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License law 23

  • A certified public accountant handles a client's property within the scope of the accountant's duties. Under section 475.011, Part I of chapter 475 Florida Statutes section 475.011
  • A person does several acts that chapter 475 prohibits. How does section 475.01 count them? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • A person is qualified to be issued a broker license but operates as a sales associate in the employ of another. What does chapter 475 call that person? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • A salaried manager of a condominium arranges rentals of units in the complex. The exemption in section 475.011 holds if each rental is for a period no greater than Florida Statutes section 475.011
  • An apartment complex pays a referral fee to one of its own tenants, who has no license. The exemption in section 475.011 holds if the value of the fee does not exceed Florida Statutes section 475.011
  • An attorney in fact is outside Part I of chapter 475 when acting for which purpose? Florida Statutes section 475.011
  • At least one member of the Florida Real Estate Commission must be how old? Florida Statutes section 475.02
  • Chapter 475 uses words such as "employ" and "employer" for a broker and a sales associate. Which arrangement between them do those words also cover? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • How does section 475.01 define a single agent? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • How many members of the Commission must be licensed brokers who held an active license for the 5 years before appointment? Florida Statutes section 475.02
  • How many members of the Commission must be people who are not, and have never been, brokers or sales associates? Florida Statutes section 475.02
  • How many members sit on the Florida Real Estate Commission? Florida Statutes section 475.02
  • In Part I of chapter 475, which agency does the word "department" mean? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • In Part I of chapter 475, which body does the word "commission" mean? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • Under section 475.01, what sets a sales associate apart from a broker? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • What is the most the Commission may set as the fee for initial application and examination under section 475.125? Florida Statutes section 475.125
  • What kind of representation does a transaction broker provide under section 475.01? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • What produces involuntarily inactive status under section 475.01? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • What produces voluntarily inactive status under section 475.01? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • Which of these is left out of the meaning of "real property" in section 475.01? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • Which of these is on section 475.01's list of a broker's duties as a fiduciary? Florida Statutes section 475.01
  • Which worker may lease apartments without a license under section 475.011? Florida Statutes section 475.011
  • Who appoints the members of the Florida Real Estate Commission? Florida Statutes section 475.02

Getting and keeping a license 27

  • A broker's license becomes void for missed post-license education. Which course, finished within 6 months, lets that person be issued a sales associate license? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • A license has been involuntarily inactive for 12 months or less. What reactivates it? Florida Statutes section 475.183
  • A license has been involuntarily inactive for more than 2 years. What happens to it? Florida Statutes section 475.183
  • A license has been involuntarily inactive for more than 12 months but fewer than 24 months. How many hours of a Commission-prescribed course reactivate it? Florida Statutes section 475.183
  • A licensed broker asks for additional licenses. What may be issued under section 475.215? Florida Statutes section 475.215
  • A licensee attends one legal agenda session of the Commission. For how much continuing education may the Commission accept it as a substitute, once per renewal cycle? Florida Statutes section 475.182
  • A resident licensee becomes a nonresident. Within how long must the Commission be told of the change in residency? Florida Statutes section 475.180
  • A sales associate changes employer. By when must the Commission be notified under section 475.23? Florida Statutes section 475.23
  • A sales associate does not complete the post-license education before the first renewal. What becomes of the license? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • A student in a classroom prelicense course may not be given notice of satisfactory completion with absences in excess of Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • An applicant does not pass the license examination. When does the application expire under section 475.181? Florida Statutes section 475.181
  • Before a broker license, how long must an applicant have held an active sales associate license in the office of one or more brokers? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • Besides as an individual, in which form may a sales associate be licensed under section 475.161? Florida Statutes section 475.161
  • The continuing education the Commission sets for renewing a voluntarily inactive license may not exceed Florida Statutes section 475.183
  • The course to become initially licensed as a broker may not exceed how many classroom hours? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • The course to become initially licensed as a sales associate may not exceed how many classroom hours? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • How long after successfully finishing the prelicense course does an applicant have to pass the licensing exam before the course completion stops counting? Florida Statutes section 475.181
  • How long before an involuntarily inactive license expires must the Department give the licensee notice? Florida Statutes section 475.183
  • How long is one classroom hour in section 475.17? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • How many registered employers may a sales associate or broker associate have at any one time? Florida Statutes section 475.215
  • The post-license education a broker completes before the first renewal may not exceed Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • The post-license education a sales associate completes before the first renewal may not exceed Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • To renew an active license, how much continuing education must a licensee complete during each biennium? Florida Statutes section 475.182
  • Under rule 61J2-10.038, how soon after a change of mailing or email address must a licensee give written notice of it? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.038
  • What minimum age does section 475.17 set for an applicant who is a natural person? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • Which applicant is excused from the course to become initially licensed under section 475.17? Florida Statutes section 475.17
  • Which schooling must an applicant for a Florida real estate license hold under section 475.17? Florida Statutes section 475.17

