Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Other real estate schools may have a similar (though still lower) pass rate to ours. We encourage you to do your research on their full education provider company name. Check with the Better Business Bureau and Ripoff.com to see if complaints have been filed against them.

Also, do your research when you see a 3rd party review company referenced.

Check out DIRECT student feedback on these sites to see how students feel about their services or products. You will not find our name on any complaint site.

We are a small company, backed up by a large Technical Support team and an even larger Course Development team. Award-winning Brokers and Real Estate Agents with decades of course writing experience are our authors. In addition, Dearborn has knowledge scientists who know how to design the format and repetition for the best memory retention benefit.

Learn Texas Real Estate Online focuses on quality students, not quantity. We want the most discerning student to choose us, in order to keep our state exam pass rate high.

We depend on repeat/referral business, meaning we have to provide the best service around. Most of our students come to us by way of our high Texas real estate license exam pass rate on the Texas Real Estate Commission’s website.

Support your local small business and keep your money in Texas! We are one of the very few Texas Real Estate schools based in Texas. Most of the others are based in other states such as California, Colorado, and Georgia, meaning your dollars end up in those states, not in Texas.

LTREO is based in the capital city of Austin, Texas where TREC is also located. We dedicate ourselves to Texas and do not focus on any other state. Therefore we are well-informed on the Texas Real Estate Commission requirements and the Texas Real Estate market in general.

Diana Holmes (the school owner) has been in the business of helping students change their careers and change their lives for over 25 years.

Don’t just be a number! Our company is run by people who have won numerous customer service awards in previous corporate employment situations. We remember who our students are and we provide you with individualized assistance and quick turn-around, should any issue arise for you.

Many of our students have expressed that we “go beyond the call” to be of assistance to them. Diana Holmes, the school owner/administrator responds to our office line 7 days a week (even on holidays), from 8 AM to 8 PM CST. You are welcome to call or text her at (512) 635-7657. What other Texas real estate school offers you daily access to the school owner?

We partner with and offer Dearborn’s online Pre-license and SAE (Sales Agent Apprentice Education) courses. These are delivered over the internet with nothing to download, so you can access them with any computer, laptop, or smart device.

Dearborn has been the perceived leader in Real Estate training for over 63 years. They produced the books that instructors use in the classroom for most of that time. Ask any classroom instructor what books they prefer and they will likely say “Dearborn”.

Ever heard of Kaplan University? They also use Dearborn’s courseware. Just be sure to compare pricing and state exam pass rates on any competitor you are considering.

Once you finish your training with us, you will also see that both TREC and PearsonVue (the Texas real estate license exam provider) suggest additional materials to prepare you for the sales agent exam. Most of those are written by Dearborn as well!

The Texas Real Estate Commission requires all 30-hour course final exams (Pre-license and SAE) to be proctored. We give you the choice of having your own proctor or utilizing our online proctor partner. 

Course final exams (not unit tests) have to be proctored. This means an unbiased person has to watch you take the course’s final exams. This step verifies your identity and greatly reduces the chance of cheating on course exams.

Be sure to find out how other schools handle proctoring and what the associated fees are. These fees can greatly increase your total cost (or degree of hassle) for training.

For example, some schools that offer proctor services may only have one person providing that service and you will therefore have to wait your turn to take your exam. This is not the case with our solution. Once you are set up, you can take the exam 24/7!

Make sure you have an exam prep included in any package you purchase. The exam prep is crucial to your success. Ours has recently been completely updated and redesigned to be very similar to the PearsonVue licensing exam format. Our exam prep familiarizes you with the format they use and greatly increases your odds of passing the state exam on the first try.

The exam prep covers both the state-specific and national portions of the Texas Salesperson exam. It is called the “Q-Bank” and it has over 1,400 questions to choose from so you will be fully prepared for the state exam. You can even customize the exam prep to focus on a particular topic and the correct answers are provided in this product.

By the end of your training, you will have spent at least 180 hours of time (required by TREC) on your courses. However, the state licensing exam should only take you a few hours to complete. The exam prep helps you put aside information you won’t need to remember and focus on what is actually covered on the state exam.

This varies widely, depending on your amount of free time and previous knowledge of Real Estate sales. We recommend you study one 30-hour course per week – if you are currently unemployed and your time permits. The courses are challenging and you will be learning a lot of new information, but they are self-paced.

