What education is required to get a Texas real estate license?
In order to sit for the state licensing exam, you must complete 180 hours of pre-license education. The 180-hour qualifying education requirement is broken down into 6, 30-hour courses. These courses include: 1) Principles of Real Estate 1 - 30-hours 2) Principles of Real Estate 2 - 30-hours 3) Law of Contracts - 30-hours 4) Promulgated Contract Forms - 30-hours 5) Law of Agency - 30-hours 6) Real Estate Finance - 30-hours
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In order to sit for the state licensing exam, you must complete 180 hours of pre-license education. The 180-hour qualifying education requirement is broken down into 6, 30-hour courses.
The Texas 180-hour real estate salespersons course can be taken online or in-person. Most students prefer to take the course online. The online course format gives the student much more flexibility. If you take the course in-person, you must do so according to the school’s schedule.
Yes, you are allowed to complete the 180-hour Texas real estate salespersons course online. In fact, most students prefer taking the course online as compared to in-person classes. The online course format is faster and it allows the student to complete the course on their own time.
Yes, you are allowed to take the 180-hour Texas real estate salespersons course while you are still in High School. The Texas Real Estate Commission only requires that you are at least 18 years old when you submit your license application.
The Texas Real Estate Commission only allows up to 2 attempts at each final exam. If you do not pass the course final exam on the second attempt, you must retake the entire 30-hour course before being able to retake the final exam.
Yes, you do not have to complete all 6, 30-hour courses with one school. Once you complete any of the 30-hour pre-license courses, you will receive a Certificate of Completion for that course. When it comes time to submit your license application, you must include copies of all 6 Certificates.
Unfortunately, TREC will not accept college credits to be used towards the 180-hour pre-license education requirement. This includes college credits earned as part of a law degree. You must complete a TREC approved 180-hour pre-license course.
TREC does not accept college credits to be used towards the 180-hour pre-license education requirement. Instead, you must take a TREC approved 180-hour pre-license course.