What Happens When a Contract Term is Left Blank?
What happens when a contract term is left blank? Some agents assume that it means the value in the b...
Use This Form When Rejecting a Tenant's Application
You have decided to reject a tenant’s application, now what? In this Legal Briefs video, Gabrielle...
Understanding the Notice of Abandonment Form
A landlord can use the Notice of Abandonment (TXR 2224) form when a tenant has not paid the rent o...
When Should the Option Fee Be Released to the Seller?
We often get asked about when the option fee should be released to the seller when using the One to ...
Legal FAQ: MUD and Buyer Special Notices
I've heard that a seller whose home is located in a municipal utility district, or MUD, is required ...
What Does My Client Do With These Checkboxes?
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November 2022 added checkboxes to the Seller’s Disclosures par...
Spanish, Vietnamese Translations of Forms Updated
Several forms with Spanish and Vietnamese translations were recently revised. Texas REALTORS® has u...
11 Resources to Reduce Your Risk
Working in real estate can be very rewarding, but it can also involve many risks. Thankfully, as a m...
TREC Mandates Forms Changes
The Texas Real Estate Commission met November 7 and approved changes to several forms, effective Feb...
Your Forms: Residential Lease and Early Termination of Residential Lease
The Residential Lease (TXR 2001) ends on the agreed-upon expiration date except if renewed, extended...
From the Hotline: Addendum for Property Subject to Mandatory Membership in a Property Owners Association
Members have been asking about buyers’ ability to terminate contracts under the first two checkbox...
Your Forms: Amendment to Listing
You can use the Amendment to Listing (TXR 1404) form to make changes to a listing agreement. The bro...
Get More From Your Dues
As a member of Texas REALTORS®, you reap the benefits of unparalleled advocacy. (Did you know Texas...
Understanding the Request for Mortgage Information Form
Your seller clients may use the Request for Mortgage Information (TXR 1413) when asking lienholders ...
From the Legal Hotline: Don’t Get Creative When Using Forms
This hot market is leading to members getting creative with using forms. Remember that TREC Rule 537...
TREC Adopts a New Form and Updates the Contracts
The Texas Real Estate Commission this week approved changes to the promulgated contracts and adopted...
How the Sales Price for a Farm or Ranch can Change Based on the Survey
Example: A buyer and seller agree on a sales price of $500,000 for a 100-acre parcel, and they ag...
Who Can Use Which Forms?
Standardized forms are an essential part of Texas real estate. But do you know the difference betwee...
Your Forms: Registration Agreement Between Brokers
The Registration Agreement Between Brokers (TXR 2402) can be used to share or split a fee or commiss...
New, Revised Forms Now Available
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November 2020 approved several changes to promulgated contract f...
Effective April 1: Changes to Delivery of Option Fee
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November approved several changes to residential contract forms ...
Revised Consumer Protection Notice Effective February 1
The Texas Real Estate Commission in November approved changes to several forms. Among those was an a...
Vietnamese Translations of Forms Now Available
Texas REALTORS® now provides members exclusive access to Vietnamese translations of commonly used f...
Not All Contract Deadlines Are Created Equal
"Time is of the essence" When this phrase accompanies a deadline in a contract, performance by part...
July 13 Deadline to Comment on Changes to TREC Forms
The Texas Real Estate Commission during its May meeting proposed several changes to the commission's...
New COVID-19 Form for Members of Texas REALTORS®
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented uncertainty for Texas real estate transactions. Volun...
Who Owns the Listing Photos?
The Texas REALTORS® Legal Department created model policies to help you establish rights regarding ...
What Form Do You Use for That?
A real estate transaction can require many forms, contracts, and addenda. Even in a straightforward ...
Use This Form When a Third Party Needs to Guarantee a Lease
When you have prospective tenants who may not meet qualifications to sign the lease on their own—l...
Your Forms: Information Regarding Property Near an International Border
For certain counties located near an international border, Texas law may prohibit the sale of a prop...
Where to Get Your Texas REALTORS® Forms
Texas REALTORS® has created more than 130 real estate contracts and forms for exclusive for use by ...
