This Texas Real Estate cheat sheet compresses the Texas salesperson licensing exam into a printable rundown of the state-law facts the exam tests most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free Texas Real Estate toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Texas Real Estate exam at a glance
- Questions: 120 scored — 80 national + 40 Texas state law (plus 10 unscored pretest items)
- Time: 240 minutes (4 hours) total, covering both the national and state portions
- Cost: $43 per Sales Agent examination attempt
- Result: Pass/Fail — each portion is scored separately and both must be passed
What’s on the Texas Real Estate cheat sheet
- Texas State License Law & Practice (the ENTIRE 40-question state portion) (33%) — intermediary brokerage, intermediary mechanics, IABS notice.
- Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (national) (14%) — real vs personal property, fixtures & the MARIA test, estates.
- Forms of Ownership, Transfer & Recording of Title (national) (11%) — co-ownership, TEXAS community property, TEXAS homestead.
- Property Value & Appraisal (national) (14%) — value principles, market value vs market price vs cost, the three approaches.
- Real Estate Practice (fair housing, trust funds, leasing) (national) (13%) — federal Fair Housing Act (1968), the big three violations, disability accommodations.
- Property Disclosures & Environmental Issues (national) (11%) — material facts & latent defects, texas Seller's Disclosure Notice, texas NON-disclosable facts.
- Financing & Settlement (national) (9%) — TEXAS uses a DEED OF TRUST (not a mortgage), note vs security instrument, loan clauses.
- Real Estate Math (national (9%) — area & land measurement, commission & seller net, percent of profit/loss.
How to use it in your final week
- Front-load Texas State License Law & Practice (the ENTIRE 40-question state portion) — at about 33% of the exam it is the largest single area, and on a two-portion state exam the state-law material is where most repeat candidates lose points.
- Then work Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (national) (14%) — the sheet leads there with real vs personal property.
- Then work Property Value & Appraisal (national) (14%) — the sheet leads there with value principles.
- Drill the traps until they are reflex — the one that catches most Texas candidates is calling the both-sides relationship "dual agency".
- Read the sheet the morning of your appointment for a last pass on the memory hooks, and confirm your exam details with the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) before test day.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Texas Real Estate practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Texas Real Estate cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Texas Real Estate cheat sheet downloads as a PDF at no cost and with no sign-up. It sits alongside Career Employer's free Texas Real Estate practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your whole licensing prep is free in one place.
It condenses the highest-yield Texas licensing facts into a fast reference, covering all 8 content areas with their exam weights — from Texas State License Law & Practice (the ENTIRE 40-question state portion) through Real Estate Math (national — plus the memory hooks and traps that catch repeat candidates.
120 scored — 80 national + 40 Texas state law (plus 10 unscored pretest items). Confirm the current specification with the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) before you schedule.
It is built from the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC)'s current content outline and the state statutes and rules the exam tests against. State commissions revise outlines and fees periodically, so verify the live details before test day.
No — the sheet is a cram and review layer, not a substitute for the state's required pre-license education. Use it to lock in the state-law facts and definitions, then work full weighted practice exams to find and fix weak areas.
Texas State License Law & Practice (the ENTIRE 40-question state portion) — at roughly 33% it is the largest single area on the exam. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions & Land Use (national) is next at about 14%.
It covers the content areas the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) publishes for this exam, which is where the state-specific questions come from. The national/general real-estate principles are covered across the same sheet's principles, contracts, financing, and valuation sections.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark the page so you can pull it up again the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.Pearson VUE / Texas Real Estate Commission. “Texas Real Estate Candidate Handbook (January 2026).” home.pearsonvue.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). “Become a Real Estate Sales Agent.” trec.texas.gov, 2026. ↑
- 3.Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). “Exam Topic Reports for Sales Agents and Brokers.” trec.texas.gov, 2026. ↑
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