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Tennessee Real Estate Broker Exam Cram Sheet (2026)

The highest-yield points on the Tennessee 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
240 mintime limit
75% on each portion (national 75 items, state 50 items; PSI)to 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

Tennessee License Law and the Broker Tier

35% of the exam
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  • TREC and the Broker License Act
  • The Principal Broker
  • Education and Experience Path

Agency and Disclosure Under Tennessee Law

25% of the exam
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  • Agency Relationships and Disclosure
  • Designated Agency
  • The Broker's Supervisory Duty

Escrow, Earnest Money, and Trust Accounts

20% of the exam
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  • Holding Earnest Money
  • Disputed Deposits
  • Recordkeeping and Reconciliation

Fair Housing and Broker Management in Tennessee

20% of the exam
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  • Tennessee Human Rights Act and Fair Housing
  • Office and Broker Management
  • Advertising and Consumer Protection

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Study aid, not a substitute for the official material — always confirm the current rule with Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TREC). Last verified: August 2026.

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