MD RE Broker study plan

Map the Maryland Real Estate Commission's structure, statutory authority, and rulemaking role, then diagram how licensee discipline flows from complaint to final order.

Outline the licensing pathways (salesperson, associate broker, broker) including experience, education, and examination prerequisites, and note where broker supervision duties attach.

List the required disclosures, advertising rules, and recordkeeping duties that appear most often in Commission enforcement actions.

Build a one-page table of Maryland-specific penalties, hearing rights, and appeal routes for license violations.

Distinguish the Maryland agency relationship types (single agency, dual agency, designated agency) and state the written consent each requires.

Explain fiduciary duties and how they shift when a broker represents both sides or designates intra-office agents.

Draft sample disclosure language a Maryland broker would deliver at first substantive contact and at dual agency consent.

Compare Maryland agency rules against common-law agency concepts to spot exam traps around undisclosed dual agency.

Compare exclusive right to sell, exclusive agency, and open listing agreements on commission exposure, termination, and Maryland-required terms.

Identify advertising rules including team names, licensee identification, and internet/social media advertising compliance.

Specify brokerage record retention requirements, transaction file contents, and how long records must be kept.

Draft a supervisory checklist a managing broker would use to audit agent advertising and transaction files.

Classify funds as trust versus non-trust and identify when earnest money must be deposited and where it may be held.

Reconcile a sample trust account ledger and detect shortages, commingling, or misposted disbursements.

Compute commission splits, referral fees, and net-to-seller figures from a settlement statement.

Solve proration problems for taxes, rent, and utilities using the actual/365 and 30-day methods.

Differentiate freehold estates, leasehold estates, and concurrent ownership forms recognized in Maryland, including tenancy by the entirety.

Trace how title passes by deed, inheritance, and operation of law, and identify deed elements required for valid conveyance.

Rank liens by priority and distinguish general from specific liens, including mechanic's lien and tax lien treatment.

Explain easements, encroachments, and other encumbrances by type and effect on marketable title.

Identify contract elements, statute of frauds requirements, and Maryland disclosure obligations triggered during a transaction.

Compare financing instruments and loan types, and explain how financing contingencies and appraisal outcomes affect enforceability.

List required seller and agent disclosures, including latent defect and material fact duties, and when each must be delivered.

Analyze remedy scenarios: specific performance, earnest money forfeiture, and rescission rights.

Explain zoning classifications, nonconforming use, variance, and special exception processes in Maryland jurisdictions.

Identify environmental issues affecting value and disclosure, including wetlands, lead-based paint, and floodplain considerations.

Apply the three appraisal approaches and reconcile value indications for a sample property.

Outline fair housing protected classes under federal and Maryland law and recognize steering, blockbusting, and discriminatory advertising.

Re-drill the highest-weight domains through timed mixed practice sets and log every missed concept by domain.

Re-teach weak areas using your own outlines, then restate each rule in one sentence without notes.

Simulate full-length timed conditions and practice pacing across 110-130 question blocks.

Finalize a one-page formula and rule sheet for last-day review.