Applying
to Become a Real Estate Salesperson
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Salesperson License,
an individual must be a citizen of the United States or a lawfully
admitted alien, eighteen (18) years of age or older and a legal
resident of Texas.
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Salesperson License,
an individual must furnish the Commission satisfactory evidence
of successfully completing the following education:
Principles of Real Estate core real estate course [60 classroom
hours]
Law of Agency core real estate course (30 classroom hours)
Law of Contracts core real estate course (30 classroom hours)
An additional four semester (60 classroom) hours in core courses
or in related courses acceptable to the Commission.
Evidence of successful completion shall be presented via credit
transcript or certificate prior to filing a Salesperson License
Application form. DO NOT submit original transcripts and/or course
completion certificates. Keep the originals for your personal
files and send photocopies to the Commission.
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Salesperson License
you must first obtain a letter from the Commission attesting to
satisfaction of all education requirements.THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATION
DOCUMENTS MUST BE PERFORMED BEFORE THE APPLICATION CAN BE FILED.
To obtain an evaluation of your education documents, submit a
REQUEST FOR EVALUATION OF EDUCATION DOCUMENTS along with a recent
photograph.
A
fee of $20 is required for the evaluation of education documents
for the purpose of determining if education requirements have
been satisfied. This fee is good for one year. Please submit copies
of your transcripts or course certificates with your request for
evaluation. DO NOT submit original documents.
The following required fees must be submitted at the time of filing
an application. AN APPLICATION RECEIVED WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE
FEES WILL BE REJECTED AND RETURNED. The following fees should
be submitted in ONE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER payable to the Texas
Real Estate Commission. ALL FEES LISTED BELOW ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
Fees Required with Real Estate Salesperson License Application
Fee Amount Comment
Original Application $67.50 Required for all applicants
Recovery Fund $10.00 Required for all applicants unless previously
paid
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License examinations are administered by PSI. Once your application
has been received, processed and accepted, a Candidate Information
Brochure (CIB) will be mailed to you within 48 hours. The CIB
will provide all the information and instructions for making a
reservation to take the examination. The CIB also contains study
material and instructions about licensing (Note: you may download
a copy of the CIB from PSI's web site via the Candidate Info.
Brochure link in the menu on the left side of this web page).
The filing of an application authorizes an investigation of the
applicant's background. Information revealed in an investigation
may be cause for disapproval of an application even though other
requirements for a license are met. If an investigation is necessary,
it may not be conducted until the applicant has passed the examination.
State law prohibits issuing more than one license once a licensee
has defaulted on a student loan guaranteed by the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation (TGSLC) unless the licensee has entered
into a repayment agreement with TGSLC. YOU SHOULD CONTACT TGSLC
BEFORE FILING THIS APPLICATION if you have defaulted on a student
loan. An application or renewal may be rejected if this agency
has received information from TGSLC that the applicant has defaulted
on a student loan. The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
can be contacted at:
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
P.O. Box 15996
Austin, Texas 78761-5996
Telephone: 1-800-222-6297
Before you can practice as a licensed salesperson you must arrange
for a Texas real estate broker holding an active license to sponsor
you as a salesperson. Applicants and inactive salespersons are
not authorized to act as real estate agents.
While you are not required to have a sponsoring broker to file
an application for a license, a sponsorship request form is included
with the application materials. If you wish, you may file the
sponsorship request along with the application. There is a separate
$20 fee for filing the sponsorship request. DO NOT COMBINE THE
$20 FEE WITH ANY OTHER FEE SUBMITTED TO TREC. Once all licensing
requirements have been satisfied, TREC will send an active salesperson
license to the broker, and you may act for the broker on receipt
of the license.
You may also file the application and arrange for sponsorship
after TREC notifies you that you have been issued an inactive
license. Once a broker holding an active license has mailed a
request to TREC to act as your sponsor and paid the $20 fee, you
may begin to act for the broker as a salesperson.
The time involved in processing an application depends on work
volume. Inquiry as to the status of an application delays processing
work. Inquiry should not be made unless there is reason to believe
that information submitted to the Commission has not been received.
