Mississippi Real Estate Salesperson Exam Study Guide

The Mississippi salesperson license exam is a computer-based test administered by PSI Services LLC, the vendor contracted by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission to run the exam.

• Combined test: 120 questions across both portions, with a total time allowance of 4 hours.
• General (national) portion: 80 questions in 2.5 hours.
• Mississippi state-law portion: 40 questions in 1.5 hours.
• Passing score, general portion: 70% (56 of 80 points).
• Passing score, state portion: 75% (30 of 40 points).
• A small number of 5 to 10 unscored experimental questions may be mixed into either portion.
• An optional on-screen tutorial before the timed test can run up to 15 minutes without counting against your exam clock.
• The total exam fee is $75, covering one or both portions in a single sitting.

Because the general and state portions are scored and timed separately, plan your pacing for each portion on its own rather than averaging the full 120 questions over 4 hours in your head.

The general (national) portion tests real estate principles and practices common across states, broken into content domains with the following weights on the Mississippi salesperson exam:

• Contracts — 19%
• Agency — 13%
• Practice of Real Estate — 12%
• Financing — 10%
• Property Ownership — 10%
• Valuation — 8%
• Property Disclosures — 7%
• Real Estate Calculations — 7%
• Transfer of Title — 6%
• Land Use Controls — 5%
• Property Management — 3%

Contracts and Agency together make up close to a third of the general portion, so those two domains deserve the largest share of your review time. Real Estate Calculations is worth reviewing carefully even at 7%, since math questions are often the ones candidates skip and lose easy points on. Treat the weight percentages as a study-time budget: spend roughly proportional time on each domain rather than spreading review evenly across all eleven topics.

The state-law portion tests Mississippi-specific rules and is broken into item counts (not percentages) across these topics for the salesperson exam:

• Agency Disclosure and Duties to Parties — 8 items
• Broker Responsibilities, Including Supervision of Sales Associates — 6 items
• Licensing Requirements and License Maintenance — 4 items
• Out-of-State Brokers and Developers — 4 items
• Powers and Duties of the Real Estate Commission — 4 items
• Property Condition Disclosures — 4 items
• Trust Accounts — 4 items
• Advertising/Marketing/Internet — 3 items
• Records and Documents — 3 items

Agency Disclosure and Duties to Parties is the single largest state-law topic, so know exactly when and how a Mississippi licensee must disclose agency relationships to buyers and sellers. Because this portion carries a higher passing bar than the general portion, it rewards precise, rule-level knowledge of the Commission's own statutes and regulations rather than general real estate theory.

Before you can sit for the exam, Mississippi sets specific eligibility requirements for salesperson applicants:

• Minimum age: 18 years old at the time of application.
• Pre-license education: 60 classroom hours of approved real estate coursework.
• Application must include a recommendation signed by three real estate owners who are not related to the applicant.
• The application must be notarized and received by the Commission within 60 days of the notary date.
• Certificates of licensure submitted with the application must also be received within 60 days of the notary date.

Fees to plan for beyond the $75 exam fee:

• License application fee: $100.00.
• Criminal background check fee: $25.00.
• Salesperson license renewal fee: currently $100.00, increasing to $120.00 effective October 1, 2026.
• Late renewals carry a 100% penalty on top of the regular renewal fee.

Build these into your timeline early — missing the notary-to-receipt window can delay your approval to sit for the exam.

If you don't pass on the first attempt, Mississippi's retake rules are specific about timing:

• You have a 2-month eligibility window following approval of your application to pass both portions of the exam.
• Within that window, you may sit for the state portion up to 2 times.
• If you fail twice within that window, you must wait 3 months before you may re-apply to the Commission for the salesperson exam.
• Retake fee: $75, covering one or both portions, the same as the original exam fee.

Retaking only the portion you failed keeps your prep focused, but remember the clock: the 2-month window applies to passing both portions overall, not to each portion separately. If you pass one portion and run out of time on the other, plan your retake date well before the window closes rather than waiting until the last week.

Because retaking either portion costs the same $75 fee as a first attempt, there's no financial shortcut for skipping review before a retake — treat every attempt as one you intend to pass outright, and use the gap between attempts to target the specific domains or state-law items that tripped you up the first time.

With a 4-hour, 120-question combined exam split into two separately scored portions, your study plan should mirror that structure rather than treating the material as one undifferentiated pile.

• Study the general (national) domains first, in proportion to their weight — Contracts and Agency first, then Financing and Property Ownership, then the smaller-weight topics.
• Study the Mississippi state-law topics separately, since they test statute-level detail rather than general real estate concepts. Item counts, not percentages, tell you where to focus.
• Practice under timed conditions that mirror the real portions — 2.5 hours for an 80-question set, 1.5 hours for a 40-question set — so pacing feels familiar on test day.
• Use full-length practice tests to surface weak domains before you spend more study time; a wrong-answer pattern concentrated in one topic tells you exactly where to go back to your notes.
• Because a handful of unscored experimental questions may appear, don't let one oddly worded question shake your confidence — treat every question as answerable and move on.

A calm, well-paced approach on exam day matters as much as content knowledge: read each question fully before answering, flag uncertain items to revisit, and manage the clock so you finish each portion with time to review flagged questions.