TEXAS
REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON PRE-LICENSING PROGRAMS

*The 180 hours of education needed to qualify for a Texas Salesperson license will be covered by this package. These courses give you the foundational information and practical business skills required to succeed as a real estate salesperson in Texas as well as the preparation for the Texas state licensure exam. Exam Prep Edge is also included in this bundle.

• *Included in this package are: 30-Hr. TX Principles of Real Estate I Course 30-Hr. TX Principles of Real Estate II Course 30-Hr. TX Law of Agency Course 30-Hr. TX Law of Contracts Course 30-Hr. TX Promulgated Contracts and Forms Course 30-Hr. TX Real Estate Finance Course Texas Exam Prep Edge"

*Once you complete your Pre-Licensing education, you’ll take your state licensing exam. To better prepare you to ace the exam, we’ve built the industry’s most comprehensive interactive Exam Prep. This is included in our Standard, Value, and Premium packages, and you can start by taking an assessment to gauge your competencies for each topic.

You must be at least 18 years of age. You must be either a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted alien. Meet TREC's qualifications for honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity. Consider requesting a Fitness Determination before applying for the license. Quick Facts: What is the average TX real estate agent salary? According to indeed.com, the average full time Texas real estate agent salary is $94,246 per year. How long does it take to get a real estate agent license in Texas? Future agents who spend about 20 hours per week on coursework can be licensed in as little as 3-4 weeks. You can use the Texas Real Estate Agent License Lookup Tool to verify an agent's license status. Complete 180-hours of approved Pre-Licensing education. You must take and pass 180 hours of Pre-Licensing education from an approved education provider. These 180 hours consist of the following six 30-hour courses: Principles of Real Estate I, Principles of Real Estate II, Law of Agency, Law of Contracts, Promulgated Contract Forms, and Real Estate Finance. Learn more about your complete package options here. Pass the course final exams. After you complete each course, there is a course final exam. The minimum passing score on each final is 70%. You must take each final in the presence of a proctor and you’ll need to schedule an appointment with a proctor in advance. Find out more about our online proctoring here. Complete your license application. Once you've passed your course final exams, you'll next complete a licensing application using TREC Online Services. Provide fingerprints. Next, you'll provide fingerprints to MorphoTrust for the purpose of a background check. Pass the Texas Real Estate Salesperson Exam. Once your exam application is approved, you will receive instructions for scheduling your licensing exam and obtaining a copy of the Candidate Handbook. Pearson VUE administers the Texas Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Exam. The National portion of this exam consists of 85 questions with a 150-minute time allowance and the State portion consists of 40 questions and a 90-minute time allowance. For more information, see the Pearson VUE Candidate Handbook. Do you need help passing your Texas real estate exam? The Fortune Academy also offers comprehensive Exam Prep tailored to Texas. If you have any additional questions, visit our Texas real estate exam frequently asked questions page. Select a Sponsoring Broker. To be licensed, you must first be associated with a current and active Texas sponsoring Broker. It's important to find the right Broker to work with since this person will serve as your mentor as you start your new career in real estate. Here are some questions to consider during your search: What is their reputation, both locally and nationally? What kind of real estate agents are they looking for? Are they technologically advanced and up-to-date with the latest systems? How do they support their agents with education and training? What kind of commission structure do they offer? Do they offer benefits? Do they provide their agents with leads and marketing material? Is there room to grow with the brokerage? If you aren’t sure how to find the right Sponsoring Broker to work with as you launch your Texas real estate career, Agent Start can help. While taking Pre-Licensing courses with The Fortune Academy, you will be given the option to enroll in Agent Start, which aims to help connect you with our Broker partners in your state that are looking for new agents.

