The Real Estate License Act contains provisions that impose requirements on all brokers and agents regarding client communications and...

In the latest installment from the Legal Briefs Video Series, you’ll find out if amending the closing date extends the contingency date...

Fact or fiction? An inspector should mark as deficient a roof without gutters if the inspector thinks a lack of gutters presents a risk...

Several forms with Spanish and Vietnamese translations were recently revised. Texas REALTORS® has updated those translations to reflect...

The National Association of REALTORS® last week filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to stop the...

One of the most popular member benefits for REALTORS® in Texas is the association’s Legal Hotline. You can speak with an attorney to get...

When you bring a dispute to the Texas REALTORS® arbitration process, you can be confident you will receive a fair hearing and judgment....

Working in real estate can be very rewarding, but it can also involve many risks. Thankfully, as a member of Texas REALTORS®, you have...

Texas REALTORS® has launched the Legal Briefs video series, where staff attorneys answer common questions they hear from REALTORS® like...

Subpoenas are court orders that command you to give a deposition, produce documents, or appear at a trial in a dispute between two other...

The Residential Lease (TXR 2001) ends on the agreed-upon expiration date except if renewed, extended by written agreement, or terminated...

How do you determine if an item is “permanently installed and built-in” with regard to Paragraph 2 of the One to Four Family Residential...

Members have been asking about buyers’ ability to terminate contracts under the first two checkboxes of Paragraph A, Subdivision...

A broker and that broker’s associated license holders can represent both the buyer and seller in the same transaction through...

Earlier this year, Texas REALTORS® task forces examined the association’s forms and proposed changes and new forms. Those proposals were...

You can use the Amendment to Listing (TXR 1404) form to make changes to a listing agreement. The broker and seller can agree, effective...

Carbon contracts have been a popular topic of conversation for farmers and ranchers around the country recently. Essentially, companies...

An apartment locator must have a real estate license. Fact. The Texas Real Estate Licensing Act requires a real estate license for any...

If your clients don’t have a mailbox on their property, they might get mail from a cluster box: a centralized unit of individually locked...

You must post a sign announcing video surveillance on private property. Fiction. You do not need to post signage stating that a property...