Real Estate License Education Requirements

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Principles of Real Estate 1 (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course provides students with an extensive foundational understanding of Real Estate terminology and professional obligations. It is designed to ensure each student has a full understanding of the real estate licensing terms covered on the state and national portions of the Texas Real Estate Sales Agent Exam.

Topics Covered Include: TREC & TRELA, Deeds & Title, Appraisal Closing, Math, Federal Laws, and more.

Principles of Real Estate 2 (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course is designed to build upon the real estate terminology and professional obligations learned in Principles of Real Estate 1. Students will gain insight into a day in the life of a Real Estate agent by better understanding all career aspects they will touch as they go through their day-to-day activities as a Real Estate Sales Agent. Additionally, this course insures students will fully understand their obligations according to the rules of the Texas Real Estate Licensing Act.

Topics Covered Include: Introduction to Real Estate, Transferring Title, Lending Practices, Federal Fair Housing Act, and more. 

Real Estate Finance (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course provides a sound understanding of the specialized financing procedures that are used today in the Real Estate industry. It covers information pertaining to regulated lenders, interest rates, mortgage documents, commercial and residential loans.

Topics Covered Include: Money and interest rates, regulated lenders, the secondary market, mortgage documents, borrower qualification, and more.

Law of Agency (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course has been designed to provide students with all the information they need to pass questions covering Law of Agency issues on the state and national portions of the Texas Real Estate Sales Agent exam. In addition to the basics, students will learn important information to enable them to be successful once they obtain their real estate license.

Topics Covered Include: The history of Agency, Senate Bill 489 and the Intermediary, The Listing Agreement (Representing the Seller/Buyer), Employment Law, and more.

Law of Contracts (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course will enable the agent to better understand the contracts and addenda. It will take a hands-on approach to filling in the blanks with the correct information through individual case studies using example TREC and TAR forms. This course enables the student to have self-confidence when working with buyers and sellers by understanding correct contract procedures.

Topics Covered Include: TREC Rules, the Texas Real Estate License Act, Legal Principles of Real Estate, Deed of Trust, Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate, and more.

Promulgated Forms (30 Hours)

This Real Estate Pre-Licensing course is approved by TREC and must be completed in order to get a Real Estate license in Texas. The course will teach you the ins and outs of the Texas Real Estate Commission Promulgated Contract Forms. It provides a paragraph-by-paragraph break down of the One-to-Four Family Contract and points out the similarities and differences in the Promulgated Contracts.

Topics Covered Include: Unlawful practice of law, One to Four Family Residential contract, New Home Contract (Incomplete/Completed Construction), Farm and Ranch Contract, TREC Promulgated Addenda, and more.

SAE Option 1

Upon the first renewal of your real estate Sales Agent license, you must have completed 90 hours of SAE coursework plus Legal Update 1 & 2 (8 hours). One way is to complete your GRI (Graduate, Realtor Institute) Designation, which comprises three 30-hour classes that satisfy the TREC SAE requirement including Real Estate Brokerage. You will gain invaluable insight that will help you build your real estate business and earn a designation. Click here to learn more about GRI.

SAE Option 2

If you decide not to pursue the GRI Designation, you must take three 30 hour SAE courses (one of which must be the Real Estate Brokerage Course) plus Legal Update 1 & 2 (8 hours).

Property Management (30 Hours)

This specialized course is an overview of residential/commercial industrial management. It explores the daily issues facing practitioners including maintenance, accounting, administrative tasks, and legal activities. The course also provides up-to-date information on federal regulations such as civil rights, fair housing, ADA issues, and environmental concerns. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Property Management for anyone seeking to enter the field, those who are already in the field, and any real estate agents seeking to broaden their education beyond just listing and selling.

Topics Covered Include Professional property management, economics and planning, owner relations, lease negotiations, tenant relations, federal and state laws, and more.

Real Estate Brokerage (30 Hours) Mandatory

This course teaches you how to set up your Real Estate Brokerage office. It offers practical, experienced-based strategies and techniques for managing virtually every aspect of a Real Estate office. Business planning and development guidelines, recruiting and retaining agents are all part of this comprehensive course. The range of the book covers Real Estate Office Management, time-tested techniques, and authoritative guidance making this course an indispensable resource for Real Estate Brokers, owners, and managers.