If you are employed full-time, set a goal of achieving completion on one course every 3 weeks. This will ensure that you are spending most of the 6th month of access on studying the exam prep, as you wait to hear from TREC on taking the state license exam.

In either case of being employed or unemployed, remember that Principles I and II are the most challenging of the 6 courses and the others get easier and go faster after those.

As required by TREC, you cannot access the course final exams in less than 30 hours per course. In other words, 30 hours must transpire between when you start a course and gain access to the exam. You don’t have to be on your computer or device for the clock to be running.

You’ll see our competition advertise that you can be finished with your training in 3 weeks. Although we have seen our packages completed by students in as little as 3 weeks, this is quite a challenge.

Typically, that short timeframe is accomplished by students and brokers who are already licensed in other states and are now moving to Texas. In our 17 years of experience in the Texas market, we have found that 2-6 months is more realistic for most people.

Dearborn recently conducted a national study and found that students are most likely to stay focused and pass the state exam within a 6-month time frame. Therefore, you are automatically granted 6 months of time on the courses when you register.

Expiration dates can be extended by another 1 or 3 months if an emergency arises for you – for a fee. The fees are $19-$249 and depend on how much you have completed when you request the extension.

Please be aware that extending your courses beyond 6 months voids our money-back guarantee. This is because we too have seen the highest state exam pass rates for those students who complete within six months.

Our #1 goal is to have you pass the Texas real estate agent exam on the FIRST attempt. Shouldn´t that be yours as well?

There are 2 types of tests associated with the courses themselves. First, after each chapter, there is a unit test you must get 100% accuracy on to pass. You can review and retake this as often as necessary to obtain that score. This design in the courses really forces you to retain the information before you can proceed to the next unit.

Then there is the final course exam (one per course). You must get 70% of the answers correct on these and you have 2 attempts to pass each course exam. Should you fail the 2nd attempt, the real estate commission requires you to retake that individual course, so please study hard before attempting those exams.

No, all 6 courses and the exam prep are 100% online. The online courses bookmark when you exit, so you can enter at the same point you left the course (regardless of the device used). All progress within each course is tracked for you automatically.

You can print screens and there are items such as Key Point Reviews and the course glossaries, that we recommend you print to take your notes.

You can purchase books with your online course order at a discount, or later, at an additional cost. However, in our many years of business and thousands of students trained, only about 5% of students feel books are necessary. Even then, most order them to have for future reference.

Yes. For a sample of how an online course and the progress tracking works, just click here for a REcampus Student Course Demo. Ask other schools to see a sample of their courses before you spend money on them.

Still not sure if online training is for you? We now offer a 24 hour trial period on the $399/$459 package! If you decide you don’t want to keep the package, just email or text us within 24 hours of your purchase and we will refund your money – no questions asked. Please be aware that it does take 7-10 days for the bank transactions to occur.

Other than all these great reasons, we’re just nice people who love to help others obtain their Texas real estate licenses. Even if you do choose another school, we want to make sure you have all the information you need to make the most informed decision. We hope this helped you in that endeavor.

Please let us know if you have any questions at all. We hope to see you studying hard on our courses soon!

We offer a 10% discount with a promo code in 3 situations:

1. You are military personnel. Please email or text us with a picture of your military ID to qualify.

2. Two or more students register at the same time. Please email or text us with the name of both students and register within 24 hours of each other to qualify.

3. Broker referrals. Please email or text us with your Broker's email address and license number if they want you to have the promo code for 10% off. A 10% rebate program is also available to Brokers if this is preferred. Please email us for details on this option.

We only issue refunds on our Pre-license packages as follows:

1. Take the 6 courses required by TREC, the exam prep tools, and the state exam within 6 months of your registration date. Should you fail the state license exam on your first try, we will refund your training cost.

2. Request a refund in writing within 24 hours of your registration and receive a full refund.

NOTE: No refunds are available in any other case.

Notice regarding potential ineligibility for a license based on criminal history as required by Section 53.152, Texas Occupations Code:

A criminal history may make a student ineligible for the license they seek and may request a criminal history evaluation prior to enrolling in courses or applying for a real estate, appraiser, or inspector license. Please refer to the criminal history eligibility guidelines set out in the Texas Occupations Code §53.025 and TREC Rule 541.1. They may request a criminal history evaluation by submitting a complete Fitness Determination form to TREC prior to applying for a license.