Are you ready for an exciting, rewarding real estate career?
If so, first tuesday is the right choice for your education!

It’s EASY to become an Agent:

• Study our three courses
• Review the exam preparation questions
• Pass the state exam
• Receive your Real Estate Agent license

The education you need to become an agent.

first tuesday offers the DRE-approved home study courses you need to qualify for a California Real Estate Sales Agent license.

Study a few hours each week and within as little as two months qualify to take the state sales license exam.

To submit an application for the Real Estate Sales Agent examination and license to the Department of Real Estate (DRE) you must complete all of the following courses:

• Real Estate Principles;
• Real Estate Practice; and
• One Elective course (see list below)

Note: first tuesday recommends Real Estate Legal Aspects as your elective since it contains more information relevant to answering questions on the state exam.

Read, Prep, and Pass!

You will most likely pass the state licensing exam on the first try if you follow these steps:

• Read the entire material for all 3 courses, one course at a time.
• Complete the quizzes for each course until you are answering at least 80% correctly without looking up the answers in the reading material.
• Try to pass the final exam with at least a 75%. (You only need a 60% to pass and receive a Certificate of Completion.) If you do not, we suggest you speed read the material again and redo the quizzes looking up the questions you don't understand.
• After completing the courses and applying for and receiving a date to take the state exam, extensively study only the Preparation book with its CD during a period of at least 7 days before the exam.
• Then take the state exam. You should pass on the first try.

Agent Licensing Package:                   Only $179.00! (includes tax and S&H)

Includes:

• Real Estate Principles Course (delivered in print, and online*)
• Real Estate Practice Course (delivered in print, online, and on CD-ROM)
• One Elective Course (delivered in print, online, and on CD-ROM**)
• California Real Estate License Preparation Book with Interactive CD-ROM
• Course quizzes
• 24-hour testing online or by mail with a monitor
• All referenced first tuesday forms on CD-ROM
• Application forms for DRE licensing

 

Course enrollment fees:

If you choose not to enroll in the Agent Licensing Package, the following fees apply:

One course for only.......................... $79.50
Two courses for only.......................$109.00
Three courses for only....................$149.00
State exam prep book and CD …...$39.00

Reading materials for these courses are provided to you in print, online, and on CD-ROM.

* For the Real Estate Principles course, the reading materials are available in full in print, but only the first three (3) chapters are available online and it is not availabe on CD-ROM.

** For the Appraisal, Economics, and Escrows courses, the reading materials are only available in print; they are not available online or on CD-ROM.

As a student, you are encouraged to email our staff instructors, sending your questions regarding the content of the course reading materials when you want clarification. We will respond promptly.

Be sure to check out our online Journal, a publication for the real estate industry since 1978. The Journal provides you with updates on course materials and recent court cases, legislation, and regulations, both state and federal, which affect real estate related transactions.

Course Examination Procedures:

The minimum time period for enrollment before you may take your final exam for each course is 18 days. You must wait 36 days from the date of enrollment to take the second exam, and 54 days for the third exam.

The exam for each course you are enrolled in may be taken online or on paper. If taken online, your exam results are instantly displayed on your screen. You can then print out your Certificate(s) of Completion whenever you need them. Click here for procedures for taking a printed exam.

State Licensing Requirements:

For information on Department of Real Estate fees and the requirements to qualify and process an application for a California Real Estate Sales Agent license, click here.

Why first tuesday?

• 3-in-1 reading materials. In print, online, and on CD-ROM
• first tuesday materials are researched and written by our staff writers
• California-specific content (we know California)
• Concise, dynamic, and easy-to-understand materials
• 24-hour testing online or by mail with a monitor
• Free a ccess to first tuesday’s online Journal
• Friendly, knowledgeable staff (helpful and non-commissioned)
• No waiting: Your phone call is answered by a Registrar, weekdays - 8:30am to 5:30pm (PST)
• 100% Money-back Guarantee
• DRE-approved courses – sponsor ID: 0473
• Over 30 years providing up-to-date education to R.E. Licensees

We thank you for considering first tuesday as the provider of your primary and continuing education for the real estate profession.

For frequently asked questions regarding how our broker licensing courses work, click here.

Course descriptions and contents:

Real Estate Principles

Real Estate Principles is a general course which reviews the numerous basic concepts all prospective real estate agents need to know before taking the state licensing exam, including the fundamentals of estates, transfers, forms of ownership, encumbrances, agency obligations, landlord-tenant relationships, listings, purchase agreements, and title insurance.

