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Minnesota Real Estate Broker Exam Cheat Sheet (2026)

A free, printable Minnesota Real Estate Broker exam cheat sheet: the 49 highest-yield points to know, grouped into 15 sections that follow the exam's content areas, each section with its published weight.

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  • Last updated: September 2026.
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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

Minnesota Real Estate Brokerage License Law

50% of the exam
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  • Licensure and the primary broker
  • Trust accounts
  • Agency disclosure, the facilitator, and dual agency
  • Records, conduct, discipline and the recovery fund

Interests in Real Property in Minnesota

20% of the exam
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  • Spouses, co-ownership and severance
  • Subdivided lands
  • Common interest communities
  • Taxes, assessments and tenancies

Conveyance Procedures and Protection of Parties

18% of the exam
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  • Recording, Torrens and the recording taxes
  • Statutory home warranties and the statute of frauds
  • The Minnesota Human Rights Act
  • Wells, septic systems and storage tanks

Financial Instruments: Obligations, Rights and Remedies

12% of the exam
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  • Foreclosure and redemption
  • Contracts for deed
  • Homestead exemption and mechanic's liens

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