Up and coming rising realtor, passed state rules and regulations, second part(85 general) came within 7 points of passing.  Deadline to pass state exam is May 26, 2006.  Keep getting locked in at 68%. Took general section 7 times.  Help if you can please.  Thank you. :(
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Oh honey, focus and apply yourself.  Don't give up.  Study until you are blue in the face.  It's your, go for it.  Pray first.
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get a sample test book from your library.  It'll give you a good idea of the format of the questions.  Every state has different requirements so people here can't help you, what applies in their state might not apply to your state.
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Heres is some advice! If you are looking to purchase a home, first get pre-qualified. If you log onto http://www.justgetaloan.net we can get a you a fast free pre-qualification with access to great service,programs and low rates. Getting pre-qualified will let you know how much you can afford. Also when dealing with a realtor the realtor will work harder for you knowing that they have a real client. Many people want to buy homes, those who have the ability are the ones realtors work for. Also it will give you buying power. I.E. Seller is selling home for 200k you have been pre-approved for a mortgage up to 190k the seller is more likely to come down on the price becuase you have been qualified for the mortgage. Its like your walking around with a blank check. Feel free to log onto the site http://www.justgetaloan.net also you can contact me at 866 530 7300 ext 7305 or by email at jfreeman@justgetaloan.net
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Today's realtor never cease to amaze me what they see as OK.  If the realtor is the agent for the selling party, how do you think the seller would feel if they found out, especially if the realtor is kicking back something else to the buyer in the first sale or the second sale.\n\nFIRST EDIT: I'm not saying that from the buyer's perspective it isn't a good strategy, but raises some ethical questions for me.\n\nSECOND EDIT: Do you have a realtor?  If not, they should be lowering their fees on the first sale for god's sake.  If they aren't doing that, you don't want them selling your house.
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The laws are different in each state - there is usually a state part of the test that you need to take/pass and a national part as well.  And in some states, if you need multiple state licenses, if you get a high enough score on the national part of the test, they allow that to count in the new state and you may not have to take the national part again.  There are educators in each state that offer the classes (usually a 40 hour class) that you need to take in order to get licensed.  Check with NAR or your local state Association of Realtors and they will have the details available for you.
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I am acquainted with several good realtors in Georgia; however, neither has web sites - they are too busy to slow down to initiate one.  If you have a web site - I have advertisement space available.
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It is very common to have this problem. \n\nYou have to put your house on the market and add a clause that the date of closing can be delayed until you find a new home. You might have to be reasonable here and put something like or until a certain date. (you can always get storage and live in a hotel until you find a place, or move in with family) A buyer won't want to be in limbo for a long time. If you accept an offer kick your search into high gear!\n\nWhen you buy a new house you put in the contract that it will close after you sell your other house. This is more common and you can have the time line a little longer depending on how easy it will be to sell your house and how far along you are. Hopefully you sell you other house first.\n\nYou may need to pay for both for a short period of time so you can move, but then the first payment usually is delayed a bit. You can talk to the lender about this to figure out the best time to close. It is usually the first of the month and then the payment isnt due until the 15th of the next month giving you 6 weeks without a payment. Arrangements can be made to change this date if you speak with your lender about it. \n\nHere is what you need to do. First get a real estate agent. Go with a referal of someone you know that highly recommends someone. Or if you have none, call around and have a meeting with a few. If you found one you really get along with well then you should work with them. If for some reason they just don't click with you then tell them you are going to make a decision after you meet with three and they are first. Don't let them pressure you into a decision.\n\nAfter you have a real estate agent talk with them about your concerns and they will explain everything you can do. The next thing you should do and can even do first if you want is to go to a mortgage broker or bank or credit union and get pre-qualified. This will let you know how much you can qualify for and the assumption is of course that you will pay off and sell the first house so don't even worry about that.\n\nGood Luck!
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I can put you in touch with an associate ... if you wish . I work for Primerica. We are a Citigroup company, and we have offices in California as well as Texas and several other states. I took a 2 day course thru Primerica and passed my test soon after.
