7 Tips to Avoid the Most Common TREC Violations

Texas Real Estate Commission's Standards and Enforcement Services is frequently asked about common violations and how to stay out of trouble. The agency regularly disciplines license holders for violations in the following areas. 以下是你应该知道的,以避免麻烦.

管理你的销售代理. It is not a defense to broker supervision (Rule 535.2) to say you don’t supervise your sales agents. In other words, saying, “I didn’t know about it,” is sometimes more of an admission than a defense.

Register assumed business names and team names before using them in advertisements. 代理通过使用TREC来注册这些名称 Notice Of Assumed Business Name (DBA) For A Broker’s License (TREC DBA-3)和 关于经纪人执照团队名称的通知 (TREC TN-0). The broker must also notify TREC not later than the 10th day after the date the broker or sales agent stops using the assumed business or team name.

Be sure you have a separate license for a separate legal entity like an LLC or a corporation; registering doesn’t work for that. A legal entity such as an LLC or a corporation that conducts real estate brokerage must have a separate broker’s license–this includes the entity’s receipt of payment of a commission or other compensation. It isn’t enough that you have an individual license, and “registering” a separate legal entity with TREC doesn’t work, 要么. (这只适用于假名.)

配合调查. Not responding to a TREC investigator’s request for an interview or documents is usually a violation.

Tell TREC in writing within 30 days of final entry of your felony or fraud conviction, 认罪, 或者是无抗辩请求. Failure to comply with this results in a penalty.

Be careful about conducting property management. Make sure you are well-trained and supervised in this area. Over 10% of the agency’s real estate brokerage complaints relate to property management. A broker is responsible for any property management activity by the broker’s sponsored sales agent that requires a real estate license.

是一个好去处. 客户服务创造奇迹. Once TREC has a complaint, it may notice something the customer or client didn’t even complain about. The best defense is that the agency never hears about the issue because you already took care of it.

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