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Freshman Member
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2012
- Professional Status
- Certified General Appraiser
- State
- Tennessee
AS the title says, I failed my CG exam today with a 70%. I've done well in my AI courses, even have taken and passed Advance Income. Been a trainee for almost 5 years for a large firm.
I used learnappraising.com as my test study material. This program does not get you ready for the exam. The questions are one away or two away questions. When I say that I mean, you usually have to figure out 1 or 2 things before you can figure out the answer. The actual exam is much much harder and the questions are more involved than the questions on learnappraising.com. The language in the exam is different than whats on the practice questions.
I was passing the practice exams with 90% plus pass rate for the most part, and the ones that I missed was due to not reading the question. The material was not the problem.
I need some help to get passed this and to pass the test. I questioned my career choice and the last 5 years of my life during this test. I typically do 60 commercial appraisals a year and have 4 kids, so time is precious, but I'm willing to spend whatever time I need to to pass the test.
I like the layout of learnappraising.com, I do, I like the program itself and how it works, but the level of questions are not up to par to get you to a level to pass the test, in my opinion.
I'm looking at buying Compucram. Is it more advanced or is it more of the same as learnappraising?
Also, the areas that I recall from the test that I had issues with and were on the test were in these areas:
Cash equivalency - Owner financing compared to market financing and the adjustments for them
Yield Rates, equity dividends
Financial feasibility of a project
If I were more up to speed on these three areas, I would have passed.
Sorry about the ranting in , my first post, but this is devastating to me, I love what I do.
I used learnappraising.com as my test study material. This program does not get you ready for the exam. The questions are one away or two away questions. When I say that I mean, you usually have to figure out 1 or 2 things before you can figure out the answer. The actual exam is much much harder and the questions are more involved than the questions on learnappraising.com. The language in the exam is different than whats on the practice questions.
I was passing the practice exams with 90% plus pass rate for the most part, and the ones that I missed was due to not reading the question. The material was not the problem.
I need some help to get passed this and to pass the test. I questioned my career choice and the last 5 years of my life during this test. I typically do 60 commercial appraisals a year and have 4 kids, so time is precious, but I'm willing to spend whatever time I need to to pass the test.
I like the layout of learnappraising.com, I do, I like the program itself and how it works, but the level of questions are not up to par to get you to a level to pass the test, in my opinion.
I'm looking at buying Compucram. Is it more advanced or is it more of the same as learnappraising?
Also, the areas that I recall from the test that I had issues with and were on the test were in these areas:
Cash equivalency - Owner financing compared to market financing and the adjustments for them
Yield Rates, equity dividends
Financial feasibility of a project
If I were more up to speed on these three areas, I would have passed.
Sorry about the ranting in , my first post, but this is devastating to me, I love what I do.
