WV Real Estate study plan

Map every West Virginia Real Estate Commission licensing, renewal, advertising, and trust-account rule to a written one-page outline

Distinguish the elements of a valid West Virginia contract (offer, acceptance, consideration, legal purpose, competent parties) and recite them from memory

Identify which contract provisions trigger statutory disclosure or rescission rights under state rule

Solve 40 practice items on contract formation and license law, logging each miss with the rule cited

Classify each agency relationship (single, dual, designated, subagency, transactional) and state the fiduciary duties owed in each

Explain when agency begins and ends, including the effect of a written brokerage agreement and the mandatory agency disclosure timing

Apply fair housing and advertising rules to fact patterns involving social media posts and tenant screening

Resolve 30 scenario questions on dual agency consent and confidential information, writing the reasoning for each

Compute value using the sales comparison, cost, and income approaches, showing each step

Differentiate market value, market price, and investment value in short written answers

Match loan program types (conventional, FHA, VA, USDA) to down payment, insurance, and eligibility requirements

Calculate qualifying ratios, LTV, PMI thresholds, and discount points with no reference sheet

Compute commission splits, seller net proceeds, prorations, and transfer-tax amounts to the cent

Convert between acreage, square footage, and price-per-unit measures

Distinguish forms of ownership (fee simple, life estate, tenancy in common, joint tenancy, condominium, cooperative) by rights conveyed

Identify the bundle of rights and the tests for fixture versus personal property

List each mandated disclosure, its trigger, its deadline, and the consequence of failing to deliver it

Sequence the steps of a closing, naming the documents recorded and the parties responsible for each

Compare deed types (general warranty, special warranty, quitclaim) by the covenants each carries

Explain title insurance, escrow, and the recording statute's effect on priority of claims

Classify zoning categories, variances, conditional uses, and nonconforming uses from fact patterns

Summarize eminent domain, police power, taxation, and escheat, and identify which government power applies to a given scenario

Re-drill the WV Commission rule outline from week 1 without notes and mark gaps

Read and summarize subdivision, environmental, and land-use regulation basics in your own words

Re-drill WV-specific rules and math, the two lowest-scoring areas from weeks 1-6

Build a personal flashcard deck of every missed item across all domains and clear it

Complete 80 mixed-topic questions under timed conditions, tracking accuracy per domain

Rewriting any missed explanation in your own words to verify comprehension

Complete two full-length timed simulated exams of 100 items each

Review every missed item and tag it to a domain and a specific rule

Re-state from memory the ten highest-frequency WV rules, contract clauses, and math formulas

Confirm exam logistics: timing strategy, pacing targets, and question-flagging approach