Required CE – 4 Hours – TREC Approval Number #10085-RENE

TREC Legal Update I is the first of two required Legal Update courses for all real estate licensees. Brand new for 2026, this course will bring you up to date with the latest TREC Rules, Updates, and Legislative Changes, Promulgated Contract Forms and Addenda, Introduction to Fair Housing, and Fair Housing: Do’s and Don’ts, Property Management. We know while taking the class, you will see numerous issues that maybe were industry norms for a long time that are now not only wrong but illegal. Keep your self up to date with this great class.

 

Course Chapters:

 

• Chapter 1 – Rules, Updates, and Legislative Changes
  • Rules and Statutes: What’s the Difference?
  • Who Makes the Rules?
  • Rule Proposals and Rule Adoptions
  • 3 TREC Rules People Commonly Forget
  • The Latest From the Texas Legislature

 

• Chapter 2 – Contract Form Basics
  • Broker-Lawyer Committee and TREC Contract Forms
  • Filling in Blanks, Adding or Striking Language, and the Unauthorized Practice of Law
  • Seller’s Disclosure
  • From the Case Files
  • License Holder Requirements Related to TREC Contract Forms
  • Activity: Contract Roulette
  • From the Case Files: Contract Mishaps

 

• Chapter 3 – Water Rights
  • Water Rights 101
  • How is Water Categorized Under State Law?
  • Who Owns the Water?
  • Who Regulates Water?
  • Know What you Don’t Know

 

• Chapter 4 –Fair Housing
  • Why do Fair Housing Laws Exist?
  • Real-World Examples of Fair Housing Violations
  • What is Steering When Showing Properties?
  • Fair Housing and Marketing Prohibitions
  • 9 Fair Housing Don’ts
  • Fair Housing Best Practices
  • Fair Housing Complaint Trends
  • Fair Housing and Disability Rights