Choosing a Home Inspector

Anyone with a license, flashlight, and business card can call himself a home inspector. But to entrust your inspection to just anyone is a risk not worth taking. After all, there are few transactions more important, more costly, or more lasting than the purchase or sale of real property.

To be confident, make sure your inspector is a full member, in good standing, of the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC).

TREC exists to protect and serve the citizens of Texas. The Commission’s programs of education, licensing and industry regulation ensure that real estate service providers are honest, trustworthy and competent.

TREC requires that all real estate brokers and salespersons meet and maintain specified levels of education to hold a license to act as a real estate agent. Agents are required to follow the provisions of The Real Estate License Act and the Rules of the Texas Real Estate Commission in all transactions and to deal with the public in a competent and honest manner. The Commission also licenses real estate inspectors, residential service companies, real estate schools and registers timeshare properties.

What does the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) Do?

TREC is the state’s regulatory agency for the following:
Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons
Real Estate Inspectors
Education Providers for Real Estate and Inspection Courses
Residential Service Companies
Timeshare Developers
Easement Or Right-of-Way (ERW) agents

Visit the TREC website for more information on Texas Real Estate Guidelines.

Some of the content on this page is taken directly from the TREC web site, and we acknowledge the copyright: Copyright © 2009