Free Texas (TX) Real Estate Practice Exam 2026
Ten questions at a time, drawn from 3,393 Texas salesperson questions — the TX state portion and the national portion, the same mix the real exam uses. Every answer comes with an explanation.
Questions
125
Time limit
240 min
To pass
70%
Source: TREC candidate handbook. Salesperson licence.
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Keep Texas and national exam review separate
This is independent Texas sales agent practice. TREC controls education and licensing requirements, while its testing provider supplies exam instructions. An EstatePass account is not a licence application.
A worked study example
If you miss a state-law question and a finance calculation, label them separately in your review notes. Verify the Texas rule with the relevant source; for the calculation, write the formula and units before trying different numbers.
What this does not tell you
A combined practice score can hide a weakness in one area. This short set is not an official score report and does not satisfy required qualifying education.
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Texas real estate practice: separate the rule from the scenario
Use this short TX practice set to find what needs another look, not to predict your exam result. Keep national concepts and Texas-specific rules separate in your revision notes.
- Answer before reading the explanation. Identify what the question is asking you to decide.
- For each miss, note whether it tests a national concept or a Texas rule. Check the explanation before memorising a number.
- Review that topic, then try another set. A small sample does not establish readiness for the full exam.
Turn a practice result into your next study session.
This short Texas sample helps you spot topics to review. Create an account to continue in your study dashboard. Practice scores are not a guarantee of an exam result; full-bank access depends on your plan.
- The complete Texas question bank, state portion included
- Full-length timed mock exams scored against the real pass mark
- Review available practice options in your dashboard
What the Texas state portion tests
These are the TX-specific subjects in our bank, with the number of questions behind each one. They are what separates the Texas exam from every other state's.
Promulgated Contract Forms
350 questions- Under the TREC Addendum for Property Subject to Mandatory Membership in a Property Owners Association, the buyer has the…
- Under the TREC Farm and Ranch Contract, which of the following items can be included in the sale of a ranch property?
- Under the TREC contract, the buyer wants to assign the contract to another buyer (their LLC). The original contract does…
- Under the TREC contract, if the buyer wants to take possession before closing, what TREC form should be used?
TRELA & TREC Rules
350 questions- Under TREC rules, a license holder wants to advertise their services using a vehicle wrap on their personal car. Under T…
- Under TREC rules, a license holder creates an automated social media bot that posts property listings on multiple platfo…
- Under TREC rules, what must a broker do when hiring a new sales agent to join the brokerage?
- Under TREC rules, a newly licensed broker is setting up a brokerage. Before the broker can accept earnest money from cli…
General Principles of Agency
226 questions- Without prior permission, Quinn Brooks signs a small repair authorization on behalf of the owner. The owner later approv…
- A buyer under a buyer-representation agreement receives an earnest money refund after a failed deal. The agent deposits …
- A buyer representation agreement should specify:
- Jamie Cruz signs a listing agreement with broker Skyler Simmons. What role does Simmons's brokerage hold in the resultin…
Property Code Disclosures
200 questions- Under Texas and federal law, a seller who renovates a pre-1978 home before sale must comply with the EPA's Renovation, R…
- Buyer Torres receives the Seller's Disclosure Notice 5 days after executing the purchase contract. The disclosure reveal…
- In Texas, what does the term 'executive rights' mean in the context of mineral ownership?
- Under NFIP rules, what is the maximum building coverage available for a single-family residential property? Texas licens…
Texas Agency Law
200 questions- Under Texas law, when a buyer signs a written buyer representation agreement with a broker, the buyer becomes the broker…
- Sales agent Brooks has an exclusive buyer representation agreement with Buyer Kim. The agreement specifies that Brooks w…
- Sales agent Morgan is appointed to represent Buyer Adams in an intermediary transaction. During the option period, Adams…
- Sales agent Foster is the buyer's agent in a transaction. The home inspection reveals that the HVAC system is 20 years o…
Texas-Specific Financing
179 questions- A Texas homeowner obtained a home equity loan that closed at the borrower's real estate agent's office. Later, the borro…
- Daniel, a Texas license holder, is assisting a veteran buyer with a VA loan. The seller has agreed to pay 4% of the purc…
- A Texas veteran applies for a land loan through the Texas Veterans Land Board (VLB). The VLB program offers financing fo…
- A lender in Texas includes a prepayment penalty clause in a home equity loan agreement on a borrower's homestead. The bo…
Valuation Market Analysis
151 questions- In October 2026, appraiser Caleb Moore is reviewing an income statement for Oak Place. The property's NOI is $67,500, th…
- Under USPAP, what is the purpose of the Competency Rule?
