This Florida Real Estate cheat sheet compresses the Florida salesperson licensing exam into a printable rundown of the state-law facts the exam tests most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free Florida Real Estate toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Florida Real Estate exam at a glance
- Questions: 100 multiple-choice questions across 19 content areas
- Time: 3.5 hours
- Passing score: 75 out of 100 points
- Result: Pass/Fail against the 75-point standard
What’s on the Florida Real Estate cheat sheet
- Florida License Law & Practice (FREC / Ch. 475) (32%) — regulatory chain, FREC composition, brokerage relationships.
- Real Estate Contracts & Agency (13%) — four essentials of a valid contract, void vs voidable vs unenforceable, statute of frauds.
- Real Property, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (9%) — real vs personal property, MARIA test for fixtures, estates in land.
- Forms of Ownership, Title Transfer & Recording (8%) — co-ownership forms & survivorship, four unities of joint tenancy, florida homestead.
- Property Value & Appraisal (9%) — market value vs price vs cost, four characteristics of value, highest and best use.
- Real Estate Practice & Fair Housing (8%) — federal Fair Housing Act (1968, Title VIII), florida Fair Housing Act (Chapter 760, F.S.), prohibited practices.
- Property Disclosures & Environmental Issues (8%) — johnson v. Davis (1985), material facts vs. stigma, florida radon gas disclosure.
- Financing & Settlement (7%) — note vs mortgage, key mortgage clauses, loan types.
- Real Estate Math (6%) — t-bar / "made-part-total" method, area & land measurement, commission & seller net.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Florida License Law & Practice (FREC / Ch. 475) — at about 32% of the exam it is the largest single area, and on a two-portion state exam the state-law material is where most repeat candidates lose points.
- Then work Real Estate Contracts & Agency (13%) — the sheet leads there with four essentials of a valid contract.
- Then work Real Property, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (9%) — the sheet leads there with real vs personal property.
- Drill the traps until they are reflex — the one that catches most Florida candidates is transaction broker is PRESUMED.
- Read the sheet the morning of your appointment for a last pass on the memory hooks, and confirm your exam details with the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) before test day.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Florida Real Estate practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Florida Real Estate cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Florida Real Estate cheat sheet downloads as a PDF at no cost and with no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free Florida Real Estate practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole licensing prep is free in one place.
It condenses the highest-yield Florida licensing facts into a fast reference, covering all 9 content areas with their exam weights — from Florida License Law & Practice (FREC / Ch. 475) through Real Estate Math — plus the memory hooks and traps that catch repeat candidates.
100 multiple-choice questions across 19 content areas. Confirm the current specification with the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) before you schedule.
It is built from the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC)'s current content outline and the state statutes and rules the exam tests against. State commissions revise outlines and fees periodically, so verify the live details before test day.
No — the sheet is a cram and review layer, not a substitute for the state's required pre-license education. Use it to lock in the state-law facts and definitions, then work full weighted practice exams to find and fix weak areas.
Florida License Law & Practice (FREC / Ch. 475) — at roughly 32% it is the largest single area on the exam. Real Estate Contracts & Agency is next at about 13%.
It covers the content areas the Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) publishes for this exam, which is where the state-specific questions come from. The national/general real-estate principles are covered across the same sheet's principles, contracts, financing, and valuation sections.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up again the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.Florida DBPR, Division of Real Estate. “Candidate Information Booklet — Real Estate Sales Associate Examination.” myfloridalicense.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC). “Florida Real Estate Home.” myfloridalicense.com, 2026. ↑
- 3.Florida DBPR. “Candidate Information Booklets.” myfloridalicense.com, 2026. ↑
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