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

The numbers to remember

• 110 total questions in 120 minutes.
• National portion: 80 questions, 90 minutes.
• State portion: 30 questions, 30 minutes.
• Tutorial: up to 15 minutes, not counted against exam time.
• Pass mark: 70% on each portion separately.
• National passing score: 56 of 80.
• State passing score: 21 of 30.
• Exam fee: $44, valid 1 year from payment.
• Minimum age to apply: 18.
• Retakes: no limit on attempts.
• Vendor: PSI Services LLC / PSI Examination Services.
• Pre-licensing course: 60 hours, including a 3 clock-hour ethics course.
• Must apply for license within 1 year of the exam date once both portions are passed.

Content domains and weights (national portion)

• Contracts — 19% (the largest single domain).
• Agency — 13%.
• Brokerage Relationships — 7 items.
• Business Conduct — 6 items.
• Supervision — 5 items.
• Duties/Powers of the Real Estate Commission — 4 items.
• Ethics — 4 items.
• Licensing Requirements — 4 items.
• Up to ~10% of items may be unscored experimental questions — answer everything as if it counts.

High-yield review areas

• Contract formation, contingencies, and remedies — the heaviest-weighted single topic.
• Agency relationships and fiduciary duties, the second-heaviest topic.
• The distinct rules for brokerage relationships and business conduct that show up as their own item blocks.
• Maryland-specific licensing, ethics, and Commission-powers rules for the state portion.

Top traps

• Thinking one strong portion offsets a weak one — the national and state portions are scored separately, and you must clear 70% on both.
• Rushing the tutorial — it does not count against your 120 minutes, so use it.
• Forgetting the 1-year clocks: your exam fee and, separately, your license application window after passing both portions.
• Assuming there's a retake cap — there isn't, but each new sitting still costs the exam fee.
• Skipping experimental items mentally — you can't tell which ~10% are unscored, so treat every question as live.
• Underrating the state portion because it's shorter — 70% of just 30 questions leaves almost no room for careless errors.
• Forgetting the broker-affiliation commitment — a license won't be granted until a licensed broker has agreed to take you on.