Texas Real Estate Appraiser License: Online appraisal courses offered by Career Web School

How to Get a Texas Real Estate Appraiser License

You might be surprised to discover how fast and convenient it can be to become a licensed Texas Real Estate Appraiser.

Five Steps to Your Texas Real Estate Appraiser License

1. Choose a course format and take your classes

We offer classes in three formats: Correspondence, Live Classroom and Online. For explanations of formats and to choose the best one for you, click here

When you are ready to register for courses you can click the "Apply for Courses" button at the bottom of the page, or you can click here

2. Apply to become an Appraiser Trainee

An Appraiser Trainee is authorized, but not licensed by, TALCB under sponsorship of an appraiser. To apply for an Appraiser Trainee authorization, an applicant must show successful completion of the required education.

For more information about the Appraiser Trainee, click here

AIRE recommends that an applicant complete 30 hours of Basic Appraisal Principles and 30 hours of Basic Appraisal Procedures. The TALCB must approve any course of study to satisfy the Appraiser Trainee Annual Renewal Education requirements for renewing an appraiser trainee approval.

Any course on the Approved Trainee & Pre-Licensing Course List has been approved by the TALCB and may be used to satisfy the required Appraiser Trainee Annual Renewal Education requirements. The courses are approved through the expiration dates shown and for the number of hours indicated in the list. While the TALCB may approve the course work, you will need to contact the provider directly for scheduling information.

3. Recruit a Certified Sponsor

A certified sponsor must "actively, personally, and diligently supervise an appraiser trainee under his or her sponsorship" and must sign the appraisal reports. You can contact certified appraisers listed in your local phone book or use the list of Texas Certified Appraisers available from the TALCB website to find appraisers eligible to sponsor trainees.

4. Submit your Appraiser Trainee Application

Complete and submit the Application for Approval as an Appraiser Trainee and required fee. If the requirements are met, the TALCB will process the application and issue an appraiser trainee authorization.

Once issued, the authorization will be mailed to the office location of record for your sponsor.

The appraiser trainee is required to keep an Appraisal Experience Log while they are an appraiser trainee and are required to submit a copy with each annual renewal.

5.Receive your Appraiser License

Once all required experience has been met, the applicant now qualifies for licensure:

Comply with USPAP
Be verifiable and supported by written reports and work files
Be performed when a person had a legal authority to appraise
Comply with AQB criteria for acceptable experience
Complete Trainee Application packet (which contains excerpts from Act and Rules, regarding Appraiser Trainees and their renewal requirements, and the application

For more information on renewing or earning a Texas Real Estate Appraiser license, please visit the Texas Appraisal Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) website by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please call (512)453-0900.
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