- An example of functional obsolescence is:
- In August 2026, appraiser Omar Lewis is valuing a small retail strip. Potential gross income is $96,000, vacancy and col…
Property Disclosures
150 questions- A 1978 ranch home is on the market. During inspection, the buyer's environmental specialist samples the wall insulation …
- Which of the following is NOT a hidden condition?
- In a state that requires a written disclosure of a home's condition to the buyer, the disclosure form is filled out by:
- The purpose of the Closing Disclosure under TILA-RESPA is to:
Land Use Controls Regulations
133 questions- A homebuyer purchases a lot in a planned community. The deed references a recorded declaration of covenants, conditions,…
- A board of adjustment is reviewing an owner's request for relief from a zoning ordinance. All of the following are commo…
- A homeowner in an HOA community wants to install solar panels on her roof. The CC&Rs do not address solar panels. The HO…
- Permission to depart from a requirement of the zoning ordinance for a single parcel is obtained through a:
Transfer of Property
114 questions- Under TRID rules, the lender must deliver the Closing Disclosure to the borrower at least how many business days before …
- A deed is properly recorded in the county records before a later purchaser checks title. Even if the later purchaser nev…
- At closing, the seller's existing mortgage balance of $185,000 must be paid off from the sale proceeds. On the seller's …
- An attorney examining the abstract of title discovers a gap in the chain where a deed from 1952 does not match the grant…
Fair Housing & the DTPA
75 questions- A Texas homeowner who owns three single-family homes sells one of them without using a real estate license holder or dis…
- A Texas commercial building owner converts a warehouse into a mixed-use property with 8 residential loft apartments and …
- Before filing a DTPA lawsuit against a home seller in Texas, a buyer's attorney must comply with a specific pre-suit req…
- A landlord in Houston refuses to rent an apartment to a family because they have two children under the age of 10. The t…
Community Property Homestead
75 questions- A license holder is working with a married buyer who wants to purchase an investment property using only funds from a pr…
- Under the Texas Family Code, what is the legal term for a written agreement between spouses that converts community prop…
- A Texas homeowner dies, leaving a surviving spouse and two minor children. The homestead property has a remaining mortga…
- A married couple in Texas wants to convert the husband's separate property investment condo into community property. Und…
Texas Property Tax
50 questions- A Texas homeowner claims the $100,000 school homestead exemption. The school rate is $1.40/100. How much does the exempt…
- A homestead was appraised at $320,000 last year. This year, the market value is $380,000. Under the Texas 10% homestead …
- A Texas license holder is working with a buyer purchasing a home with delinquent property taxes. At closing, how are del…
- A Texas homeowner disagrees with the Appraisal Review Board's decision on her property value protest. What legal recours…
Valuation
5 questions- A capitalization rate of 8% on a property with $40,000 NOI indicates a value of:
- When appraising Texas properties, the cost approach is most appropriate for:
- In Texas, a comparative market analysis (CMA) can be prepared by:
- The sales comparison approach adjusts for differences by:
Land Use Controls & Regulations
5 questions- In Texas, a deed restriction can be enforced by:
- Texas groundwater rights follow the rule of:
- A Texas property owner believes a neighbor has violated a deed restriction. Who may enforce the restriction under Texas …
- In Texas, water rights for surface water are based on:
Counts are live from the Texas question bank, which mixes the national portion with Texas-specific law.
What the national portion tests
Every state exam shares this half. The questions below are the same ones a candidate in any state would see.
