I’m trying to take the RE exam in December and wanted to know if anyone knows really good resources either online or books aside from crash courses to study and practice for the real estate exam?

Do your research of the neighbourhood for crime stats, rentals versus owner-occupants, sometimes cities provide this information or other data sites.My first rental was in a questionable area, and it was quite a learning experience.

Zillow openly explains this at https://www.zillow.com/zestimate/ and publishes their median error rates and other stats for some major metro areas at https://www.zillow.com/zestimate/#acc.The good news is, it's relatively easy to validate how accurate it is for your market:Have your realtor pull 50 or 100 active and sold homes in the market/neighborhood you want to analyze.Compare actual asking and sold prices to the Zestimate for each one, put them in a spreadsheet, and develop some averages. 

http://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in October Single-family home sales continued their post-Hurricane Harvey rebound as volume rose 7.5 percent year-over-year with 6,381 units sold;Sing...

Quick glimpse at Austin area stats for October. 

The stats on the property: the tax basis is $52,978 and the potential sale will bring in approximately $130,000.

Can you share some of the stats?

I should be taking my state exam in about a week or so.

I just closed on the selling of my first house yesterday, here are the stats: Bought: March 30th, 2015Sold: November 14th, 2017Purchase Price: $57,500Selling Price: $77,119My Cut: $20,534.12I bought the house when I was 20, lived in it the entire time, and did nothing to it as far as adding value (example: remodeling).

Aesthetically, these websites are much more appealing to potential buyers and they do have insightful stats on crime and schools in the areas.