OH RE Broker study plan

Map the four exam domains against your current job duties and rate your confidence 1-5 on each so study time goes where the gap is largest

Draft an office policy outline covering license supervision, advertising review, and escrow handling, citing the Ohio license law provisions you can already recall

Build a one-page glossary of Ohio brokerage terminology (principal broker, designated broker, branch office, agency agreement) and define each term in your own words

List every record a brokerage must retain and how long each must be kept, marking any item you cannot yet state with confidence

Read the Ohio license law sections on licensing, renewal, and continuing education and summarize each in three sentences

Explain the duties a broker owes to clients and to the public, distinguishing fiduciary duties from statutory duties

Outline the disciplinary process from complaint through hearing and identify the conduct most likely to draw sanctions

Write short scenarios for five common violations and state the correct compliant behavior for each

Compare the agency relationships recognized in Ohio and describe how each is created, disclosed, and terminated

Draft a disclosure script a licensee could use at first substantive contact with a buyer or seller

Analyze dual agency and designated agency scenarios and write the disclosure language each requires

Identify conflicts of interest in three transaction scenarios and prescribe the remedy for each

Compare the standard residential purchase contract, listing agreement, and buyer agency agreement line by line and note the contingencies and deadlines in each

Build a transaction timeline template that sequences inspection, financing, appraisal, title, and closing deadlines

Draft contingency language for financing, inspection, and appraisal that protects the client without waiving rights

Practice explaining contract contingencies aloud as you would to a first-time buyer

Walk through a full transaction from listing appointment to closing and list the broker's supervisory checkpoint at each stage

Design an office file audit form that verifies disclosures, signatures, and deadline compliance before closing

Draft a procedure for handling multiple offers and for documenting client instructions in writing

Identify the points in a transaction where a broker's review prevents the most common compliance failures

Compute loan-to-value, down payment, and monthly payment for three financing scenarios using amortization math

Calculate the major qualifying ratios and explain how lender underwriting applies them

Work through proration of taxes and rent at closing and verify the math on a sample settlement statement

Explain the effect of rate changes on affordability and on buyer purchasing power

Apply the sales comparison, cost, and income approaches to three property types and justify which approach fits each

Compute net operating income, cap rate, and gross rent multiplier for a small investment property and interpret the results

Draft a CMA narrative that explains adjustments and reconciles value for a seller

Review a broker's price opinion for accuracy and note where valuation judgment could expose the brokerage to risk

Take two full-length timed practice exams and log every missed question by domain

Re-study the two weakest domains using only your own notes and the flagged gaps from earlier weeks

Recite the key rules, deadlines, and formulas aloud without notes until each is fluent

Build a final one-page review sheet of the facts you missed most often