TX Legal Update I (2024-2025)
Texas real estate license holders should be conversant with the latest laws and standard practice updates that impact the real estate industry in Texas. This course comprises a comprehensive discussion about various laws, regulations, and guidelines directly affecting license holders’ practice of real estate. Scenarios and case studies are woven throughout the content to illustrate practical applications of pertinent points, as well as consequences when a license holder fails to comply.
This four-hour course provides license holders with a strong foundation in the latest legal and ethical procedures. Without such, license holders can place themselves—and their clients—in risky circumstances.
Course highlights include:
- TREC rules and updates
- TREC advisory committees
- Key legislative updates from the 88th Texas Legislature
- Promulgated contract form and addenda updates
- Broker-Lawyer Committee and TREC contract forms
- Mandatory vs. voluntary use of TREC contract forms
- History of fair housing in Texas
- Fair housing complaint trends and investigations
- Bias and why it matters
- Steering
- Appraisal bias and additional protections
- Fair housing advertising and marketing prohibitions
- Fair housing best practices
- Rental properties and disability rights
- What Would You Do? Texas fair housing edition
- Assistance animal requests
- Fair housing law updates from the 88th Texas Legislature
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