Eligibility Requirements:
- Citizen of the United States or a lawfully admitted alien
- 18 years of age or older
- Legal resident of Texas*
- Meet TREC’s qualifications for honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity
- Complete a total of 900 classroom hours of qualifying, SAE, and elective real estate courses, and pass the License exams
* Unless you were licensed in Texas as a sales agent or broker in the last two years or are licensed as a broker in another state.
Mandatory Courses:
A total of 270 classroom hours of qualifying real estate courses are required by the Texas Real Estate Commission, including the following mandatory courses:
- Principles of Real Estate I (30 classroom hours)
- Principles of Real Estate II (30 classroom hours)
- Law of Agency (30 classroom hours)
- Law of Contracts (30 classroom hours)
- Promulgated Contract Forms (30 classroom hours)
- Real Estate Finance (30 classroom hours)
Additional Courses:
- Real Estate Brokerage (30 classroom hours); must be completed not more than two years prior to the application date for a broker’s license
- An additional 630 classroom hours in related, approved qualifying courses or approved Continuing Education (CE) courses
A bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university satisfies all of the related education requirements for a broker’s license. A copy of the college transcript awarding the degree must be submitted as evidence of completion of the degree.
Additional Requirements:
Candidates for a broker’s license must also:
- Have at minimum 4 years of experience as an active licensed real estate sales agent or broker within the 60-month time frame preceding the filing of the application
- Experience is measured in points, and your experience must equal 3,600 points as identified on the Qualifying Experience Report for a Broker License