*TEXAS STATE REQUIREMENT DETAILS FOR REAL ESTATE PRE-LICENSING EDUCATION Please Note: A criminal conviction may affect a student's ability to become licensed. If a student has committed criminal offenses, has unpaid judgments, etc., the student may request a Fitness Determination (FD) from TREC prior to filing an application. This step may save time in pursuing a license if the student does not satisfy TREC’s qualifications for honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity. See TREC's Fitness Determination page for more information. Hours Required by the State: 180 hours 30 hours in Principles of Real Estate I 30 hours in Principles of Real Estate II 30 hours in Law of Agency 30 hours in Law of Contracts 30 hours in Real Estate Finance 30 hours in Promulgated Contract Forms Application Status Tracker: The Texas Real Estate Commission has launched a new application status tracker. This new tool is an easy way for anyone to track the status of initial applications, reducing delays and confusion about what comes next. You can track your status here. Pre-Licensing Final Exams: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70%. Within 90 days of the original examination, a student may retest after a failed exam a maximum of one time. Otherwise, students failing the end-of-course examination must repeat the course prior to being eligible to take the end-of-course examination again. Proctoring Final Exams: The state requires that your final course exam be proctored. You’ll need to schedule an appointment with an online proctor in advance. You can find full details of the proctoring process here. Upon passing the final course exam you will be asked to sign an affidavit verifying your identity as the student who completed the course and the final course exam. Licensing Exam: The licensing exam is administered by PearsonVue. Registration for the state licensing exam is an entirely separate process from proctoring for your course final exam. For instructions to register for your state licensing exam and further information, please click here. Course Completions: Students must participate in each course for the number of hours of credit awarded and daily course segments cannot exceed 12 hours. A 30-hour qualifying course cannot be started and completed in less than 3 days and starting and completing more than one qualifying course within the same 3 days is also not permitted. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you. Provider Approval Number: 701046 The Fortune Academy Offering: 180 hours Reporting: The state does not require schools to report qualifying course completions. Students will submit their certificate of completion with their license application. Expiration Date of Course: The Fortune Academy Pre-Licensing courses expire six months after the date of purchase. Each student will be granted a one-month extension at no charge, to be applied immediately after the initial six-month term. For any reactivation or extension of the course after the seventh month, The Fortune Academy will charge the student 20% of the current retail price of the course for each 30-day extension or partial 30-day extension in the event that the course finally terminates before the end of the final 30-day extension. Students may also elect to re-enroll for 50% of the current retail price of the course, if the course has hit the year expiration or the student is at the 7-month mark and wants to repurchase and restart the course and enrollment. Extensions or reactivations cannot be granted beyond 12 months from the purchase of the course since, in all events, the course terminates 12 months after purchase. Certificates: Once The Fortune Academy has received the signed affidavit, your certificate of course completion will become available to download (and via email). The Fortune Academy will provide students with an electronic certificate of completion, upon completion of the course. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies. Please refer to your license application to determine if you need to submit your certificate of completion with your license request. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date of your certificate of completion will reflect this. Still have questions? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions or Contact Us. TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION Street Address: Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 N. Congress Ave., Suite 400, Austin, TX 78701 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12188 Austin, TX 78711-2188 Telephone: 512.936.3000 Fax: 512.936.3798 Texas Real Estate Commission Website License Renewal Website License Lookup Website CE Transcript Website Online Services Instructions Fingerprint Requirements Contact TREC Contact TREC via Email

• *30 hours in Principles of Real Estate I 30 hours in Principles of Real Estate II 30 hours in Law of Agency 30 hours in Law of Contracts 30 hours in Real Estate Finance 30 hours in Promulgated Contract Forms

*Provide fingerprints. Next, you'll provide fingerprints to MorphoTrust for the purpose of a background check. Pass the Texas Real Estate Salesperson Exam. Once your exam application is approved, you will receive instructions for scheduling your licensing exam and obtaining a copy of the Candidate Handbook. Pearson VUE administers the Texas Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Exam. The National portion of this exam consists of 85 questions with a 150-minute time allowance and the State portion consists of 40 questions and a 90-minute time allowance. For more information, see the Pearson VUE Candidate Handbook. Do you need help passing your Texas real estate exam? The Fortune Academy also offers comprehensive Exam Prep tailored to Texas. If you have any additional questions, visit our Texas real estate exam frequently asked questions page.