Pass Your Vermont Real Estate Exam the First Time

Vermont requires 40 hours of pre-licensing education - one of the lowest! The exam tests Vermont's unique property transfer tax and current use program (land conservation). Vacation property transactions involve understanding short-term rental regulations.

Questions

150

100 NAT / 50 STATE

To Pass

75%

~113 / 150 TO PASS

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

PSI

VREC

Pass your Vermont Salesperson or Broker License

Vermont’s Act 250 requires environmental review permits for any development over 10 acres, evaluated against 10 criteria that no national prep course covers.

Vermont built one of the most comprehensive land use review systems in the country in 1970, and the VREC tests it. National platforms were not built around Vermont’s specific environmental review process, and AI language models trained on national content cannot generate accurate questions for a regulatory framework that exists only in this state. Candidates who prepare with generic tools arrive unprepared for Vermont’s state specific content.

The License Professor is written by licensed Vermont professionals who built questions around PSI state portion priorities. Every question on Act 250 permit requirements, Vermont tax calculations, and state specific disclosure rules is grounded in Vermont law.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Vermont Students Most

Act 250 (Land Use)

Vermont’s 1970 environmental review law requires permits for any development over 10 acres or 10+ housing units, evaluated against 10 environmental criteria — the most distinctive land use regulation in the country.

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Property Transfer Tax

Vermont’s tiered tax charges 0.5% on the first $200,000 for principal residences and 1.47% above that, but jumps to 3.62% for non-principal residences — the math requires calculating across multiple rate tiers.

Lead Paint Disclosures

Vermont layers state-specific requirements on top of federal law, requiring both a Part I disclosure form before the purchase agreement and a Part II at closing — students who only study the federal 10-day inspection miss Vermont’s two-stage process.

The Vermont Real Estate License Professor includes specialized deep dives for each of these.

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Vermont Real Estate Practice Questions

Sample questions from the Vermont real estate exam — with answers and explanations.

1. A Vermont property's annual tax is $4,200. Closing is July 15. Seller owned Jan 1–July 14 (195 days). What is the seller's prorated tax?

  1. A.$2,467.95
  2. B.$2,242.47
  3. C.$2,345.21
  4. D.$2,558.30
Explanation: Calculate daily tax by dividing annual tax by 365 days: $4,200 ÷ 365 = $11.51/day. Multiply by seller's ownership days: $11.51 × 195 = $2,242.47. Prorations allocate tax based on actual ownership period.

2. Vermont regulates real estate brokers through the Office of Professional Regulation. Which statement about the timing of disciplinary action is correct?

  1. A.26 V.S.A. Section 2296 bars unprofessional-conduct charges brought more than three years after the conduct.
  2. B.3 V.S.A. Section 129 requires charges to be brought within two years of the Office learning of the conduct.
  3. C.Neither the real estate chapter nor the Office's general disciplinary statutes sets any limitation period.
  4. D.The Real Estate Commission's administrative rules impose a five-year limit.
Explanation: Vermont routes real estate discipline through the Office of Professional Regulation, so both layers have to be read before concluding anything. 26 V.S.A. Section 2296 lists unprofessional conduct for brokers and salespersons and contains no time language at all. 3 V.S.A. Section 129, the section setting out what a board may actually do (issue subpoenas, warn, reprimand, suspend, revoke, condition, reinstate) contains no limitation period either, and 3 V.S.A. Section 129a's catalogue of unprofessional conduct adds none. The Real Estate Commission's own administrative rules (effective 1 December 2015) contain no limitation period. A lapse of time is not a defence to Vermont licence discipline.

3. Before a licensed real estate broker may be entitled to a commission, they must:

  1. A.Introduce a prospective purchaser to the owner.
  2. B.Commence negotiations for the sale of the property.
  3. C.Produce a purchaser who is ready, willing, and able to buy the property.
  4. D.Start the negotiations which are later completed by the owner and purchaser.
Explanation: A real estate licensee must produce a purchaser who is ready, willing, and able to buy the property on the exact terms of the listing, or on terms acceptable to the seller, in order to be entitled to a commission.
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Vermont Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

Vermont's exam process splits into two genuinely different tracks — a PSI-proctored national exam, and a self-administered state exam.

National portion (PSI-proctored)

Standard national content, administered at a PSI test center for a $110 fee.

State portion: the Jurisprudence Exam (self-administered)

  • 50 questions, multiple choice or true/false, worth 2 points each (100 points total)
  • 75 points required to pass
  • No test center, no proctor, no time limit — download the exam, complete it, and upload only your answer sheet to your online license application
  • No fee
  • Fail it, and you redo the entire exam — there's no partial retake mechanism

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (40 hours): $300-$550
  • Exam (national portion): $110
  • License application: $100
  • Background check: ~$50
  • Total: $560-$810

Exam score validity

Once you pass the pre-license exam(s), your scores remain valid for 1 year.

If you're taking the Broker exam

Vermont's Broker exam is structurally different from the Salesperson exam above: the national portion is a 10-problem computer simulation (9 scored) rather than discrete multiple-choice questions, so it doesn't have a directly comparable "question count" the way most states' exams do. The state portion is 40 questions, smaller than the Salesperson exam's 50-question Jurisprudence Exam. Same 240-minute time limit and 75% passing threshold as the Salesperson exam. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and trust account management. This platform's Broker-tier national portion figure is flagged as unverified pending confirmation of the simulation's actual scoring weight — check with the Vermont Real Estate Commission for current details.

Topics Covered on the Vermont Real Estate Exam

National Exam Topics

Standard national content administered through PSI: property ownership, contracts and agency, financing, valuation, and real estate math.

Vermont State Jurisprudence Exam Topics

Based on Vermont's own current exam content, expect coverage of:

  1. Unprofessional conduct and complaint process — who may file a complaint, grounds for disciplinary action
  2. Agency structures — designated agency, non-designated agency firms, and the prohibition on dual agency
  3. Trust and escrow accounts — deposit timing (banking days after contract execution), release conditions
  4. Advertising and signage — "For Sale" sign size limits, firm name disclosure requirements, on-premises sign statutes
  5. Disclosure requirements — seller property disclosure, agency disclosure timing, private water supply disclosure with a buyer investigation period
  6. Licensing administration — activation/inactivation, renewal cycle (every 2 years by May 31 of even-numbered years), continuing education hour requirements
  7. Vermont-specific statutes — the Vermont Land Gain Tax, municipal/historic/architectural design review jurisdiction, license law's scope (including business trade name sales when real estate is involved)

Why this list matters

The dual agency prohibition and designated agency structure show up repeatedly across Vermont's real exam questions — this is clearly one of the exam's most heavily tested concepts.

What this list doesn't tell you

Because the Jurisprudence Exam is open-book and self-administered, Vermont expects you to know how to FIND answers in the statutes and rules, not just memorize them cold — familiarize yourself with the Real Estate Commission Statutes and Administrative Rules as actual reference documents, not just study guide summaries.

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