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Guides for the Texas real estate license exam — State and National portion study strategies, TREC rules, and exam-day tips.
Texas Real Estate Exam Key Terms: 15 Texas-Only Words to Know for the State Portion
The State portion uses words national courses barely mention: intermediary, appointed license holder, IABS, promulgated forms, homestead and more. Here are 15 Texas terms, each defined in a sentence, with the law behind it.
Texas Real Estate Law: The Complete Guide
Agency duties, contracts, disclosure, community property, homestead protections, landlord-tenant law, TREC discipline, and the DTPA — how Texas real estate law actually works, with the statute behind each rule.
The Texas Law a National Study Guide Won't Teach You
Community property, homestead protections, the Deceptive Trade Practices Act — real State-portion topics a generic national guide has no reason to cover, straight from TREC's own content outline.
The Texas IABS Notice (Information About Brokerage Services): When It Is Required
Texas license holders must give a written notice about brokerage services at the first substantive communication about specific property. Here is what the notice covers, when it is due, and the three situations where it is not required.
Texas Intermediary vs. Dual Agency: What the State Exam Expects You to Know
When one Texas brokerage works with both the buyer and the seller, the broker acts as an intermediary under the Real Estate License Act. Here is what that requires, what an intermediary may not say, and how appointed license holders fit in.
Failed the Texas State Portion? A Retake Study Plan That Targets What You Missed
You only retake the portion you failed, you can rebook after 24 hours, and three failures trigger extra coursework. Here's how to use your score report to plan a State-portion retake that fixes the actual gaps.