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Everything You Need to Complete Your

Prelicensing Course

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President: Dr. Andrew TemteExecutive Director, Real Estate Education: Melissa Kleeman-MoyDevelopment Editor: Rosita Hernandez

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO COMPLETE YOUR PRELICENSING COURSE FOURTH EDITION-TEXAS SYLLABUS©2017 Kaplan, Inc.Published by DF Institute, Inc., d/b/a Kaplan Real Estate Education332 Front St. S., Suite 501La Crosse, WI 54601

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Support Information 1Instructor Support Information 2How to Take Your Online Exams 2Requirements to Receive Credit for Completing Each Course 4

Course, Packing, and Exam List and Study Guides 6Course, Packing, and Exam List for the Licensing Program 7OnDemand and Live-Class Review Student Study Guide and Schedule 7Home Study Student Study Guide and Schedule 12

State Course Requirements 15Requirements to Become Licensed 16How to Sign Up For the Pearson VUE State License Exam 17

Contents


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Support Information

Instructor Support Information 2

How to Take Your Online Exams 2

Requirements to Receive Credit for Completing Each Course 4


2 Everything You Need to Complete Your Prelicensing Course Fourth Edition-Texas Syllabus

INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT INFORMATION

Email this team for: content and curriculum questions or to report errors in the curriculum. It is helpful if you send the title of the online course or book and edi-tion; unit or chapter number; text, question stem, or page number; and a descrip-tion of the problem.

Email: [email protected]

All emails will be answered by the end of the next business day Monday–Friday. Weekend emails will be answered the next business day.

For other support information, please check your Course Resource Guide.

Remember—help is just a phone call or email away!

HOW TO TAKE YOUR ONLINE EXAMS

For your convenience, all of your graded exams and quizzes are taken online at our website.

PC Users The following are currently supported operating systems: Windows XP, Vista, or 7. The following are currently supported browsers: Internet Explorer ver-sion 8.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox version 20 or higher, Google Chrome version 25 or higher, or Safari version 5 or higher.

Mac Users The following are currently supported browsers: Mozilla Firefox ver-sion 20 or higher, Google Chrome version 25 or higher, or Safari version 5 or higher.

AOL Users The online exams do not always work well for AOL users. If AOL is your internet service provider, please install or use one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.

Mobile Devices We are currently working toward full course functionality, but it is not yet a guarantee. The following are browsers we have successfully used: Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Depending on the device, which course you are accessing, and your state requirements, we recommend you contact technical support at 1-888-213-5124 for assistance and verification that your course will function properly.

To take your online exams, please follow any special notes in the course comple-tion instructions.

Three-Step Exam Process

Step 1 Log on to take and pass the exam. ■■ Using the access information in the Kaplan email you received when you

enrolled, log on to the Kaplan Learn website www.kaplanlearn.com/login. ■■ From your homepage, select the link for the exam you are taking (see Figure

1.1: Homepage).


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FIGURE 1.1: Homepage

■■ Once the program opens, choose the launch button to start the exam. — Some courses have more than one exam, typically a midterm and a final.

You will need to take and pass the first exam in order to gain access to the second exam.

■■ While you take the exam, you may check questions for review. However, you will not be able to review them until all questions have been answered.

■■ Once the exam is submitted, your results appear, and if you pass, you will not be able to access the exam again except to review your results.

— If you do not score 70% or higher, you may retake the exam until you achieve a passing score.

— You must pass all course exams to receive the required course completion certificate.

— For most exams, the exam questions are randomly generated from a question bank, so you may see some new questions each time you test.

— If you fail an exam more than three times, please discuss this with a classroom instructor, attend an interactive study group, or send an email to [email protected] and ask to have an instructor contact you.



Step 2 Accept your affidavit. ■■ Once you have passed the exam, the icon for the affidavit will then activate.

— You are required to accept the affidavit that states you have completed each assigned module of the course.

— You will need to complete this step before your course is finalized. Once you click on the icon and accept it, you may move to the next step.

Step 3 View and print your course completion certificate. ■■ The course completion certificate can be viewed and printed once all of the

required components show checkmarks (see Figure 1.2: Dashboard). — If the checkmark does not appear, or if any of the icons are gray, you

have not completed the course. — Once the certificate icon is no longer grayed out, click it to view and

print your completion certificate. — You will need to print each of the six required course certificates to sub-

mit with your license application.

FIGURE 1.2: Dashboard

REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR COMPLETING EACH COURSE

In order to successfully complete each course, you will need to read the entire textbook, take the online quiz and final exam, and pass both with a score of 70% or higher.

