Broker Services
Offshore vs. U.S.-Based Transaction Coordinators: What a Brokerage Should Weigh
A brokerage owner's guide to offshore and U.S.-based transaction coordination: the tradeoffs, the questions to ask, and how to …
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TC Services
Your First File with a Transaction Coordinator: What to Send and What Happens Next
A step-by-step look at handing your first contract to a transaction coordinator: what to send, what the TC does first, and what …
Contract to Close
Real Estate Agent Transaction Checklist: Your Side of Contract to Close
A contract-to-close checklist for real estate agents: what the agent handles at each phase of a transaction, and what a …
Contract to Close
Texas Real Estate Transaction Checklist: Contract to Close, Deadline by Deadline
For Texas agents and TCs: a step-by-step checklist of the deadlines in the TREC One to Four Family Residential Contract (20-19) …
Broker Services
TREC's October BRAC Meeting: A Possible TC Disclosure and a New Line in the Broker's Manual
What TREC's Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee discussed about transaction coordinators on October 7, 2026: a possible …
TREC Forms
Appraisal Addendum in Texas (TREC 49-1): Waiver, Partial Waiver and the Extra Right to Terminate
For agents and TCs: how TREC 49-1, the Addendum Concerning Right to Terminate Due to Lender's Appraisal, changes the buyer's …
Contract to Close
Buyer's Temporary Residential Lease in Texas (TREC 16-7): Moving In Before Closing
For agents and TCs: what the TREC Buyer's Temporary Residential Lease (TREC 16-7) says, why we've seen early occupancy go wrong …
FHA and VA
FHA/VA Amendatory Clause in Texas: What It Says and Where It Lives in the Contract
For agents and TCs: what the FHA/VA amendatory clause says, how it's built into Paragraph 4 of the TREC Third Party Financing …
TREC Forms
Fixture Lease Addendum in Texas (TREC 52-1): Leased Solar, Propane Tanks and Security Systems
For agents and TCs: how Paragraph 4B of the TREC contract and the 52-1 Addendum Regarding Fixture Leases handle leased solar …
HOA
HOA Resale Certificate in Texas: The TREC 36-11 Addendum and Property Code §207.003
For agents and TCs: how the TREC 36-11 HOA addendum works, what's in the resale certificate under Property Code §207.003, the …
Contract to Close
Lender Required Repairs in Texas: What the TREC Contract Says and Who Pays
For agents and TCs: where lender required repairs come from, what Paragraph 7E of the TREC resale contract says about who pays, …
Disclosure Notices
MUD Disclosure in Texas: The Water Code Notice Your Buyer Signs Before the Contract
For agents and TCs: what the Texas MUD notice is, where to get it, when the buyer has to sign it, what Paragraph 6E(3) of the TREC …
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