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Hawaii Real Estate Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Hawaii 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.

130questions
240 mintime limit
70to 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

Hawaii Real Estate License Law for Brokers

30% of the exam
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  • The Real Estate Commission and Chapter 467
  • Broker's Experience Certificate
  • Biennial Renewal and Continuing Education

Brokerage Structure, Supervision, and Trust Accounts

25% of the exam
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  • Principal Broker, Broker-in-Charge, and Associate Broker
  • Supervision of Affiliated Licensees
  • Client Trust Accounts

Hawaii Estates, Leasehold, and Ownership Systems

25% of the exam
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  • Leasehold Versus Fee Simple
  • Condominiums Under HRS Chapter 514B
  • Regular System and Land Court (Torrens)

Hawaii Disclosures and Agency

20% of the exam
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  • Seller Disclosure Under HRS Chapter 508D
  • The Broker's Duty on Material Facts
  • Agency Disclosure

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