 States and the 40-Question Exam
Ten states qualify — Alabama to West Virginia. Skip the 63-hour course and take a 40-question Florida law exam (30 to pass) instead. Rules cited to the DBPR.
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California
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.
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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.
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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.
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How Many Times Can You Take the California Real Estate Exam?
No attempt limit — the DRE lets you retake as often as needed within two years of filing your application, at $100 per attempt. The rules and the math, cited.
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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.
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Does California Have Real Estate License Reciprocity? No — Here's What Transfers Anyway
California has no reciprocity with any state — the DRE's words. What out-of-state agents can transfer (education), what they can't, and the exam that decides.
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Start with measurement, not another course
Every guide above ends the same way because the logic doesn't change: the exam scores you by content domain, so preparation should start by measuring you the same way. The free 24-question adaptive diagnostic does exactly that — for Texas, Florida, and California.
PassDeed is not affiliated with or endorsed by TREC, FREC, the DBPR, the California DRE, Pearson VUE, or any state regulatory body. Passing standards are set by each state. Verify current requirements at trec.texas.gov (Texas), myfloridalicense.com (Florida), or dre.ca.gov (California).