Online Texas Real Estate School & Courses

Here's the full path from enrollment to license (see our complete guide to getting a Texas real estate licenseTexas How To Get Texas Real Estate License Career Center for a deeper walkthrough of each step):

1. Confirm you meet the basic requirements (18+, U.S. citizen or permanent resident, meets TREC's character standards)
2. Complete 180 hours of pre-licensing education and pass each course's final exam
3. Get fingerprinted and pass your background check
4. Pass the state exam. Apply through TREC's REALM PortalTREC Default.aspx Aca Prod.accela.com, then schedule through Pearson VUEEn Tx Realestate.html Us
5. Register with a sponsoring brokerTexas Choose Your First Real Estate Brokerage Texas Career Center

Texas real estate licensing costsTexas Cost Of Texas Real Estate License Career Center typically run $500–$1,000. As of December 15, 2025, TREC raised its application fee from $185 to $206 and added a 3% online processing fee, so state fees now total roughly $287–$290 ($58 exam fee, $206 application fee, $38.25 fingerprinting fee, plus the processing fee). All in, expect somewhere between $800 and $1,290. AceableAgent offers financing through Affirm* and Klarna at checkout.

*(Affirm loans subject to eligibility check; CA residents' loans made or arranged by Affirm Loan Services, LLC under its California Finance Lender license.)

Most candidates go from enrollment to active license in six to twelve weeksTexas How Long To Get Texas Real Estate License Career Center. Full-time students finish coursework faster; candidates studying around a job typically take longer. Background check turnaround and exam scheduling are the biggest variables.

Yes, in many cases. TREC has no automatic disqualification rule; each application is evaluated individually based on the offense type, time elapsed, and evidence of rehabilitation. See our guide on getting licensed with a criminal recordTexas Real Estate License With A Criminal Record Career Center for details, or request a Fitness Determination from TREC before enrolling for clarity up front.

The Texas real estate examTexas Real Estate Exam Prep has 120 scored multiple-choice questions in one sitting: 80 national questions (passing score: 56 correct) and 40 Texas-specific questions (passing score: 28 correct). Candidates also see 15 un-scored pretest questions (5 national, 10 state), so 135 total. You'll have 150 minutes for the national portion and 90 minutes for the state portion.

No, not anymore. As of September 3, 2025, TREC dropped the proctor requirement for Texas pre-licensing course final exams, so you can take all six of yours from home. The one exam that still has to happen in person is the state licensing exam itself, scheduled through Pearson VUE.