The test should be very passable.

You can sit for the test by paying $50 or so.

I tested the top five software programs and settled on Buildium which was perfect for my needs and great for my budget.Two years later, things were flowing smoothly but I had identified a couple shortfalls with Buildium that were requiring too much time or for me to use different software.

This may really depend on your area and I have yet to test this out how well this will work in my market.Also check out this post from BP for other ideas- https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/11/08/8-killer-resources-savvy-low-budget-wholesalers/ 

I'm now extremely disclipined in managing exactly where and how much I need to exert and channel for maximum efficiency, what methodologies I need to implement/introduce/test into my systems along with the analytics of such, etc.This is what helped me.

Use the questions from the article above and put multiple companies through the test. 

The 10% that tend to take up most of the landlords energy and efforts are the 10% that test people's stomachs to see if they are cut out for this business. 

I've completed my Sales Agent courses and am set to test for my Texas License in the next 30-45 days.

Then use my paper to fine tune the area in that city and house style.This is a fast test:  use zillow rentals, uncheck all but houses, 3 bed, 2 bath on an area:  if you see a decent 3/2 house renting for under $850,  there's a big problem!   

And, try it at one property to A/B test the rents you can get and time to fill those units between lease-ups.I'm mainly in the 2-4 unit space, and Spokane has lots of 100-yr old houses that were split into apartments during the two world wars.