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About This Course
Get the CE you need for license renewal with this required Texas Legal Update II (2026–2027) course. This updated version helps real estate professionals stay current on essential regulatory and professional practice standards, including agency duties, ethical obligations, advertising rules, and emerging issues such as the use of artificial intelligence in real estate. It also addresses best practices for assisting military veterans and service members and provides guidance on the TREC complaint and enforcement process. This 2026–2027 edition replaces the prior 2024–2025 Legal Update II course.
Developed by the Texas Real Estate Commission and required under TREC Rule §535.92 for license renewal, this course equips learners to apply current TREC rules, meet professional and ethical expectations, understand veteran-related loan considerations, and navigate enforcement and reporting requirements. This official TREC-mandated curriculum helps license holders strengthen their professional knowledge and fulfill Texas continuing education obligations.
Topics Covered
- Lesson 1: Competency, Agency, and Advertising
- Lesson 2: The Future is Now: AI and Your Business
- Lesson 3: Representing Military Veterans and Service Members
- Lesson 4: Real Issues: Complaints and Enforcement
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe TREC’s advisory committees that examine different areas of the real estate industry.
- Explain how an idea becomes a TREC rule.
- Describe why TREC’s quadrennial rule review is important to license holders and consumers.
- Identify recent TREC rule changes that affect license holders.
- Understand legislation passed by the 88th Texas Legislature relating to the practice of real estate.
- Summarize the purpose and practice of the Broker-Lawyer Committee (BLC).
- Explain why TREC contract forms change
- Identify recent changes to the One to Four Family Residential Contract (Resale) and other contract forms.
- Analyze possible consequences of loan assumptions and the importance of a license holder’s familiarity with the Loan Assumption Addendum form.
- Distinguish between mandatory and voluntary use of TREC contract forms.
- Understand the impact of discrimination in real estate given the history of civil rights laws, current investigations, and trends.
- Identify federal, state, and local fair housing laws.
- Distinguish between the protected classes found in the Fair Housing Act, Texas Real Estate Commission’s Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct, TREC Rule Section 531.19, and the NAR Code of Ethics.
- Recognize and define different forms of bias.
- Describe steering and strategies to avoid it.
- Explain appraisal bias, including federal and state initiatives to reduce it.
- Describe best practices for advertising and marketing related to fair housing.
- Recall resources for fair housing information and assistance.
- Understand the rights of tenants with disabilities under the Fair Housing Act.
- Understand the differences between reasonable accommodations and modifications.
When Does My Course Expire?
Your course will expire sixty (60) days after you purchase it (the date you submit payment), unless the course or LMS indicates otherwise.
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- Your purchase was made no more than 72 hours prior to your refund request.
- You have NOT
- Attempted any portion of a test or exam.
- Requested or been issued a certificate of completion.
- Completed 50% or more of the purchased course.
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| Name: | Texas Real Estate Commission |
| Phone: | 512-936-3000 |
| Fax: | 512-926-3863 |
| Website URL: | https://www.trec.texas.gov/ |
| Email Address: | information@trec.texas.gov |
| Address: | 1700 N. Congress Avenue, Ste. 400 |
| City: | Austin |
| State: | TX |
| Zip: | 78701 |
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