Real Estate Management card · Dubai Land Department
Managing property for owners means knowing the tenancy law, Ejari, the rent increase bands and the rules of jointly owned buildings. Prepare the DLD Real Estate Management card with six lessons, ten practice quizzes and two timed mocks, for $40 once.
Property Management · full preparation
“Real estate management” is a practice-card activity in the DLD list. It is the activity of managing property for owners: leases, tenants, the building and its charges.
If you run leases and service charges for landlords, this is your card. The DLD lists the issuance fee at AED 500 and asks for a good conduct certificate from Dubai Police. Nobody may practise a licensed activity before obtaining the card, and it stays valid as long as the trade licence.
Managing one owner’s own portfolio is a different card: see Private Real Estate Management.
The DLD publishes no test format for this card. In our broker mock exams leasing weighs 15%; here tenancy law weighs 55%. See the RERA exam guide for the broker route.
| Item | What the DLD lists |
|---|---|
| Card issuance fee | AED 500 |
| Validity | Linked to the trade licence |
| Document | Good conduct certificate |
| Question count, duration, pass mark | Not published |
Two competencies: tenancy law (55% of our mock exams) and jointly owned property (45%).
Tenancy law. Law No. 26 of 2007: a written lease signed by both parties and registered; 90 days’ notice to change terms or not renew; eviction for non-payment 30 days after notice; a refundable deposit. Law No. 33 of 2008 adds eviction at expiry on listed grounds, with 12 months’ notice.
Ejari and rent increases. Ejari registration and Decree No. 43 of 2013.
The Rental Dispute Centre. Filing and handling a dispute.
Jointly owned property. Law No. 6 of 2019: the owners committee forms once 10% of units are registered; service charges need RERA approval; the reserve fund sits in a separate account; fines run from AED 1,000,000 to AED 2,000,000.
Service charges and Mollak. Budgets, approval and collection.
A free preview lesson on the card, then a 15-question diagnostic from the whole bank. Two timed mocks close the course.
| Rent is below the average by | Increase allowed |
|---|---|
| Up to 10% | None |
| 11% to 20% | 5% |
| 21% to 30% | 10% |
| 31% to 40% | 15% |
| More than 40% | 20% |
Three confusions in management questions
90 days or 12 months. Ninety days’ notice is for changing the terms or not renewing. Twelve months’ notice, by notary public or registered mail, is for eviction at expiry on a listed ground. Read what the landlord wants, then pick the notice.
Ejari or the tenancy contract. The lease is the contract between landlord and tenant. Ejari is its registration. Both are needed, and the Ejari fee is separate: AED 100 plus AED 10 and AED 10 online.
Owners committee or management company. The committee represents the owners and forms once 10% of units are registered. The management company runs the building. Who approves the charge, and who collects it, are two questions.
Dates, bands and notices come back until they stick.
Comprehension mode lets you read any practice question, its options, hint and explanation in French, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Russian or Chinese. Landlord and tenant cases are wordy, so read the case in your language first and the options in English.
Renewal, increase, eviction, dispute, service charge: each lesson starts from what the manager faces.
The hint points to the law. The explanation shows why the trap notice period is wrong.
Our own format: 40 questions in 60 minutes, no hints, no translation. The DLD publishes no format for this card.
We train you to 75%, a practice target and not an official pass mark.
More answers in the full FAQ.
No. The DLD lists real estate management and real estate broker as separate activities. The management card concerns managing property for owners.
Yes, it is a favourite. The five bands of Decree No. 43 of 2013 come back as flash cards until you know them.
Yes. One lesson covers the Rental Dispute Centre: filing and handling a dispute.
The DLD page publishes no test format for it. Our mocks are a training format, not the DLD’s.
The Leasing, Ejari and rental disputes module costs $20 and covers tenancy only. For the card, take the full preparation: it adds jointly owned property and service charges.
$40 (≈ AED 149) for this card, paid once, 12 months of access. Or every DLD discipline with All-Access for $99 (≈ AED 365).
A management team to prepare? See team licences for brokerages, from 5 seats. Or try the free practice test first.
$40
≈ AED 149 · one payment · 12 months
Start my preparationRERA Exam is independent of the Dubai Land Department and RERA. It does not replace any DLD requirement and issues no card. Official rules and fees are on dubailand.gov.ae. Questions? Write to info@rera-exam.com or on WhatsApp.
