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98-Hr. TX SAE Package (includes Legal Updates I and II) Plus ProPath

$529

This product includes:

LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS Elective Hours: 0 Mandatory Hours: 98 Total Hours: 98

Description

Package content and courses

State Requirements

This package includes all 98 mandatory hours required to satisfy the Texas post-licensing (SAE) requirement. Licensees in their first renewal cycle must complete these courses on or before their license expiration date. Licensees must also complete the 6-hour Broker Responsibility (BR) course to renew if they have been made a supervisor by their broker. The BR course is not included in this package.

Courses included in this package:

Texas SAE: Real Estate Appraisal (30 mandatory hours)
Texas SAE: Real Estate Investment (30 mandatory hours)
Texas SAE: Real Estate Brokerage (30 mandatory hours)
Texas Legal Update I 2026-2027 (4 mandatory hours)
Texas Legal Update II 2026-2027 (4 mandatory hours)

PLUS, this package includes the ProPath Real Estate Business Builder professional development program.

Pricing Strategies: Learn the essentials of pricing homes and the impact proper pricing has on your sales goals and income. Work through case studies and examples and get ready to translate into your own business.
Tax Planning for the Self-Employed: Gain the knowledge to manage your individual finances and formulate an advantageous tax plan, plus how to select the best retirement plan for tax savings.
Budget to Build Your Business: Learn how to estimate earnings and expenses and calculate what you need to save for taxes and emergencies. Craft your own budget, paving the way for success in your real estate career.

Professional development courses do not qualify for CE credits. This package includes a total of nine hours of professional development content that is not included in the mandatory and elective course hours listed above.

Package Content:

Texas SAE: Real Estate Appraisal

This course covers real estate appraisal topics geared toward real estate licensees. No, you're not an appraiser, but the state requires licensees to have a thorough understanding of the appraisal process. Why? Several reasons. Among these:

Most transactions are dependent on financing and financing requires an appraisal.
An understanding of valuation methods used by appraisals will assist you in performing more realistic comparative market analyses.
When properties don't appraise, sale fails can occur. An understanding of how an appraiser arrived at a value estimate will help you decide whether it's worth contesting the appraisal.

Topics include central purposes and functions of an appraisal, social and economic determinant of value, cost, market date and income approaches to value estimates, final correlations, and reporting. The course also includes case studies.

Texas SAE: Real Estate Investment

As an asset class, real estate is in a class by itself. Where can you put 10% down and receive profits on the appreciation of 100% of the asset--and even depreciate the appreciating asset?

Whether you're serving real estate investors or would like to become one, you'll want to ensure you're up to speed on the risks and rewards of this exciting asset class.

This course covers the principles, pros, and cons of investing in the real estate market, how to do feasibility studies, tax laws affecting real estate investments, and financing options available to investor. The course also examines real estate investment by property types: residential, commercial, industrial, and other opportunities.

TX SAE: Real Estate Brokerage

In this course, licensees learn everything they need to know about starting and operating a real estate brokerage business: how to plan for and organize the firm, both structurally and financially; how to effectively staff, train, and manage the organization; how to position the firm for success and growth through detailed market planning and analysis. In short, all the information they need to build a sustainable and profitable brokerage firm.

This 30-hour mandatory course fulfills the Texas Real Estate Commission’s requirements for the 30-hour Brokerage Post-Licensing course.

Course highlights include:

Planning and organization of a brokerage business
Operational policies and procedures
Records and controls
Recruitment, selection, and training of personnel
Real estate business analysis
Risk management
How to maintain ethical standards and legal compliance

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

State Requirements For Texas

Texas State Requirement Details for Real Estate Post-Licensing Education

If you are renewing for the first time, active or inactive, you must have a total of 270 qualifying real estate course hours, 4 hours of TREC’s Legal Update I, and 4 hours of TREC’s Legal Update II posted to your license record prior to submitting your renewal. If you have been made a supervisor by your broker, you must also complete the 6-hour Broker Responsibility course to renew.

If you submitted a total of 180 hours to satisfy the initial education requirements, you may complete the courses below to satisfy your first renewal.

Hours Required by the State: 98 hours

30 hours in Real Estate Appraisal
30 hours in Real Estate Brokerage
30 hours in Real Estate Investment
Texas Legal Update I (4 hours)
Texas Legal Update II (4 hours)

Note: If you are a supervising agent you will need to complete the 6-hour broker responsibility course as part of your required education.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 98 hours

The CE Shop is an approved provider in Texas.

Provider Approval Number: 701046

Reporting: The state requires course completions to be reported to the state for students who have an existing TREC license number. 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.

Max Hours in a 24-Hour Period: Students will not receive credit for more than 12 hours of qualifying education in a 24-hour period. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you. A 30-hour qualifying course cannot be started and completed in less than 3 days.

Course Final Exam: Course final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken a maximum of 2 times. If the first attempt is not passed, the second attempt must be completed within 90 days of the orginal exam attempt. Otherwise, students failing the end-of-course examination must repeat the course prior to being eligible to take the end-of-course examination again.

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Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 75% and may be taken a maximum of 2 times.