Brokerage offices and records 18

  • A broker closes a branch office and opens another at a different location at about the same time. What does rule 61J2-10.023 say about the registration? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.023
  • A broker puts up a mere temporary shelter on a subdivision it is selling. No transactions are closed there and no one is permanently assigned to it. Under rule 61J2-10.023 the shelter is Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.023
  • A broker who uses a trade name must do what under rule 61J2-10.034? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.034
  • A real estate corporation is registered, but for a time no active broker member's license is in force. What happens to the corporation's registration? Florida Statutes section 475.15
  • Brokerage records served as evidence in a lawsuit. They must be kept at least how long after the civil action or any appeal ends, whichever is later? Florida Statutes section 475.5015
  • For how long must a broker keep the books, accounts and records of the brokerage business under section 475.5015? Florida Statutes section 475.5015
  • From where must a sales associate be registered and work under rule 61J2-10.022? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.022
  • How often must a broker have a written statement made that compares total trust liability with the reconciled escrow bank balances? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.012
  • How often must the registered broker keep a current written record of each team's or group's members? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.026
  • How soon after obtaining a written listing agreement must the principal be given a signed, true copy of it? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • May a broker's required office be in a residence under rule 61J2-10.022? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.022
  • What is the most the Commission may charge as the annual registration fee for a branch office under section 475.24? Florida Statutes section 475.24
  • What must an active broker's office consist of under section 475.22? Florida Statutes section 475.22
  • Which clause may a written listing agreement not contain under section 475.25? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • Which item must every written listing agreement include under section 475.25? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • Which words must appear, at a minimum, on a broker's office entrance sign? Florida Statutes section 475.22
  • Who must be a signatory on all of a brokerage's escrow accounts under rule 61J2-14.010? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.010
  • Who must review, sign and date the monthly statement-reconciliation of the escrow accounts? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.012

Escrow accounts and deposits 15

  • A broker facing conflicting demands on a deposit wants to submit the matter to arbitration. What does section 475.25 require first? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A broker must place a deposit in escrow "immediately". What does rule 61J2-14.008 say that word means? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.008
  • A broker promptly uses one of the escrow procedures in section 475.25 and abides by the resulting order. What follows for the broker? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A broker receives conflicting demands for funds held in escrow. How soon must the Commission be given written notice under rule 61J2-10.032? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.032
  • A broker wants to keep escrow money in an interest-bearing account. What does rule 61J2-14.014 require? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.014
  • A buyer and a seller both demand the same escrowed deposit. Which step is one of the procedures section 475.25 gives the broker? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A deposit dispute goes to mediation with the written consent of all parties. Mediation must be successfully completed within how long after the last demand? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A sales associate receives a deposit. By when must it be delivered to the broker or employer under rule 61J2-14.009? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.009
  • A sales contract places the deposit with a title company. Within how long after each deposit is due must the licensee's broker ask in writing for verification that it was received? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.008
  • After the last of two conflicting demands on escrowed funds, by when must the broker start one of the settlement procedures under rule 61J2-10.032? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.032
  • How much personal or brokerage money may a broker keep in the broker's property management escrow account? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • How much personal or brokerage money may a broker keep in the broker's sales escrow account? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • In section 475.25's list of escrow procedures, what does a broker do "by interpleader or otherwise"? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • In whose name may a sales associate collect money in a real estate brokerage transaction? Florida Statutes section 475.42
  • Which days are left out when counting business days under the Commission's deposit rule? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-14.008

