Nova Scotia Real Estate Salesperson study plan
Nova Scotia Real Estate Salesperson · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Real Estate Trading Act and Regulations
Map the structure of the Real Estate Trading Act into a one-page outline covering licensing, trading, and disciplinary parts
Define each key statutory term in Domain 1 in your own words without copying the Act's phrasing
Explain the licensing pathways and eligibility conditions for salespersons and associate brokers aloud in under five minutes
List the categories of conduct that trigger suspension, revocation, or penalty under the Act
Your checkpoint
A one-page Act structure map plus a 20-term personal glossary written in your own words
Real Estate Trading Act and Regulations
Trace the complaint-to-hearing disciplinary process step by step and annotate each stage
Compare the roles of the regulator, the hearing body, and the appeals route in a short written summary
Solve 15 self-written scenario questions on trust accounting and record-keeping duties
Identify the statutory rules on trust money handling and write a checklist a salesperson could follow
Your checkpoint
A labelled disciplinary-process flowchart and a trust-money compliance checklist, each with a 100-word self-explanation
Commission By-law, Policies and Advertising Requirements
Summarize the Commission By-law's core provisions into a structured outline
Distinguish permitted from prohibited advertising content and label ten sample ad claims as compliant or not
Draft three compliant property advertisements that include every required disclosure element
Explain continuing education and licensing-renewal obligations from memory
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of three original compliant ads, each annotated to show which by-law requirement it satisfies
Real Estate Trading Act and Regulations & Commission By-law, Policies and Advertising Requirements
Write 30 original practice questions spanning Domains 1 and 2 and answer them closed-book
Review every missed question and record the underlying rule in a correction log
Re-explain the three weakest Domain 1 rules without referring to notes
Audit your ad portfolio against the advertising rules and revise any weak spots
Your checkpoint
A scored 30-question self-test with a correction log showing a rule note for each error
Agency Relationships and Disclosure
Define each agency relationship type and the duties each creates for the brokerage and the salesperson
Explain the timing and content of agency disclosure requirements in plain language
Work through eight dual-agency and conflict-of-interest scenarios and justify each resolution
Describe how agency status changes across the transaction timeline from first contact to closing
Your checkpoint
A two-page agency disclosure guide plus written resolutions for eight conflict scenarios
Conduct, Trade Practices and Professional Standards
Outline the professional standards expected of a salesperson, including honesty, competence, and confidentiality duties
Classify ten original conduct scenarios as compliant or non-compliant with a stated reason for each
Explain the trade-practice rules on representations, misrepresentation, and handling of deposits
Draft a client communication script that satisfies disclosure and conduct obligations
Your checkpoint
A scenario classification table of ten cases with a one-paragraph rationale for each ruling
Agency Relationships and Disclosure & Conduct, Trade Practices and Professional Standards
Write 40 original mixed questions across Domains 3 and 4 and complete them timed
Analyze each error to identify whether the gap was a rule, a definition, or a judgment call
Role-play three disclosure conversations aloud and self-score clarity and completeness
Consolidate overlapping duties between agency and conduct rules into a single comparison chart
Your checkpoint
A timed 40-question mixed test with an error-analysis table and a completed agency-versus-conduct comparison chart
Real Estate Trading Act and Regulations & Commission By-law, Policies and Advertising Requirements & Agency Relationships and Disclosure & Conduct, Trade Practices and Professional Standards
Complete two full-length timed mock exams weighted 25 percent per domain and score both
Re-drill every missed item from Weeks 4 and 7 until each is answered correctly twice
Recite the key rule for each domain from memory in a five-minute verbal summary
Build a final one-page cue sheet of the rules you most often missed
Your checkpoint
Two scored full mock exams with a final one-page cue sheet of recurring weak rules
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80 percent on a closed-book 20-question Domain 1 self-test and explain the disciplinary process aloud without notes
Week 4: Score at least 75 percent on the 30-question Domains 1 and 2 test, with a correction-log entry for every missed question
Week 6: Correctly classify at least 8 of 10 conduct scenarios and state the governing rule for each
Week 7: Score at least 80 percent on the timed 40-question Domains 3 and 4 test and complete the error-analysis table
Week 8: Score at least 85 percent on both full-length mock exams and deliver a five-minute verbal summary covering all four domains