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Everything I teach my clients, in one place. Watch a replay whenever you have a spare half hour, or pick a class from the catalog below and I'll bring it to your team.

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TREC Contract Changes 2026
Replay · contracts

TREC Contract Changes 2026

What changed in the promulgated forms this year, where the new language actually bites, and the paragraphs worth re-reading before you write your next offer.

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These replays don't carry CE credit. If credit is what you need, get in touch and I'll let you know when the next live class is scheduled.
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Classes I offer.

Pick one and I'll bring it to your office, or we can run it over Zoom if that's easier for your team. Taken live, either way, most carry one hour of TREC approved CE credit. Tell me which one your agents need and I'll set it up.

Contracts, title and coverage
TREC Contract Changes: What's New

A walk through the specific changes to the residential, condominium, farm and ranch contracts and the addenda that go with them.

Avoiding Common Contract Mistakes

The errors that show up most often and what they actually cost, from getting the right sellers to sign to catching missing addenda.

The Texas Title Commitment: Schedule A to D

Each schedule explained, what survey coverage really is, what the policy will and won't cover, and the issues that must clear before closing.

Area and Boundary Coverage: What Is It Really?

The area and boundary paragraph in plain language, why survey quality drives availability, and real claims that show why it matters.

Surveys: A Brief Guide

How to read a survey, plus a listing appointment checklist and the proper execution of a T-47.

The Texas Homestead and Real Estate Transactions

Why title companies ask for signatures that feel like overkill. Homestead, valid liens, death and divorce.

The Commercial Contract: Details Count

A section by section review of the commercial contract and why its timelines and details differ from residential.

The Farm and Ranch Contract

When and how to use it, with attention to party names, legal descriptions, per acre charges, prorations and rollback taxes.

Introduction to Commercial Real Estate

The differences between residential and commercial that can cost an agent and a client, plus resources for moving into the space.

Texas know-how
Property Taxes in Texas

The ad valorem process, exemptions, prorations and tax liens, and how each one lands on a closing.

MUDs, PUDs and PIDs

What separates them, how to identify these properties, and what has to be disclosed to a buyer.

Short Sales: Understanding and Navigating

How to guide a client through one, communicate with the Lender, and avoid the usual pitfalls, with Texas case studies.

Unmasking Real Estate Scams in Texas

Spotting and preventing seller fraud and cyber fraud, and how title companies and agents protect a transaction.

All Cash, All Eyes: The FinCEN Rule

What the reporting rule covers, why all cash entity purchases draw attention, and the agent's role in keeping a file moving.

Short Term Rental 101

Long term versus short term, resources for evaluating an investment property, and the basic return and cost math.

Pricing, data and the MLS
Introduction to the CMA

Evaluating value from recent sales, active listings and market trends, and building a report that guides pricing.

Mastering the CMA

The deeper version. Adjusting for property differences and using the analysis to build client confidence.

Data-driven Credibility: Stats in Real Estate

Using statistics to sharpen decisions and back up what you tell a client.

Intro to Matrix, Contact Management and Search Settings

Getting real use out of the Matrix tools already in your subscription, from contact entry to auto emails.

Marketing and social media
Social Media Guide for Real Estate Agents

The three main platforms, personal versus professional accounts, what performs on each, and tools to streamline posting.

InstaStart: Instagram Basics

Profile setup, content, hashtags and Insights, for anyone starting from zero.

Advanced Instagram Marketing

The algorithm, Stories and Reels, building a real audience, and reading your analytics.

YouTube for Real Estate Agents

Channel setup, video strategy and local SEO to attract buyers and sellers.

Visualize Real Estate: Effective Video Marketing

What kinds of video work, how to plan and shoot them, and how to get them seen.

Introduction to Canva for Real Estate Marketing

Customizing templates for flyers, brochures and social posts without a designer.

Google for Real Estate Agents

Google Business Profile, reviews, YouTube connection and the advertising options worth understanding.

Managing Your Real Estate Reputation Online

Optimizing your profiles across review platforms and handling reviews, good and bad.

Crafting Compelling Listing Descriptions

Dissecting real descriptions to find what makes buyers call.

Branding for Real Estate

Identifying your values, strengths and story, and leaving with a draft brand statement and client profile.

AI and apps
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence as a Real Estate Agent

Practical ways to put AI to work in daily operations.

ChatGPT for Real Estate Agents

Property descriptions, client emails and marketing analysis, with tools you can use the same day.

Google Gemini for Real Estate Agents

AI scripts, social content, listing descriptions and market research.

Best iPhone and Android Apps for Real Estate Agents

Apps for productivity, marketing and client management, including virtual tours from your phone.

Real Estate in the Palm of Your Hand

A live overview of PalmAgent ONE for estimates, net sheets and the calculators clients ask about.

Building your business
Mastering Lead Generation and Conversion

Attracting, nurturing and converting leads through local expertise and value based selling.

Buyer Scripts: Enhancing Your Value Proposition

Buyer psychology, uncovering needs, presenting value and handling objections.

Seller Scripts: Strategies for Real Estate Agents

Seller psychology, rapport, objection handling and closing techniques for securing listings.

Client-Centric Real Estate: Service over Sales

Serving clients before, during and after the transaction to earn repeat and referral business.

Real Estate Blueprint: Building a Business Plan

Goals, market assessment, target audience and strategy, ending with a roadmap. Two hours of credit.

Elevating Local Competency

Building genuine local authority through market insight, networking, SEO and content.

Understanding Gen Z Buyers and Sellers

How the newest generation buys, sells, learns and decides who to trust.

Required legal updates
Legal Update I

The non-elective TREC course every license holder takes each renewal cycle.

Legal Update II

The second half of the required legal update curriculum.