Failed the exam again...

[Boston Condo Guy]

I have been working for less than a week and have a listing and a sale pending...Wish me luck!
Gia

I would love to hear the story behind a listing and a pending sale/under contract the first week of having your license, quite a start, do share

[Remaxman]

Not trying to be mean or anything, but I have never bought into the "some people dont test well" excuse. The state exam for here (KY) is probably in line with other areas, IMHO if the test cant be passed within 3 tries then more than likey this is not the right career choice.

I have never met anyone in my are who were sucessful after thaking the test multiple times. Not saying it doesnt happen, just never seen it.

I think the RE industry should make the person retake schooling if the exam is failed, alot of professions out there do that.

[judyo]

This is an old post, Remaxman, but you've said what I've thought many times before. I have several friends in the business and I have a couple of other friends that could not pass the test. I think one friend that failed tried once again & then gave up. A couple of my friends that did pass dropped out of the business anyway. The test is much easier than being successful in this business.

[jessiesc]

Please don't judge people because they failed a test the first or second time. That is completely judgemental and unfair to the individual.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with the fail the test and drop out suggestion, or any suggestion along those lines!

No matter what the situation the bottom line is how strongly do you feel about the situation. If you really want to be realtor, DON'T STOP TRYING UNTIL YOU SUCCEED!

Both myself and my spouse failed our real estate exam three times by one point, till we finally went to a pre-test course. We finally passed it after that.

We are now both firmly entrenched in real estate and hopefully on our way to another successful career (I come from a computer career and she from escrow).

I do however, agree with "some people can take tests, some can't" I am one who can not take a test for the life of me! I choke on every exam!

Example: I was very successful in the computer industry for 25 years as a Programmer, Manager, Consultant and Director of I.T. I taught computer sciences in a well known technical school for 5 of those years. I went to get a teaching certificate to teach a college course and I had to take a test.

I failed the test miserably!
Never got my teaching certificate and went on to build my own successful consulting firm.

Just because you can't take a test, does not mean you have chosen the wrong career. It simply means you can not answer a question the way it was phrased by the test maker!

[AaronSellsAZ]

I know someone on #4...good thing there are only 6 versions of the exam!

[vtalerico]

I failed two times in New York, then I finally passed to get my New York State liscens. I moved to Virginia a year later to get my Virginia Real estate liscense and guess what???, I failed another two times. I studied New York real estate for over 70 hours and then I did the same exact thing in Virginia...Over 140 hours for 1 test, but I'm still in the Virginia Beach area practicing real estate and I still absolutly love every minute of it!

[AlabamaRealtor]

When you fail the exam multiple times, you make your instructor look very bad. I always tell my students to retake the class after 3 attempts. It's free to sit in class again and maybe they will "get it" the second time around.

one other thing I always tell them: You only Fail when you stop trying.

[Thesa]

I made the mistake of hiring someone that had worked as an unlicensed assistant - she went to school after coming to work for me.... and then tested.... she almost failed... the reason - nothing is black and white in real estate - one of the questions had to do with earnest money being returned... well in Oregon those funds are generally in escrow which as we all know is a neutral account... the answer for the test was the buyer - but in truth - it takes both the seller and buyer to sign and return the documents for the buyer to get their money back...

If you had previous experience in the field it is hard to think with the basic black and white answer and not put the truth of the industry into your answer.