New Mexico real estate broker’s examination — Information & Free Practice
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New Mexico real estate broker’s examination
- Provider
- PSI Services LLC
- Format
- Computer-administered written examination
- Exam questions
- 50 scored questions; the bulletin also permits unscored experimental questions.
- Time limit
- 60 minutes
- Passing score
- 38 correct answers; Commission rule requires a minimum score of 75.
Examination outline
Real Estate Commission (6 items)
- Purposes, Powers, and Duties
- License Law Violations, Investigations, and Audit of Records
- Hearings, Penalties, and Appeals (Uniform License Law)
Licensing Requirements (7 items)
- Activities Requiring License
- Activities Requiring License — Limitations on activities of Unlicensed Assistants
- Activities Requiring License — Exceptions to licensure requirement
- Qualifications for Licensure
- Qualifications for Licensure — Education Requirements/Post-license, CE
- Qualifications for Licensure — Criminal Background checks/Fingerprinting
- Qualifications for Licensure — Licensing Procedure
- Qualifications for Licensure — Errors and Omissions Insurance
- Qualifications for Licensure — Qualifying Broker experience requirements
- License Renewal and Transfer Requirements
- License Renewal and Transfer Requirements — Affiliation transfer
- License Renewal and Transfer Requirements — Change of name or of physical or email address
Real Estate Commission Regulations (15 items)
- Qualifying and Associate Broker Responsibilities
- Qualifying Broker/Associate Broker Relationships, Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements
- Advertising and Signage
- Record Keeping
- Property Management
- Property Management — Definition of Property Management
- Property Management — Time Issues
- Property Management — Requirement for written agreement
- Property Management — Must be under auspices of Qualifying Broker
- Property Management — Property Management trust accounts and commingling issues
Broker Duties, Disclosure and Brokerage Relationships (15 items)
- Honesty, Reasonable Care and Professional and Ethical Conduct
- Compliance with Local, State, and Federal Laws (other than Fair Housing & Anti-Discrimination)
- Performance of Written Agreements
- Assistance to Clients and Customers in Completing Transactions
- Requirement to Advise Legal or other Expert Consultation if Needed
- Prompt Accounting for Money and Property
- Written Disclosure of Existing Brokerage Relationships, Personal Interest in Transaction
- Written Disclosure of Adverse Material Facts
- Confidentiality in Brokerage Relationships
- Types of Brokerage Relationships Available in New Mexico
Additional State-Required Topics (7 items)
- New Mexico Property Taxes
- New Mexico Mechanic’s Liens
- Septic systems
- Water rights issues (well and surface rights)
- New Mexico Human Rights Act
- PID disclosures
- HOA disclosures
Examination sources
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 11, state outline heading
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 11, first published section
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 11, second published section
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 11, third published section
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 12, fourth published section first line
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 12, fifth published section
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 12, final published topic
- New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, Chapter 61
61-29-10(B), written examination
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 9, separately scored state examination
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 8, computer administration
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 9, independently retaken portion
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission Candidate Information Bulletin
page 2, contractor appointment
- New Mexico Real Estate Commission 16.61.3-nmac.pdf
16.61.3.9(D), examination identity boundary