← Back to the exam guideFlorida Real Estate Exam Topics: All 19 FREC Areas
The Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC) organizes the sales associate exam into 19 topic areas. They don't carry equal weight — license law, brokerage, contracts, financing, and math is where most of the questions live. Here's the full list with approximate weight and where each area comes from.
The 19 topic areas, by approximate weight
License Law and Qualifications for Licensure
Chapter 475, Part I, F.S.
High
Real Estate License Law and FREC Rules
475 F.S. + 61J2 F.A.C.
High
Authorized Relationships, Duties and Disclosures
F.S. 475.278
High
Real Estate Brokerage Activities and Procedures
Escrow, advertising, fund handling
High
Violations of License Law, Penalties and Procedures
F.S. 475.25, F.S. 455.225
Medium
Federal and State Laws Pertaining to Real Estate
Fair Housing, RESPA, TRID
Medium
Property Rights: Estates, Tenancies, Condos, Time-Sharing
Ownership and tenancy types
Medium
Titles, Deeds and Ownership Restrictions
F.S. 689
Medium
Legal Descriptions
Lot/block, metes & bounds, government survey
Low
Real Estate Contracts
Statute of Frauds (F.S. 725.01)
High
Residential Mortgages
PITI, ARM, FHA, VA
Medium
Types of Mortgages and Sources of Financing
Conventional, government, jumbo
Medium
Real Estate Computations and Closing of Transactions
Prorations, closing statements, RESPA
High
The Real Estate Market and Analysis
Supply and demand
Low
Real Estate Appraisal
Cost / sales comparison / income approach
Medium
Real Estate Investments and Business Brokerage
Cap rate, leverage
Low
Taxes Affecting Real Estate
Homestead, Save Our Homes, Greenbelt
Medium
Planning, Zoning and Environmental Hazards
Zoning, lead, mold, radon
Medium
Real Estate Mathematics
Commissions, area, prorations
High
Where to spend your study time
If you have limited time, weight it toward the High areas: license law and FREC rules, authorized relationships and disclosures, brokerage activities, contracts, closing computations, and real estate math. These recur across the exam and are also the areas candidates most often lose points on.
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