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We cannot even guess what is going  - maybe a key decision maker got sick...maybe the test is not graded yet...maybe just about anything. Bottom line - the time frame is what works best for the employer not the applicant. I would hold off on anymore contact for right now - Contacting them 2 days after the test was a bit impatient in my opinion. You do not want to be percieved as demanding and impossible to work with.\n\nThis is a great example of why it is so important to ask "What is the next step?" at the end of each step of the process. Also check on what their timeframe is.\n\nShould you keep looking - of course. I always tell my clients to keep looking until they actually accept a position.
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When you had the contract for sale drawn up, did it include a clause that there were no known pending assessments on the property?  Did you review the association minutes to see if anything out of the ordinary was discussed?  Sometimes a pending assessment will even show up in a title search if the attorney for the condo assoc. has filed it in an attempt to alert potential buyers to that possibility. \n\nYou can file a form with the post office that says you need their new address in order to serve them with a subpoena.  Some states even allow you to send in a request to the DMV for a current address for process of service.\n\nDidn't they put their forwarding address on their 1099 certification form at the closing?  You could also do a property tax search in their current town to see if they own any property and have them served at that address. \n\n"most lawyers will give you thirty minutes to figure out of you've got a case or not (they're looking to see if they can make money with it). "  Oh please ... time is money and no one gives money away for free.  These types of matter are NOT taken on a contingency basis.  Very few cases are taken on a contingency basis, and 95% of those are personal injury matters or workers comp.  Those are the only two matters that are virtually guaranteed to get a free consult.
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yeah, it was easy. That's the great thing about this country: if you study for an exam, you'll pass. BUt on the timing part, here's my advice, if you don't know what to do as soon as you finish reading the questions, then chances are you're going to waste time trying to figure out something. First work on all the questions that you know at least 90% how to answer, then go back and try to solve the other questions.
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Well It would help if I knew what state you were in; however, I may be able to help anyway because I took Real Estate Law a couple of semesters ago.  \n\nFirst of all I think title exams go back further than 50 or 60 years.  I think they go back as far as the title has been recorded. Regarless, if the title was obtained fraudulently at anytime that causes an issue.   Legally if the deed was ever obtained fraudulently or if there is some other flaw in the deed then some unknown person may have a legal claim to the property if they ever find out they have a claim and may be intitled to quite title lawsuit.  The other problem that could occur is if the real estate is ever sold and title insurance is purchased and the fraud is discovered then the current owner may loose his claim to the property or the flaw in the title will have to be resolved before it can be sold.\n\nAccording to my real estate law book a quitclaim deed purports to convey only the grantor's present interest in the real estate, if the grantor has any interest, rather than the real estate itself.  Since such a deed purports to convey only whatever interest the grantor has at the time, its use does not mean or imply the grantor has a good title, or any title at all.  This form of deed does not impose any future obligations on the grantor.  If the grantor has an interest, it is conveyed by the quit claim deed.  If the grantor has no interest none will be conveyed.  If the grantor aquires an interest after executing the deed, the interest will be retained as the grantor's property.  \n\nQuitclaim deeds are used when the grantor knows that the title held has a flaw, such as where another may have an interest in the real estate, or where the interest of the grantor is doubtful, but a deed is need to clear that interest.  They are commonly used when parties have aquired title through foreclosure or some other involuntary means.\n\nThe point of the quitclaim deed is to release the grantor from the covenants and warranties included in other types of deeds becuase he knows there is a flaw in the title.  This knowledge alone would make me wonder why he is choosing this method of transfer if he allegedly know nothing of the flaw.\n\nI don't know if this helps or not but I hope it does! :)
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Howdy. I live in Texas and have had a few real estate dealings. It sounds to me like you don't have much of a case. If you signed the FMV form, that's all that necessary, since the lender usually fills the thing out and submits it to you for approval. The lender's signing is an implied agreement, given that they provided the value figures on the form. Remember, lots of things in the Texas Constitution have been amended by legal precedence over the years, without those cases being included IN the Constitution.\n\nEven if you have a leg to stand on with no actual second signature, I would bet that a judge would side with the lender in your case, simply due to that old standard legal mumbojumbo that says "this is what is commonly accepted as proper legal practice".\n\nYou might also want to check with your original lien holder to see if they have any input on the lender who holds your second lien. Sometimes, these home equity folks tend to be a little shady in the way they do things. If you call them on it, they may back down from foreclosure or give you some alternatives to losing your house.\n\nGood luck, whatever you decide to do.\n\nFiveStarAuthor@aol.com\n\n(I've edited several books on real estate, so I actually do know something about this subject, though I'm hardly an expert.)
