Why this guide
- Built directly from DRE RE 425, revised June 2025 — every bullet traces to the official exam content document
- Section weights shown so you spend time where the 25% disclosure/agency and 17% agency sections actually live
- CA-specific, not generic: TDS, Natural Hazard Disclosure, Recovery Fund, and DRE advertising rules are covered as testable topics
- Designed to print and study offline — full guide plus two 1-page cheat sheets and a pocket card
Who this is for
- Students finishing the 135-hour California DRE pre-license coursework
- Career-changers who want a printable review before the 3-hour DRE exam
- Salesperson candidates re-taking the exam after missing the 70% cut
- Real estate teams hiring unlicensed assistants who need the same vocabulary
- Anyone tired of generic “national” prep that ignores California law
What you'll learn
- Property Ownership and Land Use Controls (~15%): classes of property, encumbrances, types of ownership, legal descriptions, government rights, public/private controls, water rights, environmental hazards
- Laws of Agency and Fiduciary Duties (~17%): creation and termination of agency, disclosure of agency, duties to seller/buyer, commission and fees, acting as principal, responsibilities to third parties
- Property Valuation and Financial Analysis (~14%): market value, sales comparison, cost, income approaches, and basic financial analysis
- Financing (~9%): loan types, sources of financing, government programs, mortgages/deeds of trust, credit laws, loan brokerage
- Transfer of Property (~8%): title insurance, deeds, escrow, tax aspects, probate transfers, types of vesting
- Practice of Real Estate and Mandated Disclosures (~25%): trust account rules, Fair Housing, truth in advertising, DRE jurisdiction and discipline, Recovery Fund, TDS, NHD, material facts, property management
- Contracts (~12%): listing agreements, buyer-broker agreements, purchase contracts, promissory notes, options, advanced fees
What you're getting
- 6 printable PDFs: cover, course notice, full study guide, two condensed cheat sheets, and an exam-day pocket card.
- Content built from the public syllabus and real test-taker accounts.
- No fake "actual exam" content — honest, source-cited study aids.
"The California portion is heavy on disclosures — know TDS and natural hazard cold."
— paraphrased from public test-taker accounts