CELI - Real Estate School

Another student success story! Thank you Phillip for choosing C.E.L.I. for your real estate qualifying course requirements. We enjoyed working with you, best of luck to you in your new journey!

CELI - Real Estate School A premier Texas Real Estate, Home Inspection & Landscape Irrigation School for over 25 years!

Attn: Real Estate license holders, read before going inactive:

Is Your CE Credit More Than Two Years Old? Read This Before You Go Inactive | TREC If a license holder is convicted of a felony or a criminal offense involving fraud it is a violation of section 1101.652(a)(1) of the License Act.  This section gives the Commission authority to suspend or revoke a license holder that has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has been conv...

April is child abuse prevention month. We planted our pinwheel garden today in support of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Van Zandt County! Children's Advocacy Center Van Zandt County

Real estate and inspection license holders who expire this month: please note that renewal applications submitted to TREC on Monday, April 1st will be considered a timely renewal due to the end of the month falling on a Sunday.

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Today we are discussing career opportunities in the real estate and home inspection fields with high school students!

Jessica Lautz, NAR's Deputy Chief Economist and Vice President of Research, reacts to interest rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage dropping below 7%.

🎄Our holiday savings continue today for Texas home inspectors! Complete your continuing education over the holidays with our convenient home study courses. Use one of the following codes when registering to receive your special discount.

CODE: HOLIDAY8 ($10 off min. 8 hours)
CODE: HOLIDAY32 ($20 off min. 32 hours)
Register by clicking the link below. You may also register online at: www.Celi-Edu.com or by phone at (903)567-1309.

Continuing Education for Licensing, Inc. (C.E.L.I.) has been providing TREC approved courses for real estate and home inspection professionals for over 25 years!
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☎️ NOTE: **We apologize, there is a phone line outage in our service area. In the meantime, you may reach us at (903)477-0542, by email at [email protected] or by sending us a message here. Thank you for your understanding! **

Welcome to the chamber, C.E.L.I. Real Estate School, 17938 SH Hwy 19 Canton. The contacts are Shelley Thomas and Laurie Neustupa, 903.567.1309. We’re pleased to welcome them to the chamber.

Want to Receive Your Compensation Through an LLC or S-Corp? There’s A New Option Coming January 2024.

Want to Receive Your Compensation Through an LLC or S-Corp? There’s A New Option Coming January 2024 | TREC Yes, Commission Rule 535.3 permits you to receive any compensation through your current sponsoring broker or the broker who sponsored you at the time you earned the right to the compensation. 

You may register online or you can reach us at (903)567-1309 if you have any questions regarding our program or to register.

Come visit us today!

Make plans to come visit us this Saturday! Career counselors will be on site to answer any questions you may have about obtaining or renewing your real estate or home inspection license. All students registering at this event will receive FREE shipping of their course materials. In addition, we will be holding a drawing for FREE qualifying and continuing education courses.

Expired = Inactive

Starting October 1, active license holders whose licenses expire will be set to inactive status as of the expiration date, and any license relationships to sales agents and/or brokers will be terminated.

If you late renew—up to six months after your expiration date—your license will be renewed on inactive status.

These changes were adopted during the May TREC Meeting.

More on what "inactive status" means at https://www.trec.texas.gov/article/coming-october-1-if-your-license-expires-it-also-goes-inactive

👀 Did you know.......... the Consumer Protection Notice and the Seller's Disclosure Notice have been updated for use beginning September 1st!

Legislation passed by the 88th Texas Legislature requires the Texas Real Estate Commission to update two frequently used forms: the Consumer Protection Notice and the Seller’s Disclosure Notice.
Consumer Protection Notice

What changed? It no longer references the real estate inspection recovery fund, which was repealed this session.

Who does this affect? Real estate brokers, sales agents, inspectors, and easement or right-of-way (ERW) agents must provide the Consumer Protection Notice by posting it online and at their place of business.

Where is the new form? It is on TREC’s website.

How do I provide the form? If you link to the form on TREC’s website, you will not have to update your online notice because it is uploaded to the same URL. If you do not link to the form on our website (e.g., you have a PDF version or host the form on your own website), you will have to upload the new form by September 1.

You are also required to print the new form for posting in your place of business.
Seller’s Disclosure Notice

What changed? Sellers must disclose the type of piping used for gas supply lines—black iron pipe, copper, or corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST).

How will sellers know what type of piping they have? They may not know and can indicate “unknown” on the notice. Inspectors have been required to note the type of fuel gas piping on their reports since 2022, so it may take time, but more people will have access to this information as more inspections are completed.

Where is the revised form? The new version of the Seller’s Disclosure Notice is available online and should be used for contracts executed on or after September 1, 2023.

Two Updated Forms to Use Starting September 1 | TREC Inspectors are not required to measure the headroom clearance of every flight of stairs. The Standards of Practice do not establish a minimum headroom clearance height. Whether to report inadequate headroom clearance as a deficiency is up to the reasonable judgment of the inspector.

A new rule effective earlier this summer sets a timeline of two calendar days to respond to parties to a real estate transaction you’re involved in.

📆 The timeline includes holidays and weekends.

🤳🏽 The response can be through a phone call, a text message, an email, or however you are communicating with these parties.

💬 The response can be as simple as an acknowledgement you have received the communication.

⛔️ The rule does not require you to close a deal or otherwise force a decision or specific action.

More info: https://www.trec.texas.gov/article/how-comply-new-response-time-rule

How AI and VR are Helping to Buy and Sell Homes Understand how artificial intelligence and virtual reality are making an impact on buying and selling real estate.

Effective October 1, 2023, sales agents renewing their license for the first time—both active and inactive—are required to complete an approved 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course as part of their 90 hours of Sales Agent Apprentice Education (SAE). This change was adopted during the May Commission meeting. Find out more about sales agents' first-time renewal requirements:
https://www.trec.texas.gov/renew-license/real-estate-sales-agent

We have so many amazing students here at our school! Today, one of our students brought us some goodies from a local bakery, along with a card detailing her appreciation.

Our real estate school prides itself on the friendships and bonds made with our students. We take as much time with students as they need to ensure success.