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I can help you, I think.  I am a ne agent in AZ myself.\n\nFirst visit the AZ Department of Real Estate's website @ http://www.re.state.az.us/ and click on licensing information.\n\nFirst you will have to take 90 hours of classes at an accredited school. Then take and pass their test.\n\nThen you will have to take and pass the state/national exam given in two parts.\n\nThen you will have to find a broker to hang your license with. Essentially this means that you will have to find a firm to hire you.\n\nLastly comes the fun part.  You will then need to find clients who want to employ you to sell them a home.\n\nGood luck in your new career choice. If you have any other questions drop me a line
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You will usually take as few as 15 days to as many as 45 days to close from the day you sign the agreement. So ideally you would make offers you expect to be accepted at 45 days from the move in date. You will then raise the offers them and tighten up the closing date as the deadline approaches if you have to move. Remember there is usually a day or two before it funds and you get the keys, or put in the offer you take possesion at closing. Otherwise it is at funding.\n\nYou should start getting comfortable with the market by looking on your own. You probably don't want to tie up your own agent for this long. So call the listing agent when you want to see inside a house. Otherwise just look at the prices and the paper and maybe drive by. Once you are ready to start making real offers within a month then get your agent lined up. You will even have several that you already talked to and you might like.\n\nAnother option is to start making lowball offers in the mean time and see if any get accepted. My wife and I started looking in Jan a few years ago and made offers 15% below the listed price if it was a very reasonable price, and as much as 20-25% if it was inflated for a big sell. (you can use www.zillow.com to help with valuation, but it isnt perfect remember). It took 8 offers (7 rejections) and we moved in in July to a house that was appraised for 10% more than we paid! Just tell your agent what the plan is so she isn't surprised when you don't come up to reasonable offers. You might even consider springing for lunch once in a while since you are really making her work hard.\n\nMake sure you can afford to have the house early if you get it, otherwise you might not want to try that.\n\nGood luck
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varies greatly state to state, i've never been a realtor in New york so i dont know.  got VA and NC I dont remember HS being a requirement, but it maybe\nyou best option is to \ncall up and ask\ndo a google looking for the new york state real estate commission, they should be able to give you a answer\nor call a real estate school
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First, I don't know of any online pre-licensing course. Please check with your state Real Estate Appraiser Board to make sure that the course qualifies towards your education hours requirement. You can find your appraiser board website through the Appraisal Subcommittee website (below). The state site will have a list of approved courses and schools for PRE-LICENSE or CORE coursework.\n\nIn teaching appraisal, I have found Henry Harrrison's course book the most readable for adult learners. His books can be acquired through his website, Forms and Worms, or through Amazon.com. Dearborn Publications also has a fairly good guide.\n\nGood luck. I usually advise students to start looking for a supervisor for their apprenticeship while they are still in school. It is probably the hardest part of getting into the profession. You can download a list of licensed appraisers from the Appraisal Subcommittee website. Just click on the National Registry tab. Then click on custom reports. Be sure to select your state and select "Active" status for your list. The list is available in Excel, which can be tied to Word's Mail Merge Tool. You can then mail your resume to all available, active appraisers.