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District of Columbia Real Estate Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the District of Columbia Real Estate Brokerexam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.

120questions
210 mintime limit
75to pass
15content areas

Property Ownership

10% of the exam
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  • Real vs. Personal Property and the Bundle of Rights
  • Estates in Land
  • Forms of Co-Ownership

Land Use Controls and Regulations

5% of the exam
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  • Government Powers Over Land
  • Zoning and Public Land-Use Tools
  • Private Land-Use Controls

Valuation and Market Analysis

8% of the exam
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  • Value, Price, and Cost
  • The Three Approaches to Value
  • CMA, BPO, and the Limits of a License

Financing

9% of the exam
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  • Notes and Security Instruments
  • Loan Types and Common Clauses
  • Federal Lending Laws

Contracts

19% of the exam
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  • Essential Elements and Validity
  • Offer, Acceptance, and Counteroffers
  • Common Real Estate Contracts
  • Performance, Breach, and Remedies

General Principles of Agency

13% of the exam
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  • Creating Agency and Fiduciary Duties
  • Clients, Customers, Single and Dual Agency
  • Broker Supervision and Vicarious Liability

Property Disclosures

7% of the exam
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  • The Duty to Disclose Material Facts
  • Latent vs. Patent Defects
  • Federally Required Disclosures

Property Management

5% of the exam
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  • The Management Agreement and Trust Funds
  • Leasehold Estates and Lease Types
  • Landlord and Tenant Rights

Transfer of Title

6% of the exam
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  • How Title Transfers
  • Types of Deeds
  • Recording and Title Assurance

Practice of Real Estate

12% of the exam
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  • Brokerage Management and Supervision
  • Trust Accounts, Commingling, and Conversion
  • Fair Housing, Antitrust, and Risk Management

Real Estate Calculations

6% of the exam
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  • The Basic Percentage Formula
  • Area, Volume, and Investment Measures
  • Finance and Proration Calculations

DC License Law and the Broker Tier

30% of the exam
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  • The Commission and the Licensure Act
  • Qualifying for the Broker License
  • Standards of Conduct

Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)

25% of the exam
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  • The Tenant's Right to Purchase
  • Response Periods and Assignment
  • Consequences of Noncompliance

Broker Supervision, Escrow, and Regional Licensing

25% of the exam
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  • Supervisory Responsibility
  • Escrow and the Property Manager License
  • Regional (DC–MD–VA) Licensing

Inclusionary Zoning and Buyer Disclosures

20% of the exam
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  • Inclusionary Zoning Basics
  • Reselling IZ Units
  • Condominium and Association Disclosures

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