Colorado Real Estate Exam Topics: Full Breakdown (2025)

Colorado's exam has 154 questions — 74 national and 80 state-specific. Here's the content breakdown.

National Section: 74 Questions

Standard topics: property ownership, land use controls, valuation (three approaches, cap rate), financing (TRID, loan types, LTV), agency (fiduciary duties, types of agency), contracts (essential elements, Statute of Frauds), fair housing (7 federal classes).

Colorado-Specific Section: 80 Questions

Colorado License Law — CRS Title 12, Article 10 (22-26 questions) - CREC: 5 members under DORA (Department of Regulatory Agencies) - License types: broker associate (new licensees), independent broker, employing broker - Prelicense: 168 hours across specified courses - License renewal: every 3 years - Continuing education: 24 hours per 3-year cycle (mandatory topics + electives) - Broker associate path to independence: 2 years + 24 hours additional coursework - Violations, CREC disciplinary authority, and consumer protection

CREC Contract Forms (20-25 questions) - Colorado Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate (CBS) — the primary residential contract, CREC-promulgated and mandatory - Key CBS provisions: inspection deadlines, loan conditions, title review, termination deadline - Agreement to Amend/Extend - Counterproposal - Inspection Objection and Notice to Terminate - License violations for using non-approved forms

Trust Accounts and Record Keeping (10-12 questions) - Employing broker maintains trust account - Broker associate delivers earnest money to employing broker promptly - Employing broker deposits within a specific timeframe - Records maintained for 4 years - Permitted uses of trust account funds

Colorado Agency Law (10-12 questions) - Transaction broker (Colorado's most common relationship) - Single agent — buyer or seller - Customer (no brokerage relationship) - Disclosure: must disclose agency relationship before meaningful discussion - Dual agency restrictions

Colorado-Specific Property Law (8-10 questions) - Colorado is NOT a community property state - Colorado uses deeds of trust (non-judicial foreclosure) - Colorado water law: prior appropriation ("first in time, first in right") - Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulations affect mineral rights - HOA law: Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (CCIOA)

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