Schedule the Texas real estate exam, without missing a booking detail.
Follow the exact Pearson VUE sequence, choose a test center and date, pay the $58 fee, and verify the appointment before exam day.
After TREC emails your scheduling instructions, reserve through Pearson VUE online or by phone at least 24 hours before your desired date. Walk-ins are not available. The sales examination costs $58 per appointment. To change or cancel without forfeiting that fee, call Pearson VUE at least 48 hours before the appointment.
Five steps from TREC authorization to a confirmed seat.
Pearson VUE handles the appointment. TREC controls your eligibility and the name attached to your record.
Wait for TREC authorization
TREC reviews your qualifying education first, then emails instructions for scheduling. Your eligibility information includes the TREC ID Pearson VUE needs.
Check your legal name
Your registration name must exactly match the two current signature IDs you will present. If TREC has the wrong name, correct it with TREC before booking.
Compare dates and test centers
Use Pearson VUE to compare seat availability. Pick a date that leaves enough time to repair weak areas, not simply the first open appointment.
Choose the correct examination
Confirm whether you are reserving the combined sales examination or only a portion you still need to pass. Read the selection carefully before paying.
Pay and verify the confirmation
Pay the $58 sales examination fee during booking. Check the confirmation for your date, start time, test center address, and registered name before closing the page.
Eligibility sequence verified against the TREC sales agent application guide. Reservation details verified against the September 2026 Pearson VUE handbook.
Six facts to check before you pay.
Scheduling is simple once you are eligible, but the timing rules and the fee policy are where candidates get caught.
You can only reserve once TREC has sent your eligibility letter with your TREC ID number. Pearson cannot schedule you before that.
Reserve online at the Pearson VUE Texas real estate page, or by phone at (800) 997-1248. First-time users create an account.
Make your reservation at least 24 hours before the date you want. Walk-in examinations are not available.
The $58 sales exam fee is paid at the time of reservation by credit/debit card or voucher. Payment is not accepted at the test center.
Call Pearson VUE at least 48 hours before the exam to change or cancel. Miss that window and you forfeit the fee.
On exam day, report to the test center 30 minutes before your appointment for check-in and ID.
Need to compare locations first? Use the Texas real estate exam test-center guide. If an existing appointment needs to move, read the dedicated Pearson VUE reschedule and cancellation guide. For the full format, scoring, preparation, and exam-day path, return to the complete exam guide.
What Pearson VUE asks for when you book.
Gather these before you start so the reservation takes a few minutes, not a frustrating half hour.
Your legal name
It must exactly match both current signature IDs you will bring. Your primary ID must be government issued, photo bearing, and signed. A mismatch can mean denied admission and a forfeited fee.
Contact details
A physical mailing address, email address, and daytime phone number for your Pearson VUE account and appointment.
Your TREC ID number
It comes from the TREC eligibility letter. Pearson needs it to register you for the correct exam.
The exam name and your preferences
Know which exam (or portion) you are scheduling, plus your preferred date and test center. A test-center list is on the back cover of the candidate handbook.
Is your preparation ready for a real appointment?
Booking creates a deadline. Use a mixed diagnostic first if you have not recently tested both portions under time pressure. Your result should tell you what to study next, not simply give you a reassuring percentage.
- Check both National and Texas State Law knowledge.
- Repair weak topics before repeating another full test.
- Choose an exam date that leaves room for one final review cycle.
Changing or canceling
- To change or cancel, call Pearson VUE at (800) 997-1248 at least 48 hours before the exam.
- With proper notice you can transfer your fee to a new reservation or request a refund.
- Change or cancel without proper notice and you forfeit the examination fee.
- The handbook says credit or debit card refunds are immediate, while voucher refunds take about 2 to 3 weeks.
- The exam fee is non-refundable and non-transferable except as allowed by the change/cancel policy.
Missed it? Excused absences
- If you are late or absent, you may call Pearson VUE within 14 days of the exam date to request an excused absence.
- Excused reasons include illness of you or an immediate family member, a death in the immediate family, a disabling traffic accident, court appearance or jury duty, military duty, and weather emergencies.
- A case number is assigned and you email supporting documentation.
- If you are absent or late and did not change the reservation per the policy, you are not admitted and you forfeit the fee.
- For severe weather or a natural disaster, Pearson VUE may delay or cancel the exam and will notify and reschedule affected candidates.
The detailed change, cancellation, absence, and refund guide owns those policies. Use this page for booking and that guide when an appointment already exists.
How do I schedule the Texas real estate exam?
After TREC sends your eligibility letter with your TREC ID number, reserve online at the Pearson VUE Texas real estate page or by phone at (800) 997-1248. Walk-in exams are not available, and you must reserve at least 24 hours before your desired date. The $58 sales exam fee is paid at the time of reservation.
How much does it cost to schedule the Texas real estate exam?
The sales examination fee is $58, paid at the time of reservation by credit card, debit card, or voucher. Payment is not accepted at the test center, and the fee is non-refundable and non-transferable except as allowed by the change/cancel policy.
How late can I reschedule or cancel the Texas real estate exam?
Call Pearson VUE at (800) 997-1248 at least 48 hours before your exam to change or cancel. With proper notice you can transfer your fee or request a refund. If you change or cancel without proper notice, you forfeit the fee.
What if I miss my Texas real estate exam appointment?
If you are absent or late without changing the reservation per the policy, you are not admitted and you forfeit the fee. You may call Pearson VUE within 14 days to request an excused absence for qualifying reasons such as illness, a death in the immediate family, jury duty, or a weather emergency, with supporting documentation.
Can I take the Texas real estate exam online from home?
The Texas real estate licensing exam is delivered in person at Pearson VUE test centers. Select military-base test centers are available to people with authorized base access. Pearson VUE sells a separate online national practice test, but that is not the Texas licensing exam.