Wisconsin Requires WB Series Forms for Every Transaction

Wisconsin requires Commission approved WB series forms for every transaction type, and using the wrong form number is a violation the DSPS tests directly.

The DSPS governs real estate licensing in Wisconsin. The Pearson VUE exam tests 60 state specific questions alongside 80 national questions, with a minimum passing score of 75%. Three topics account for the majority of state-portion difficulty: the WB series form number requirements, Wisconsin's preservation of subagency alongside buyer agency, and the 10-day delivery window for the Real Estate Condition Report. Here's the thing most people miss: the WB series isn't just a formatting preference. Picking the wrong form number is a license law violation in Wisconsin.

Approved Forms (WB Series)

Wisconsin's WB series assigns a specific form number to each transaction type (WB-11 for residential, WB-13 for vacant land, WB-14 for condominiums), and the exam tests whether you know which number applies to a given scenario, not just that approved forms are required.

Wisconsin requires Real Estate Examining Board-approved WB forms (WB-11 for residential, WB-13 for vacant land, WB-14 for condos), the exam tests which specific form number applies to each transaction type.

The Pearson VUE exam will describe a property type and ask which WB form is required. Know all three primary form numbers and the transaction type each governs. The exam also tests what modifications licensees are permitted to make to the approved forms. Wisconsin law allows for additional provisions but prohibits deleting or altering the approved language. Why did the Wisconsin broker use WB-13 for a condo? He's going to need to retake the exam to find out. (Don't be that broker.)

Agency Law (Subagency)

Wisconsin is one of the very few states where subagency hasn't been eliminated. It remains a legal relationship alongside buyer agency, and under it the buyer holds only customer status with none of the protections a client receives from a fiduciary agent.

Wisconsin is one of the few states that still permits subagency alongside buyer agency, under subagency the buyer is a "customer" with dramatically reduced protections, and most students assume subagency has been abolished.

The Pearson VUE exam presents scenarios involving subagency relationships and asks what duties the subagent owes to the buyer, what the subagent owes to the seller, and how those obligations differ from buyer agency. Know that Wisconsin's subagency rules require a separate disclosure to the buyer explaining that the agent represents the seller's interests, even when assisting the buyer in a transaction.

The DSPS tests subagency specifically because most national courses treat it as a historical concept that no longer exists. In Wisconsin, it's current practice and current law. Candidates who dismiss it as obsolete will fail every question that hinges on the subagent's limited duty to the buyer.

Property Disclosure (Reports)

Wisconsin's Real Estate Condition Report is itself a WB series form, which means the exam tests not just what must be disclosed but which form must be used, when it must be delivered, and which transactions are exempt from the requirement entirely.

The Wisconsin Real Estate Condition Report must be delivered within 10 days of contract acceptance, and the buyer can rescind if not received on time, the exam tests the delivery window and specific exemptions for fiduciaries.

Property condition disclosure requirements vary across the Midwest. North Dakota tests disclosure timing and exemptions under its own residential disclosure form, and Illinois uses the Residential Real Property Disclosure Report. Wisconsin's property disclosure report is one of the WB series forms, meaning the exam tests not only what must be disclosed but also the form itself and when it must be delivered.

Know the 10-day delivery window from contract acceptance, the buyer's right to rescind within 2 business days of receiving a late or deficient report, and the fiduciary exemption that removes the disclosure requirement for estates, trustees, and personal representatives. The exam presents time-elapsed scenarios where you must determine whether the rescission right has expired.

The fiduciary exemption is frequently tested because candidates trained nationally don't expect it. Wisconsin law relieves executors and trustees of the condition disclosure obligation because they often have no personal knowledge of the property's condition.