Required CE – 4 Hours – TREC Approval Number #10086-RENE

TREC Legal Update II is the second 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 Agency Relationships, Trec Disclosures, Representing Veterans, and TREC Enforcement. This second session of Legal Update will help reinforce the right way to practice your business and help keep you from getting in trouble. 

• Chapter 1 – Competency, Agency, and Advertising
  • Chapter 531 Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct: An Overview
  • Agency Relationships
  • Non-Representation Status and Written Agreements
  • Working for Multiple Brokerages: What Transaction Coordinators and Showing Agents are Allowed to do in Texas
  • All About Competency
  • Can You Use Unlicensed Individuals to Help With Your Texas Real Estate Transactions? It Depends.
  • Keeping it Legal: Advertising Basics

• Chapter 2 – The Future is Now: AI and Your Business
  • The Future is Now: AI and Your Real Estate Business
  • What Happens When AI Gets it Wrong?
  • Risks of Using AI for Home Staging
  • AI and Real Estate Scams
  • 7 Considerations for Using AI
  • AI for Drafting Contract Form Language AI and Fair Housing
  • You Can’t Blame AI
  • AI Spotlight: Home Staging
  • Activity: AI Advertising

• Chapter 3 – Representing Military Veterans and Service Members
  • The History of the VA Loan
  • 11 Benefits of a VA Loan
  • VA Loan Basics for Beginners
  • Texas Military Snapshot
  • Texas VLB Loan Program

• Chapter 4 – Real Issues: Complaints and Enforcement
  • Who Enforces the Rules?
  • Q&As: Criminal Disclosure
  • Top TREC Complaints
  • From the Case Files