Also covered are the various financial arrangements used in real estate transactions and escrow instructions for closing, as well as basic appraisal methods.

Real Estate Practice

The use of forms to make disclosures, present an analysis, or enter into an agreement on any aspect of a real estate related transaction is the essence of Real Estate Practice. Each form is presented as a checklist of items and provisions to be considered when using the form, based on guidelines and rules for their use.

Real Estate Legal Aspects

The ownership and conveyancing in California of estates and licenses held in real estate are covered in Legal Aspects, as well as all vestings, including rights of survivorship, living trusts, and the LLC for real estate syndication.

INCLUDES... clouds on title, slander of title, partition by co-owners, adjacent owner disputes, water rights, public trust of water, common driveways, easements, encroachments, nuisances, preliminary title reports, and title insurance.

Real Estate Finance

Discover what every well-informed real estate broker must know about private lending and carryback sales — including types of notes and trust deeds and their provisions, as well as seller financing schemes.

PLUS MORE... the foreclosure process, private and judicial, FHA, VA, and Cal-Vet loans, private mortgage insurance, and related tax aspects. No math involved.

Real Estate Property Management

The detailed and exacting rules of leasing and renting both residential and non-residential income properties are examined and applied in hundreds of vivid landlord/tenant situations encountered daily by owners, managers, and leasing agents.

PLUS . . . all forms and notices required to establish management and leasing agencies, to create, manage, and terminate tenancies, and to preserve rent obligations for enforcement.

Real Estate Appraisal ($10.00 Additional)

The study of the science of evaluating the worth of real estate interests, whether for price, rent, or loan, is a requisite to sales, mortgage, and leasing transactions. Appraisal theory and practice is a review of real estate characteristics establishing or diminishing value, the many approaches to valuation, computer access to online data, and an opinion of value.

Real Estate Economics ($10.00 Additional)

The economics of a parcel of real estate are characterized in light of land use patterns, supply and demand factors, forces driving the housing sector, business cycle influences on non-residential income properties, and local demographics, and are based on principles ranging from national monetary and taxing policies to local use restrictions and cyclical national, regional, and local economics.

Escrows ($10.00 Additional)

A complete introductory course designed for teaching basic escrow theory. Topics include an overview of escrow, basic escrow processes, exchange escrows, note and trust deed escrows, and the laws, regulations and sale of a business. Thorough examples of escrow transactions are included!

Real Estate License Preparation

If you really want to pass the California State Sales Agent exam, this book will truly help you make the 70% grade on your first try. The extensive multiple choice questions presented for review are weighted between subjects as imposed by the DRE.

 

Sales agent licensing course FAQs:

How does it work?

first tuesday is an educational institution which provides homestudy correspondence prepared and responded to by full-time staff instructors. When you register for a course, we mail you study material in a bound printed form and on CD-ROM. On enrollment, you also have immediate access to the same study materials online.

To complete the course, you must pass an open-book final exam. The exam may be taken online or administered on paper with a monitor of your choice. The printed exam is mailed to the monitor at the time of your request, not with the study materials. You select the test monitor, who can be anyone except a relative, your broker, or a co-worker. You take the exam at any place and time acceptable to you and your monitor. On your completion of the printed exam, the monitor can fax the answer sheet and the monitor's Certificate of Test Administrator to us for faster grading. We grade the exam and mail and/or fax a copy of the Certificate of Completion directly to you if you pass the exam. When taking the exam online, your grade is immediately displayed on your screen and you may then print your certificate of completion on your printer.

 

Are first tuesday courses approved by the Department of Real Estate (DRE)?

Yes, all the courses we offer are approved by the DRE. To confirm our statutory licensing courses are DRE approved, click here. To confirm our renewal CE courses are DRE approved, click here.

 

Does first tuesday send your test results to the DRE?

No. The DRE does not accept course completion information from anyone but the licensee under cover of a submittal form. You must mail the original copy of your Certificates of Completion to the DRE. We provide you with the DRE Transcript Submittal form you send with your original certificates, the DRE address, and your certificates. An online printout of your own Certificates of Completion serves as an original.

 

When will I receive the course materials?

All the study material we ship to you is available online for you to begin reading the instant you enroll.

USPS delivery time for the printed study materials you receive is approximately 2-9 days. Orders are shipped the next business day. However, your minimum study period before you may take the final exam begins the day after we take your order. We do have rush shipping available for those who want the printed materials and the CD-ROM before heading out on a vacation, for example. Call 800.794.0494 for prices.