Use This Form When Recommending Inspectors
When you provide a client with a list of inspectors, you can use Inspector Information (TXR 2506). T...
A Form to Help You Comply With Unescorted Access Rules
The form Owner’s Authorization Concerning Unescorted Access to Property (TXR 2223) was created for...
From the Legal Hotline: When Time of Day is Not Specified in a Contract Deadline
(This article was edited on 1/24/24 to reflect a new paragraph number in the form and to provide fur...
A Resource for Your Spanish-Speaking Clients
Texas REALTORS® provides members exclusive access to Spanish translations of commonly used forms fo...
What Date Goes on the T-47?
The T-47 Residential Real Property Affidavit (TXR 1907) has been the subject of some confusion among...
From the Legal Hotline: Can A Terminated Contract Be Revived?
REALTORS sometimes ask if they can “bring a terminated contract back to life.” For example, i...
Your Free Guide to the One to Four Family Contract
Are you starting the new year as a new license holder? Or have you added a few agents to your broker...
5 New Members-Only Copyright Forms Available
The Texas REALTORS® Legal Department created model addenda and model policies to help you reduce yo...
Why Disclosing Information About Lead-Based Paint is Important
What are the consequences if a seller, landlord, or agent fails to comply with lead-based paint disc...
What To Do When Presented With an Outdated Form
I received an offer on one of my listings, but included in the offer were forms drafted using outdat...
Will the Fridge Convey if it Wasn't In the Contract?
If the MLS listing said the refrigerator conveys but the contract didn’t include it, is the seller...
What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know About Testing for Plumbing Leaks
Testing for Plumbing LeaksSome buyers want an inspection of a home’s sanitary drain system to dete...
TAR Advocates for Continued Use of its Release of Earnest Money Form, Not Proposed TREC Draft
The Texas REALTORS® since the 1990s has offered members the Release of Earnest Money form. The Texa...
How to Use the New Form Notice of Withdrawal of Offer
Texas REALTORS® have an exclusive new form they can use in residential, commercial, and farm and ra...
Who pays for the condominium documents?
Paragraph 2B(2) of the Residential Condominium Contract (Resale) (1605, TREC 30-13) details what hap...
Want to withdraw an offer? There's now a form for that
As a Texas REALTOR®, you have a new form you and your clients can use to withdraw an offer or count...
Four new commercial forms adopted; 10 others revised
A commercial forms task force recently proposed updated and new forms to better serve Texas REALTORS...
What to do when no TREC form exists
Since TREC doesn’t offer a residential lease or commercial contracts, can my brokerage’s in-hous...
Updates to TREC forms and explanations of what the changes mean
The Texas Real Estate Commission adopted two new forms and revised six others at its February meetin...
Updates to residential and property management forms now online
The Texas REALTORS® residential and property management forms task forces in December proposed upda...
TREC clarifies exceptions to mandatory use of contract forms
In November, the Texas Real Estate Commission adopted changes to Section 537.11 of its rules, Use o...
From the Hotline: When the seller wants to accept a second offer
Members sometimes call the hotline when a seller is under contract but wants to accept a second offe...
What do you think of these proposed new and revised forms?
The residential and property management forms task forces, led by your fellow REALTORS®, have been ...
Who can use TREC forms
True or false? You must have a real estate license to use the forms posted on the Texas Real Estate ...
Who pays the transfer fees in a transaction involving an HOA?
Some homeowners associations charge fees for transferring the ownership of property from a seller to...
What warranties do buyers have with new construction?
The New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction) (TAR 1603, TREC 23-14) and New Home Contract (Comple...
TREC proposes changes to earnest money and other paragraphs
The Texas Real Estate Commission met on August 7 and adopted amendments to existing rules and propos...
TREC proposes rule amendment that would affect availability of TAR forms
The Texas Real Estate Commission met on August 7 and adopted amendments to existing rules and propos...
TREC proposes limits for when lawyers can draft contracts for principals who aren’t their clients
The Texas Real Estate Commission met on August 7 and adopted amendments to existing rules and propos...
How well do you know your TAR forms?
There are 126 forms available exclusively to members of the Texas REALTORS®. Take our true-or-false...