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Struggling with real estate math? Here is the one formula you need to replace your lengthy formula sheet.
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0:00 Introduction
0:25 What Is the T-Chart Formula?
2:08 How Does the T-Chart Formula Work?
3:06 5 Practice Questions
8:30 Outro
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you guys asked we heard you and answered
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today we will be covering drum roll
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plays real estate math but instead of
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just covering math questions we pulled
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the ultimate trick out of our hat the
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one formula that will help you get
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through the real estate exam what is it
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how does it work is it even real let's
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get to it what is the formula in some
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Corners it is called the P chart While
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others refer to it as the T formula
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whatever name you choose to go with the
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T chart will revolutionize the way you
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approach real estate math it is called
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the the- chart because well it is shaped
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like a t and this allows enough room for
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three variables let me explain most of
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the math questions that you will
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encounter in the real estate exam will
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have three parts two parts known and one
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part that is unknown the unknown part is
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what you will be solving for
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for example a real estate agent closes
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on a house valued at
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$400,000 the listing agreement stats
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that the seller will pay 6% to both the
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listing agent and the buyer's agent what
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total does the seller pay we have one
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the total price of the house and two the
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commission rate these two variables are
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known and then we have one unknown which
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is the total amount paid out by the
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seller we will talk about the answer
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later on in this video just like the
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number of variables the chart has three
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math operations what are the
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mathematical operations the very things
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you learned in elementary addition
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subtraction multiplication and division
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on the t- chart we use two division
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signs and one multiplication sign if you
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have a rate and the part you will have
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to divide to get the total the same
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applies when you have a total and a part
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calculating the rate but if you have a
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total and a rate calculating a part you
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will multiply how does it work the
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teacher uses the simple method of
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substitution you know those players in
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football that are waiting on the side
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called substitutes waiting to jump in
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should anything happen to the players on
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the field yep that method now let's go
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back to the commission example above we
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have a total the house price of $400,000
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and the rate of 6 percentage commission
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so what we are going to do is substitute
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into the T chart basically replacing the
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elements on the chart with these values
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remember to always divide the six by 100
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since we are working with the percentage
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then calculate
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400,000 multiplied
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0.06 so the final answer is
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$224,000 because we are calculating the
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total amount the seller has to pay not
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the individual amounts each agent or
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broker takes home five practice
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questions let's try a few questions to
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test out this formula question number
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one a house sells for
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$330,000 in Albany New York the
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commission check is handed to the broker
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which is $
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17,32 what was the percentage the broker
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received for this transaction 5% 5.25 %
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550% or
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5.75% we're going to bring out our chart
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the first thing I want you to do is
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break down the question we have
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$330,000 which is the total and $
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7,325 which is a part that means the
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$330,000 goes on the left and the
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$1,325 on the top meaning we are soling
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for the percentage we divide
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17,32 by 330,000 and get
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0.525 then multiply that by 100 to get a
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percentage which means our answer is
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5.25 so the correct answer is
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two off to the next question if a bank
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makes a 90% loan on a house valued at
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88,500
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$100 how much cash is required at
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closing in the form of a Down deposit if
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the buyer has already paid $4,000 in
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earnest money
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$88,500 goes on the left because it is
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our total then we move the 90% to the
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right because it is the rate but we
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cannot work with it as a percentage so
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we turn it into a decimal which gives us
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0.9 according to the Chart if you have a
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total and a rate you multiply then we
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have
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88,500
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multiplied
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0.9 which equals to
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79,00 so we subtract
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79,00 from
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88,500 to get
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8,850 but the question states that the
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seller has already paid
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$4,000
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8,850 - 4,000 = to
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4,850 so the correct answer is for
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$4,850 question number three what is the
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interest rate on
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$150,000 loan that requires an annual
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interest payment of
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$6,500 interest rate means percentage we
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will answer this one exactly like we did
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in the first question 100 $150,000 goes
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to the left and the
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$6,500 you guessed that to the top we
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divide and then multiply by 100 and we
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get
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4.33% don't forget that we always divide
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the part by the total not the total by
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the part so the correct answer is two
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4.33% question number four a property's
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market value is 2
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$50,000 the assessment rate for the
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house is 15% with 27.50 Ms find the
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annual property taxes okay so we have
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the total value and the percentage we
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already know that we are going to
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multiply because it is a total and a
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rate let's first convert to a decimal
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which equals 0.15 0.15 multiplied by
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250,000 equals to
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37,500 but we are not yet done the
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question wants us to calculate the
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annual property taxes and we already
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know that we have
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27.50 MS and Ms means a th000 so we will
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divide
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2750 by 1,000 which is
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0.0275 if you need a refresher on the
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mill rate check out the flash cards on
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our website I will leave a link in the
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description multiply
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37,500 00 by
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0.0275 to give us
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13125 so the correct answer is the first
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one question number five a house was
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sold for
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$450,000 which was 2% less than the
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original cost of the house what was the
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original cost of the house round to the
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nearest send we are still using the t-
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chart
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450,000 on the left and the 0.0 to the
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right can you guys guess why the 450,000
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doesn't go to the top as a part but is
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instead the total leave your answers in
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the comments I'd love to read those
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450,000 multiplied 0.02 equals to
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9,000 we know that the house was sold
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for
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$9,000 less than the original which
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means the original price was
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$459,000 making option three the correct
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answer
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there is your weapon to tackle the math
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portion of the real estate exam and
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remember get some sleep don't freak out
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you've got this and if you want more
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