Part 1: Introduction to the real estate business: 1. What real estate as a career? -- 2. Taking the real estate exam -- 3. Successful exam strategies -- Part 2: The Job Basics: 4. The realtor job -- 5. Agency law -- 6. Contract law -- 7. Fair housing -- 8. Ethics. -- Part 3: Ownership and transference -- 9. Estates and interests -- 10. Forms of ownership -- 11. Encumbrances -- 12. Deeds and titles -- 13. Transferring property -- Part 4: Legal Ramifications : 14. Contracts 101 -- 15. Leasing versus renting -- 16. Land use regulations -- Part 5: Evaluation and financing -- 17. Appraisals -- 18. Financing and mortgages -- 19. Taxes and assessments -- 20. Real estate investing -- 21. Mathematics in real estate -- Part 6: Practice exams and solutions : Test 1: Rights, interest and estates, ownership -- Test 2: Encumbrances, liens, title transfers, leasing -- Test 3: Land use, legal land descriptions, contract law -- Test 4: Agency and listing agreements -- Test 5: Sales contracts, brokerages business, fair housing -- Test 6: Economics, appraisals -- Test 7: Finance -- Test 8: Investments, taxes, ethics -- Test 9: Closings, risk, and property management -- Test 10: Real estate math -- Appendixes: A. Glossary -- B. National sample test and answers -- C. Sample real estate documents.;Are you looking at career in real estate? With real estate on the upswing in much of America, more people are looking to become a real estate professional. -- Author Bio:, Starting Your Real Estate Brokerage.With over $100 Million in sales and 15 years in the business, Raymond has been able to help many clients buy, sell, and trade their residential owner-occupied and investment real estate along with commercial properties, including the largest short-sale in the Indiana in 2010 at a value of $11.4 Million in one deal.