Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 19,977 questions, written to PSI’s current Minnesota content outlines and independently audited — and it opens for enrollment soon. Join the notify list and we will email you when enrollment opens.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
Minnesota licenses real estate salespeople through a two-portion exam given by PSI Services LLC for the Minnesota Department of Commerce: 80 General questions in 2.5 hours and 50 Minnesota questions in 1.5 hours, and you must score at least 75% on each portion separately. PassProfessor’s Minnesota program will give you 19,977 original practice questions built on PSI’s published content outlines — 13,112 on the General portion and 6,865 on Minnesota law and practice — with fresh blueprint-weighted practice exams, topic drills, and per-question analytics that show you which outline areas are costing you points. A free sample comes with the program at launch.
What’s included
A Minnesota bank, not a national bank with a Minnesota chapter. The Minnesota portion is 50 of the exam’s 130 scored questions — nearly two-fifths of the test — and it is scored on its own: a strong General score cannot rescue a weak Minnesota score. Our bank holds 6,865 Minnesota-portion questions, including 3,335 on Real Estate Brokerage License Law alone: Chapter 82 licensing, trust accounts, agency and other disclosures, compensation, and the Commissioner’s authority. That is the portion national courses cover most lightly, and it is where this program is deepest.
Practice exams at the real exam’s weights. Each full practice exam is generated fresh for that attempt — General and Minnesota questions in the same 80/50 proportions PSI uses, with the General sections weighted the way the official outline weights them (Contracts alone carries 19% of the General portion). Questions you have not seen come first, and you never sit the same exam twice.
Drills that match how the exam is built. Drill a single outline area — Minnesota trust-account rules, conveyance procedures and Torrens registration, contracts, real estate calculations — or sit the full 130-question simulation against the clock. Your results break down by outline area, so a weak section shows up in your practice data before it shows up on a score report.
Per-question analytics that find the pattern. Every practice result is tracked question by question and rolled up by outline area. You will see not just that you missed questions, but which topics your misses cluster in — agency disclosure timing, contract-for-deed rules, proration math — so the next study session starts where the last one’s evidence points.
Questions that stay honest. Every item in the program is monitored from real student responses once the program opens. Questions students find suspiciously easy or suspiciously hard are pulled for review, and anything found wrong is fixed or retired — the bank you practice on is the bank as it should be, not as it shipped.
The real exam at a glance
Current as of October 2026, per the Minnesota Department of Commerce and PSI’s Real Estate Salesperson, Broker and Abstracter Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (© 2023, dated 10/1/2023). Full detail — eligibility, registration, retakes, test day — is in our Minnesota real estate exam guide.
| Minnesota salesperson exam (PSI, for the Department of Commerce) | |
|---|---|
| Administered by | PSI Services LLC, under contract to the Minnesota Department of Commerce |
| General portion | 80 questions, 2.5 hours |
| Minnesota (state) portion | 50 questions, 1.5 hours |
| Both portions together | 130 scored questions, 4 hours |
| Unscored experimental questions | A small number (5 to 10) may be mixed in; they do not count, but they do use your exam time |
| Passing standard | At least 75% correct on each portion, scored separately (as published in the PSI bulletin) |
| Exam fee | $45 for one portion; $68 for the combined General + State exam — paid to PSI when you reserve |
| Pre-licensing education | 90 hours (Course I, II, and III, 30 hours each); Course I must be completed before you may sit the exam |
- Each portion passes or fails on its own. If you pass one portion and fail the other, you retake only the portion you failed — but you are not licensed until both are passed.
- Course I comes first, by rule. Taking the exam before completing Course I makes your results invalid, even if you pass. Courses II and III may be finished after the exam, but all 90 hours must be complete before you apply for the license.
- Bring proof of education to every attempt. PSI requires your Course I completion certificate (or other qualifying documentation) and a photo-and-signature government ID at check-in; missing documents mean no admission and a forfeited fee.
- You test at a PSI center or by remote proctoring. Minnesota centers include St. Paul, Blaine, Duluth, Eagan, Mankato, Rochester, Willmar, and Woodbury, and PSI offers a remote-proctored option with its own rules — including no breaks.
- After passing both portions, you become associated with a licensed Minnesota broker, and that broker submits your license application through the Department of Commerce’s PULSE Portal (pulseportal.com). The initial salesperson license fee is $100 plus the current technology surcharge. Apply within one year of passing — miss that window and the Department requires you to retake and pass the examination again.
How the practice maps to the real exam
Every question in the Minnesota bank is tagged to an area of PSI’s published content outlines — the same outlines the real exam is built from. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered workbook.
General portion — 80 questions on the real exam (outline weight) · 13,112 practice questions
| Official outline area (salesperson weight) | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| I. Property Ownership (10%) | 1,253 |
| II. Land Use Controls (5%) | 610 |
| III. Valuation (8%) | 1,002 |
| IV. Financing (10%) | 1,461 |
| V. Contracts (19%) | 2,307 |
| VI. Agency (13%) | 1,537 |
| VII. Property Disclosures (7%) | 830 |
| VIII. Property Management (3%) | 364 |
| IX. Transfer of Title (6%) | 756 |
| X. Practice of Real Estate (12%) | 1,993 |
| XI. Real Estate Calculations (7%) | 999 |
Minnesota portion — 50 questions on the real exam · 6,865 practice questions
| Official outline area (questions on the real exam) | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| Real Estate Brokerage License Law (20) | 3,335 |
| Interests in Real Property (8) | 1,100 |
| Conveyance Procedures and Protection of Parties (8) | 1,912 |
| Financial Instruments: Obligations, Rights, Remedies (4) | 430 |
| Minnesota-specific Practice of Real Estate objectives* | 88 |
* PSI places Minnesota-specific objectives — the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Minnesota Statute of Frauds, and environmental disclosures covering septic systems, wells, and leaking underground storage tanks — inside Section X.B of the General outline, and they account for the balance of the 50-question Minnesota portion. In our bank those objectives are practiced mainly within the 1,993 Section X questions above; the 88 questions in the dedicated Minnesota-specific set are the thinnest slice of the bank, and we say so rather than claim uniform depth everywhere. Financial Instruments, at 430 questions, is the smallest of the four named Minnesota law areas — still more than a hundred practice questions for every question on the real exam, but the honest low end of the state bank.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When enrollment opens, start with the free sample exam — a fixed set of Minnesota questions across both portions, enough to see how the program works and where you stand.