The quiz precedes the final exam. While taking the quiz or final exam, if the browser remains inactive for too long, it will automatically end your session and all work up to that point will be lost.

The quiz may be reviewed upon completion, but the final exam may not. We are prohibited from allowing you to review the final exam because it would compro-mise its integrity.

In the event that you fail the final exam twice, you will need to contact Customer Support to reset the course. This will give you two additional attempts to pass the exam.

After passing the final exam for each course, you will be able to print your certifi-cate of completion for that course. You will need the certificate of completion for each course to submit to the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) when you apply for your license.


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Flashcards

To help you remember real estate terminology, we recommend making flashcards. Once you can determine the correct response to each flashcard three times when facing both forwards and backwards, you should remove it from the deck. Con-tinue this exercise until all the cards are memorized and removed from the deck. The key is to always focus on what you don’t know.


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Course, Packing, and Exam List and Study Guides Course, Packing, and Exam List for the Licensing Program 7

OnDemand and Live-Class Review Student Study Guide and Schedule 7

Home Study Student Study Guide and Schedule 12


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COURSE, PACKING, AND EXAM LIST FOR THE LICENSING PROGRAM

The real estate licensing program consists of 180 hours and six courses that are divided into national and state-specific content. Don’t be alarmed by the amount of content—this course is designed to help you through it.

The courses should be completed in the order presented in Figure 1.3: National Content/State Content/Exam Prep. You should also use this table to make sure you have the correct materials.

FIGURE 1.3: National Content/State Content/Exam Prep

Real Estate Courses

Course Books (Shipped) Exams

National Content

Modern Real Estate Practice (Principles of Real Estate)

Modern Real Estate Practice textbook

Modern Real Estate Practice workbook*

See Texas Real Estate Law (Principles of Real Estate)

State Content

Texas Real Estate Law (Principles of Real Estate)

Texas Real Estate Principles textbook/workbook 60 multiple choice question final exam covering Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles

Law of Agency Texas Real Estate Agency textbook

Real Estate Agency workbook*

60 multiple choice question final exam

Real Estate Finance Essentials of Real Estate Finance textbook

Texas Real Estate Finance workbook*


Law of Contracts Texas Law of Contracts textbook

Law of Contracts workbook*


Promulgated Contract Forms Texas Promulgated Forms textbook

Texas Promulgated Forms Supplement

Promulgated Forms workbook*


* These workbooks are included in the OnDemand Package and Live-Class Package only.

Exam Prep Course

National Review National Pearson VUE Exam Prep workbook Pre-test/Post-test

State Review Texas Real Estate Exam Prep workbook Pre-test/Post-test

ONDEMAND AND LIVE-CLASS REVIEW STUDENT STUDY GUIDE AND SCHEDULE

Our OnDemand Education Solution gives you access to interactive video reviews that can be streamed anywhere you have internet access. Alternatively, our Live-Class Education Solution allows you to attend instructor-led live-class reviews held at one of our campus locations. The videos and instructor-led live-class reviews are exam focused. They review concepts that are important to master in order to successfully prepare for the final exams and the licensing exam.

Note: Attend the national interactive study group Tuesday night 7:00 to 8:00 pm CST and the Texas interactive study group Wednesday night 7:00 to 8:00 pm CST, www.kapre.com/txisg. (This does not apply to Live Class.)



Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles

Modern Real Estate Practice

Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit One 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 1), read Units 1, 2, 6, and

20 in the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Units 2, 6, and 20 (pages 389–392) concepts.

2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the Unit 1 lecture outline in the Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the Unit 1 glossary review and quiz in the Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook and check your answers against the answer key.

Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Two 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 1), read Units 4, 13, 18,

and 20 in the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Units 4, 13, 18, and 20 (Pages 392–400) concepts.



Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Three 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 2), read Units 5 and 7 in

the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Units 5 and 7 concepts.



Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Four 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 2), read Units 8, 17, and


Note: It is important to master Units 8, 17 (Prorations), and 21 concepts.

2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class, complete the Unit 4 lecture outline in the Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook.




Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Five 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 2), read Units 12, 18, and


Note: It is important to master Units 12, 18 (pages 381–385), and 19 concepts.



Before Unit 6, take the Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles Online Quiz—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

■■ To access the quiz, click on the Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Real Estate Principles Final Exam link. The quiz is before the final exam.

■■ Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook Units 1–5 are covered in the quiz. There are no Texas-specific questions.

Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Six 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 3), read Unit 16 in the

Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of the unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Unit 16 concepts.



Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Seven 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 3), read Units 12 and 14

in the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Units 12 (pages 214–215) and 14 concepts.



Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Eight 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 3), read Units 3, 15, and


Note: It is important to master Units 3, 15, and 22 (pages 430–435) concepts.





Modern Real Estate Practice Workbook, Unit Nine 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 4), read Units 9, 10, and


Note: It is important to master Units 9, 10, and 11 concepts.



Texas Principles 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review (Day 4), read Chapters 1–3 in

the Texas Real Estate Principles textbook.

Note: It is important to master Chapter 1 concepts.

2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the Chapter 4 lec-ture outline in the Texas Real Estate Principles textbook.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the Chapter 4 quiz in the Texas Real Estate Principles textbook and check your answers against the answer key.

Take the Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Law of Agency 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, read Chapters 1–12 in the

Texas Real Estate Agency textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Chapters 3–6, 9, and 11 concepts.

2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete Units 1–3 lecture outlines in the Texas Real Estate Agency Workbook.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the quiz at the end of each unit in the Texas Real Estate Agency Workbook and check your answers against the answer key.

Take the Texas Law of Agency Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Real Estate Finance 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, read Chapters 1–10 in the

Essentials of Real Estate Finance textbook. Complete the review questions at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Chapters 1, 4–8, and 9 (pages 186–201) concepts.



2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete Units 1–4 lecture outlines in the Real Estate Finance Workbook Texas.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the quiz at the end of each unit in the Real Estate Finance Workbook Texas, and check your answers against the answer key.

Take the Texas Essentials of Finance Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Law of Contracts 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, read Chapters 1–10 in the

Texas Law of Contracts textbook. Complete the review questions at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Chapters 1–10 concepts.

2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete Units 1–3 lecture outlines in the Texas Real Estate Legislation Workbook.

3. After OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the quiz at the end of each unit in the Texas Real Estate Legislation Workbook and check your answers against the answer key.

Take the Texas Law of Contracts Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Promulgated Forms 1. Before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, read Chapters 1–8 in the Texas

Promulgated Forms textbook. Complete the quiz at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.


2. During the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the lecture outline in the Texas Promulgated Forms Workbook.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, complete the quiz in the Texas Promulgated Forms Workbook and check your answers against the answer key. Also, complete the following case studies:

■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 5, Transaction: Strass-man to Applewhite

— The case study forms and answers are in the Texas Promulgated Forms Supplement (pages 97–125).

■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 6, Transaction: Tomas to Perry


■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 9, Transaction: Johnson to Swanson


■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 9, Transaction: Kramer to Sweeney




Take the Texas Promulgated Forms Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Exam Prep

To pass the exam prep course, you should take and review the pre-test and post-test. The course does not count toward your grade and is not required, but we find that the students’ ability to pass the exam prep course is predictive of them also passing the license exam. We are so sure this course will help you pass the first time, we included it in your course package. 1. Please do the following before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review:

■■ Take and pass all online final exams. ■■ Apply for your inactive sales agent license or broker’s license. ■■ Sign up for exam prep within two weeks of applying for your license. ■■ Start the National Pearson VUE Exam Prep true/false questions. See

your exam prep book for details. ■■ Start the Texas State Exam Prep true/false questions. See your exam

prep book for details. 2. OnDemand students will take the national and state pre-tests using the

self-score answer sheets online before watching the OnDemand videos. Live-Class Review students will take the national and state pre-tests in class.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, take the online national and state post-tests using the self-score answer sheets.

HOME STUDY STUDENT STUDY GUIDE AND SCHEDULE

Note: Attend the national interactive study group Tuesday night 7:00 to 8:00 pm CST and the Texas interactive study group Wednesday night 7:00 to 8:00 pm CST, www.kapre.com/txisg.

Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles 1. Read Units 1–22 in the Modern Real Estate Practice textbook. Complete the

quiz at the end of each unit and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Units 2–16, 17 (Prorations), and 18–22 concepts.

2. Read Chapters 1–3 in the Texas Real Estate Principles textbook. 3. Note: It is important to master Chapter 1 concepts.

Take the Modern Real Estate Practice/Texas Principles Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Law of Agency 1. Read Chapters 1–12 in the Texas Real Estate Agency textbook. Complete the

quiz at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 11 concepts.

Take the Texas Law of Agency Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.



Texas Real Estate Finance 1. Read Chapters 1–10 in the Essentials of Real Estate Finance textbook.

Complete the review questions at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.

Note: It is important to master Chapters 1, 4–8, 9 (pages 186–201) concepts.

Take the Texas Essentials of Finance Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Law of Contracts 1. Read Chapters 1–10 in the Texas Law of Contracts textbook. Complete the

review questions at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.


