Michigan Real Estate Exam Prep

How to get your Michigan salesperson license

1. Finish 40 hours of pre-licensure education from a school approved by LARA (Michigan's licensing department).
2. Apply on MiPLUS. LARA has to approve you to test before PSI will let you book.
3. Book the exam with PSI, at a test center or remote online. You can book as late as the day before if seats are open.
4. Pass: 80 of the 115 scored questions. Passers only see "PASS", no number.
5. Get sponsored by a broker. Your license is issued once a sponsoring broker approves you.

What's on the exam

Two parts in one sitting. The national part (80 questions) is the same material every state tests; the Michigan part (35 questions) is Michigan law in Michigan's own terms. Contracts and agency alone are almost a third of the national part.

The full topic list, the Michigan question counts and the test-day rules are on the Michigan exam format page.

What trips people up

• The Michigan part. It's picky: what the Board and LARA can do, which activities need a license, advertising and trust-money rules, and Michigan laws like the Condominium Act, the Land Division Act and the Right to Farm Act. Generic national practice tests barely touch it.
• The wording. Scenario questions, EXCEPT and NOT, two answers that both sound right. People say the real test felt "nothing like the class".
• The math. Calculations are 7% of the national part, about 5 or 6 questions. Easy points if you practice them, lost points if you skip them.

How PassNext will help

Practice questions for both parts written to PSI's Michigan outline, full 115-question timed exams in the real format, every answer explained, a readiness score, and a retake plan built from your section scores if you've already tried once.