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CE instruction offered by Independence Title, Texas Real Estate Commission CE Provider #403Apply AI: Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Apply AI: Using Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate will help agents learn about cutting-edge AI technology, how AI is impacting the real estate industry, and preview AI tools agents should be using to stay ahead of their competition. Course #46118
Becoming a Real Estate Area Expert
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Becoming a Real Estate Area Expert teaches agents how to build their competency in the geographic area where they provide service to clients by teaching them how to utilize industry tools and resources to stay informed about local market conditions and issues that affect real estate. . Learn how to utilize the MLS stats, market watch, hot sheets, and more! Course #43746
Better Buyer Consultations
1 Hour Elective CE Credit This course outlines proven strategies to create, prepare and conduct successful Buyer Consultations to best identify and meet home buyer needs. Better Buyer Consultations create better outcomes for home buyers and agents as well. Course #45462
Branding for Real Estate: Finding the Voice of Your Brand
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Branding for Real Estate focuses on creating a brand that attracts new business and grows an audience. Build, frame, and design a brand to gain trust with potential clients and attract more leads by developing a brand story and voice. Course #42235
Broker Responsibility
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6 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Broker Responsibility (2021-2022) addresses the regulatory aspects of a real estate brokerage's management, operation, and supervision in Texas. This course is required for anyone who sponsors one or more sales agents, serves as the designated broker for a business entity that sponsors sales agents, and delegated supervisors, including team leads. Course #44547
6 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Broker Responsibility (2021-2022) addresses the regulatory aspects of a real estate brokerage's management, operation, and supervision in Texas. This course is required for anyone who sponsors one or more sales agents, serves as the designated broker for a business entity that sponsors sales agents, and delegated supervisors, including team leads. Course #44547
Business Planning 365
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Business Planning 365 provides a clear and concise path to creating a Business Plan that keeps agents on track and accountable 365 days a year. Learn about resources to evaluate budgets, goals, and marketing plans. Then turn the evaluations into a successful business plan. Course #42101
Content That Converts to Clients
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Content that Converts to Clients introduces real estate professionals to powerful and relevant content that can be personalized to build brand awareness, stay top of mind, and convert contacts into clients. Course# 42914
Contract Comparisons
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit Contract Comparisons uses the 1-4 Family Contract as a reference point for comparison to the Condo Contract, Unimproved Property Contract, and the Farm and Ranch Contract. Gain a better understanding of the differences in each contract. Course #44914
Creating Killer Listing Presentations
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Creating Killer Listing Presentations highlights what to include in a pre-listing packet, innovative strategies to secure more listings, and WOW sellers during your listing presentation. Course #47077
CRM Concepts
1 Hour Elective CE Credit CRM Concepts is not specific to one CRM program or system but instead shows you the power of using a solid CRM and supporting technologies and practices to empower your business like never before. Course #47076
Customer Experiences that Win Clients for Life
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Customer Experiences That Win Clients for Life focuses on identifying customers and creating marketing techniques to meet their needs. Relationship building before, during, and after the transaction will ensure high customer satisfaction and future referrals. Course #46119
Deep in the Heart of Taxes
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Deep in the Heart of Taxes explains how the property tax cycle affects closings, how to use the tax cycle for marketing, and how to identify property tax prorations on closing statements. Course #42385
DFW Market Update
1 Hour Elective CE Credit. Learn about current trends in the housing market and how to use this data to assist customers and their decisions to buy/sell real estate. This presentation provides global, regional, state, and local economic data/analytics. Course #44268
Facebook for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit This course shows agents how to easily meet TREC and Fair Housing compliance rules while also discovering great content ideas and AI strategies to grow their business. Course#45472
Focused Farming: Establish Your Roots and Grow Your Sphere
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Focused Farming covers factors that determine the success of a geographic farm area, how to use real estate farming tools effectively, and how to build a marketing plan designed for your farm. Course #39671
Form Fundamentals
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit Form Fundamentals explains how real estate forms are created in Texas and identifies the forms available for use by license holders. Gain a better understanding of selecting and utilizing the correct forms in your transactions. Course #44953
Form Updates
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit Form Updates teaches the most recent updates to TREC contracts and addenda. The current revisions were adopted at the November 7th, 2022 TREC meeting and are required for use on February 1, 2023. Course #44879
Getting Your Listings Sold
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Agents will learn an effective sales and marketing strategy that begins at the listing appointment to successfully sell the property. The course will cover preparing, marketing and negotiating the listing to a successful sale to the most likely buyer of each specific property. Course #45473
Google Business for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Agents will discover how to setup & verify a new Google Business Profile and/or update an existing one to promote their listings, services and grow their business. Course #45478
HOA Addendum Spotlight
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit The HOA Addendum Spotlight covers HOA vocabulary, the HOA addendum, the HOA elements of the condo contract, and best practices for transactions involving HOAs. Course #42236
Instagram for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Agents will learn how to effectively utilize Instagram to promote listings and provide valuable information to consumers to grow their business. The course will cover how to source and post reliable and relevant content that is TREC and Fair Housing compliant. Course #45471
Lead Conversion Strategies
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Lead Conversion Strategies introduces the process of viewing a high-level sales funnel of leads and mastering ways to connect and convert the leads with the correct scripts and touchpoints. Course #41513
Lead Generation: Secrets to Success in Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Lead Generation: Secrets to Success takes prospecting to the next level by introducing key elements in developing a refreshed lead gen mindset and then exploring strategies to supercharge your funnel. Course #45129
Legal Update I
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4 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Legal Update I is a non-elective TREC approved course that all license holders must take every renewal cycle to renew their license. This course covers the legal aspects of conducting real estate business. Course #42039
