Course Description: Can a licensee write a personal check for a client's option fee? Do you have to have written authorization to place a "For Sale" sign on a property? Learn the answers to these questions and more. Students will learn best practices and practical ways to avoid complaints and stay out of hot water with the Texas Real Estate Commission. This course will inform real estate … [Read more...]
Keep it Together: The Contract is Just the Beginning
Course Description: Starting with a very thorough discussion about Transaction Management, aimed at making sure everything that is supposed to happen… does, is crucial to reaping the rewards of all your hard work to get all the way to contract. Then, to simply move on to the next transaction robs your future of untapped income possibilities, so we will discuss Post-Closing follow-up, and then the … [Read more...]
The ABCs of CMAs
Course description: To calculate accurate price comparisons requires training and practice. This course will provide the basic knowledge to complete a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA). The course will offer training in choosing comparable, applying adjustments and determining a value for a property. It will cover what determines an appropriate comparable between properties, how to make … [Read more...]
The Buyers Rep Agreement
Course Description: This course is for the licensee who represents buyers. It is designed to give licensees the skill and confidence to successfully navigate through the common areas of concern in buyer representation. Topics covered include compensation, effective presentation tools and skills, agent risk reduction practices and tools, and methods for getting the buyer representation agreement … [Read more...]
The Forms You Need to Know
Course Description: This course reviews the most widely used TREC and TAR forms needed to conduct real estate transactions. Included are various sales contracts and a wide range of addendum. This course teaches the proper use and completion of these forms and provides a comprehensive view of the types of contracts available for use in real estate transactions. It will also cover how to handle … [Read more...]
Understanding a Condominium Contract
Course Description: This class analyzes the liability aspects of the TREC forms, discussing the structure of the contract, the nature of written contracts, default, alternative dispute resolutions, HOA provisions and earnest money disputes. In this course, we will also discuss how to identify condominium properties, warrantability factors, the absence of surveys and the significance of HOA … [Read more...]
Texas Real Estate Education and our instructors work hard to provide broadcast class environments where real state professionals can learn how to better perform in the real estate industry, better represent their clients, and learn material that actually benefits their business and clients. Nobody likes the feeling of “CE Jail” (you know those classes that feel like a waste of time just to get the credit). We recognize that continuing education is not one's favorite way to spend their time. However, we do our best to engage all of the students in each class to participate and hopefully learn something new thing in each class.