Texas Real Estate Continuing Education Courses Online

Yes, TREC allows real estate licensees to earn their continuing education credits online as long as they are through approved courses with an approved provider like us.

TREC requires you to spend at least as much time in each course as the approved credit hours.

This means that for your second and subsequent license renewals, you need to spend at least 18 hours actively working through the material.

All states, including Texas, require professionals who hold a real estate license to fulfill specific continuing education requirements.

Continuing Education courses must be completed before license renewal. These courses are sometimes referred to as CE for short.

TREC Legal Update courses are only valid for the renewal period in which they’re taken because they provide information on recent legal or regulatory changes relevant to your practice.

Likewise, the Broker Responsibility course is typically only valid for a certain renewal period.

In Texas, a real estate sales agent’s first license renewal requires Sales Apprentice Education (SAE), and each renewal after that requires Continuing Education (CE).

SAE requirements are far more extensive than CE. You need to complete 98 hours of education for your SAE renewal – two four-hour Legal Update courses plus 90 hours of post-license education.

To get credit for any Texas real estate continuing education, you must complete qualifying courses from a training provider who has approval from the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). We’re a TREC-approved provider, and all of the courses you’ll find in the Texas Continuing Education section are designed to count toward your requirements.

Texas real estate agents need 18 hours of continuing education to renew their license every two years. All agents must complete TREC Legal Update I and TREC Legal Update II, which are each four hours, as well as a 3-hour course related to contracts. If you have supervisory responsibilities over other licensees, you’re required to take a 6-hour Broker course. The remaining credits can be approved electives.

TREC will send a renewal notice 90 days before your expiration date—after that, you're eligible to renew. 

You should make sure that your CE completion documents are submitted AT LEAST 10 days before submitting your renewal application—if TREC doesn't have a record of your CE when you submit your application, you'll have to pay a $200 CE Deferral Fee or renew as an inactive license.

TREC gives you a six-month grace period after license expiration to renew.  After six months, you'll have to go through reinstatement proceedings. After two years, you'll have to reapply for a new license.