The broker exam covers both courses. This section covers the 75-hour broker course. The 77-hour salesperson material is also on the exam; study it with the real estate tools: flashcards, practice exams, Final Review and math drills.
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Every card and question on these pages comes from the same bank: 210 questions across 10 units, plus 75 typed-answer review questions.
Flashcards
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Build an exam of 10, 25, 50 or all 210 questions, by unit and difficulty, timed if you like. Feedback on every question with its source, results by unit, a tappable miss review and your best score.
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Five terms, five definitions, a clock. Rounds are drawn from the term cards, so a fast round means the vocabulary is really there.
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75 open-ended and fill-in-the-blank questions. You type the answer in your own words; the page grades it, shows the ideal answer and explains the usual wrong ones.
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Every question in this section was written for this site. None is copied from a textbook, a course manual or another prep site. Each is written to the topics of the official exam, keyed to one defensible answer, and explained with the rule and its source (the statute, regulation, policy form or agency page it comes from), so you can check it yourself. Rules that changed recently are tested as they stand in 2026.
How the license works
- The education. 152 hours in all: the 77-hour salesperson course and the 75-hour broker course (curriculum effective December 21, 2022). RPL 441(1)(b); 19 NYCRR 176.4
- The experience. A licensed salesperson needs 3,500 experience points, about two years full time; other routes need 5,250 points. The minimum age is 20. 19 NYCRR 179.2, 179.3; RPL 441
- The exam. Multiple choice on the full 152-hour curriculum, 2 hours 30 minutes. The Department of State reports pass or fail, and a passing result is valid for 2 years. The exam fee is $15. NY DOS; RPL 441-b(1-A)
- The license. $185, which includes the $30 fair housing surcharge. Continuing education is 22.5 hours each two-year term. RPL 441-b(1); RPL 441(3)
General information, checked against the sources named above in October 2026. It is not legal advice and not a statement of any regulator’s current rules. Fees, hours and exam details change; confirm them with the regulator before you rely on them.
The units in the bank
Every filter on the flashcards and the practice exam uses these unit names.
- Operating a Brokerage: Law and Supervision
- Business Entities and Brokerage Finances
- Independent Contractors, Employment and Insurance
- General Business Law
- Antitrust
- Real Estate Finance for Brokers
- Investment, Construction and Development
- Conveyance, Property Management and Taxes
- Advanced Fair Housing and Fair Lending
- Transaction Analysis
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