License Requirements

SALESPERSON: The Texas Real Estate License Act requires that an applicant be at least 18 years old; complete 180 clock hours (12 semester hours) of acceptable post-secondary education and prove competency by passing the salesperson exam. A salesperson must be associated with a real estate broker to activate their license after passing the state exam. A minimum of 120 hours of the required class work must be core real estate hours as defined by the Texas Real Estate License Act. Sixty (60) of these hours must be Principles of Real Estate, 30 of these hours must be Law of Agency and 30 of these hours must be Law of Contracts. The additional 60 hours of instruction may be either core hours or related hours from your college transcript.

BROKER: The requirements for a broker's license are 900 clock hours (60 semester hours) with the same requirements for sales, i.e. 30 hours in Law of Agency, 30 hours in Law of Contracts, and 60 hours in Principles of Real Estate, plus another 150 hours in core real estate. The Licensing Act also requires that an applicant for Brokers license have a salesperson license and that it has been active for 24 of the previous 36 months and the applicant pass the Brokers license exam.

Persons with college credits may submit their college transcripts with the appropriate Texas Real Estate Commission education evaluation request form and a $20.00 fee. Click here for the necessary form.