Take the Texas Law of Contracts Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.

Texas Promulgated Forms 1. Read Chapters 1–8 in the Texas Promulgated Forms textbook. Complete the

quiz at the end of each chapter and check your answers against the answer key.


2. Complete the following case studies: ■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 5, Transaction: Strass-

man to Applewhite — The case study forms and answers are in the Texas Promulgated

Forms Supplement (pages 97–125). ■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 6, Transaction: Tomas to

Perry — The case study forms and answers are in the Texas Promulgated

Forms Supplement (pages 126–152). ■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 9, Transaction: Johnson

to Swanson — The case study forms and answers are in the Texas Promulgated

Forms Supplement (pages 178–202). ■■ Texas Promulgated Forms textbook, Chapter 9, Transaction: Kramer

to Sweeney — The case study forms and answers are in the Texas Promulgated

Forms Supplement (pages 203–231).

Take the Texas Promulgated Forms Online Quiz and Final Exam—you must achieve 70% or higher to pass.



Exam Prep

To pass the exam prep course, you should take and review the pre-test and post-test. The course does not count toward your grade and is not required, but we find that the students’ ability to pass the exam prep course is predictive of them also passing the license exam. We are so sure this course will help you pass the first time, we included it in your course package. 1. Please do the following before the OnDemand or Live-Class Review:

■■ Take and pass all online final exams. ■■ Apply for your inactive sales agent license or broker’s license. ■■ Sign up for exam prep within two weeks of applying for your license. ■■ Start the National Pearson VUE Exam Prep true/false questions. See

your exam prep book for details. ■■ Start the Texas State Exam Prep true/false questions. See your exam

prep book for details. 2. OnDemand students will take the national and state pre-tests using the

self-score answer sheets online before watching the OnDemand videos. Live-Class Review students will take the national and state pre-tests in class.

3. After the OnDemand or Live-Class Review, take the online national and state post-tests using the self-score answer sheets.


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State Course Requirements

Requirements to Become Licensed 16

How to Sign Up for the Pearson VUE State License Exam 17



REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME LICENSED

An Applicant for a Texas Real Estate Sales Agent License Must: 1. Be a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted alien, a legal Texas resident, and

18 years of age. 2. Have successfully completed 180 hours of required education including

following: ■■ Real Estate Principles (30 classroom hours) ■■ Real Estate Practices (30 classroom hours) ■■ Law of Agency (30 classroom hours) ■■ Real Estate Finance (30 classroom hours) ■■ Law of Contracts (30 classroom hours) ■■ Promulgated Contract Forms (30 classroom hours)

3. You may apply and pay online for an Inactive Sales Agent License. The information requested online is the same as on the paper application. When filing online, scan and send your education documents electronically to [email protected] or fax them to 512-936-3863 with a copy of your completed application. If submitting your application by mail or in person, please note that an application received without the appropriate fees will be rejected and your check will be returned to you. Note: There is an additional fee charged for filing a paper application instead of filing online.

4. Provide fingerprints for a background check. Real estate licenses will not be issued if the background check has not been cleared. This is a three-step process.

■■ Step 1: Apply for a real estate license and receive from TREC an entity number.

■■ Step 2: Download the FastPass form from the TREC website at www.trec.state.tx.us/FASTPass/.

■■ Step 3: Make an appointment through MorphoTrust or through Pearson VUE to have your fingerprints completed.

5. Receive from TREC notice to sit for the license exam. Information on how to sign up is in the next section.

6. Pass the license exam and find a sponsoring broker. You will have an inactive license when you take your exam; to practice real estate you must have an active license. All licensed sales agents must have an active Texas real estate broker as a sponsor. Once your sponsoring broker has received your license, you will be active and may practice real estate.

An Applicant for a Texas Real Estate Broker License Must: 1. Using TREC-approved forms, furnish TREC with satisfactory evidence of

experience: ■■ At least four years’ active experience in Texas as a licensed real

estate sales agent or broker during the 60-month period immediately preceding the filing of the application

■■ If licensed as a broker in another state, not less than four years’ active experience as a licensed real estate sales agent or broker dur-ing the 60-month period immediately preceding the filing of the application

2. Complete 270 classroom hours of core real estate courses, including a 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course.


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3. Have an additional 630 classroom hours in core or related courses acceptable to the Commission. Have a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university, which should satisfy all the related education require-ments for a broker license.

4. File and pay for the Application for Broker License by an Individual after you have met the experience requirement and completed your education.

5. Provide fingerprints for a background check. Real estate licenses will not be issued if the background check has not been cleared.