Brokerage relationships 13

  • A broker may designate sales associates as single agents for different customers in the same transaction only outside residential sales and only where the buyer and seller each have assets of Florida Statutes section 475.2755
  • A licensee has no brokerage relationship with a potential buyer. Which duty does the licensee still owe that buyer? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • A single agent wants to change to a transaction broker during the relationship. What must the agent obtain first? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • At whose request may a broker designate sales associates under section 475.2755? Florida Statutes section 475.2755
  • For the disclosure rules of section 475.278, a "residential sale" includes the sale of agricultural property of what size? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • For the disclosure rules of section 475.278, a "residential sale" includes the sale of improved residential property of how many units? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • No single agent relationship and no "no brokerage relationship" has been set up in writing with a customer. How is the licensee presumed to be operating? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • Under a transaction broker's limited confidentiality, which fact may not be disclosed? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • What does the Brokerage Relationship Disclosure Act say about disclosed dual agency? Florida Statutes section 475.272
  • When must the single agent disclosure be made? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • Which duty does a single agent owe that is missing from the transaction broker's list in section 475.278? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • Which event is outside the disclosure requirements of section 475.278? Florida Statutes section 475.278
  • Which of these is a duty of a transaction broker under section 475.278? Florida Statutes section 475.278

Promotion and names 9

  • A licensee's personal name appears in a promotion. What is the least that rule 61J2-10.025 requires? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.025
  • A promotion for home loans states a rate of finance charge. How must Regulation Z have the rate stated? Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.24
  • How large may a team name be printed next to the name of the registered brokerage? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.026
  • On an internet site, where must the brokerage firm name be placed under rule 61J2-10.025? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.025
  • Section 3604(c) bars publishing a notice or statement about the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates what? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3604
  • Under whose supervision must a real estate team or group perform licensed activities? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.026
  • What must every promotion of real estate by a licensee include under rule 61J2-10.025? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.025
  • Which term in a home loan promotion sets off the further disclosures of 12 CFR 1026.24(d)? Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.24
  • Which word may a real estate team's name include under rule 61J2-10.026? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.026

Violations and penalties 19

  • A judgment creditor of a sales associate is paid from the Real Estate Recovery Fund. What does section 475.484 do to the sales associate's license? Florida Statutes section 475.484
  • A licensee arranges to receive a kickback for placing business that is part of a transaction the licensee handles. When is that not a violation under rule 61J2-10.028? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.028
  • A licensee is charged with fraud in a transaction, but the intended victim suffered no damage or loss. What does section 475.25 say about that fact? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A licensee pleads guilty to a felony. How soon must the Commission be informed in writing? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • A licensee shares brokerage compensation with a party to the transaction and tells all interested parties. How does rule 61J2-10.028 treat it? Florida Administrative Code rule 61J2-10.028
  • A person operates as a broker or sales associate without a valid and current active license. What crime is that under section 475.42? Florida Statutes section 475.42
  • A person who held no license when the service was performed contracts for a commission on a sale. What does section 475.41 say of the contract? Florida Statutes section 475.41
  • A prospective tenant pays for a rental information list and does not obtain a rental. How much of the fee must the contract or receipt promise to repay? Florida Statutes section 475.453
  • A rental information list sold to a prospective tenant is not current or accurate in a material respect. What must be repaid on demand? Florida Statutes section 475.453
  • After the Recovery Fund pays on a judgment, when may the licensee's license be reinstated? Florida Statutes section 475.484
  • Against whom may a sales associate bring an action for a commission under section 475.42? Florida Statutes section 475.42
  • Apart from unlicensed practice, how does section 475.42 class a violation of its list of prohibited acts? Florida Statutes section 475.42
  • For whom may a licensed sales associate operate under section 475.42? Florida Statutes section 475.42
  • How does section 475.453 class a violation of its rental information rules? Florida Statutes section 475.453
  • May a Florida licensee share a commission with a broker licensed under the laws of a foreign state? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • What is the largest administrative fine the Commission may impose under section 475.25? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • What is the longest period for which the Commission may suspend a license under section 475.25? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • Within how long after the act, or after it is or should have been discovered, must an administrative complaint against a licensee be filed? Florida Statutes section 475.25
  • Within how long must a prospective tenant demand the return of a rental information fee? Florida Statutes section 475.453

