1 Hr CE CE Elective TREC Provider #10034

TREC Advertising & Compliance

Mind Your Marketing

TREC advertising rules are not complicated, but agents violate them constantly — usually because nobody ever walked them through what's actually required. This class covers the current rules for every advertising channel: yard signs, social media posts, websites, business cards, and paid ads. Know what has to be on every piece of marketing, and know what TREC is currently enforcing.

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What You'll Learn

One hour on the rules Texas real estate agents are required to follow on every piece of marketing they produce. We cover the letter of the rule, the enforcement patterns TREC has established, and a walk-through of real advertising examples — what passes, what fails, and why.

Inside TREC Advertising & Compliance 1 Hr • #30673-RECE

The Brokerage Name Requirement — What the rule actually says about displaying your brokerage name, what "readily apparent" means in practice across different advertising formats, and the specific situations where the rule is most often violated without agents realizing it.
Social Media and Digital Advertising — How the advertising rules apply to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube — what has to appear in every post that promotes your services, how profile pages are treated, and the AI-generated ad scenarios agents need to review before publishing.
Websites, Landing Pages, and IDX — The disclosure requirements for agent and team websites, how IDX displays are handled, and the rules around team names and DBA advertising that catch a lot of agents off guard.
Signs, Flyers, and Print Materials — Yard sign requirements, open house signage, print advertising rules, and the specific situations where individual agent branding can and cannot appear without brokerage identification.
Enforcement Patterns and Real Examples — What TREC is actually enforcing right now based on recent complaint and disciplinary patterns — the violations showing up most frequently and how to audit your own marketing for compliance before they come to you.

Who This Is For

Every Texas Real Estate Agent Who Advertises

If you have a yard sign, a social media profile, a website, or a business card, the TREC advertising rules apply to you. This class is for every agent who wants to know exactly where the line is before they cross it.

CE Hours1 Hr

Class Length1 Hr

FormatIn-Person & Zoom

Provider #10034

Course #30673-RECE

Why CNAT Education

Taught by someone who actually closes deals.

Most advertising violations aren't intentional. This class makes sure yours aren't accidental either.

Most CE classes treat your renewal hours like a checkbox. This one doesn't.

Bradley Patterson is the Director of Technology at Community National Title and a TREC-approved instructor. He sees the contracts that go sideways, the disclosures that don't get filled out right, and the rule changes that show up in real deals before they show up in headlines. That's the lens he brings to every class.

TREC advertising complaints have increased as social media use among agents has grown — and the rules haven't changed to accommodate every format. This class gives you the working knowledge to audit everything you're currently putting out and fix it before it becomes a complaint. It also covers the specific scenarios — AI-generated ads, team marketing, personal branding pages — where agents most often get it wrong.

One hour. Current rules. Walk away knowing your marketing is compliant on every channel.

Real Ad Examples In-Person or Zoom Social Media Rules TREC Enforcement Patterns

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No session is currently scheduled — but we run this class regularly. Drop your info and we'll email you the moment a session is scheduled with the date, format, and registration link.