Legal Update II
Every license holder’s responsible for knowing and operating under the current laws applicable to their license. The course covers the requirements Texas law places upon all license holders. Topics include Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct, Agency and Disclosure requirements, VA loans, and TREC license law enforcement including case study illustrations.
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 Texas law’s requirements for all license holders regarding changes to TREC Rules, the License Act, TREC Contracts, Addenda, and Fair Housing conduct when facilitating a real estate transaction.
Mastering Buyer Representation
This course focuses specifically on the skills and expertise needed to be a successful Buyer’s Agent. Major aspects of buyer representation will be covered including prospecting, identifying properties, showing strategies, making offers, handling inspections and repairs, and successfully closing. This contracts CE class provides the tools necessary to build a successful business focused on helping buyers navigate the real estate process. There will be a focus on compensation!
AI in Action: Utilizing AI, ChatGPT and Chatbots
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the real estate industry by improving efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction. This class covers the uses of AI in real estate, and how to apply them with ChatGPT and Chatbots. Real estate agents will learn how to utilize AI tools, prompts for tasks within ChatGPT and how to utilize Chatbots to automate tasks and responses.
TREC Contracts - The Transaction Lifeline + Best Practices
This course’s purpose is to continue reinforcing the importance of understanding and knowing how to complete selected TREC promulgated contracts and addenda. The course briefly covers the fundamentals of contracts and concludes with in-depth discussion of contract paragraphs and addendums, including recent revisions by TREC in November 2024.
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.
Contract Deep Dive Strategies
Course participants will review the buyer’s and listing agent’s perspective on the seven paragraphs most often misunderstood when writing an offer. Learn how to set expectations and minimize challenges throughout the entire transaction process, including closing and funding. Participants will be better prepared to efficiently handle multiple offers and counteroffers and discover how to minimize risk.
Code of Ethics
NAR’s Code of Ethics, adopted in 1913, was one of the first codifications of ethical duties adopted by any business group. The Code ensures that clients and customers are served by establishing, maintaining, and enforcing industry standard ethical behavior for its 1.6 million REALTOR® members. Dr. Charles Porter was Chair of the Grievance Committee at ABOR and has participated in many professional standards hearings including serving as chair of several ethics tribunal appeal hearings for ABOR. Please join us as he shares his wealth of working knowledge of the code of ethics.
Completing the TREC Farm & Ranch Contract
This 2-hour course will focus on the completion of the TREC Farm and Ranch Contract by discussing the nature of the farm and ranch properties, survey issues, easements and access issues, taxes, minerals, title insurance coverages and so much more!
