Heirship Affidavits vs Probating Wills + Marital Property Rights
Compare the risks and benefits of heirship affidavits and probating wills when someone in title has died.
Learn when a spouse is required to sign closing documents and how to sell a property after divorce.
Home Design Trends + Calculating Home Improvement Costs
An annual update on design trends to inform your home improvement decisions and Realtor recommendations. We explore what’s trending in flooring, counters, cabinets, kitchen & baths, wall coverings, paint, lighting, and furnishings. Get on-trend!
This class offers agents a realistic idea of what typical make-ready home improvement projects cost and how to calculate the ROI.
Instagram Marketing: Concepts to Increase Exposure
Want to take Instagram to the next level? In this class, we will discuss the advantages of a business profile, content to post, the importance of hashtags and captions, and end with tips and tricks that will help increase followers and post engagement.
Instagram Reels: Create, Edit and Reach
Reels are short-term, entertaining videos that can grab users' attention and boost engagement for Realtors and their brand. In this beginner class, we will discuss the types of Reels that can attract a large audience, provide steps for creating the perfect Reels video, share editing tips that will take your video to the next level, and end with tips and tricks. Realtors will leave this class knowing how to successfully record, edit and share a reel!
Instagram Stories: How to Use Them to Build Your Brand
A great way to increase engagement with your followers is through Instagram Stories; but do you know what they are or how they work? In this class, we will create an Instagram Story from start to finish, demonstrate how to share a post in a Story, how to save a Story to a Highlight and so much more!
"I Object" - The Basics of Title Commitment Objections
Many Realtors have little if any understanding of their clients' rights and obligations under the 1-4 family contract regarding objections to certain items on the title commitment. This class will discuss what objections are, how they affect title insurance coverages, and how they impact the contract and closing.
It's Your Compensation, Forms, & Other Agency Items
It’s Just YOUR Compensation is hot off the press after NAR’s settlement agreement in the Sitzer-Burnett’s class-action lawsuit. Beginning August 13th locally, while our roles might not have changed, how real estate licenses practice their business with customers, clients, and other licensees will. This in-depth seminar discusses agency, new employment agreements, and ethics ramifications due to the changes. This course is not a discussion of rates or fees but an explanation of the various modifications to paragraphs in the agreements, their impact, and meaning for clients or customers to understand to make their best decisions.
Legislative Update for Realtors
The goal of this class is to present legislative changes that will directly impact real estate professionals and discuss the changes affects on their practices, as well as possible changes relating to foreign ownership that may come in the Legislature's current special session or in the 89th Legislature in 2025.
Legal Update I
It is every license holder’s responsibility to know and operate under the current laws applicable to their license. The course covers the requirements Texas law places upon all license holders regarding ethical conduct when facilitating a real estate transaction.
