Continuing Education Real Estate
Interested in a career in real estate?
The state of Texas has real estate education requirements for those wishing to become a real estate salesperson including:
- Texas real estate salesperson license: 180 hours in qualifying mandatory education.
- Texas real estate broker license: 900 hours (This includes 270 hours in qualifying mandatory plus 630 hours of related qualifying or elective CE. Or an applicant who has earned a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university will be deemed to have satisfied the related qualifying education requirements for a broker license. A copy of the college transcript awarding the degree must be submitted as evidence of completion of the degree.)
- Final exams: Texas Real Estate Commission requires that your final course exam be proctored for qualifying education.
Texas Real Estate Continuing Education (CE) and License Renewals Requirements:
- Real estate professionals in Texas must renew their real estate licenses every two years in the month their licenses were received.
- Sales Apprentice Education (SAE): Licensees renewing for the first time must have a total of 270 qualifying real estate course hours along with 4 hours in Legal Update I and 4 hours in Legal Update II. The 6-hour Broker Responsibility Course is also required as part of the SAE hours for sales agents who have been made supervisory by their broker for three months or more.
- Licensees must complete 18 hours of real estate CE classes in each two-year cycle.
- This includes taking the 4-hour Legal Update I course on laws, rules and forms and the 4-hour Legal Update II course on agency, ethics, and hot topics.
- The 6-hour Broker Responsibility Course is also required as part of the 18 hours for brokers who have sponsored one or more sales agents, served as the designated broker for a business entity broker that sponsored sales agents, or have been made a supervisor of other license holders.
- Final Exams: Texas Real Estate Commission requires that your final exam for continuing education offered through distance education be proctored.
Courses Offered Include:
Continuing Education
Exam Prep
New License
Sales Apprentice Education (SAE)
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