CT Real Estate study plan

Distinguish client, customer, and unrepresented party, then correctly label every party in 8 written transaction scenarios

List the fiduciary duties owed to a client and match each duty to at least two concrete breach examples

Trace the agency disclosure sequence from first substantive contact through written acknowledgment, and state what must be in writing

Differentiate single agency, dual agency, and designated agency, and explain what informed written consent must contain

Explain how brokerage relationship type changes the licensee's obligations to each side of a transaction

Identify the elements of a valid contract and apply them to 6 fact patterns to reach an enforceability conclusion

Differentiate offer, counteroffer, acceptance, and revocation, and determine the exact moment a binding agreement exists

Apply statute-of-frauds and signature requirements to listing agreements, purchase contracts, and addenda

Compare exclusive-right-to-sell, exclusive-agency, and open listing arrangements and compute commission splits in 4 examples

Explain contingencies, default, remedies, and earnest-money disposition in 5 dispute scenarios

Classify freehold and leasehold estates and solve 8 title-vesting problems involving tenancy in common, joint tenancy, and severance

Categorize liens as general or specific and voluntary or involuntary, then rank priority in 5 competing-lien scenarios

Distinguish easements, licenses, encroachments, and deed restrictions, and determine which survive a transfer or foreclosure

Read and interpret metes-and-bounds, lot-and-block, and government-survey legal descriptions, and compute one parcel area

Explain how each type of encumbrance affects marketability and insurability of title

Compute loan-to-value, down payment, monthly PITI, and qualifying ratios for 6 borrower scenarios without a calculator error

Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA programs on down payment, insurance, assumability, and occupancy conditions

Select the appropriate valuation approach for a given property type and justify the choice in writing

Complete a sales-comparison adjustment grid and compute gross rent multiplier and capitalization rate

Explain appraisal independence rules and how a low appraisal changes financing and closing outcomes

Outline the Connecticut licensing path, including pre-licensing education, examination, application, renewal, and continuing education requirements

Describe the authority of the state real estate commission and the complaint, investigation, and hearing sequence

Compile a list of prohibited conduct and match each item to the range of disciplinary penalties available

Apply advertising, team-name, and unlicensed-assistance rules to 6 realistic practice scenarios

Sequence each required disclosure in a transaction and state the deadline for delivering it

Sequence every step from executed contract to recorded deed, and assign responsibility to buyer, seller, lender, broker, and settlement agent

Explain title search, title commitment, and the difference between an owner's policy and a lender's policy

Reconcile a settlement statement by allocating debits and credits and prorating property taxes and rents at closing

Compare warranty, bargain-and-sale, and quitclaim deeds by the covenants each conveys

Compute state and local conveyance tax and identify the party responsible for paying each closing cost

Re-drill the two lowest-scoring domains from prior quizzes until each reaches 85% accuracy

Assemble and answer a timed 40-item mixed set spanning all six domains

Write 10 new flashcards per weak sub-topic and self-test them twice

Rebuild the agency decision tree and encumbrance worksheet from memory and correct any drift against your notes

Complete two full-length timed simulated exams under test-day conditions

Categorize every missed item by domain and sub-topic, then rank the top three error clusters

Re-study only the top three error clusters using flashcards and worked examples

Recite the agency disclosure sequence, contract-to-closing timeline, and settlement proration method from memory