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South Carolina Real Estate Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the South Carolina 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.

125questions
200 mintime limit
National portion 60 of 80 points; state portion 36 of 50to 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

South Carolina License Law

30% of the exam
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  • The Real Estate Commission and Title 40, Chapter 57
  • The License Ladder
  • Trust Accounts

South Carolina Vacation Rental Act and Time Sharing

25% of the exam
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  • Vacation Rental Act (Title 27, Chapter 50)
  • Vacation Rental Management Agreements
  • Vacation Time Sharing Plans (Title 27, Chapter 32)

South Carolina Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

20% of the exam
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  • Rights and Duties (Title 27, Chapter 40)
  • Security Deposits and Trust Duties
  • Property Manager Licensing

South Carolina Fair Housing and Broker Duties

25% of the exam
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  • Fair Housing Law (Title 31, Chapter 21)
  • Advertising Compliance
  • Steering

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