Real Estate Recovery Fund 8

  • A claim on the Recovery Fund must be made within how long of the act, or of when the act is or should have been discovered? Florida Statutes section 475.483
  • Collection of the special Recovery Fund fees is discontinued at the end of the renewal cycle when the fund exceeds Florida Statutes section 475.482
  • The special Recovery Fund fees are not reimposed unless disbursements reduce the fund below Florida Statutes section 475.482
  • What is the most the Recovery Fund pays on one person's unsatisfied judgment in a transaction? Florida Statutes section 475.484
  • What is the most the Recovery Fund pays, in the aggregate, on judgments against any one broker or sales associate? Florida Statutes section 475.484
  • What yearly fee for the Real Estate Recovery Fund is added for a sales associate's license? Florida Statutes section 475.482
  • What yearly fee for the Real Estate Recovery Fund is added to a broker's license fee? Florida Statutes section 475.482
  • Whatever the date of discovery, a claim on the Recovery Fund may not be made more than how long after the act? Florida Statutes section 475.483

Federal fair housing and lending rules 20

  • A consumer has a right to rescind a credit transaction secured by the principal dwelling. Until when may it be exercised under Regulation Z? Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.23
  • A creditor receives a consumer's mortgage application. By when must the early estimate disclosures be delivered or placed in the mail under Regulation Z? Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.19
  • An owner qualifies for an exemption in section 3603(b). Which part of section 3604 still applies to that owner? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3603
  • The cushion a servicer may keep in a mortgage escrow account under Regulation X is limited to what share of the estimated total annual payments from the account? Regulation X, 12 CFR 1024.17
  • The Fair Housing Act requires that reasonable modifications of existing premises be permitted for a person with a handicap, as the Act calls it. At whose expense? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3604
  • "Familial status" in the Fair Housing Act concerns individuals who have not attained what age, living with a parent or custodian? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3602
  • Housing operated for persons 55 or older meets section 3607 only if what share of the occupied units has at least one occupant aged 55 or older? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3607
  • How long after an alleged discriminatory housing practice does an aggrieved person have to commence a civil action in court? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3613
  • How long after an alleged discriminatory housing practice does an aggrieved person have to file a complaint with the Secretary? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3610
  • One kind of "housing for older persons" in section 3607 is intended for, and solely occupied by, persons of what age? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3607
  • The owner-occupant exemption in section 3603(b)(2) covers rooms or units in a dwelling with living quarters for no more than how many families? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3603
  • Section 3604(e) of the Fair Housing Act forbids, for profit, inducing a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations about what? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3604
  • Section 3605 of the Fair Housing Act bars discrimination by a person whose business includes what? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3605
  • Section 3606 of the Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to deny a person access to or membership in what? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3606
  • The single-family house exemption in section 3603(b)(1) is open to a private individual owner who owns no more than how many such houses at one time? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3603
  • Under Regulation Z, the consumer must receive the final closing disclosures no later than when? Regulation Z, 12 CFR 1026.19
  • Under section 3604(f)(3)(B), discrimination includes a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in what? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3604
  • What does Regulation X say about a fee or kickback for referring settlement service business on a federally related mortgage loan? Regulation X, 12 CFR 1024.14
  • What does section 3617 of the Fair Housing Act make unlawful? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3617
  • Which of these is a class named in the Fair Housing Act's ban on refusing to sell or rent a dwelling? Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. section 3604

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  • Deposits: the sales associate has until the next business day, the broker until the third (rules 61J2-14.009 and 61J2-14.008).
  • Licensees are presumed to be transaction brokers unless another relationship is set up in writing (section 475.278).
  • Recovery Fund limits: $50,000 for one transaction and $150,000 for one licensee (section 475.484).

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