Real Estate/ Continuing Education/ Texas/ 18-hr. TX 2026-2027 CE Package

18-hr. TX 2026-2027 CE Package

$145

This product includes:

LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS. *NOTE: If you have been made a supervisor by your broker, you must also complete the 6-hour Broker Responsibility course as a mandatory part of your 18 hours of CE. Elective Hours: 7 Mandatory Hours: 11 Total Hours: 18

Description

State Requirements

This full 18-hour package includes 11 mandatory hours and 7 elective hours required for the renewal of active licenses.

Courses included in this package:

Texas Legal Update I 2026-2027 (4 mandatory hours)
Texas Legal Update II 2026-2027 (4 mandatory hours)
Document Diligence: Safeguarding Your Transactions (3 mandatory contracts hours and 1 elective hour)
Lead Awareness and Compliance (3 elective hours)
Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges (3 elective hours)

Package Content:

TX Legal Update I (2026-2027)

Texas real estate license holders should be conversant with the latest laws and standard practice updates that impact the real estate industry in Texas. This course comprises a comprehensive discussion about various laws, regulations, and guidelines directly affecting license holders’ practice of real estate. Scenarios and case studies are woven throughout the content to illustrate practical applications of pertinent points, as well as consequences when a license holder fails to comply.

This four-hour course provides license holders with a strong foundation in the latest legal and ethical procedures. Without such, license holders can place themselves—and their clients—in risky circumstances.

Course highlights include:

TREC rules and updates
TREC advisory committees
Key legislative updates from the 89th Texas Legislature
Broker-Lawyer Committee and TREC contract forms
Mandatory vs. voluntary use of TREC contract forms
Matching contract forms with transaction types
Water rights and types of water
Distinguish groundwater from surface water
Licensee’s role regarding water rights in real estate transactions
History of fair housing in Texas
Fair housing complaint trends and investigations
Steering
Fair housing advertising and marketing prohibitions
Fair housing best practices
Rental properties and disability rights
Assistance animal requests
Reasonable accommodations requests

TX Legal Update II (2026-2027)

The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) Legal Update I and II courses are four hours of curriculum each. This online course, Legal Update II, includes four main topics: agency, TREC disclosures, representing veterans and military service members, and enforcement, case studies, and commission practices.

This four-hour course reinforces the Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct and the fiduciary duties license holders owe to consumers, reviews the allowable duties of unlicensed assistants and transaction coordinators, presents the role, risk, and benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) in your real estate business, considers benefits of VA loans for both buyers and sellers, and emphasizes the importance of compliance with TREC rules, advertising guidelines, and best practices.

Course highlights include:

Chapter 531 TX Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct
Texas agency relationships
TREC advertising rules
Transaction coordinators, showing agents, and unlicensed assistants
Role of AI in real estate business
Risks and benefits using AI
History of the VA loan
Benefits and considerations about the VA loan for buyers and sellers
Texas Veterans Land Board Lending Program
TREC complaint process and common violations
TREC case studies and best practices

Document Diligence: Safeguarding Your Transactions (fulfills the contracts requirement)

A veteran broker once said, "No one ever failed in this business because of the paperwork." It's true: Real estate is a relationship-based business. However, to protect consumers and yourself, knowing how to manage the paperwork--whether it's cotton bond and ink or bits and bytes--is integral to your role. Maintaining detailed and organized records, even for transactions that don't close, not only satisfies regulatory requirements, it also protects your license. It proves you did what you were supposed to do when you were supposed to do it.

We can't do anything about paper cuts, but if you're ready to become more comfortable selecting and using documents to ensure on-time, accurate, and litigation-free real estate transactions, let's do this.

Course highlights include:

Typical transaction documents
Standard clauses, addenda, and contingencies
How to practice within the scope of your license (but avoid unauthorized practice of law)
How to field and manage multiple offers
Managing signatures, notarizations, and identification
Best practices in transaction management
Best practices in document retention
Keeping documents secure, both hard copy and digital
Wire fraud prevention

Lead Awareness and Compliance

Lead hazards aren’t just a concern for homeowners—they’re also a big deal for real estate professionals. If you're listing a home built before 1978 or guiding buyers through disclosures, understanding the risks of lead exposure isn’t just helpful—it’s essential. Federal laws require specific disclosures and safety measures and skipping them can lead to hefty fines and legal trouble.

This course helps you recognize where lead hazards lurk, stay on top of your legal responsibilities, and follow safe practices help protect you, your clients, and your transactions. But beyond compliance, having a strong grasp of lead safety makes you a trusted advisor. When clients see that you take their health and safety seriously, it strengthens your reputation and sets you apart as a knowledgeable, reliable real estate professional. Ultimately, keeping people safe, reducing risk, and staying compliant aren’t just obligations—they’re smart business moves supporting long-term success.

Course highlights include:

Common sources of lead in residential properties
Health risks of lead exposure
Community-based approaches to lead hazard prevention
Review of federal lead disclosure laws
Compliance with lead disclosure laws
Consequences of non-compliance with disclosure requirements
Mitigating lead hazards
Lead-safe work practices for renovations and repairs
EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program
Preventing lead hazards long-term

Section 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges

Chances are good that, if it hasn't happened yet, you will one day work on a transaction involves a property that’s part of a tax-deferred exchange. When this happens, will you be ready to guide your client through the process and ensure they meet the critical deadlines?

With an appropriately formed exchange, an investor can defer paying taxes on the profit from one investment and instead use all of the profits to fund another investment.

This course helps licensees become more comfortable with guiding clients through a 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction and ensuring critical deadlines are understood and met.

Course highlights include:

Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange definitions
Starker’s Exchange background and application
U.S. Internal Revenue Code requirements
IRS Safe Harbor Guidelines
Investor taxes advantages
Setting up an exchange
Selecting a Qualified Intermediary
Licensee role in a Section 1031 tax-deferred exchange
The non-exchanger's role in a Section 1031 transaction
Reverse exchanges
Rare exemptions to exchange deadlines

State Requirements For Texas

Texas State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: Every two years by the end of the month in which the license was initially issued

Hours Required: 18 hours

4 hours – Legal Update I: Laws, Rules and Forms
4 hours – Legal Update II: Agency, Ethics, and Hot Topics
3 hours - Contracts-related course
7 hours – Electives

Note: If you are a supervising agent, have sponsored one or more sales agents, served as the designated broker for a business entity broker that sponsors sales agents, or have been made a supervisor of other license holders, you will need to complete the 6-hour broker responsibility course as part of your required 18 hours of CE.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 18 hours

The CE Shop is an approved provider in Texas.

Provider Approval Number: 0505

Reporting: The state requires course completions to be reported to the state. We will report your course to the state upon completion.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Certificates: Immediately upon course completions, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exams: Passing a final exam is not required to receive continuing education credit in Texas, therefore our system is set up so that final exams can be passed with a 0% passing score.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew in this state is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew. If TREC records do not reflect completion of CE requirements at the time you submit your renewal application, you must pay a $200 CE Deferral Fee, or renew in inactive status. Payment of the CE Deferral Fee allows you to remain active for an additional 60 days from your expiration date to complete CE requirements.

Repeat Course in Back-to-Back Renewals: According to Texas Rule Chapter 535, Subchapter I, Section 535.92 (3h), credit will not be given for attendance of the same course more than once during the term of the current license or during the two?year period preceding the filing of an application for late renewal or return to active status.

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