Free 14-day intensive plan
Two-week Illinois real estate exam study plan
Use 14 days for a final review after the course foundation is in place. This five-page plan gives each day a task, a record to keep and a point to adjust the schedule if the gaps remain too broad.
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Direct answer: The free 14-day plan uses an editable example budget of 23.5 hours, including separate national and Illinois rehearsals and time to review them. Day 1 checks both portions and the full topic map; Day 7 resets priorities; Days 12 and 13 rehearse; Day 14 stays light. It is a final-review schedule, not approved pre-license education or a promise that two weeks will be enough.
Schedule
14 focused days
Suggested workload
23.5-hour example, adjustable to your needs
Timed rehearsals
National and Illinois kept separate
Decision gate
Day 7 evidence check
Check whether two weeks fits your starting point
Page 1 is the cover. Page 2 sets the workload, pages 3 and 4 give the 14 daily assignments, and page 5 checks coverage, scores and appointment instructions. Write your actual study windows and separate national and Illinois baselines before committing to the schedule.
Use Day 1 to flag every uncovered outline row, including smaller areas and additional Illinois laws. Bring some of those rows into daily retrieval. If the subjects on Day 11 are still new, choose a longer plan rather than trying to learn them all in one session. This review does not replace required broker education.
Allow 23.5 hours in the example budget
The PDF budgets 2 hours for Day 1, ten 90-minute sessions for Days 2 to 11, 3.5 hours for Day 12, 2.5 hours for Day 13 and 30 minutes for Day 14. The total is 2 + 15 + 3.5 + 2.5 + 0.5 = 23.5 hours. These are editable planning amounts, not proven study requirements.
For an ordinary 90-minute session, try 15 minutes of closed-note retrieval, 40 of practice, 25 of correction and 10 to choose a delayed retest. Day 12 is longer: 150 minutes of national practice plus 60 minutes of review. Day 13 allows 90 minutes of Illinois practice plus 60 of review. Those practice clocks use the booklet assumptions, subject to the conflict explained below.
Days 1 to 7: diagnose, cover and check again
Keep each miss and uncertain correct answer in the tracker. At Day 7, compare the evidence with Day 1 while allowing for different question sets and difficulty. If repeated gaps remain broad, extend the review window.
- Day 1: short unfamiliar diagnostics, such as 25 national and 10 Illinois questions; full-outline and appointment checks. Keep separate results.
- Day 2: contracts and Illinois licensing, education and sponsorship. Explain the decisive contract fact and next licensing step.
- Day 3: national agency and Illinois designation, notice, consent, agreements and compensation. Name the client in five new examples.
- Day 4: practice rules and the License Act, including fair housing, antitrust, advertising, assistants, records and funds. Name actor, trigger and prohibited shortcut.
- Day 5: ownership, land use, descriptions and encumbrances. Compare the two concepts you confuse most.
- Day 6: financing, valuation and math. Solve new examples with the correct base and units.
- Day 7: a short mixed national checkpoint and targeted Illinois practice. Record recurring causes and three priorities for the next four days.
Days 8 to 14: integrate, rehearse and taper
Return to earlier topics in the retrieval block. If you miss a session, move the schedule while preserving cumulative checks and repair time; do not erase an area or double the final day.
- Day 8: national and Illinois disclosures. Separate the person, property scope, document and deadline.
- Day 9: contract integration, leases, assignment, novation and remedies. Build a transaction timeline and changed-fact examples.
- Day 10: Illinois agency, agreements, sponsorship, compensation, advertising, escrow and discipline. State the rule, writing, timing and exception.
- Day 11: title, deeds, searches, closing, property management, tenant rights, additional Illinois laws and taxes. Check the full outline and repair the three weakest topics.
- Day 12: national rehearsal and correction in the full 3.5-hour example block. Record topic and pacing notes.
- Day 13: Illinois rehearsal and correction in the 2.5-hour example block, then ID, booking and format checks.
- Day 14: light retrieval, formula recall, selected corrections and a normal stopping time. Have your arrival or launch plan and ID ready.
Confirm the clock and judge evidence by portion
The booklet lists 150 national minutes and 90 Illinois minutes. PSI's program page says 3.5 hours for the exam. Those published durations conflict. Confirm your own appointment time with PSI; the PDF uses booklet durations as practice assumptions, not booking confirmation. PSI may add 5 to 10 unscored experimental items that still use testing time; that is not a fixed range for each portion.
The raw cutoffs are 70 correct out of 100 scored national items and 30 out of 40 scored Illinois items. Keep practice results and denominators separate. Check whether you can explain recurring misses, apply repaired rules after a delay, cover all 15 areas and sustain pacing. No practice percentage or completed calendar certifies readiness.
Verify accepted ID, format, time zone, route or remote setup and the cancellation deadline before keeping or moving the appointment. If one portion remains weak, use its actual gaps to choose the next work rather than treating the calendar as a requirement.
Use the resource in a practice decision
Your next practice step
Choose where to study next
Use a short mixed set to find a starting point, then investigate the topics behind your misses. It is not a prediction of your exam result.
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Quick questions
Can I pass the Illinois exam with two weeks of study?
Two weeks is a planning window, not a passing prediction. It may fit a final review after the course foundation is in place. If major topics are still new, the available hours do not fit or fresh practice still shows broad gaps, extend the plan.
How many hours does the plan assume?
The example totals 23.5 hours, including correction time after both rehearsals. It is adjustable, not a proven amount every candidate needs.
Does the plan combine national and state scores?
No. It uses separate diagnostics and separate timed rehearsals because each portion has its own passing standard.
What happens on Day 7?
Use a short mixed national checkpoint and targeted Illinois practice, compare the evidence with Day 1 while allowing for different sets, and choose three priorities. Extend the window if recurring gaps remain broad.
Is this plan free?
Yes. The five-page PDF downloads directly without an account, payment, or email address.
Primary sources and review status
- PSI Illinois Real Estate Candidate Information Bulletin, June 24, 2026
- PSI Illinois program page, published duration conflict
The downloadable resource also displays its source and review date. The current official source controls if a rule, outline, or procedure changes.