Texas Real Estate Post-License SAE Courses Online

An overview of Texas real estate law including legal concepts of real estate, land description, real property rights and estates in land, contracts, conveyances, encumbrances, foreclosures, recording procedures and evidence of titles.

NEW! This course provides an introduction to real estate appraisal for current and prospective real estate salespersons. It includes the central purposes and functions of an appraisal, social and economic determinant of value, appraisal case studies, cost, market data and income approaches to value estimates, final correlations, and reporting.

NEW! This course meets the new TREC requirements and outline! Covers the practical application of laws, rules and sound business practices for the management, operation and supervision of a real estate brokerage company.

Study and review of the various mathematical principles utilized in a typical real estate transaction, with application to specific problems.

In this course students will be exposed to the basics of investment real estate, including investment characteristics, techniques of investment analysis, the concept of time-valued money, discounted and non-discounted investment criteria, the use of leverage in real estate investment, tax shelter aspects of real estate investment and the concept and use of depreciation.

An overview of the subject, including the role of the property manager, landlord policies, operational guidelines, leases, lease negotiations, tenant relations, maintenance, reports, habitability laws, and the Fair Housing Act.

This course covers real estate professionalism and ethics, characteristics of successful salesperson, time management, psychology of marketing, listing procedures, advertising, negotiating and closing, financing, and the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.

While you may not think of yourself as a real estate inspector, and are likely not licensed by the State as one, real estate inspection makes up a large part of what you do every day. Any property you look at for a potential buyer, seller, tenant or landlord is, by definition, being inspected.

Edition 7.0 - TREC's new non-elective Legal Update I, effective January 1, 2016.

Per TREC rules, all Licensees must complete this course every two years as part of their 18 hours of continuing education requirement. Edition 7.0 is the first four (4) hour Legal Update Part 2 course offered under the new rules.

Contact VanEd for recommendations on providers for the Legal Part I Course.

This required CORE course covers all aspects of Real Estate Finance, including The Monetary System, Sources of Money, the Lending Process and Insurance. Students can also expect to examine the most current Legislation and Rules governing Real Estate Finance.

NEW! This required CORE course covers the study of contract law in general and real estate contracts in particular.

NEW! Study of the principal and agent relationship, and the law of agency in general, including agency aspects of principal-broker relationship.

NEW! This required CORE course covers the unauthorized practice of law, broker-lawyer committee, current promulgated forms, commission rules governing the use of forms, and case studies involving the use of forms. Students will gain a working knowledge of the forms and terminology necessary to deliver properly completed contracts during a Texas real estate transaction.