Do You Need a License To Negotiate Wind Power Deals?
Unlike mineral and mining rights leases, property leases for wind power projects fall under the same...
Summary of May TREC Meeting
The Texas Real Estate Commission held its May meeting in Irving, attracting over 300 audience member...
TREC Revises License Renewal Requirement
Renewing your license for the first time soon? Or do you have agents in their first renewal cycle? ...
What To Know About Putting Your License on Inactive Status
While there are many advantages to setting your real estate license to inactive status rather than...
How TREC Helps Military Families
The Texas Real Estate Commission offers several benefits to active military personnel, veterans, and...
TREC Approves Changes for Temporary Residential Lease and New Flood Notice
Since January 1, landlords have been required to give notice to prospective residential tenants noti...
When Are the Best Times to Call TREC?
If you need to call the Texas Real Estate Commission, try avoiding Mondays. TREC says that Mondays,...
Fact or Fiction: Do Inspectors Have to Determine the Presence of Mold?
A real estate inspector is not required to determine the presence or risk of mold. Fact. The Texa...
How Solar Panels Affect Transactions
Judy Jones listed a property with solar panels in Kennadale for a seller who had to move out of stat...
What Fees are Covered in Paragraph C of HOA Addendum?
Association fees, deposits for reserves, and all other charges associated with transfer of a propert...
New, Revised Forms Now Available
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November 2020 approved several changes to promulgated contract f...
Contracts Course Added to TREC License Renewal Requirements Starting in 2021
Starting February 1, 2021, brokers and most sales agents will be required to complete at least 3 hou...
TREC Looks for Your Feedback at Winter Meeting
The Texas Real Estate Commission will be at the 2020 Texas REALTORS® Winter Meeting to get feedback...
Here Are the Top TREC Complaints From the Past Year
Negligence, rebate, referral, earnest money, and other sales issues were the highest types of compla...
What Happened at TREC's November Meeting
The Texas Real Estate Commission met November 19. The full agenda and materials are available at TRE...
Get Insights Into Disciplinary Actions From TREC
You can learn from others’ mistakes by browsing the latest disciplinary actions taken by the Texas...
Actions from TREC’s August Meeting
The August 12 Texas Real Estate Commission meeting covered 45 agenda items spread over 472 pages of ...
Updated Seller’s Disclosure Notice Available August 1
The 86th Texas Legislature passed two bills that add questions to the Seller’s Disclosure Notice (...
How Changes in the Law Affect Your Business
The 86th Texas Legislature adjourned May 27, so what happened? The next Texas REALTORS® Legal Serie...
What did TREC do?
The May 6 Texas Real Estate Commission meeting covered 47 agenda items. See the full agenda and mate...
TREC Website Shows Education Needed for Your License Renewal
Find out if the required non-elective education has been completed, the total hours of education com...
Brokers: TREC Launches Tracker for New Sales-Agent Applications
The Texas Real Estate Commission's website now lets you track the status of new sales-agent applicat...
What Are the Most Common TREC Complaints?
The Texas Real Estate Commission released complaint counts for January 2018 to January 2019. Among ...
Your Free Guide to the One to Four Family Contract
Are you starting the new year as a new license holder? Or have you added a few agents to your broker...
TREC Rule Change Shortens Time Requirements for Delegated Supervisors
At its November meeting, the Texas Real Estate Commission shortened the time span that determines wh...
Get Your Certified License History from TREC
The Texas Real Estate Commission in December launched its Certified License History feature, which a...
Here's What You Missed at Last Week's TREC Meeting
The Texas Real Estate Commission met on November 15. Here are rule changes relevant to your business...
Actions Relevant to REALTORS® from the August TREC Meeting
The Texas Real Estate Commission met August 13. Here are a few actions from the meeting you should k...
How to Stay Out of Trouble With TREC
7 Tips to Avoid the Most Common TREC ViolationsTexas Real Estate Commission's Standards and Enforcem...
What Happens to the Money TREC Collects From Fines?
What TREC Does With Administrative-Penalty FundsWhen a real estate license holder is found in violat...
TAR Advocates for Continued Use of its Release of Earnest Money Form, Not Proposed TREC Draft
The Texas REALTORS® since the 1990s has offered members the Release of Earnest Money form. The Texa...
3 Ways to Keep in Touch with TREC
The Texas Real Estate Commission announced additional options for license holders to contact or foll...
TREC's New Advertising Rules Now in Effect
May 15 is the effective date for the new advertising rules from the Texas Real Estate Commission. If...
What TREC says about commercial titles and advertising for license holders
I'm a commercial agent and also the president of a brokerage. Can I use the title "president" in my ...
How to Use a Nickname in Your Advertising
Can I use a nickname or my middle name in my advertising?TREC calls these alternate names. Before us...
Who pays for the condominium documents?
Paragraph 2B(2) of the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale) (1605, TREC 30-13) details what hap...
Updates to TREC forms and explanations of what the changes mean
The Texas Real Estate Commission adopted two new forms and revised six others at its February meetin...
The difference between TREC and TAR complaint processes
The Texas Real Estate Commission and TAR have different processes when it comes to handling complain...
What you should know about advertising your team
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November revised its advertising rules, which go into effect May...
Fact or fiction? Your social media accounts must link to consumer notices
Fact or fiction? If you use your social media accounts for real estate business, the Texas Real Est...
TREC clarifies exceptions to mandatory use of contract forms
In November, the Texas Real Estate Commission adopted changes to Section 537.11 of its rules, Use o...
Can my unlicensed assistant unlock the door for potential buyers if I’m running late?
No. TREC Rule 535.4(c) states that a person must be licensed as a broker or sales agent to show a pr...
How to reference mineral and royalty interests in TREC forms
How are mineral and royalty interests addressed in the TREC contract forms and the TAR commercial co...
TREC rules changed, but Article 12 still applies
The Texas Real Estate Commission changed its rules regarding terms you must use in your advertisemen...
What to know about renewing your license for the 1st time
Real estate sales agents must renew their licenses with the Texas Real Estate Commission every two y...
TREC to emphasize enforcement of Information About Brokerage Services form rules
Is your IABS form filled out and posted to all your business websites? “We’re emphasizing IABS ...
Watch a two-minute recap of the legislative session
With the governor’s vetoes and approvals of bills last week, the regular session of the 85th Texas...
How the legislative session affected Texas real estate
Texas REALTORS®, the strongest advocates for Texas real estate consumers, had several legislative v...
Texas REALTORS® support more disclosure for real estate consumers
As the 85th Texas Legislature comes to a close on May 29, several bills that will enhance protection...