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The trade record for transaction coordinators
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Licensing scope, unlicensed-assistant rules and the state guidance that decides what a coordinator may sign, quote and explain.
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Client-touch campaigns are ordinary practice in this business. A TREC rule and a 2020 CFPB guidance note between them decide how much of one a coordinator can run, and who is allowed to pay for it.
California publishes a checklist and a guide. Texas answers the question with 'it depends'. Florida has no single page at all, and the statute does the work instead.
NAR's state-by-state PDF is still the document handed to new coordinators. State regulators have published a great deal since it was written.
The Real Estate Bulletin posts in the middle of March, June, September and December. Winter 2026 is the current issue.