- Drill the Minnesota portion early. It is 50 of 130 questions, scored separately, and the most concrete material on the exam — Chapter 82 deadlines, trust-account day counts, disclosure duties, deed and mortgage registry taxes. Most candidates leave state law for last; the score report is where that shows.
- Drill by outline area. Work your weakest areas — Contracts and Agency together carry nearly a third of the General portion — until the misses stop repeating, using your per-question analytics to decide what “weakest” actually is.
- Sit full generated exams against the clock. 130 scored questions in 4 hours, plus unscored experimental questions you cannot identify using the same clock. Practice the pace of the combined sitting, not just the material.
- Book the real exam through PSI when your practice results sit comfortably above 75% on both portions separately — then finish Courses II and III if you have not already, line up your sponsoring broker, and apply through the Department of Commerce.
Pricing
Pricing for the Minnesota program will be announced when enrollment opens. Join the notify list and the launch email will carry the price and the enrollment link together. Every PassProfessor program is covered by our standard refund terms: a full refund within 14 days of purchase provided you have attempted less than 20% of the program (see the site Terms for the full policy).
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Minnesota real estate exam? The salesperson exam has 130 scored questions: 80 on the General portion in 2.5 hours and 50 on the Minnesota portion in 1.5 hours — 4 hours if you take both together. PSI may also mix in a small number (5 to 10) of unscored experimental questions; they do not affect your result, but they do count against your time.
What score do I need to pass the Minnesota real estate exam? At least 75% correct on each portion, scored separately, as published in PSI’s Candidate Information Bulletin. Passing the General portion at 85% does not offset a Minnesota portion at 70% — each portion must reach 75% on its own, and your score is shown on screen at the end of the exam.
Who administers the Minnesota real estate exam? PSI Services LLC administers the exam under contract to the Minnesota Department of Commerce, which issues the license. You schedule through PSI’s Minnesota real estate portal or by phone at (866) 395-1006, and you test at a PSI examination center or by remote proctoring.
How much does the Minnesota real estate exam cost? The exam fee is $45 for a single portion (General or State) and $68 for the combined exam covering both portions, paid to PSI when you reserve. Fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, and a fee is forfeited if you do not test within one year of PSI receiving it. The license itself is a separate payment to the Department of Commerce after you pass: the initial salesperson license fee is $100 plus the current technology surcharge (that total includes $30 for the Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund).
What education do I need before the Minnesota exam? Minnesota requires 90 hours of pre-licensing education in three 30-hour courses — Course I, Course II, and Course III — from an approved provider. You must complete Course I before sitting the exam; testing before Course I invalidates your results. Courses II and III must be complete before you apply for your license, and your application must also include at least 3 hours of fair housing and 2 hours of agency representation and disclosure within the 90 hours.
If I fail one portion, do I retake the whole exam? No. The portions are scored separately, and you retake only the portion you failed. You cannot rebook for the same day you tested; you may schedule the next day and retest as soon as the following day, depending on seat availability, paying the single-portion fee.
What do I do after I pass both portions? Finish Courses II and III if they are still outstanding, become associated with a licensed Minnesota real estate broker, and have that broker submit your license application and fees through the Department of Commerce’s PULSE Portal. Do not let the calendar drift: Commerce requires the application within one year of passing the examination — after that, you must retake and pass the exam again. A salesperson’s license is held under the sponsoring broker — you act on behalf of that broker, not independently.
Do I need a sponsoring broker before I take the exam? No — sponsorship is part of the license application, not exam eligibility. Exam eligibility turns on completing Course I and bringing your completion certificate to the test center. You will need a licensed broker to associate with before your license can be issued.
Are these the actual exam questions? No. Every PassProfessor question is written by us, from scratch, to PSI’s published Minnesota content outlines and Minnesota law. We never use real exam questions, recalled questions, or another provider’s bank — and using actual exam content would violate the candidate rules you agree to when you test.
Does this program count toward my 90 hours of pre-licensing education? No. PassProfessor is exam preparation only. It provides no pre-licensing education credit in any state and is not a substitute for Course I, II, or III, which must be completed with a Department of Commerce–approved education provider.
Why does the Minnesota portion get its own drills? Because it is 50 of the 130 scored questions, it passes or fails independently, and it tests material that exists only in Minnesota: Chapter 82 license law, Torrens registration, contracts for deed, Minnesota disclosure duties, and the state’s deed and mortgage registry taxes. Our bank holds 6,865 Minnesota-portion questions so that portion can be drilled on its own until it is the most predictable part of your exam.
When can I enroll in the Minnesota program? Soon — the question bank is complete and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day enrollment opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation provider. This program is exam preparation only: it is not pre-licensing education, provides no education credit, and is not affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Commerce, PSI Services LLC, or any state agency or exam vendor. It is not a substitute for the required 90 hours of pre-licensing education (Course I, II, and III). All practice questions are original, written to the published exam outline; they are not actual exam questions.