Annual Education (SAE) (TREC Provider #0205) For Those Applying On or After January 1, 2006
Listed below are two course packages that will satisfy your SAE requirements.
Texas Real Estate Salesperson
Real Estate Appraisal I & II 60.0 Hrs $256
(0211 & 0212) Book Format
Real Estate Appraisal III & IV 60.0 Hrs $256
(0213 & 0214) Book Format
OR you must take two of these to satisfy your 60 hour requirement.
Texas Real Estate Salesperson
Marketing I: Building a Real Estate Practice 30 Hour SAE Classes $128
How to Build a Real Estate Practice in Texas is a thirty-hour course for experienced real estate professionals who wish to establish their own real estate brokerages. The course provides information on how to successfully operate a business, teaches professional skills necessary to provide high-quality service to clients, discusses risk management and compliance within federal and state law, and addresses issues related to valuation and finance.
There are seven sections or modules to this course:
- How to Build a Successful Business
- Asset Management
- Tx-Favorable Real Estate Transactions
- Code of Ethics
- Fair Housing
- Real Estate Appraisal
- Real Estate Finance
Marketing II: Negotiation Techniques 30 Hour SAE Classes $128
Real estate transactions permit and require more negotiation than most other exchanges of goods and services. Because real estate practice involves so much negotiating, virtually any salesperson can benefit from improving his or her negotiation skills, and this course is designed to teach just such methods of improvement.
Below are the lessons studied in this course:
- Understanding Effective Communication
- Defining and Using Emotional Strategies
- Reading Body Language
- Negotiation Skills
Finance I 30 Hour SAE Classes $128
This course provides an introduction to the basics of real estate financing, from qualifying the borrower and qualifying the property in the underwriting process, to the various types of financing available, to closing the sale.
FINGERPRINTS NOW REQUIRED BY TREC TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE!
If your renewal is filed on or after January 1, 2008, you are required by law to have your fingerprints on file with the Department of Public Safety for TREC.
There are thirteen lessons in this module:
- Basic Real Estate Math
- Understanding Borrower and Lender Risks
- Qualifying Loans
- Lender Qualifications and Comparisons
- Earnest Money
- Basics of Financing and Sale Process (6 & 7)
- Foreclosure Issues and Mortgage Types and Rates
- Elements of Conventional Loans (9 & 10)
- FHA Loans
- VA Loans
- IRS Section 1031
Finance II (0412) Book Format 30 Hours $128.00
This course is designed to be a flexible tool for both novice and professional. We have highlighted the essential financial concepts for particular emphasis. The textbook for the course is divided into three-chapter increments for a total of 6 parts. Each section covers a specific area of interest and eliminates the need to wade through all the material to find the desired subject matter. The breakdown is as follows:
PART I – INTRODUCTION TO REAL ESTATE FINANCE
PART II- LENDING RULES
PART III – HOW THE LOAN PROCESS WORKS
PART IV – OTHER TYPES OF FINANCING
PART V – QUALFIYING BY THE NUMBERS
PART VI - APPENDIX
Real Estate Law TREC 30 Hours $128.00
(0311) - PDF Format
Welcome to the Texas Pre-License Real Estate Law Course. This course will cover the key laws and legal concepts that apply to the field of real estate, including contracts, deeds, fair housing, foreclosures, land titles and records, leases, and real property rights and land use. Additionally, the course will cover the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, a federal law that regulates the closing and settlement of real estate sales, and various Texas statutes and laws that affect real estate practice, including Texas constitutional and statutory homestead protections, the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and the Texas statute that provides remedies for fraud in real estate and stock transactions.
Topics to be Included in Course:
A. Legal Concepts of Real Estate
B. Land Description
C .Real Property Rights and Estates in Land
D. Contracts
E. Conveyance
F. Encumbrance
G. Foreclosures
H. Recording Procedures
I. Evidence of Titles
Property Management (0811) Book Format 30 Hours $128.00
Property Management (0811) Book Format
A study of the field of real estate with an emphasis on property management, leases and the necessary disclosures, contacts, and establishing a client base and general real estate practices for owners and managers of residential and commercial income properties. Meets California real estate license requirements for salesperson and broker
A Salesperson is required to have completed a total of 18 semester (270 classroom) hours of education, at least 14 semester (210 classroom) hours of which must be in core real estate courses, by the end of their first year of licensure. On the chart below, one can see that 150 of those classroom hours in core real estate courses are to have been completed before the application for the Salesperson license is made (and may be filed along with the application). Please note that this means only 4 additional semester (60 classroom) hours in core real estate courses are required to be filed during the first year as a licensed Salesperson. These hours are known as SAE, or Salesperson Annual Education. These 60 additional classroom hours in core real estate for the SAE must be submitted and on the TREC system by the end of the first year of licensure.
Salesperson Application Requirements
To file a Texas real estate salesperson application on or after January 1, 2006, applicants must have completed 150 classroom hours of core real estate courses and 60 related (or core hours) for a total of 210 classroom hours. (7 courses). This is an increase of 30 core hours over the education requirement prior to January 1, 2006.
New Rules Regarding Online License Renewal:
Effective Sept 1, 2006, Salespersons under SAE requirements must submit their education hours to TREC at least 10 business days in advance of renewing their license online.
SAE Requirements
** 60 HOURS for 1st RENEWAL
A salesperson who files an application on or after January 1, 2006 will be required to have a total of *270 classroom hours by the end of their 1st year of licensure. Once the 270 hours are completed they will have satisfied the SAE requirements and will fall under Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) requirements. **60 hour SAE courses are only available through Correspondence at this time. (Quicker completion)
*The 270 classroom hours are composed of the following: 210 hours for pre-licensure requirements - including 60 hours in Principles of Real Estate; 30 hours of Law of Agency; 30 hours in Law of Contracts; 30 additional core hours; and 60 related or core hours. By the end of the 1St year a sales agent must complete an additional 60 hours (SAE) in core real estate classes for sales annual education
Important Note to SAE students:
Salespersons under SAE must submit their education hours to TREC at least 14 days in advance of renewing their license online
Fingerprint Requirements (and FAST Print Pass)
A recently enacted law (HB 1530, 80th Legislature, regular session) requires any person applying for or renewing a broker or salesperson license on or after January 1, 2008 to provide their fingerprints, in a specified format, in order to enable an FBI criminal background check to be performed.
www.trec.state.tx.us/FASTPrintPass
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60 HOUR SAE
COURSES
When
Core Classroom Hours
Total Classroom Hours
Max Related/other Core Classroom hrs
Accumulated Hours Required for Real Estate Salespersons
Applying On or After January 1, 2006
With Application
150 hours, as follows:
60 in Principles of Real Estate
30 in Law of Agency
30 in Law of Contracts
30 any other core real estate
60 hours
210 total hours
Once licensed, the salesperson must then complete an additional 60 core real estate classroom hours during the first year of licensure, for the totals seen below:
At 1st Renewal
(end of 1st year)
210 hours
60 hours
270 total hours
Note: Should the hours be completed PRIOR to the first renewal, the licensee will have satisfied the SAE requirements, and will then be under Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE) requirements.
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