ID Real Estate study plan

Define the bundle of rights and classify each type of ownership interest (fee simple, life estate, leasehold, co-ownership) by the rights it conveys

Distinguish the types of encumbrances, easements, and liens, and state which survive a transfer of title

Compute a metes-and-bounds or lot-and-block legal description from given bearings and distances, and convert among square feet, acres, and square miles

Explain how police power, eminent domain, taxation, and escheat limit private ownership, and match each to a concrete scenario

Categorize each agency relationship (single, dual, designated, subagency, non-agency) by the duties owed and the fiduciary duties breached in a given scenario

List the elements required to form a valid contract and identify which contract defects make an agreement void versus voidable versus unenforceable

Draft the key contingency, financing, and default clauses of a purchase agreement and explain the remedy triggered by each

Explain the Statute of Frauds, assignment versus novation, and the effect of earnest money on contract enforceability

Compute loan-to-value, down payment, monthly PITI, qualifying ratios, discount points, and proration of taxes and interest without a calculator aid sheet

Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and seller-financed loans by insurance requirement, down payment, and assumption rules

Apply the three approaches to value (sales comparison, cost, income) and solve for a capitalization rate or gross rent multiplier

Interpret a settlement statement line by line and classify each charge as a debit or credit to buyer or seller

Recite the federal fair housing protected classes and the advertising and steering prohibitions that apply to listing and showing practice

Explain the Idaho Real Estate Commission's role, licensing and renewal requirements, and the categories of license discipline and grounds for license denial or revocation

Distinguish the Idaho brokerage relationship types and the disclosures and timing rules that create them

Summarize the national content areas you scored lowest on and re-teach them from your own notes

Map the required elements and timelines of the Idaho residential purchase and sale agreement, including the inspection, financing, and title review deadlines

Identify the seller disclosure obligations and the property conditions that must be disclosed in Idaho, and describe the buyer's remedies when disclosure is incomplete

Differentiate the agency duties and disclosure requirements specific to Idaho from the national default model, listing the practical differences

Explain the handling of earnest money, trust accounts, and record-keeping obligations imposed on Idaho licensees

Describe the Idaho closing and escrow process, who may conduct settlement, and how title insurance and title exceptions are handled

Explain the treatment of water rights, irrigation district assessments, and rural land considerations that commonly arise in Idaho transactions

Summarize Idaho rules on subdivided land, seller property disclosures for new construction, and the recording of instruments affecting title

Apply Idaho advertising, team-name, and unlicensed-assistant rules to hypothetical marketing and office scenarios

Re-solve every problem from your error log until each is correct on the first attempt

Distinguish pairs of commonly confused concepts (e.g., lien priority, agency termination, contingency timing) in writing

Practice the vocabulary and definitions that appear most often in question stems by writing a definition from memory for each term

Complete short mixed sets alternating national and Idaho items to build switching speed

Complete at least two full-length timed simulations under exam conditions, one weighted toward national content and one toward Idaho content

Analyze each simulated exam by subtopic to confirm no domain falls below 75%

Drill pace and flag-and-return strategy so every item is answered within the time limit

Recite the highest-risk Idaho-specific rules and the core math formulas from memory without notes