California Real Estate Broker License Required Courses

As a Modesto real estate agent, getting a California Real Estate Broker license is on my to-do list. There are five required courses and three electives in order to apply to take the broker exam in California. These are the courses I've taken so far and the dates I passed the course exams:

• Real Estate Principles 12/12/2006
  
• Real Estate Practice 9/27/2007
  
• Legal Aspects of Real Estate 10/24/2007
• Real Estate Economics 12/03/2007
• Residential Real Estate Appraisal 1/15/2008
• Property Management 2/19/2008
• Real Estate Office Administration 4/29/2008
• Real Estate Finance - targeting end of May 2008

Except for the first three classes where there are live classes (a person teaching the course in a classroom setting), all others are self study courses. I wasn't able to locate a real estate broker class that is not self-study (at least not in Central Valley or Silicon Valley, California).

There will be a five hour broker exam and 75% passing score to qualify for a license (in addition to either a college transcript from an accredited college or two year real estate salesperson experience). The broker exam preparation will keep me busy in June, just when my elementary school age kids are out of school. To keep them busy as well, there are a few strategies that I use...