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

The numbers to remember

• National portion: 80 items, 150 minutes, pass at 56 points.
• State portion: 40 items, 90 minutes, pass at 28 points.
• Combined sitting: 120 items, 240 minutes, combined pass at 84 points.
• Both portions must be passed independently — there is no blended average that saves you.
• 5 to 10 unscored experimental questions may appear anywhere in the exam.
• Exam delivered by PSI Services LLC for the New Hampshire Real Estate Commission.
• Pre-licensing: 40 hours total, including at least 32 classroom hours (max 8 via distance education).
• Minimum age to qualify: 18.
• Must exam within 3 months of registration, and within 6 months of starting pre-licensing coursework.
• Failing one portion? You have a 6-month window from your original exam date to pass the remainder.
• 3 character-reference affidavits are required in your application.
• After 8 attempts without passing, an accredited pre-licensing course must be repeated.

Content domains and weights

• National — Contracts: 19% (heaviest single domain).
• National — Agency: 13%.
• National — Practice of Real Estate: 12%.
• National — Financing: 10%.
• National — Property Ownership: 10%.
• State — Regulation of Agency Conduct: 11 items.
• State — Regulation of Licensee Conduct: 11 items.
• State — New Hampshire Principles and Practice: 10 items.

High-yield review areas

• Contracts and Agency together carry roughly a third of the National portion's weight — review offer/acceptance, remedies, and fiduciary duties last night, not for the first time.
• The three State-portion topics above cover the large majority of its 40 items, so a gap in any one of them is costly.
• Skim New Hampshire licensee- and agency-conduct rules specifically; national textbooks won't cover this material.
• Confirm your own pacing ahead of time using the published time limits and item counts for each portion above — the State portion allows slightly more time per item than the National portion.

Top traps

• Assuming a high National score can offset a weak State score — it cannot; each portion is graded on its own separate cut.
• Skipping New Hampshire-specific rule review because national prep material felt thorough.
• Panicking over an oddly worded question — it may be one of the unscored experimental items.
• Losing track of the two different time limits (150 vs. 90 minutes) if you practice with only one portion at a time.
• Waiting past the 3-month registration window or the exam's pre-licensing timing windows and having to re-register.