This New Jersey Real Estate cheat sheet compresses the New Jersey 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 New Jersey Real Estate toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
New Jersey Real Estate exam at a glance
- Result: Pass/Fail — administered for the New Jersey Real Estate Commission
- Structure: A national portion plus a New Jersey state portion; confirm current counts, timing and fees with the Commission
What’s on the New Jersey Real Estate cheat sheet
- New Jersey State License Law & Practice (~35 of 110 items (32%) — NJREC as regulator, where NJREC lives, attorney-review clause.
- Real Estate Contracts and Agency (National) (~15 of 110 items) (14%) — elements of a valid contract, void vs voidable vs unenforceable, listing agreement types.
- Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (National) (~10 of 110 items) (9%) — real vs personal property + fixtures, bundle of rights, fee simple absolute.
- Property Value and Appraisal (National) (~10 of 110 items) (9%) — market value vs price vs cost, highest and best use, three approaches to value.
- Forms of Ownership and Transfer of Title (National + NJ) (~9 of 110 items) (8%) — co-ownership forms, tenancy by the entirety (NJ), four unities of joint tenancy.
- Real Estate Practice & Fair Housing (National + NJ LAD) (~9 of 110 items) (8%) — federal Fair Housing Act (1968), NJ Law Against Discrimination (LAD), prohibited practices.
- Financing and Settlement (National) (~7 of 110 items) (6%) — note vs mortgage, NJ = judicial-foreclosure / mortgage state, loan types.
- Real Estate Math (Both portions) (~7 of 110 items) (6%) — commission math, seller net / target price, area & acreage.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load New Jersey State License Law & Practice (~35 of 110 items — 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 and Agency (National) (~15 of 110 items) (14%) — the sheet leads there with elements of a valid contract.
- Then work Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (National) (~10 of 110 items) (9%) — the sheet leads there with real vs personal property + fixtures.
- Drill the traps until they are reflex — the one that catches most New Jersey candidates is NJREC is in DOBI (Banking & Insurance), NOT Consumer Affairs and NOT the Dept. of State.
- Read the sheet the morning of your appointment for a last pass on the memory hooks, and confirm your exam details with the New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC) before test day.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your New Jersey 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.
New Jersey Real Estate cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the New Jersey Real Estate cheat sheet downloads as a PDF at no cost and with no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free New Jersey Real Estate practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole licensing prep is free in one place.
It condenses the highest-yield New Jersey licensing facts into a fast reference, covering all 8 content areas with their exam weights — from New Jersey State License Law & Practice (~35 of 110 items through Real Estate Math (Both portions) (~7 of 110 items) — plus the memory hooks and traps that catch repeat candidates.
Pass/Fail — administered for the New Jersey Real Estate Commission. Confirm the current specification with the New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC) before you schedule.
It is built from the New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC)'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.
New Jersey State License Law & Practice (~35 of 110 items — at roughly 32% it is the largest single area on the exam. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (National) (~15 of 110 items) is next at about 14%.
It covers the content areas the New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC) 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.New Jersey Real Estate Commission (NJREC), Department of Banking and Insurance. “New Jersey Real Estate Commission.” nj.gov, 2026. ↑
- 2.New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. “Department of Banking and Insurance.” nj.gov, 2026. ↑
- 3.PSI Services LLC. “Real Estate Licensure Examinations.” psiexams.com, 2026. ↑
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