NZ Real Estate Branch Manager study plan

Map every licence class (salesperson, branch manager, agent) to its supervision and eligibility requirements, writing a one-page comparison table from memory.

Explain the branch manager's statutory duties under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 in your own words, listing at least six obligations.

Distinguish the fit-and-proper-person test from the licensing criteria and draft three example scenarios where an applicant could fail either.

Identify what triggers a branch manager appointment and what happens to supervision when a branch manager leaves or is absent.

Design a supervision structure for a fictional five-person branch, assigning who supervises whom and how often.

Write the core elements of a supervision policy covering onboarding, file review, and verification of trust account activity.

Describe how to supervise a newly licensed salesperson in their first six months versus an experienced one.

Explain the record-keeping a branch manager must maintain to evidence supervision actually occurred.

Summarise each rule of the Code of Conduct and Client Care Rules 2012 and tag it to a supervision checkpoint.

Analyse at least five short fact patterns and identify which rule is breached and what the branch manager should have done.

Draft the disclosure language a branch manager would require for conflicts of interest, commissions, and related-party transactions.

Explain the consequences of a rule breach for the salesperson, the branch manager, and the licensee.

Complete a Code of Conduct practice set under timed conditions and score it, logging every missed rule.

Explain the trust account rules covering receipting, banking timeframes, disbursements, and reconciliation frequency.

Trace a deposit from client receipt through to settlement, noting each control point and who verifies it.

Identify the records a branch manager must review to confirm trust account compliance.

Explain the appointment, duties, and liability of an auditor and how the branch manager interacts with the audit process.

Describe what happens when a trust account deficiency is discovered, including notification and remediation steps.

Outline advertising and disclosure obligations for listings, including price, method of sale, and licence details.

Draft a pre-listing disclosure checklist a branch manager would require before any campaign goes live.

Explain the complaints process from initial client complaint through to the disciplinary tribunal, naming each stage.

Describe the branch manager's role in receiving, recording, and resolving complaints internally before escalation.

Identify the range of disciplinary penalties and what aggravating and mitigating factors influence them.

Analyse three disciplinary scenarios and predict the likely outcome with reasoning.

Revisit every missed question from weeks 4 and 6 and write the correct rule or principle for each.

Complete a full mixed practice exam under timed conditions covering all six domains.

Review the highest-weight domains first when marking, prioritising domains 1 to 3.

Build a personal list of the ten facts you keep getting wrong and drill them.

Re-drill the ten weak facts until you can state each correctly without notes.

Complete two more timed mixed practice exams and compare scores to week 7.

Write a one-page summary of the branch manager's duties across all six domains from memory.

Finalise a pre-exam checklist covering timing, question strategy, and flag-and-return technique.