Posts by: Jennifer Oliver
The 41st Annual TRETA Conference held in Lakeway, Texas had members in attendance representing Texas, Florida, and more! I don’t think the TRETA Conference could have been any better this year! The location and weather were perfect. Lakeway Resort and Spa in Lakeway, Texas was fabulous. As always we offered the CREI update class on…
The 40th Annual TRETA Conference held in San Antonio, Texas had members in attendance representing Texas, Oklahoma, and more! Karen Nichols was President for 2015-2016. The 40th annual conference was held in San Antonio at the Marriott Plaza. The theme of the conference was “Unmasking the Highly Effective Teacher.” Henry Cisneros was the keynote speaker.…
39th Annual Conference ~ April 16, 17 & 18 The 39th Annual TRETA Conference was held at the beautiful Corpus Christi, Texas at the Omni Hotel Resort! We had members in attendance representing Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and more! Here’s what one member had to say: “My first trip to a TRETA Conference was going to…
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38th Annual Conference ~ April 24, 25 & 26 The 38th Annual TRETA Conference held in Richardson, Texas was a great success! We had members in attendance representing Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and more! The Thursday CREI Renewal workshop on Thursday was an excellent session where members learned about new technology for presenting in the classroom…
Interested in earning your Certified Real Estate Instructor (CREI) designation? At TRETA we want to help you become an effective presenter and facilitator of learning of Real Estate in the Classroom. We do this by offering two IDW (Instruction Development Workshops). Each workshop is 2 Basic IDW Workshop goal is to help you become an…
The responsibility to regulate RESPA was passed on to the Bureau from HUD which was responsible for the enforcement of RESPA for many years. HUD’s unwavering position statement has always been that charging unearned fees (in a real estate transaction) is Illegal as it violates Section 8 of RESPA. In May 2012, Freeman v Quicken…
The 37th Annual TRETA Conference held in Bryan, Texas was a hit! We had nearly 100 members in attendance representing all over Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and even Arizona! The Thursday CREI Renewal workshop on Thursday led by our new Lifetime Member Len Elder was an excellent session where members learned new interactive learning methods for…
Reverse Mortgage for Purchase By Jerry Rutledge, CREI, DREI, CMC Have you not heard of a reverse mortgage “for purchase”? Maybe it’s because Texas is the only state in our grand union which hasn’t approved reverse mortgages “for purchase”. A reverse mortgage for purchase is possible for those folks over 62 yrs who want to…
Longtime San Jacinto College educator Kevin Morris, TRETA President 2012-2013, strives to motivate students to become independent, lifelong learners. He teaches real estate at all three campuses, and also serves as interim dean of business and technology at the South Campus. Photo credit: Rob Vanya, San Jacinto College marketing department. Q: Why do you feel attending…
