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North Dakota Real Estate Broker Exam Cheat Sheet (2026)

A free, printable North Dakota 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

Duties and Powers of the North Dakota Real Estate Commission

17.5% of the exam
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  • General Powers
  • Investigations, Hearings, and Appeals
  • Sanctions; License Suspension and Revocation; Misdemeanor
  • Examination of Records

North Dakota Licensing Requirements

20% of the exam
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  • Types of Licensing and the Activities That Require One
  • Reciprocity and Nonresident Licensing
  • Renewal and Change in License
  • Education: Prelicensing and Continuing Education

Statutory Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees

50% of the exam
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  • Advertising, Commissions, and the Broker/Salesperson Relationship
  • Disclosure, Conflict of Interest, and Agency
  • Offers, Listings, Cooperative Transactions, and Public Responsibility
  • Branch Offices, Trust Accounts, and Record Keeping

Additional Topics: Subdivided Lands, Closing Statements, and the Recovery Fund

12.5% of the exam
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  • Subdivided or Out-of-State Land Sales
  • Closing Statements
  • Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund

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