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Rhode Island Real Estate Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Rhode Island 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.

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Scaled score of 70 on each portionto 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

Rhode Island License Law and DBR Regulation

25% of the exam
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  • The DBR and Commercial Licensing
  • Broker vs. Salesperson
  • Broker Supervision

Rhode Island Fair Housing and Landlord-Tenant Law

25% of the exam
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  • Fair Housing Practices Act (R.I.G.L. 34-37)
  • Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (R.I.G.L. 34-18)
  • Advertising Compliance

Lead and Real Estate Sales Disclosure

25% of the exam
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  • Real Estate Sales Disclosure
  • Lead-Hazard Disclosure
  • Timing of Disclosure

Broker Escrow and Mandatory E&O Insurance

25% of the exam
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  • Escrow Handling
  • Disputed Deposits
  • Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance

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Study aid, not a substitute for the official material — always confirm the current rule with Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR), Division of Commercial Licensing. Last verified: August 2026.

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