The Texas Real Estate Commission met August 11, marking the first meeting led by newly appointed Chair Mark Woodroof, of Houston, and for Broker Members Kristi Davis, of Carrollton, and J.B. Goodwin, of Austin (pictured below in order). It started with commissioner appointments to various committees and honoring outgoing Broker-Lawyer Committee members.

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Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee

The Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee application period closed August 22, 2025.

Education Standards Advisory Committee

The Education Standards Advisory Committee application period is closed August 22, 2025.

Registration is now open for the Texas Real Estate Commission's (TREC) upcoming Legal Update I and II Instructor Training sessions. These in-person trainings are designed for instructors planning to offer the 2026–2027 Legal Update I and II courses—and they're headed to cities across Texas!

This training is essential for any instructor who wants to remain eligible to teach these statutorily mandated courses. Only those who have successfully completed the updated training will be qualified to deliver Legal Update I and II content to TREC license holders.

San Antonio hosted the Texas Real Estate Commission’s (TREC) second quarterly meeting of 2025 on May 5. This also marks the Commission’s third out-of-Austin meeting: Traveling to “meet people where they are” is an effort started by TREC Chair R. Scott Kesner in 2023.

The Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC) met on April 7 to hear updates from agency staff on the upcoming launch of a new licensing system, and to review rule changes related to exam proctoring.

Going Online

Later this year, the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is rolling out a new licensing system that will allow TREC-approved education providers to submit course and provider applications online. This also means all documentation typically required with those applications will be submitted through the new online format.

The Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee (TREIC) met January 27 for its first meeting of the year. The slate of officers was elected for 2025:

• Lee Warren, chair
• Mike Morgan, vice chair
• Stephanie Huser, secretary

The subcommittee members were also selected. Randy Bayer will serve as the chair of the Standards of Practice (SOP) subcommittee, and Mike Morgan will serve as the chair of the Education subcommittee. The other six members were divided among the two subcommittees, including the newest public member, Cole Robison.

For the Texas Real Estate Commission, 2025 opens with the first meeting of the year held by the Education Standards Advisory Committee (ESAC). Its January 6 agenda began with an introduction of new members:

• Christina Valero, license holder member
• Christopher Gonzales, license holder member
• Paul Silverman, educator

Reappointments were also made:

With the notion of keeping everything under one roof, Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) staff took on a new part of the development of the 2024-2025 Legal Update I and II courses. Thanks to the skills and talent of TREC Director of Government and Strategic Communications Summer Mandell, this book was wholly produced in-house, to include the design of the course materials.

In an effort to ensure accuracy and the timeliness of posting course credit, TREC is updating the Posting System and all forms of course credit reporting to require the license holder’s last name. The last name and license number must match those stored in our database for credit to be awarded.

Many of your students may go by a nickname or use a middle name rather than a first name. For reporting purposes, it is important that your students know ahead of time that they should register for their courses with the name as it appears on their TREC license.

Continuing Education (CE) providers play a key role in ensuring real estate professionals receive ongoing training. TREC Rule 535.75 outlines important responsibilities that CE providers must adhere to.