An incomplete application will not be returned for completion.
A letter will be mailed requesting the incomplete information.
The examination must be passed within six months from the date
the application is filed with the commission office.
You are not authorized to perform any act for which a real estate
license is required until an ACTIVE Texas Real Estate Commission
license is in the possession of your sponsoring broker.
Applying
to Become a Real Estate Broker
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Broker License, an individual
must be a citizen of the United States or a lawfully admitted
alien, eighteen (18) years of age or older and a legal resident
of Texas. If the applicant is a resident of another state, the
applicant must be licensed by that state as a real estate broker.
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Broker License, an individual
must furnish the Commission satisfactory evidence of successfully
completing the following:
Not
less than two (2) years active experience in Texas as a licensed
real estate salesperson or broker during the 96 month period immediately
preceding the filing of the application;
or
If licensed as a broker in another state, not less than two (2)
years active experience as a licensed real estate salesperson
or broker during the 36 month period immediately preceding the
filing of the application.
270 classroom hours of core real estate courses.
An
additional 630 classroom hours in related courses acceptable to
the Commission.
Evidence
of successful course completion shall be presented via credit
transcript or certificate accompanying an application. DO NOT
submit original transcripts and/or course completion certificates.
Keep the originals for your personal files and send photocopies
to the Commission.
To be eligible to apply for a real estate Broker License you must
first obtain a letter from the Commission attesting to satisfaction
of all education requirements. THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATION DOCUMENTS
MUST BE PERFORMED BEFORE THE APPLICATION CAN BE FILED.
To obtain an evaluation of your education documents, submit a
Request for Evaluation of Education Documents.
A
fee of $20.00 is required for the evaluation of education documents
for the purpose of determining if education requirements have
been satisfied. This fee is good for one year. Please submit copies
of your transcripts or course certificates with your request for
evaluation. DO NOT submit original documents.
The following required fees must be submitted at the time of filing
an application. AN APPLICATION RECEIVED WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE
FEES WILL BE REJECTED AND RETURNED. The following fees should
be submitted in ONE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER payable to the Texas
Real Estate Commission. ALL FEES LISTED BELOW ARE NONREFUNDABLE.
Fees Required with Real Estate Broker License Application
Fee Amount Comment
Original Application $295.00 Required for all applicants
Recovery Fund $10.00 Required for all applicants unless previously
paid
License examinations are administered by PSI. Once your application
has been received, processed and accepted, a Candidate Information
Brochure (CIB) will be mailed to you within 48 hours. The CIB
will provide all the information and instructions for making a
reservation to take the examination. The CIB also contains study
material and instructions about licensing (Note: you may download
a copy of the CIB from PSI's web site via the Candidate Info.
Brochure link in the menu on the left side of this web page).
The filing of an application authorizes an investigation of the
applicant's background. Information revealed in an investigation
may be cause for disapproval of an application even though other
requirements for a license are met. If an investigation is necessary,
it may not be conducted until the applicant has passed the examination.
State law prohibits issuing more than one license after a licensee
has defaulted on a student loan guaranteed by the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation (TGSLC) unless the licensee has entered
into a repayment agreement with TGSLC. YOU SHOULD CONTACT TGSLC
BEFORE FILING THIS APPLICATION if you have defaulted on a student
loan. An application or renewal may be rejected if this agency
has received information from TGSLC that the applicant has defaulted
on a student loan. The Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
can be contacted at:
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
P.O. Box 15996
Austin, Texas 78761-5996
Telephone: 1-800-222-6297
The time involved in processing an application depends on work
volume. Inquiry as to the status of an application delays processing
work. Inquiry should not be made unless there is reason to believe
that information submitted to the Commission has not been received.
An incomplete application will not be returned for completion.
A letter will be mailed requesting the incomplete information.
The examination must be passed within six months from the date
the application is filed with the commission office.
You are not authorized to perform any act for which a real estate
license is required until an ACTIVE Texas Real Estate Commission
license is in your possession. |