Arkansas Real Estate Cheat Sheet.
The night-before summary, built like the exam.

The numbers to remember

• Exam fee: $75, paid to Pearson VUE
• Time allowed: 2 to 4 hours
• Two components: Salesperson General Exam + Salesperson–Arkansas Law Exam (register separately)
• National/general portion: 80 scored + 5 pretest items
• Arkansas law portion: 30 scored + 10 pretest items
• Passing score: scaled 70 on each portion
• Minimum age: 18
• Retake wait: 24 hours; retake only the failed part within 6 months, then the full exam resets
• Prelicense education: 60 classroom hours total, 30 in basic principles
• Application fee: $50 resident / $85 nonresident; application valid 1 year
• License fees: $50 license fee + $25 recovery fund fee; score/fees due within 90 days of the exam
• Renewal fee: $60 for a salesperson

Content domains and weights (Arkansas law portion, 30 items)

• Statutory Requirements Governing the Activities of Licensees – 14 items
• Agency Relationships and Disclosures – 8 items
• Duties and Powers of the Real Estate Commission – 4 items
• Licensing Requirements – 2 items
• Other Statutory Requirements – 2 items

High-yield review areas

• Licensee statutory duties and activities — the single largest state-law domain, so review it last-thing before the exam.
• Agency relationships and required disclosures — the second-largest domain and a frequent source of missed items.
• Commission powers and licensing requirements — smaller domains, but quick to refresh in one pass.
• General real estate fundamentals — contracts, financing, valuation, and agency concepts that carry the 80-item national portion.

Top traps

• Assuming both exam components share one retake clock — the six-month rule applies to the pair, but registration and fees are handled separately for each part.
• Skipping the smaller domains because they carry few items — a missed 2-item domain still costs the same per-question weight as a missed item anywhere else.
• Trying to schedule a retake immediately after a fail — a 24-hour wait applies before you can book again.
• Letting the six-month window lapse after passing one component — missing that deadline means retaking the entire exam, not just the still-unpassed half.
• Confusing pretest items with scored items — both look identical on screen, so every question deserves full effort regardless of whether it counts.
• Treating the two exam components as one combined study plan — the general portion tests universal real estate concepts while the Arkansas law portion is state-specific statute, and they call for different source material.
• Missing the 90-day window to submit your score report and license fees after the exam — that clock starts on your exam date, not your application date.
• Forgetting that the resident and nonresident application fees differ ($50.00 versus $85.00) — confirm which rate applies to you before submitting payment.

Final-hour checklist

• Confirm which exam component you are scheduled for before leaving for the test center.
• Bring identification the testing vendor requires for admission.
• Do one short pass over your missed-rules list rather than rereading the entire course.
• Arrive with buffer time before a session that may run up to four hours.