Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas

By Dan Hamilton, David Cusic, Stephen Mettling, et al.

Performance Programs Company's Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas contains the essentials of the national and Texas real estate law, principles, and practices necessary for basic competence as a real estate professional and as mandated by Texas license law for Principles I & II. It is based on our highly successful and popular national publication, Principles of Real Estate Practice, which is in use in real estate schools nationwide.

The 5th Edition is reorganized to match TREC's revised Principles of Real Estate I and II course outlines, so each course's chapters cover exactly the content TREC requires. It adds a new chapter, Mortgages and Promissory Notes, and includes updated chapter tests and a practice examination.

The text is tailored to the needs of the pre-license student. It is designed to

make it easy for students to learn the material and pass their real estate examprepare students for numerous career applicationsstress practical, rather than theoretical, skills and knowledge.

Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas is streamlined, direct and to-the-point. It includes multiple learning reinforcements. It has a student-oriented organization, both within each chapter and from chapter to chapter. Its examples and exercises are grounded in the authors' many years in real estate education.

Principles I

The Real Estate Business

Concepts of Home Ownership

Rights in Real Estate

Interests and Estates

Ownership

Encumbrances and Liens

Real Estate Taxation

Legal Descriptions

Real Estate Contract Law

Listing Agreements

Sales Contracts

Texas Contracts

Real Estate Market Economics

Real Estate Investment

Transfers of Title

Mortgages and Promissory Notes

Closings

Principles II

National Agency

The Brokerage Business

Professional Practices

TRELA: The Real Estate Commission

TRELA: Licensing Regulation

TRELA: Standards of Conduct

TRELA: Agency and Brokerage

Real Estate Appraisal

Real Estate Finance

Land Use Control

Leases

Property Management

Risk Management

TRELA: Special Topics

Real Estate Mathematics

For students looking for a Texas exam prep book, we also publish Texas Real Estate License Exam Prep: All-in-One Review and Testing to Pass Texas' Pearson Real Estate Exam. Other PPC Texas Prelicensing Textbooks include Essentials of Contract Law in Texas, Fundamentals of Agency in Texas, Texas Promulgated Contracts Practice & Principles of Real Estate Finance.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1965482872
• ISBN13: 9781965482872
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Performance Programs Company LLC
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 3.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 1.3" x 8.5"