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

The numbers to remember

• Total time: 4 hours for the full exam
• National portion: 80 scored items, 2.5 hours
• State portion: 50 scored items, 1.5 hours
• Pretest items: 5 to 10 unscored items mixed in
• Passing score: 75% on each portion, scored separately
• Minimum age: 19
• Application validity: 12 months from receipt
• Exam fee: $150; application fee: $175; retake fee: $150 within one year
• Retakes: up to 3 attempts within a 6-month window during your authorization period
• Vendor: Pearson VUE

Content domains and weights (state portion, 50 items)

• Agency — 17 to 18 items (largest domain)
• Statutory requirements governing licensees — 15 items
• Licensing — 7 to 8 items
• Duties and powers of the Real Estate Commission — 5 items
• Additional topics — 5 items

Education hours behind the license

• 96 hours total prelicense requirement, made up of two components
• 90 hours across three approved core courses, including 30 hours Real Estate Principles and Practices and 30 hours Nebraska Real Estate License Law
• 6 hours Professional Practice and Standards (separate required course)

High-yield review areas

• Agency relationships and disclosure duties — the single biggest scoring block on the state portion
• Statutory requirements governing day-to-day licensee conduct
• Licensing rules — who qualifies, how licenses are issued and maintained
• General national-portion topics: contracts, financing, ownership, and transfer of title

Top traps

• Treating the exam as one combined score — national and state portions each require their own 75% pass
• Assuming all pretest items are scored, or trying to guess which items are unscored — you can't, so treat every item as live
• Under-studying agency and statutory requirements relative to their item share, since together they're over half the state portion
• Losing track of the 12-month application validity window while completing coursework
• Forgetting that the exam fee ($150), application fee ($175), and retake fee ($150) are separate line items, not one bundled cost
• Confusing the Salesperson license type with other license types — Salesperson is the correct choice for anyone who has never held a real estate license before

Logistics checklist

• Exam vendor: Pearson VUE
• Governing body: Nebraska Real Estate Commission
• Confirm you meet the 19-year-old minimum age requirement before scheduling
• Complete all required prelicense coursework before your application is submitted
• Keep your application timeline inside the 12-month validity window
• Bring valid ID and arrive with enough buffer time for the full 4-hour session