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2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. This excerpt from the REALTOR® Code of Ethics was printed in an Amarillo publication dated November 1926. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. The association broke ground near North Interstate Highway 35 in Austin for a building that was officially dedicated in January 1970. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. Our Legal Hotline was established in February 1993 to help members receive information that would help them limit potential lawsuits. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! On May 18, 1971, Governor Preston Smith signed into law the bill creating the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! The Texas REALTORS® Leadership Program began in 2004 to help potential leaders get the training needed to take the association into the future. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! Virginia Cooke became the first female president of the association in 1989. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! The association gifted $50,000 to Texas for the construction of a fountain commemorating state's bicentennial in 1975. The pink granite fountain was removed in 1996 during capitol ground renovations, but a plaque commemorating it remains. #TBT #ShapingTexas
The volunteer application process opened today for Texas REALTORS® committees. Visit texasrealestate.com/committees to learn more about the committees that guide the association and find a link to volunteer. #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! In 1964, an international joint real estate convention was held in El Paso for the Texas Real Estate Association, Mexico Real Estate Association, and New Mexico Real Estate Association. #TBT #ShapingTexas @eprealtors
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! The Texas Real Estate Association became the Texas Association of REALTORS® in 1969. The association became Texas REALTORS® at the end of 2018. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. The president of the association in 1963, A.B. Beddow, made 120 visits to local boards—the equivalent of an engagement every three days. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. Here's what a state-of-the-art lockbox looked like in 1966. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®. Ebby Halliday of Dallas became the first woman to be honored as the Texas REALTOR® of the Year in 1963. #TBT #ShapingTexas @metrotexre
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! On May 12 1949, Governor Beauford Jester signed the bill creating a six-member Texas Real Estate Commission. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! In 1946, Claudine Perkins of Laredo became the first-ever woman to be president of a board associated with the National Association of Real Estate Boards. #TBT #ShapingTexas
Did you know the association formed before the first license was issued?
In 1911, the association’s precursor was formed: the Texas State Realty Association. It disappeared after war broke out in Europe.
On October 11, 1920, representatives from Abilene, Dallas, Denison, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio met to form the Texas Real Estate Boards Association. One of its first tasks was to lobby for a licensing bill.
The Real Estate Dealer’s License Act was passed in 1939 after lobbying by the newly renamed Texas Real Estate Association.
The first real estate license in Texas was issued to John Zeller, association president in 1938-1939. #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! The first real estate license in Texas was issued to John Zeller in 1940. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! Governor W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel signed the first real estate license law in Texas into law in 1939. #TBT #ShapingTexas
2020 is the 100th anniversary of Texas REALTORS®! In early 1936, the Texas REALTOR® magazine was born. It would go through several changes before coming back to its original name. #TBT #ShapingTexas
Congratulations to @rskesner —2019 Texas REALTOR of the Year! #shapingtexas #txrealtors