 

What is your refund policy?

A full refund of every penny you paid us will be issued, no questions asked, when requested prior to expiration of your one year enrollment period and before taking the final exam. If you want to substitute courses, we will send you a different course of your choice free of charge and the study materials you received previously are yours to keep.

 

Which course is the easiest?

No course is the "easiest" course. The number of pages of reading material for each course is the same - 450 pages as mandated by the DRE. All first tuesday reading materials present as many examples as possible to best illustrate each point made. Our goal is the same for all of our written material: to educate and inform the licensee by using real world examples and every day language instead of the equivalent legalese. We recommend you pick as your elective the course which best suits your future occupational needs.

 

How long does it take to finish a course?

Each course you enroll in has its own separate 2 1/2 week study period. The 2 1/2 week study period for the first course you wish to test on begins to run on the day after the date of your enrollment. The separate 2 1/2 week study period for each of the second, third, etc., courses follow in consecutive order before these exams can be taken. This is a DRE policy, not ours. The dates when you can first take an exam are posted on your student homepage after logging in at our website, www.firsttuesday.us.

 

Can I use the reading material while I take the exam?

Yes. It is an open book exam. You may look up the answers to your exam questions in your reading materials. The questions are taken from the reading material in chronological order.

 

What type of questions are on the exam?

The final exam for each course consists of 100 multiple choice questions. The wording for the questions is taken straight from the reading material.

 

What is the minimum passing grade on the exam?

You must correctly answer at least 60% of the questions to pass the exam.

 

How much time am I given to take the exam?

You're given 2-1/2 hours to complete each exam.

 

What if I don't pass the final exam?

If you do not pass the exam on your first attempt, you may retake the exam as often as necessary to pass it so long as you are within your one-year enrollment period.

 

When do I receive my final exam results?

When taking your exam online, you'll receive your score instantly upon clicking the submit button. If you fail, you may retake the exam until you pass it so long as you are within your one-year enrollment period. On passing the exam, you may print your Certificates of Completion from your printer, then and at any later time.

When taking a paper exam with your monitor, we grade your exam and put the Certificates of Completion in the mail to you within one working day via first class mail. If you would like us to immediately fax you a copy of the Certificates of Completion, enter your fax number in the space provided on the final exam booklet.

It is then your responsibility to inform the DRE of the completion of your required courses.

 

How soon can I request my final exam?

If you are taking a paper exam, not the online exam, you can request your final exam about a week before you want to take it. However, you must be enrolled for the separate 2 1/2 week study period for each course you are enrolled in, taking the exam for each after the end of each consecutive 2 1/2 week study period following the date of enrollment.

 

How do I request the final exam?

No request is necessary if you take your exam online. Go to www.firsttuesday.us. Click on "take exam" from the menu after you have met your minimum study period, log in and take your exam.

For a printed exam, your course materials include a Request to Take Final Examination form. To take a paper exam, simply fill out the request form and mail or fax it to us. If you do not have the request form, place your name, DRE license #, zip code, and daytime phone number, and your monitor's name, address, and daytime phone number on a sheet of paper, and either mail or fax the information to us. Our toll free fax number is 877-319-8510. You may also call us with the information at 800.794.0494. The exam will be sent to your monitor within one working day by regular mail. Mail takes approximately 3 to 5 days for delivery. If you need the exam sooner, we do have expedited shipping available. Please call for pricing.

 

Where do I take the final exam?

You may take your exam online from any computer, at any place, 24/7. Please make allowances for normal web disruptions and scheduled site maintenance.

The DRE does not allow the paper exam to be sent directly to you. For your convenience, you choose an individual who will receive and monitor your taking of the exam. The test monitor can be anyone you choose, except for a relative, your broker, or co-worker. You may take the exam at your monitor's office or at any place convenient for both of you.

 

Will you fax the paper final exam?

No. It must be mailed. DRE requirements.

 

Who can be my monitor?

You need no monitor when you take the exam online.

For the paper exam, you may name anyone except a relative, your broker, or a co-worker as the monitor to receive and administer the exam. The individual you select does not have to be in the real estate business.

 

What if I do not want to name a monitor?

We will try to find a test monitor as close to you as possible. There is no assurance we will locate a monitor for you, or that the monitor will be close to your home or office. For your greatest convenience, it is best you select your test monitor if you do not want to test online.

 

 

For more information, please see our General Information Page.