TX Broker Responsibility 2025-2026
This required course addresses the regulatory aspects of managing, operating, and supervising a real estate brokerage firm in Texas. It provides an understanding and working knowledge of a broker's responsibilities and obligations under TREC Rule §535.2, which sets out specific requirements and best practices for brokers.
Topics include delegated supervisors and teams, ensuring agent competency and training, practical application related to required documentation, and TREC enforcement.
Course highlights include:
- Delegated supervisors
- Teams
- Coaching and training of sponsored licensees
- Brokerage structure
- Maintaining policies and procedures
- Recordkeeping compliance
- Property management and trust accounts
- Licensing requirements for business entity brokers
- Replacing designated brokers
- Recordkeeping and timely response requirements
- Geographic competency
- Subject matter expert competency
- TREC contract form usage
- Naming criteria, DBA, and team name registration
- Advertising rules and compliance
- TREC enforcement and disciplinary actions
- Artificial Intelligence and broker responsibility
- BPOs, CMAs, and Appraisals
- Broker complaint involvement
State Requirements For Texas
Texas State Requirement Details for Real Estate Post-Licensing Education
If you are renewing for the first time, active or inactive, you must have a total of 270 qualifying real estate course hours, 4 hours of TREC’s Legal Update I, and 4 hours of TREC’s Legal Update II posted to your license record prior to submitting your renewal. If you have been made a supervisor by your broker, you must also complete the 6-hour Broker Responsibility course to renew.
If you submitted a total of 180 hours to satisfy the initial education requirements, you may complete the courses below to satisfy your first renewal.
Hours Required by the State: 98 hours
- 30 hours in Real Estate Appraisal
- 30 hours in Real Estate Brokerage
- 30 hours in Real Estate Investment
- Texas Legal Update I (4 hours)
- Texas Legal Update II (4 hours)
Note: If you are a supervising agent you will need to complete the 6-hour broker responsibility course as part of your required education.
TEXAS REAL ESTATE REGULATORY AGENCY:
Texas Real Estate Commission
Street Address: Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 N. Congress Ave., Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12188 Austin, TX 78711-2188
Telephone: 512-936-3000