Real Estate Math Practice Problems
Peggy Calculating property taxes is an essential real estate math question that you may encounter on your real estate licensing exam. Each county or jurisdiction will calculate property tax based on the assessed value of the property. You’ll need to know a few things in order to solve this real estate math problem: The tax rate … Read more
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article indicating that vacancy rates have dropped to 4.7% across the nation, resulting in increases in rents. As a real estate agent, you may have renters that question whether or not it is cheaper for them to rent or to buy. While there are many factors to consider … Read more
On the computer-based real estate licensing exam, you will be asked to answer multiple-choice real estate math questions. While practicing real estate math questions is an important part of preparing for the real estate licensing exam, you will also need to know strategies to answer multiple choice questions. This will help you answer questions faster … Read more
Recently, CNN published an article on where home prices are rising fastest. If you are studying for the real estate licensing exam, one of the real estate math questions you may encounter is how to calculate the estimated appreciation (or depreciation) on real estate. In your local market, it’s important to keep track of the appreciation … Read more
A common real estate math problem you may encounter on your real estate licensing exam will be to calculate a buyer’s monthly mortgage payment based on the amount and terms of the loan. While calculating the exact monthly mortgage payment is a very complex math problem (i.e., leave it to your buyer’s lender to do … Read more
On the real estate licensing exam, you may encounter a proration question. Prorations occur because not every expense or income can be distributed at closing. For example, the seller may have already gotten a full month’s rent from a tenant before the closing. Or the buyer might have to pay real estate taxes at the … Read more
Debt to Income (DTI) ratios is an important real estate math concept that you will need to know for your real estate licensing exam. When your buyers are getting a loan, one of the major factors to qualifying for a loan will be their debt to income ratios (DTI). Here’s what you need to know: … Read more
When your buyer is getting a loan, their lender will ask them whether or not they want to pay points at closing. A point is an upfront payment of interest on the loan. In return for paying points upfront, the lender will offer your buyer a lower interest rate. For example, a lender could offer … Read more
One of the most confusing types of real estate math problem you will encounter is determining what portion of expenses the seller and buyer owes. While most of these calculations are taken care of by the settlement company, it is a good idea for any real estate agent to know how it is calculated. Most … Read more