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Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas - 3rd Edition
​The Complete Learning System


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Features of Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas:

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. 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 text is tailored to the needs of the prelicense student. It is designed to
  • make it easy for students to learn the material and pass their real estate exam
  • prepare students for numerous career applications
  • stress 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.

Content Features:


• 635 pages of comprehensive coverage of national and Texas prelicense topics

• Chapters 1-19 for Principles I, Chapters 20-31 for Principles II courses
• Available in printed, PDF and Word formats
• Chapter review questions
• Comprehensive 800 slide PowerPoint Presentation

• 275-page Instructor Guide with 8 TREC final exams
• 8 Final Exams as required by TREC for PRIN I & II
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• Timed Outline and completed TREC approval forms
• Glossary of general real estate terms
• Math formulary with formulas and examples
• Full index​
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• ISBN - 9781965482025
​• Complemented by Texas Real Estate License Exam Prep

Can Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas be used for the online prelicense and/or CE courses?
 
Absolutely. Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas and our other books can be used for online courses through our company’s unique licensing agreement. Our material can be used either to develop new courseware or to improve existing online courses.  Once we receive a signed agreement, we email all the digital formats (PDF, Word, ePub) of the textbook and supplemental resources that you can use to create or improve your own online courses.  The materials can be copied in the screens, used for reading assignments, converted into audio/video/PowerPoint, etc. behind your school’s learning management system. Feel free to ask us for more information regarding licensing and to see our textbooks’ licensing agreements.  

I'm interested, what now? 

Call or write today for your complimentary copy of Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas by Mettling, Cusic, Mettling, and Hamilton.
Note: offer only applies to licensed real estate instructors and/or school directors. Find out why more and more schools are switching to Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas!  

Ryan Mettling 
Publisher
Performance Programs Company
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​Table of Contents

Principles of Real Estate Practice in Texas 

Principles I
  • ​The Real Estate Business
  • Concepts of Home Ownership
  • Real Property
  • Interests and Estates
  • ​Ownership
  • Encumbrances and Liens
  • Real Estate Taxation
  • Legal Descriptions
  • National Agency
  • The Brokerage Business
  • Real Estate Contract Law
  • Listing Agreements
  • Sales Contracts
  • Texas Contracts
  • Professional Practices
  • TRELA: The Real Estate Commission
  • TRELA: Licensing Regulation
  • TRELA: Standards of Conduct
  • TRELA:  Agency and Brokerage

Principles II
  • Real Estate Market Economics
  • Real Estate Appraisal
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Land Use Control
  • Real Estate Investment
  • Leases
  • Property Management
  • Transfers of Title
  • Closings
  • Risk Management
  • TRELA: Special Topics
  • Real Estate Mathematics
​Appendix
  • Chapter Tests​​
  • Practice Exam​
  • Glossary of General Real Estate Terms
  • Index
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​​​Principal Authors - Stephen Mettling and David Cusic

Stephen Mettling and David Cusic have operated one of the nation's most successful custom training organizations specializing in real estate program development. They are perhaps best known for writing Principles of Real Estate Practice, a national real estate principles textbook used by over 50,000 students per year. 

Stephen Mettling has been a real estate educator and custom training program developer specializing in real estate over the past forty years. During that time he has written or co-developed over 100 books, professional training programs and texts covering all aspects of residential, commercial, and corporate real estate for national trade organizations and real estate companies.  Additionally Steve has directed numerous statewide real estate schools and served as vice president of Dearborn Financial Services where he headed up the country’s largest real estate, securities and insurance license training network.


Dr. Cusic, an author and educator, has been engaged in vocation-oriented education since 1966. David earned his Ph.D in linguistics from Stanford University.  Specializing in real estate training since 1978, he has developed numerous real estate training programs for corporate and institutional clients around the country including NAR, CoreNet Global, and the CCIM Institute.

Author of Texas-specific portion - Dan Hamilton

Dan Hamilton is an accomplished, nationally and locally recognized real estate author, trainer, educator and broker with an illustrious career in Texas brokerage practice and real estate education spanning over 25 years. As a broker, Mr. Hamilton owned and operated numerous Century 21 offices in Azle, Burleson and Southwest Fort Worth. He was awarded the honor of the National Who’s Who for business for 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Top Office Producer; Certified Relocation Specialist New Agent Trainer; Multi - Million Dollar Club; Top Ten on Board of Realtors, and Member Super Stars Top Producers Group.
 
As an educator and author, Mr. Hamilton operated the Hamilton School of Real Estate and continues to be a certified lead trainer for Licensure and Renewal, certified to teach virtually all real estate CORE and elective courses. Dan has logged over 23,000 teaching hours in SAE courses and over 7,000 hours in MCE courses in virtually all Texas urban markets. Finally, Dan teaches exam prep coursed throughout the state. Mr. Hamilton has written numerous nationally-recognized titles including Real Estate Agency Law (TREC-approved); Real Estate Marketing Steps for Success (TREC-approved); and Texas Promulgated Contracts.
 
Mr. Hamilton has served on the board of the national Real Estate Educators Association (REEA), and in 2011 he served as President of the Texas Real Estate Teachers Association (TRETA).


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