North Carolina first

Learn the exam by following the deal.

Move from first contact to recorded deed while the rules, forms, math, and agency duties appear in the order you would actually meet them.

  1. 01First call
  2. 02Agency
  3. 03Offer
  4. 04Due diligence
  5. 05Closing
  6. 06Deed
Free to learnFull lessons without a paywall
Process firstConcepts organized around a transaction
Source consciousRules traced to primary authority
North Carolina firstThe first curriculum, with room to expand

01 / Readiness check

Find the first topic to study.

Rate your confidence across the life of a deal. Your lowest area becomes the starting point for a focused study plan.

Plan logic: four confidence ratings are compared in your browser. The lowest-rated domain becomes your starting topic; a tie begins with the earliest stage in the deal sequence. Nothing is submitted or stored.

First contactAgency and disclosure
Under contractOffers, contracts, and due diligence
FinancingLoans, settlement figures, and math
Property rightsOwnership, title, liens, and deeds

02 / The free course

One transaction. Every tested concept in context.

The public lesson series is designed for candidates who want to understand why an answer works, not merely recognize a phrase.

A

See the sequence

Connect agency, contracts, financing, settlement, title, and property concepts to the stage where each becomes relevant.

B

Practice the decision

Work through original scenarios and examine why a tempting alternative fails under the facts presented.

C

Trace the rule

Use versioned materials and primary sources to separate durable rules from classroom shorthand.

Full course access is free. The first curriculum is North Carolina focused and published through the RE Exam Academy YouTube channel. Future state editions will use the same transaction-first method.
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Front cover of Follow the Deal by Amit Singh

03 / The field guide

Follow the Deal

A North Carolina real estate practice handbook for exam preparation, early practice, and confident review.

Most study material arrives as a list. This book takes the opposite approach: one North Carolina transaction runs from the first phone call to a recorded deed, and each rule appears when a working broker would actually meet it.

By the last chapter, you will not have memorized a list; you will have run a deal, and the list will have assembled itself around it.
Licensing candidatesExam topics, chapter self-tests, and final review
New brokersRules organized in the order the work happens
InstructorsA plain-English, source-checked reference
Request release updates Planned for Kindle and paperback. Audiobook in development.

04 / Source discipline

Study aids should lead back to authority.

North Carolina real estate is governed by a specific body of law. The book and course are built to distinguish primary authority from lectures, commercial summaries, and memorized classroom shorthand.

  • North Carolina General Statutes
  • North Carolina Real Estate Commission rules and publications
  • Relevant federal statutes and regulations
  • Dated corrections and content-review notes

05 / About

Built by Amit Singh for the gap between passing and practicing.

Founder, author, and course creator

Amit Singh

Author of Follow the Deal, creator of the RE Exam Academy course, and a North Carolina Provisional Broker. Amit developed the transaction-first framework that connects exam concepts to the life of a residential deal. The academy begins with North Carolina and is designed to grow into additional state-specific learning paths.

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New lessons, exam concepts, and release updates.

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