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8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Real Property Ownership and Land Use

  • Diagram the bundle of rights and classify every freehold and leasehold estate, writing one original fact pattern for each estate type

  • Distinguish severalty, tenancy in common, joint tenancy, and tenancy by the entirety by drafting four vesting scenarios and naming the correct form of co-ownership in each

  • Explain how easements, licenses, encroachments, and private deed restrictions are created, transferred, and terminated

  • Summarize Oregon's statewide land use planning framework, zoning basics, and nonconforming uses in your own words

Your checkpoint

A completed 12-row comparison table (ownership form or estate, definition in your own words, how created, how terminated) plus a 25-question self-quiz on Domain 1 scored at 80% or higher

Week 2

Real Property Ownership and Land Use & Real Estate Contracts

  • Apply the essential elements of a valid contract to three original scenarios and identify which element is missing in each

  • Identify when an Oregon real estate contract must be in writing and who is legally permitted to prepare it

  • Explain earnest money handling, contingency clauses, default, and the available remedies for breach

  • Convert your Domain 1 comparison table into flash cards and self-test until you recall all 12 rows without notes

Your checkpoint

A 30-question mixed quiz covering Domains 1 and 3 scored at 80% or higher, with a written error log listing every missed item and the corrected rule

Week 3

Real Estate Contracts

  • Draft a transaction timeline from listing agreement through closing, naming the contract instrument used at each stage

  • Compare listing agreements, buyer-broker agreements, and purchase and sale agreements by purpose, term, and termination

  • Explain the Statute of Frauds, assignment, novation, rescission, and liquidated damages using original examples

  • Analyze three contract scenarios and state which party may enforce which remedy and why

Your checkpoint

A one-page closing timeline containing at least 15 sequenced events, each annotated with the contract clause or instrument that authorizes it

Week 4

Oregon Real Estate Law and Agency Rules

  • Outline the Oregon Real Estate Agency licensing, renewal, and disciplinary process from application through sanction

  • Explain Oregon agency disclosure requirements and distinguish seller representation, buyer representation, and disclosed limited agency

  • List the fiduciary duties owed under Oregon agency rules and match each duty to a concrete breach example

  • Summarize Oregon advertising, recordkeeping, and client trust account rules and identify three common compliance violations

Your checkpoint

A one-page Oregon agency cheat sheet (disclosure triggers, representation types, fiduciary duties, trust account rules) plus a 30-question Domain 9 quiz scored at 80% or higher

Week 5

Transfer of Title, Deeds, and Closing & Agency Relationships and Fiduciary Duties

  • Identify the requirements of a valid deed and compare warranty, special warranty, bargain and sale, and quitclaim deeds by the covenants each carries

  • Sequence the recording, priority, title search, and title insurance steps and explain how each protects a buyer

  • Explain how an agency relationship is created and terminated and describe dual agency, vicarious liability, and misrepresentation exposure

  • Reconcile a sample closing statement by classifying each line item as a debit or credit to buyer or seller

Your checkpoint

Two 20-question quizzes, one on Domain 6 and one on Domain 2, each scored at 80% or higher, plus a corrected sample settlement statement that balances

Week 6

Real Estate Finance and Lending & Property Valuation and Appraisal & Real Estate Mathematics

  • Trace a mortgage loan from application through funding and define loan-to-value, points, discount points, and PMI

  • Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and seller-financed transactions by down payment, insurance, and qualifying constraints

  • Apply the sales comparison, cost, and income approaches and select the appropriate approach for a given property type

  • Compute commission splits, prorations, loan-to-value, and capitalization rate problems with 90% accuracy

Your checkpoint

A 20-problem math worksheet covering prorations, commission splits, LTV, and cap rate, solved with work shown and scored at 90% or higher

Week 7

Property Management and Leasing & Real Estate Practice, Ethics, and Fair Housing & Real Estate Mathematics

  • Draft a lease summary distinguishing gross, net, and percentage leases and identifying the landlord and tenant rights each creates

  • Explain security deposit handling, habitability duties, eviction procedure, and Oregon notice requirements in your own words

  • Apply fair housing protected classes and advertising rules to six original listing and screening scenarios and flag each violation

  • Resolve five mixed math word problems that combine proration, rent, and commission concepts

Your checkpoint

A six-scenario fair housing and leasing compliance worksheet with every violation flagged and the corrected practice stated, scored at 85% or higher

Week 8

Real Property Ownership and Land Use & Agency Relationships and Fiduciary Duties & Real Estate Contracts & Real Estate Finance and Lending & Property Valuation and Appraisal & Transfer of Title, Deeds, and Closing & Property Management and Leasing & Real Estate Practice, Ethics, and Fair Housing & Oregon Real Estate Law and Agency Rules & Real Estate Mathematics

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams of at least 100 questions each, simulating exam conditions

  • Categorize every missed question by domain and re-study the two domains with the highest miss rate

  • Recite from memory the key rule sets for agency disclosure, contract essentials, deed covenants, and prorations

  • Review your cumulative error log and rewrite each previously missed rule in a single sentence

Your checkpoint

Two timed practice exams scored at 85% or higher with a final error log showing no rule repeated from an earlier week's log

Milestones

Week 2: Recall all 12 ownership and estate rows and all contract essentials from memory without notes, and score 80% or higher on the 30-question Domains 1 and 3 quiz

Week 4: Score 80% or higher on a 40-question cumulative quiz covering Domains 1, 3, and 9, with at least 85% on the Domain 9 portion

Week 6: Score 80% or higher on each of the Domain 2, 4, 5, and 6 quizzes and 90% or higher on the math worksheet

Week 8: Score 85% or higher on two full-length timed practice exams and confirm no error log entry repeats a rule already corrected in an earlier week