■■ Step 1: Apply for a real estate license and receive from TREC an entity number.

■■ Step 2: Download the FastPass form from the TREC website at www.trec.state.tx.us/FASTPass/.

■■ Step 3: Make an appointment through MorphoTrust or through Pearson VUE to have your fingerprints completed.

6. Receive from TREC notice to sit for the license exam. Information on how to sign up is in the next section.

7. Pass the license exam and apply for your active license.

More information may be found at Texas Real Estate Commission: www.trec.state.tx.us.

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE PEARSON VUE STATE LICENSE EXAM

When Should I Complete Exam Prep?

Within approximately two weeks after applying for your license, you should attend or take the online exam prep course. You should have applied for an Inactive Sales Agent License before attending an exam. While you are waiting for TREC to approve your application, you should spend time reviewing your coursework and completing the true/false questions in your exam prep books. Once you have com-pleted the exam prep, plan on taking the exam no later than two weeks after com-pleting the course. Our studies show a significant chance of not passing the exam three or more weeks after completing exam prep. The examination must be passed within one year from the date the application is filed with the commission office.

When Can I Schedule My Exam?

Once your application is approved, TREC will send you an eligibility letter includ-ing an ID number. You will need to provide that ID number to the Pearson VUE Exams to register for the exam. Do not attempt to register for the exam without first receiving notification from TREC. You will then be able to contact Pearson VUE and schedule an exam date. Pearson VUE offers the exam several times a week in a number of locations in the state, so you should not have any trouble finding a date that fits your schedule, though some months are busier than others.

Registration and Exam Fees

The fee to take the exam is $54, which must be paid when you reserve your exam date. Pearson VUE charges $54 for all subsequent exam sessions, so we urge you to take advantage of all our resources available to you. We are committed to helping you pass the first time!



Pearson VUE offers phone and online registration. Depending on availability, you may be able to take the test the day after registration.

Phone Registration You may call Pearson VUE at 1-800-997-1248. Pearson VUE representatives are available at this number according to the following schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm CST, Saturday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm CST, Sunday 7:00 am to 3:00 pm CST.

Online Registration You may register for an exam by visiting the Pearson VUE website at www.pearsonvue.com/tx/realestate. You will be prompted with step-by-step instructions on how to reserve your exam date and location.

What Does the Exam Look Like?

The Pearson VUE Sales Agent and Broker Exams are divided into two sections. For the Sales Agent Exam, the national portion has 80 multiple-choice questions and 5 unscored experimental questions, and the state portion has 30 multiple-choice questions and 10 unscored questions. For the Broker Exam, the national portion has 85 multiple-choice questions and the state portion has 40 multiple-choice questions. You will have 150 minutes to complete the national portion and 90 minutes to complete the state portion.

The exam is administered on a standard-IBM style PC, and it eliminates the use of paper-and-pencil answer sheets.

Is It Possible to Reschedule the Exam?

To change or cancel your exam reservation, you must call Pearson VUE at least 48 hours before your scheduled exam. Candidates who change or cancel their reser-vations without proper notice will forfeit their examination fee.

What Score Is Needed to Pass the Exam?

Sales agents must score a 70% or higher on each portion of the exam to pass. Brokers must score 75% or higher on both portions of the exam to pass. If you pass one portion and are unsuccessful on the other, you must schedule another test date and pass the remaining portion but you do not need to retake the portion you already passed.

What Should I Bring to the Exam? 1. Candidates must present two forms of current signature identification. The

name on the identification must exactly match the name on the registration. The primary identification must be government-issued photo-bearing iden-tification with a signature, and the secondary identification must contain a valid signature. Identification must be in English.

2. Calculators are not required; however, they are recommended. Acceptable calculators include hand-held, battery, or solar-powered financial calcula-tors used in real estate, finance, accounting, and business. The acceptable financial calculator may have storage capabilities but must not contain alpha characters.

Note: You may not bring a cell phone or other personal items to the exam site.


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When Can I Expect My Exam Results?

You will receive your official score report at the test center immediately upon completion of the exam.

Additional Information About the Exam

More information about the Texas Licensing Exam, including the Real Estate Candidate Information Bulletin, exam registration information, and an exam site locator, is available on Pearson VUE ’s website at www.pearsonvue.com/tx/realestate.

Useful Websites ■■ Kaplan Real Estate Education: www.kapre.com/real-estate-courses/texas ■■ Texas Real Estate Commission: www.trec.state.tx.us ■■ Pearson VUE Testing: www.pearsonvue.com/tx/realestate


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