TN Real Estate study plan

Map each Tennessee license category (affiliate broker, broker, and the license-holder pathways the Commission regulates) by listing the education, examination, experience, sponsorship, and renewal requirements that attach to it.

Write a one-line rule statement for each prohibited practice named in the license law and Commission rules (commingling, undisclosed dual agency, paying a fee to an unlicensed person, unlicensed activity, failure to supervise), so each can be recognized from a fact pattern.

Reconstruct the Commission's enforcement ladder from letter of warning through citation, suspension, and revocation, and match each rung to at least two triggering violations.

Draft 20 original scenario questions covering advertising rules, trust-account handling, and transaction-record retention, then answer them closed-book.

Sequence a residential transaction end to end, from listing appointment through post-closing, and name the disclosure or form triggered at each step.

Sort the parties' responsibilities at closing by writing out who supplies each document and who receives each disbursement.

Compute prorations for taxes, rent, and interest, plus buyer and seller closing costs, on a constructed settlement scenario.

Assemble a 15-item checklist of red flags in a transaction file (missing disclosure, unverified funds, undisclosed referral fee) and state the corrective action for each.

Classify each agency configuration (seller agency, buyer agency, disclosed dual agency, designated agency, and non-agency/transaction brokerage) and list the fiduciary duties owed in each.

Script the disclosure conversation a licensee must have with a consumer at first substantive contact, then rehearse it aloud until it runs without notes.

Identify the essential elements of a valid contract and sort ten short fact patterns into valid, void, voidable, and unenforceable, citing the element that controls each.

Compare the remedies of damages, specific performance, rescission, and liquidated damages, and match each to a breach scenario.

Apply the statute of frauds and parol evidence concepts to decide which agreements must be in writing and which outside evidence is admissible.

Distinguish forms of concurrent and several ownership (tenancy in common, joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety) by stating how title passes on death and how each co-owner's interest may be transferred.

Classify easements, encumbrances, and liens by whether they run with the land, survive foreclosure, or are extinguished, and label them on a sample title chain.

Summarize land use controls (zoning, subdivision regulation, building codes, eminent domain, police power) by naming the authority behind each and the remedy available to an affected owner.

Compute monthly PITI, loan-to-value ratio, and total interest for three constructed loan scenarios, showing each step of the arithmetic.

Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and seller-financed structures by listing eligibility, down payment, insurance, and assumption rules for each.

Explain the effect of the due-on-sale, acceleration, prepayment penalty, and escrow clauses by describing what triggers each and what the borrower can do in response.

Diagram the foreclosure process from default notice to sale and redemption, marking where the borrower can cure, where title transfers, and how a junior lien is treated.

Select the appropriate valuation approach (sales comparison, cost, income) for five described properties and justify each choice in one sentence.

Calculate gross rent multiplier, capitalization rate, and indicated value from income data, and state the assumptions each figure depends on.

Adjust three comparable sales for differences in size, condition, and features, then reconcile them into a supported value range rather than a single number.

Distinguish an appraisal from a comparative market analysis and a broker price opinion by naming who may prepare each and how each may be used.

Re-solve every missed problem from weeks 1 through 6 without looking at the prior correction notes.

Rehearse the transaction math (prorations, commission splits, seller net sheets) in a timed 20-minute drill.

Build a one-page formula sheet from memory covering LTV, PITI, GRM, cap rate, proration, and commission split, then verify it against your notes.

Write five original integrated scenarios that each require a rule from Domain 7 and a decision from Domain 6, and answer them.

Take two full-length timed practice exams under exam-day conditions and record the score by domain for each.

Rewrite the formula sheet and the Commission rule card from memory and reconcile any differences with the originals.

Target the two lowest-scoring domains from week 7 and week 8 with 30 focused practice items each.

Rehearse a 15-minute pre-exam routine (logistics, timing plan, guessing strategy) and confirm the test-day schedule.