All Forum Posts by: Jim Witten

@Jim Witten, I'm in Sacramento and just took my sales exam test last week (passed on the first try.) I used the Allied "CA Sales Super Prep Online Practice Exams- $79". This is the only material I used to study. I did every single practice question they had, made flashcards on Quizlet.com as I went through the practice questions to take notes, and then did the "mock exams" until I was getting 95% on them.

I felt like I was well-prepared since the exam felt pretty easy overall. Nothing too tricky. There were a few questions with subject matter I never came across while studying, but you can miss 45 questions and still pass. I'd definitely recommend Allied!

On another note, I have a friend who primarily used PrepAgent to study and he is taking his exam today. I'll let you know if he passes!

Congrats!

(Not to undermine the importance of studying all the material) but I heard from others that a lot of it just comes down to the mock exam questions, memorize as many as possible, & you will find a lot of them on the exam. Sounds like that was the case with the Allied Exam Prep package, you noticed it to have a lot of the same questions that were on the actual exam?

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Originally posted by @Adam Ferguson:

Hi Jim,

I recently passed my sales exam and bought a crash course through a website called therealestateinstructor.com. It was good, provides a one day course you can view online, practice tests and a lightning review you can listen to anywhere and while you drive. Think the cost was around $60 in 11/17.

I also reviewed all practice tests I took through Allied (where i completed my courses) and that helped tremendously.

Hope this helps! Good luck with the exam. You will pass if you put in the time, it's not that difficult.

Right... Your 1st ever post, and that domain was just registered 3 months ago. I did not visit it, just checked the WHOIS registration info on it. ...Spam!

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Originally posted by @Jo-Ann Lapin:

Real estate trainers has a crash course best in the business

Did you find their exam prep questions to have a lot of the same questions on the actual exam?

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Looking to hear from California agents- I already finished the required courses online. But I wanted to know specifically about the Exam Preps. Did you pay extra for any exam preps online, where from? Did you find it to contain a lot of the same questions there we're on the test?

Here we're some I found online:

RealEstateExpress.com has Exam Prep Master for $69

Kaplan (Birghtwood) has CA Real Estate Salesperson Exam Drill and Practice QBank- $59

FirstTuesday has CA Real Estate License Exam Prep Book and Diagnostic online practice exams- $39

Allied has CA Sales Super Prep Online Practice Exams- $79

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Live in the Bay Area, had a lead on a off-market property that was soon to go on MLS. An investor of mine that buys in cash wanted me to get it under contract first before he looked at it. But it was unlikely he would even be interested in buying it, it was preliminary.

If I approached the owners and asked them to sign a contract that was all-cash, wouldn't they sensibly want proof of funds? Some type of seriousness? Why would they waste their time giving me a contract with a big unknown as to whether I'll even buy it?

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PLease Delete, Need title correction.

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Thanks, but it's neither of those things.

My question was, when you signed a NDA before, or had to sign one, did it have the address or not? That's all I am looking to know.

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Asked about NDA's last week, didn't get much of the feedback I'm seeking.

Not looking for legal advice, just want to know, when you signed the NDA or sent the NDA to someone, did it include the specific address of the property?

(I've just been saying "a property to be identified after signing", but agents have been refusing to sign it without the address. If I include address, it defeats the entire purpose, they now have knowledge of the off-market address before signing it.)

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Originally posted by @Matthew Kreitzer:

The specificity the document has to have depends entirely on your local rules of Court, something someone other than a licensed, local attorney is unlikely to know. If you want legal advice, hire counsel.

But many agents have signed NDA'S, so I would think they are used to this. In general, does an NDA for a property include the address? I get so much push back on that, they say it needs the address, but that defeats the point.

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Originally posted by @Jeff Rabinowitz:

@Jim Witten, I don't see any penalty for a breach of confidentiality in your agreement. What do you expect would happen if a breach occurred? Shouldn't that be in the agreement?

Interesting point. I assumed the "Each signing party shall be held responsible and liable" would equate to suing them on court financially? If I put something specific, it may cause them to be afraid to sign it.

But anyways my main question, was why would an agent not want to sign this? What is wrong with it from an agents perspective? They seem to have issue with the lack of a specific address or issue with non-circumvention? Anyone ever used NDA's before?

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All Forum Posts by: Jim Witten

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