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TREC is the Texas Real Estate Commission — the state agency that licenses and regulates real estate professionals and enforces TRELA.

Texas requires 180 hours of qualifying education — six 30-hour courses — before an applicant can sit for the salesperson exam.

Property Management isn't one of the six. The required courses are Principles I & II, Law of Agency, Law of Contracts, Promulgated Contract Forms, and Real Estate Finance.

Texas law doesn't use "dual agency." When one broker represents both parties, it's called an intermediary relationship, with its own consent and conduct rules.

TREC requires brokers to retain trust account records for at least 4 years, and the account is subject to audit during that period.

Mixing client funds with personal or brokerage funds is commingling — one of the most serious trust account violations, and grounds for suspension or revocation.

Notarization isn't required for a purchase contract to be enforceable in Texas (though it is required to record a deed). The required elements are offer and acceptance, consideration, legal capacity, and a lawful purpose.

The warranty deed, executed and delivered at closing, is the instrument that actually conveys legal title. The contract just obligates the parties to get there.

Federal law requires the lead-based paint disclosure for housing built before 1978 — the year the U.S. banned consumer lead paint.

Texas Property Code gives the HOA 10 business days to deliver the resale certificate after a request.

The original 1968 Act covered race, color, religion, national origin, and sex. The 1988 amendments added familial status and disability.

Encumbrances — liens, easements, deed restrictions — can affect value or use, but title can still transfer with them attached, subject to disclosure.

A fixture starts as personal property, then becomes real property once permanently attached — think built-in cabinets or an in-ground pool. It transfers with the home unless excluded.

The dominant estate holds the right to use the servient (burdened) estate. Classic example: a landlocked parcel with an easement across the neighboring lot to reach the road.

The note is the borrower's personal, unconditional promise to repay — separate from the deed of trust, which is the security instrument.

An assumable loan lets a qualified buyer step into the seller's existing mortgage — same rate, same remaining balance — with the lender's sign-off.

Neighborhoods move through growth (new development), stability (equilibrium), decline (aging, disinvestment), and revitalization (renewal) — though a neighborhood can skip revitalization entirely.

Estimate what the improvements would cost new, subtract accrued depreciation, then add the land value back in.

Materiality is judged by whether a reasonable buyer would care — not by the seller's opinion or a narrow statutory checklist.

Title X specifically exempts 0-bedroom units — efficiency studios, lofts — from lead-paint disclosure requirements, regardless of when the building was constructed.