Additional Residential Transactions Tutoring and Exam Prep
Course 3 is not more of Course 2. It is the exceptions to it. Every rule you just learned about a standard freehold sale gets bent by a condominium, a builder, a well and septic system, a multi unit building or a tenancy. Students who read it as a continuation are the ones the exam catches.
- Nine modules, around 60 hours on average
- 21 weeks of course access
- Three hour invigilated theory exam at the end
What Course 3 actually covers
Nine modules on the residential transactions that do not follow the standard pattern. Notice how they are distributed, because the exam follows the same distribution.
Introducing residential condominiums
Preparing to sell residential condominiums
Completing Agreements of Purchase and Sale for residential condominiums
Transactions involving new construction
Transactions involving rural properties
Transactions involving residential multi unit dwellings
Preparing to lease residential real properties
Preparing to lease residential condominiums
Completing agreements to lease for residential tenancies
Three of the nine modules are condominiums and three more are leasing. That is two thirds of the course sitting on two subjects, and it is the single most useful thing to know before you plan your study time for it.
Where students lose marks in the Course 3 exam
Course 3 is barely a third the size of Course 2 but carries an exam of exactly the same length. That tells you something about how deeply it probes.
- Reading it as more residential practice instead of as the exceptions, which is the entire point of the course
- Underestimating condominiums, particularly the status certificate and what it does and does not disclose
- Assuming a new construction deal runs on the standard agreement when it runs on the builder document
- Treating residential leasing as a footnote when it is a different legal regime under the Residential Tenancies Act, and three modules deep
How we tutor Course 3
Taught properly, Course 3 is the lightest course in the program. Taught as though it were unrelated to Course 2, it feels like starting again.
Taught against Course 2
We hang each module off what you already know, so you are learning a handful of differences rather than nine new subjects. This is why we often run the two courses close together.
Condominiums, given their real weight
A third of the course and a matching share of the exam. Status certificates, common elements, reserve funds and the condominium agreement get the time they deserve.
Leasing as its own regime
Residential tenancies run on different legislation from sales. We teach it separately rather than as an appendix, which is how students stop mixing the two up under exam pressure.
- Nine modules condensed, weighted the way the exam weights them
- Side by side comparisons: standard sale against condominium, new build, rural and lease
- Timed three hour practice, because the paper is as long as Course 2 on a third of the content
- Honest advice on whether the optional nine hour review sessions would help you
Questions about Course 3
How is Course 3 different from Course 2?
Course 2 teaches the standard residential transaction from start to finish. Course 3 takes that same transaction and asks what changes when the property is a condominium, a new build, a rural property with a well and septic, a multi unit building, or a rental.
So the underlying process is familiar. What is being tested is whether you know precisely where the exceptions apply, and that is a different kind of knowledge from the one Course 2 asked for.
How long does Course 3 take to complete?
The official guidance puts the average at around 60 hours, in a range roughly between 45 and 110. You get the usual 21 weeks of access.
It is the lightest of the four theory courses by some distance, which is exactly why it is worth doing promptly rather than letting it drift.
Why do condominiums take up so much of the course?
Because a condominium sale genuinely is a different transaction. There is a corporation involved, shared ownership of common elements, a reserve fund, a status certificate to review and a different agreement to complete.
Given how much of Ontario housing is condominium stock, it is also the transaction type a new agent is most likely to meet first. The course weighting reflects the market rather than being arbitrary.
Should I go straight into Course 3 after Course 2?
If you can, yes, and this is one of the few places in the program where the sequencing genuinely matters. Course 3 leans on Course 2 constantly, so the fresher that material is, the less of it you have to relearn.
Students who take a long break between the two effectively pay for Course 2 twice. We usually plan them as one continuous block for that reason.
Course 3 is the easiest one to get through quickly
It is the lightest course in the program and it sits directly on top of what you already know. Tell us where you are and we will plan it alongside Course 2.
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