4 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Legal Update I is a non-elective TREC approved course that all license holders must take every renewal cycle to renew their license. This course covers the legal aspects of conducting real estate business. Course #42039
Legal Update II
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4 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Legal Update II is a non-elective TREC approved course that all license holders must take every renewal cycle to renew their license. This course covers the legal aspects of conducting real estate business. Course #42040
4 Hour Non-Elective CE Credit Legal Update II is a non-elective TREC approved course that all license holders must take every renewal cycle to renew their license. This course covers the legal aspects of conducting real estate business. Course #42040
Lights, Camera, Action! Video Basics for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Lights, Camera, Action focuses on the strategies and tools used to create and customize real estate videos. Course #45128
LinkedIn for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Discover how to optimize your LinkedIn profile to attract new clients and how to source and post reliable and relevant content to inform and educate consumers. Course #45470
Listing Language: Selling Through Words
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Listing Language focuses on the formula, keywords, and resources to generate interest, increase SEO, and produce listing language that sells! Course #42388
Managing Multiple Offers
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Managing Multiple Offers focus on best practices for guiding sellers through the complicated process of evaluating multiple offers to achieve the most desirable outcome. Course #45590
Market Update
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Mark Sprague's Market Update discusses current trends in the housing market and how to use this data to assist customers and their decisions to buy/sell real estate. This presentation provides global, regional, state, and local economic data/analytics. Course # 46120
Marketing Research with Remine
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Marketing Research with Remine introduces a unique data sourcing tool that makes it easy to identify target market areas, focus on specific prospect groups, and more. Course #42932
Maximizing MLS
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Maximizing MLS provides tips and tricks for using MLS more effectively and efficiently. Discover system updates, shortcuts, customized tools, comprehensive reports and quick searches for agents and clients. Course #42698
Navigating the One-to-Four Family Contract
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit Navigating the One-to-Four Family Contract focuses on certain parts of the contract. This class discusses ways to address any potential issues while preparing and negotiating the contract. Course #45333
Negotiation: Deliberate Dialogues for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Negotiation: Deliberate Dialogues for Real Estate teaches how to identify the critical components of effective negotiation and adjust the negotiation approach based on verbal cues and behavior. Learn how to handle negotiations ethically to strengthen relationships in real estate. Course #42233
Paragraph 6 Spotlight
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit Paragraph 6 Spotlight highlights one of the most important paragraphs of the entire contract. This class will cover each section of paragraph 6 in detail. Course #45335
Perfecting Your Online Presence
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Perfecting Your Online Presence introduces key profile features of platforms utilized for real estate. Learn how to complete important details across a variety of platforms that can increase views and profile traffic. Course #47078
PIDs, PUDs, MUDs Oh My!
1 Hour Contract Related CE Credit This class covers the specific paragraphs in the TREC contract that address these districts with an emphasis on the required notices, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of these districts for both buyers and sellers, how to identify properties in these districts, and the disclosure obligations and requirements associated with them. Course #46628
Post It! What, Why & When to Post on Social Media
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Post It teaches the Why, What, and When of posting on social media. Create strategies and content that spark interest for an audience. Leave with a plan to accomplish your social media goals. Course #45139
Real Estate Graphic Design with Canva
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Real Estate Graphic Design with Canva introduces a free web-based graphic design platform utilized to create flyers, postcards, newsletters, and even social media graphics. Course #43160
Real Estate Scams Unveiled
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Real Estate Scams Unveiled teaches agents how to protect themselves and their clients from potential scams, including seller fraud and wire fraud. Course #46618
Relevant Real Estate Trends
1-Hour Elective CE Credit Relevant Real Estate Trends provides an overview of business trends, marketing trends, and technology trends that are most relevant to the current real estate market in Texas. Course #44090
Surveys at a Glance
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Surveys at a Glance focuses on understanding surveys in a real estate transaction and contract requirements related to the survey. Course #46123
Texas Ranch and Rural Land Forecast
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Texas Ranch and Rural Land Forecast provides a comprehensive overview of the market's current state for Texas ranches and rural land sales. Get a bird's eye view of the national, state, and local economies to create a framework for understanding the conditions affecting the rural land market in Texas. Course #46121
The Agent’s Guide to RPR
1 Hour Elective CE Credit The Agent's Guide to RPR (Realtor Property Resource) is the ultimate one-stop class to learn how to research a property, run a CMA, create captivating reports, identify unique needs in a farming area, and so much more. Course #45594
The Ins and Outs of Independence Title Agent One
1 Hour Elective CE Credit The Ins and Outs of Independence Title Agent One teaches how to use the various calculators available such as Buyer Quick Estimates and Seller’s Net Sheets. Learn the premium features that offer a customizable, real estate-specific content library to maximize a social media strategy. Course #44729
The Journey of a File
1 Hour Elective CE Credit The Journey of a File starts with a receipted contract and takes you to closing and funding. Learn what happens behind the scenes at the title company. Course #45265
The Modern Open House
1 Hour Elective CE Credit The Modern Open House teaches new techniques to bring open houses into the 21st century. Get listings sold, generate buyer leads, and increase profits. Course #44269
Title Commitment from A to D
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Title Commitment A to D explains each schedule of the title commitment and focuses on the items to review to ensure closing goes smoothly. Course #43405
Write On: Crafting a Professional Real Estate Bio
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Write On: Crafting a Professional Real Estate Bio explains the importance of a professional bio. Receive step-by-step instructions for crafting a “killer” bio and direction for variations of this text for use in typical real estate platforms. Course #44727
YouTube for Real Estate
1 Hour Elective CE Credit Agents will discover how to setup & verify a new YouTube Channel and/or update an existing one to promote their listings, services and grow their business. Course #45478