Texas real estate exam prep: don't just study for the exam.
Master it.
Our Texas real estate exam prep is a structured, video-first program designed to prepare you for the National and State exams, with daily live instruction and personal mentor support. Real instructors, on Zoom, every single day.
One program. Built for your exam.
Sales agents and brokers sit for different exams, so each package coordinates the videos, questions, and study guides to yours. Everything live comes with both.
Not yet licensed? Start with our complete Texas licensing course package instead. It covers the 180 hours of pre-license education, with exam prep already included.
School Estate's Texas real estate exam prep includes a full video-based course, 2,000+ practice exam questions with unlimited practice exams, and a live weekend "Exam Cram" that covers the entire national and state exam content in two focused days with a live instructor. Support doesn't stop at enrollment, you can reach your mentor instructor by phone, text, or email 7 days a week with exam questions.
What's on the Texas real estate exam.
Pearson VUE administers the exam on behalf of the Texas Real Estate Commission, and it tests the knowledge you need to obtain your license. The Sales Agent exam has two portions: 125 computer-based, multiple-choice questions in 240 minutes, taken in person at a Pearson VUE test center. It's proctored and closed book, and the exam fee is $43. Each portion is graded on its own, so you need 70% on both.
| Portion | Questions | Time | To pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| National portion | 85 (80 scored) | 150 minutes | 56 correct |
| State portion | 50 (40 scored) | 90 minutes | 28 correct |
National exam prep: 8 topic areas
- Real property characteristics, legal descriptions, and property use11 questions
- Forms of ownership, transfer, and recording of title9 questions
- Property value and appraisal11 questions
- Real estate contracts and agency16 questions
- Real estate practice10 questions
- Property disclosures and environmental issues9 questions
- Financing and settlement7 questions
- Real estate math calculations7 questions
State exam prep: 6 Texas law topic areas
- Commission duties and powers3 questions
- Licensing3 questions
- Standards of conduct9 questions
- Agency and brokerage11 questions
- Contracts9 questions
- Special topics (homestead, community property, landlord-tenant, and more)5 questions
The State portion covers the Texas Real Estate License Act and TREC rules, including promulgated contracts, forms, and addenda.
Focus your study time where the questions are: contracts and agency is the largest National area, and agency and brokerage the largest State area. Real estate math is only 7 questions, but it's one of the most common trip-ups.
Question counts are scored items from the content outlines in Pearson VUE's Texas Real Estate Candidate Handbook. Taking the broker exam instead? It's 145 questions, with a longer State portion; see our broker license course for the format.
Exam results, and what happens if you need a retake.
You leave the test center with your score report in hand. Pass both portions and clear your background check, and TREC emails your license (the handbook says 5-10 business days; TREC currently warns it can take longer). Miss one portion, and you retake only that portion, as long as it's within one year of filing your application. The score report for a failed portion includes a diagnostic breakdown by content area, so you know where to focus. You wait 24 hours to reschedule and pay the $43 fee again.
You get three attempts at each portion. After a third failure on the same portion, TREC requires 30 more hours of qualifying education (60 hours if you failed both), and then you get three more attempts. Here's what to do if you fail the exam. Our exam prep is built to get you ready before your first attempt.
Once you're licensed, every sales agent works under a sponsoring broker, and your first renewal requires SAE (Sales Agent Apprentice Education).
Live instructors on Zoom, every day of the week.
Practice questions are everywhere. Live humans who answer yours, every day of the week, are not. This is what you're actually buying.
Daily live access to expert instructors, ask questions, break down the topics that won't click, and drill test-taking strategy. No limits and no appointments. Join as often as you need, on the subject you're struggling with.
A comprehensive, high-intensity 2-day event that maps out and reviews the entire National and State exam, formulas included, right before you test. You walk into Pearson VUE with everything fresh.
The "Pizza Slice" framework.
Real estate law is dense, but we don't dump it on you all at once. We demystify it, one highly organized, bite-sized "slice" at a time, and we suggest averaging 85% on each slice before you move to the next. You control the pace. Here's how a slice works:
Each slice pairs a study guide, written like a script, with three targeted videos. Watch them and follow along in your prep book before touching a single practice question.
The QBank tests you only on that slice's material. We suggest retaking randomized practice tests for it until your average score reaches 85% or higher, then moving to the next slice.
Once you're averaging 85% on a slice, the performance tracker breaks your score down by which of the three videos each question came from, so you know exactly which one to rewatch if one is dragging you down.
Once every slice averages 85%, move to full-length practice exams on that side until you're averaging 85% there too. Then switch, National to State or State to National, and repeat, so you walk in with real confidence.