Legal Update I
Wednesday, August 28th • 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
This course covers law, statues and rules updates, property management; buyers, landlords, tenants, & sellers; contracts and forms; and the unauthorized practice of law. Exam score does not affect credit.
Legal Update II
Thursday, August 29th • 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
This course covers ethics requirements, Fair Housing laws, agency laws, Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), tax laws and other hot topics including unlicensed assistants. Exam score does not affect credit.
TREC Contracts - The Transaction Lifeline + Best Practices
Wednesday, September 11th • 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
The purpose of this course is to continue to reinforce the importance of understanding and knowing how to complete TREC's promulgated contracts and selected addenda. The course takes the licensee briefly through the fundamentals of contracts and concludes with in-depth discussion of all the contract paragraphs.
Realtors Guide to Paint & Stain
Thursday, September 12th • 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Exploring the common yet often challenging subject of selecting paint colors & stains for a home with resale in mind. This class provides instructions for placement and selection of sheens for the interior and exterior plus a handful of dependable neutrals and trending colors.
Common Title Issues and How to Cure Them
Tuesday, September 17th • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The realtor who attends this course will learn what to do when unusual requirements appear on the title commitment. They will learn why the requirement appears, what must be done to clear it, and how to lead their clients when working on complex issues. Realtors will learn how to deal with a deceased owner in title, divorced or divorcing sellers, federal tax liens, abstracts of judgment, foreign sellers, lawsuits and mechanic’s liens.
Broker Responsibility
Wednesday, September 18th • 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
The purpose of this course is to address the regulatory aspects of the management, operation, and supervision of a real estate brokerage firm in Texas. This course is a TREC required class for Texas Brokers.
It's Your Compensation, Forms, & Other Agency Items
Thursday, September 19th • 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
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.
Subletting in Texas: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Wednesday, September 25th • 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
This three-hour course is designed to give the real estate licensee an overview of subletting commercial and residential space in Texas. As the post-pandemic office building market is devasted across the state due to business practices and cultural changes, office building management and landlord/tenant brokerage are the new crisis areas. In this changing commercial and residential marketplace, nothing could be more relevant for the license holder than to understand subletting. Subletting is expected to increase, especially in the soon-to-be or maybe even likely over-built hi-rise residential market. Not only will the course teach the license holder the best ethical and practical practices involving subletting issues and real estate brokerage, but it will also bring the student up to date on the major issues in this new, current, and important segment of real estate brokerage. The knowledge gained by the students from this course will better educate them so they can better serve the public.
Unique Utilities for Realtors
Thursday, September 26th • 10:00 am - 11:00 am
When buying or selling real property outside of urban cores, Texas has a dizzying array of entities that may provide utility services. In this class, Realtors will learn the different types of utility entities, which ones serve a particular property, the requirements and disclosures of selling property in certain utility entity jurisdiction and so much more!
