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REAL ESTATE EDUCATION, INC.

TREC Provider # 504
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    Becoming a Real Estate Broker

 To be eligible to apply for a real estate Broker License, an individual must be a citizen of the United States or a lawfully admitted alien, eighteen (18) years of age or older and a legal resident of Texas. If the applicant is a resident of another state, the applicant must be licensed by that state as a real estate broker.

To be eligible to apply for a real estate Broker License, an individual must furnish the Commission satisfactory evidence of successfully completing the following:

1) Not less than two (2) years active experience in Texas as a licensed real estate salesperson or broker during the 96-month period immediately preceding the filing of the application;

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*If licensed as a broker in another state, not less than two (2) years active experience as a licensed real estate salesperson or broker during the 36 month period immediately preceding the filing of the application.

2) 270 classroom hours of core real estate courses.
New! To file a broker application on or after Jan. 1, 2008, a 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course must be completed as part of the 270 core hours.

3) An additional 630 classroom hours in related courses acceptable to the Commission.

Evidence of successful course completion shall be presented via credit transcript or certificate accompanying an application. DO NOT submit original transcripts and/or course completion certificates. Keep the originals for your personal files and send photocopies to the Commission.

For more information on Becoming a Real Estate Broker, see the Broker Application Information section of the TREC website.

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