Topics Covered Include Dimensions of Management (The 7-S Model), qualities essential to success as a leader, strategic business planning, training for success, retaining & terminating, and more.

Residential Inspection for Real Estate Agents (30 Hours)

This easy-to-understand guide to residential home inspection arms agents with critical inspection information including foundational construction terms and information on issues such as 'Stachybotris' or 'Black Mold.' Additionally, students will learn to identify and avoid problem houses and review common questions that come up during Real Estate inspections.

Topics Covered Include: Residential construction, insects & critters, electricity, plumbing, environmental issues, and more.

Real Estate Investment (30 Hours)

This specialized course teaches the basic principles and strategy of Real Estate as an investment. Special income tax rules, tools of analysis, comparison screening, discount analysis, computer-aided analysis, and marketing investment properties are all presented in this basic investment approach.

Topics Covered Include Land use controls, environmental constraints, legal documents, property and income taxes, ownership of real property, and more.

Real Estate Marketing: Commercial Real Estate (30 Hours)

This course is an introduction to the specialty of Commercial Real Estate. The listing process, using the proper commercial forms and marketing strategies is included. The course introduces concepts critical to successfully working with commercial properties and clients. This course is for the new agent who wants to know about Commercial Real Estate as well as the experienced agent seeking new ideas or ways to brush up on existing techniques.

Topics Covered Include The Commercial marketplace, finding customers and clients, clauses in listing agreements, marketing for success, and more.

Real Estate Appraisal: Principles (30 Hours)

The Real Estate Appraisal: Principles course provides an overview of real property concepts and characteristics, legal considerations, value influences, real estate finance, types of value, economic principles, real estate markets and analysis, and ethics in appraisal. Through theory, case studies, and examples, this course offers practical application of appraisal principles. 

Real Estate Marketing (30 Hours)

This course is a must for agents who wish to thrive and survive in today's highly competitive Real Estate market. This course covers all the necessary areas to present yourself as a professional and well-trained agent. It will introduce and review all aspects of successful Real Estate marketing techniques for the agent.

Topics Covered Include Successful sales & listing qualities, time management, servicing the seller, advertising & public relations, negotiating & closing, and more.

Real Estate Math (30 Hours)

Real Estate Math is a course dedicated to helping students overcome their fear of math, and to developing an understanding that math is a necessary component of real estate education throughout their career. The textbook will review basic math, commissions, area and volume, appreciation and depreciation, interest, finance, and many other topics relevant to agents pursuing a career in real estate. This course includes exercises, scenarios, chapter reviews, and quizzes, in addition to exams, all designed to ensure the student comprehends and can apply the math skills learned during the course. 

Legal Update 1 Requirement (4 Hours)

Legal Update I covers various topics related to changes in regulations, forms, and standards of practice in the real estate industry including TREC statute and rule updates, an overview of changes to and best practices for promulgated contract and addenda forms, and updated information on fair housing and property management laws and regulations. 

Legal Update 2 Requirement (4 Hours)

 Legal Update II covers a host of topics that TREC has deemed critical for all licensees to be familiar with, including fiduciary and ethical duties of the agent, guidance on dealing with water and mineral rights, and important updates to tax laws and rules. 

Every two years you are required to renew your Texas Sales Agent or Broker license. The continuing education requirements for renewal are listed below.

Sales Agent

4 Hours of Legal Update 1

4 Hours of Legal Update 2

3 Hours of TREC Contracts

7 Hours of Elective CE (Your Choice)

*If you hold a Sales Agent License and are in a supervisory position (manager, team leader, trainer, etc) you will be required to complete the 6-Hour Broker Responsibility course.

Broker

4 Hours of Legal Update 1

4 Hours of Legal Update 2

3 Hours of TREC Contracts

7 Hours of Elective CE (Your Choice)

* If you hold a Broker License and have sponsored agents, serve as a designated broker for a business entity that sponsors sales agents, or serve in a supervisory position (manager, team leader, trainer, etc.) you will be required to complete the 6-Hour Broker Responsibility course.