When you bring a dispute to the Texas REALTORS® arbitration process, you can be confident you will receive a fair hearing and judgment....

Working in real estate can be very rewarding, but it can also involve many risks. Thankfully, as a member of Texas REALTORS®, you have...

Texas REALTORS® has launched the Legal Briefs video series, where staff attorneys answer common questions they hear from REALTORS® like...

Subpoenas are court orders that command you to give a deposition, produce documents, or appear at a trial in a dispute between two other...

The Residential Lease (TXR 2001) ends on the agreed-upon expiration date except if renewed, extended by written agreement, or terminated...

How do you determine if an item is “permanently installed and built-in” with regard to Paragraph 2 of the One to Four Family Residential...

Members have been asking about buyers’ ability to terminate contracts under the first two checkboxes of Paragraph A, Subdivision...

A broker and that broker’s associated license holders can represent both the buyer and seller in the same transaction through...

Earlier this year, Texas REALTORS® task forces examined the association’s forms and proposed changes and new forms. Those proposals were...

You can use the Amendment to Listing (TXR 1404) form to make changes to a listing agreement. The broker and seller can agree, effective...

Carbon contracts have been a popular topic of conversation for farmers and ranchers around the country recently. Essentially, companies...

An apartment locator must have a real estate license. Fact. The Texas Real Estate Licensing Act requires a real estate license for any...

If your clients don’t have a mailbox on their property, they might get mail from a cluster box: a centralized unit of individually locked...

You must post a sign announcing video surveillance on private property. Fiction. You do not need to post signage stating that a property...

A seller accepted a contract with conventional financing and a full appraisal waiver. The buyer now wants to switch to FHA/VA financing....

Members mistakenly believe that property investors are exempt from the requirement to provide a seller’s disclosure because the investors...

Texas REALTORS® has proposed new forms and revisions to many existing commercial, residential, and farm & ranch forms. You are encouraged...

I’m hearing on the Legal Hotline from members who want to know if the holdover provision in leases is for the tenant’s use if the tenant...

Are property management companies subject to the EPA's lead renovation, repair, and painting rule? Yes. The Environmental Protection...

Some buyers may not know what happens after signing a backup contract on a property. The Addendum for "Back-Up" Contract (TXR 1909, TREC...