Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC)
- Prelicense education
- 180 hours
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- 56/80 national + 28/40 state
The steps, in order.
01
Confirm eligibility
Check age, education, background review and other requirements with the regulator.
02
Complete approved education
Confirm the current 180 hours education requirement and approved providers. LicenseIQ does not replace required prelicensing education.
03
Apply and schedule
Follow the regulator’s application and testing authorization sequence; submit required documents and fees. Exact sequencing varies.
04
Prepare and take the exam
Use the Pearson VUE candidate handbook for check-in, accommodations, allowed materials and current scoring.
05
Complete license issuance
After passing, complete remaining regulator requirements. Do not practice until the license is issued and active.
06
Maintain your license
Verify post-license education, renewal deadlines and continuing education with the regulator.
Post-license education
98 hrs Sales Agent Apprentice Education before first renewal
Continuing education
18 hrs every 2 yrs
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- TREC and Texas Licensing4 lessons
- Agency and Brokerage Relationships in Texas4 lessons
- TREC Promulgated Contracts, Addenda, and Seller Disclosure4 lessons
- Trust Money, Advertising, Discipline, and the Recovery Trust Account4 lessons
- Texas Property Law: Homestead, Marital Property, Taxes, and Leasing4 lessons
- Texas Practice Topics: District Notices, the DTPA, and Texas Fair Housing3 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
A seller delivers the Seller's Disclosure Notice 4 days after the contract's effective date. What right does the buyer have?
- A. Terminate within 3 days after the effective date only
- B. No right, since the notice was delivered before closing
- C. Reduce the price by 5%
- D. Terminate for any reason within 7 days after receiving the notice
Question 2
During an intermediary transaction, the seller tells the appointed listing agent in confidence that the foundation was repaired last year and asks the agent not to mention it. What should the agent do?
- A. Disclose it only if the buyer asks directly
- B. Keep it confidential under the intermediary rules
- C. Tell only the buyer's appointed agent, who may decide
- D. Disclose it, because information materially related to the property's condition is not protected confidential information
Question 3
Starting January 1, 2026, who must complete TREC's 6-hour Broker Responsibility course?
- A. Only brokers who sponsor five or more agents
- B. All brokers and broker applicants, whether or not they sponsor agents, plus delegated supervisors
- C. Only sales agents in their first year
- D. Only designated brokers of business entities
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