Financing
226 questions- A buyer wants to purchase a home but cannot qualify for a conventional loan. The seller agrees to carry the entire purch…
- During the annual escrow analysis on Priya's loan, the servicer wants to maintain an escrow cushion equal to three month…
- Before the scheduled foreclosure sale, Lena Howard pays the past-due installments, late fees, and allowed expenses so th…
- Lena Chen is buying a home for $350,000 and is making a 20% down payment. Her lender will charge 2 discount points on th…
Contracts
211 questions- After a property inspection reveals minor cosmetic issues, the buyer demands $20,000 in credits. The seller refuses, and…
- A buyer wants to demonstrate serious intent when submitting an offer. What financial deposit typically accompanies the o…
- Under a traditional contract for deed, what risk does the buyer face if the seller has an existing mortgage on the prope…
- Under a contract for deed, the buyer defaults after making five years of payments. In some jurisdictions, what protectio…
Property Ownership
208 questions- A roofing contractor replaced shingles on a home for $18,400, but the owner refused to pay. After following the required…
- Emma owns only a life estate in a rural tract, with title to pass to her nephew at Emma's death. Without the nephew's co…
- In February 2026, title examiner Rachel noticed that a metes and bounds description ended at a different point than wher…
- In June 2026, Jared sold the oil and gas rights under his ranch to Mesa Energy but kept the surface estate. After record…
Real Estate Math
207 questions- A county charges $40 to record the first page of a deed and $7 for each additional page. If a deed is 3 pages long, what…
- A property sells for $300,000 with a 6% commission split equally between the listing broker and the selling broker. The …
- A buyer is purchasing a property for $450,000 with an 80% LTV loan. Buyer closing costs are $9,500, the earnest money de…
- A transfer tax is charged at $1.00 per $500 of sale price (rounded up to the nearest $500). If the property sells for $3…
Practice of Real Estate
164 questions- In Texas, a landlord must return a security deposit within how many days after the tenant moves out?
- A broker uses cloud-based transaction management software to store all transaction files, including contracts, disclosur…
- Two competing brokerages agree that each will refer commercial clients to the other and neither will compete for the oth…
- A landlord refuses to rent a unit in a 40-unit apartment complex to a family with children, claiming the property is 'ad…
Leasing & Property Management
76 questions- A written apartment lease begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the following year with no need for notice to terminat…
- A property management agreement authorizes the manager to spend up to $500 on emergency repairs without prior owner appr…
- A property manager deposits tenant security deposits into the manager's personal checking account and uses the funds to …
- A residential tenant stops paying rent after the landlord ignores two months of written requests to repair a furnace tha…
Counts are live from the Texas question bank, which mixes the national portion with Texas-specific law.
About 58% pass the Texas exam first time
Which means roughly 42 in 100 do not, and pay to sit it again. The gap is rarely knowledge — it is untimed studying meeting a timed exam. See how every state compares.
Texas practice exam questions
Is this Texas real estate practice exam free?
Yes. The practice sample on this page needs no account. Each question shows the correct answer and an explanation after you answer it. Create an account to continue in the dashboard; access limits and additional features depend on your plan.
How many questions are on the real Texas exam?
125 scored questions, with 240 minutes to answer them and 70% needed to pass. TREC publishes the current figures in its candidate handbook.
Does the practice exam cover Texas state law?
Our Texas bank holds 1,595 state-portion questions alongside 1,798 national ones. A short practice set is a sample, not a reproduction of the official exam blueprint.
Is this the same as a Texas real estate practice test?
Yes — practice exam, practice test and test questions all mean the same thing here. The TX questions on this page are the same bank either way, drawn from the state portion and the national portion together.
Are there Texas real estate exam questions in PDF form?
Yes, as a study guide rather than a question dump: the Texas exam guide PDF covers the format, the passing score and what the TX state portion tests. The questions themselves stay on this page, because each one shows why the wrong options are wrong — which a printed answer key cannot do.
How hard is the Texas real estate exam?
Hard enough that most candidates who fail did not run out of knowledge, they ran out of practice: you need 70% across 125 questions in 240 minutes, with no time to reason slowly. The questions are not tricky so much as specific — they test whether you know which rule applies, not whether you have heard of it.
Are Texas real estate flashcards better than practice questions?
They do different jobs. Flashcards drill vocabulary and figures — the things you either know or do not. Practice questions test whether you can pick the right rule when a situation could plausibly fit two of them, which is what the exam actually asks. Most candidates need both, and running out of practice questions is the more common failure.
What score should I get before booking the Texas exam?
Aim to sit comfortably above 70% on full-length practice, not just at it. Exam-day nerves and unfamiliar wording cost most candidates a few points, so a practice average that only just clears the line usually is not enough.
TX cheat sheet
The rules that decide pass or fail, each with the source it came from.
Texas exam prep
A study plan built from the same outline, weighted by what the exam actually asks.
Full-length mock exam
Timed, full length, scored against the real pass mark.
Texas licence guide
Requirements, fees, schedule and how to apply.