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NV Real Estate study plan

NV Real Estate · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Nevada Real Estate Division, Commission, and Licensing Law & Agency Relationships and Fiduciary Duties

  • Diagram the Nevada Real Estate Division and Real Estate Commission on one page, labeling the Commission's rulemaking and licensing-adjudication role versus the Division's administrative, investigative, and disciplinary functions.

  • Sequence the education, examination, application, fingerprinting, and post-licensing steps for salesperson and broker licenses, noting the statutory deadline attached to each step.

  • Build a table that separates the fiduciary duties owed to a client (care, obedience, loyalty, disclosure, confidentiality, accounting, and the Nevada duty to disclose material facts) from the obligations owed to all parties in a transaction.

  • Classify fifteen short conduct scenarios as license law violations, fiduciary breaches, both, or neither, citing the governing duty for each classification.

Your checkpoint

A one-page licensing-and-agency reference sheet plus a completed 15-scenario classification worksheet scoring at least 13/15 against the answer key.

Week 2

Agency Relationships and Fiduciary Duties & Real Estate Contracts and Contract Law

  • Map the timeline for agency disclosure and written representation agreements from first contact through closing, marking every point at which a disclosure or consent must be delivered or signed.

  • Compare seller representation, buyer representation, and dual or limited representation, listing the consent each requires and the duties that change in each configuration.

  • Identify the elements of a valid real estate contract and the agreements that must be in writing, and apply them to six fact patterns to decide enforceability.

  • Distinguish express versus implied duties and disclose-versus-advise boundaries by rewriting five agent statements into compliant language.

Your checkpoint

A completed agency-disclosure timeline with no missing disclosure points, plus 30 flashcards covering contract elements and representation types, self-tested at 90% recall.

Week 3

Real Estate Contracts and Contract Law

  • Annotate a purchase-and-sale contract line by line, explaining the purpose of each contingency, deadline, and allocation of risk without relying on any published form's numbering.

  • Compute the calendar dates for inspection, appraisal, loan, and closing deadlines given three start dates and varying day-count rules, and flag which deadlines are time-is-of-the-essence.

  • Differentiate breach types and match each to available remedies, including earnest money disposition, specific performance, liquidated damages, and rescission.

  • Explain how contract assignment, novation, and addenda alter the original agreement, applying each to a two-paragraph fact pattern.

  • Draft a plain-language summary of the contingencies a buyer should understand before signing, in 200 words or fewer.

Your checkpoint

A one-page contract-timeline map with all deadlines and remedies color-coded, plus a 15-question contract quiz scoring 80% or better.

Week 4

Transfer of Title, Deeds, and Closing

  • Compare the deed types used in Nevada conveyances by the warranties each carries, and state which elements make a deed valid and recordable.

  • Trace a title from grantor to grantee through three sample chains, identifying gaps, encumbrances, and items requiring quiet title or corrective action.

  • Sequence the closing process, listing who holds funds, when documents are recorded, and how prorations and settlement charges are allocated between parties.

  • Distinguish title insurance from a title abstract or opinion, and explain what a standard versus extended policy covers and excludes.

  • Explain the effect of recording, constructive notice, and priority rules on competing claims to the same parcel.

Your checkpoint

A 60-question mixed midterm covering domains 1, 2, 3, and 5, completed under timed conditions with a score of 75% or higher.

Week 5

Real Estate Financing and Mortgages

  • Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA loan programs on down payment, insurance requirements, and eligible property condition standards.

  • Identify the clauses of a promissory note and mortgage or deed of trust, and explain the roles of the mortgagor, mortgagee, trustee, and beneficiary in a Nevada deed-of-trust state.

  • Calculate monthly principal and interest, amortize a loan schedule for three scenarios, and compute the effect of points and a buydown on the effective rate.

  • Sequence the foreclosure and trustee's-sale process under a deed of trust, including notice periods, reinstatement rights, and the treatment of junior liens.

  • Explain how lending discrimination rules and disclosure requirements affect the licensee's role when referring a buyer to a lender.

Your checkpoint

A completed loan-comparison matrix across four programs plus a three-scenario amortization worksheet with all figures verified against a calculator or spreadsheet.

Week 6

Property Ownership, Interests, and Land Use & Property Valuation and Appraisal

  • Classify the forms of ownership and the estates and interests in land, and match each to its distinguishing rights transfer, and survivability features.

  • Interpret a sample deed restriction, easement, and zoning classification, and determine the permitted use and the remedy for a violation in each case.

  • Apply the three appraisal approaches to six properties, selecting the most reliable approach and justifying the choice in one sentence each.

  • Reconcile an adjusted comparable sales grid by making and defending dollar adjustments for differences in size, condition, and features.

  • Compute gross rent multiplier, capitalization rate, and net operating income from a provided income statement and explain what each figure tells a client.

Your checkpoint

A completed six-property appraisal-approach selection sheet and one reconciled comparable sales grid with all adjustments justified in writing.

Week 7

Leasing, Property Management, and Common-Interest Communities & Disclosures and Consumer Protection

  • Draft a lease summary that distinguishes the rights and obligations of landlord, tenant, and property manager, including security deposit handling and entry notice rules.

  • Explain the governance structure of a common-interest community, the role of the association board, and the resale disclosure package a buyer must receive.

  • Assemble the mandatory seller and agent disclosure checklist for a Nevada residential transaction, matching each disclosure to the party responsible for delivering it and the deadline.

  • Identify the advertising, unrepresented-party, and handling-of-funds rules a licensee must follow, and audit three sample advertisements for compliance.

  • Classify five consumer-protection violations under fair housing and disclosure law and state the corrective action required.

Your checkpoint

A one-page Nevada disclosure checklist with responsible party and timing for every item, plus a compliance audit of three sample advertisements with each defect listed and corrected.

Week 8

Real Estate Calculations and Practical Applications

  • Solve commission and split problems, including cooperating-broker splits and referral fees, across eight scenarios with no calculation errors.

  • Compute area, acreage, and price-per-square-foot figures, and convert between lot dimensions and acreage for four irregular parcels.

  • Calculate prorations for taxes, rent, and interest at closing using both the 365-day and 30-day methods, and explain which method the contract requires.

  • Compute loan-to-value, equity, and capitalization figures and interpret the results in a client-ready sentence for each.

  • Retake every missed question from weeks 1 through 7 and log the reason for each error as content gap, misread, or guess.

Your checkpoint

A closed-book 100-question cumulative practice exam scoring 75% or higher, with an error log in which every missed item is assigned a cause and a corrective review action.

Milestones

Week 2: Pass a 25-question quiz on licensing law and agency disclosure with 80% or higher, and produce the disclosure timeline from memory in under ten minutes.

Week 4: Score 75% or higher on the timed 60-question midterm over domains 1, 2, 3, and 5, with no domain scoring below 60%.

Week 6: Complete the loan-comparison, amortization, and appraisal-grid deliverable sets with 90% of calculations verified correct, and score 80% or higher on a 40-question quiz over domains 4, 6, and 7.

Week 8: Score 75% or higher on the closed-book 100-question cumulative exam and have a written review plan for any domain still below 70% before sitting the state exam.