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How do your skills compare with the hallmarks of a professional?
Specialty certification in Texas real estate is an attainable goal for legal support staff who want to be identified as exceptional.
The purpose of the exam is to certify a legal support staff professional who possesses:
- A working knowledge of legal procedure
- The ability to interact with others on a professional level
- The discipline to assume responsibility
- The ability to appropriately exercise initiative and judgment
An individual who achieves the designation "Specialty Certified—Texas Real Estate" or "TSC-RE" demonstrates knowledge and understanding of:
- Legal ethics
- Procedures
- Applicable laws
- The legal system
- Principles
- Rules
TEXAS REAL ESTATE LAW EXAM OUTLINE
I. General Knowledge & Procedures
A. Ethics
B. Terminology
C. Procedures
1. Preparation of Documents
2. Execution and Recording
D. Purchase & Sale of Real Property
1. Title Matters
2. Financing
3. Documentation
4. Closing
II. Special Knowledge
A. Encumbrances, Limitations, and Nonpurchase Liens
B. Involuntary Termination of Ownership
1. Eminent Domain & Condemnation
2. Foreclosure
3. Other
C. Landlord and Tenant
D. Mineral and Water Rights
E. Miscellaneous
III. Application
EXAM PREPARATION
Exam References for Real Estate
The following sources are merely recommendations for your study prior to taking the specialty certification exam. You are not expected to study from all the sources, but to use what is available to you from each category.
Ethics
State Bar of Texas—Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct (also found in Texas Rules of Court (State))
General Procedure
Jacobus, Charles—Texas Real Estate, 9th Ed. (ISBN: 0-324-23713-8), (available from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Walden Books)
State Bar of Texas—Texas Real Estate Forms Manual
West Publishing—Texas Property Code
West Publishing—Texas Family Code
Texas Institute for Specialty Certification—Copyright ©2008