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

The numbers to remember

• 115 questions in 180 minutes, one combined national + Michigan state-law exam.
• Pass at 70% — a raw score of 80 of 115 points.
• About 10% of questions are unscored experimental items; answer all of them.
• Exam fee $79; fees expire 1 year after registering.
• Arrive 30 minutes early; reschedule requires 2 business days' notice; sessions open 6 weeks ahead.
• Passing results are valid for 1 year.

Content domains and weights

• Contracts — 19% (national, heaviest domain)
• Agency — 13% (national)
• Practice of Real Estate — 12% (national)
• Property Ownership — 10% (national)
• Additional State Topics — 12 items (Michigan state law)
• Statutory Requirements Governing Licensees — 10 items (state law)
• Contractual Relationships — 5 items (state law)
• Licensing Requirements — 5 items (state law)
• Dept./State Board Duties and Powers — 3 items (state law)

High-yield review areas

• Contracts is the single largest domain — listing/purchase agreements, contingencies, and contract law basics deserve first priority.
• Fair housing and civil rights content (part of your prelicensing coursework) threads through Agency and Practice of Real Estate questions, not just its own section.
• Additional State Topics is the largest state-law block at 12 items, followed by Statutory Requirements Governing Licensees at 10 — review LARA's licensee duties and disclosure obligations carefully.
• Prelicensure education is 40 hours total, including 4 hours of civil rights/fair housing, and stays valid 36 months.

Top traps

• Don't skip questions you think are experimental — you can't identify the ~10% unscored items, and skipping any question risks losing real points.
• Don't confuse the standard $78.00 renewal fee with the $108.00 three-year relicensure fee — they apply to different situations.
• Don't assume passing the exam alone finishes licensing — renewal runs on a 3-year cycle requiring 18 clock hours of continuing education, and a lapsed license adds 6 CE hours per lapsed year.
• Don't under-prepare on the smaller state-law blocks (like the 3-item Department/Board duties section) just because the count looks small — every item is worth the same raw point as a national-domain question.