Fort Hood Area Association of REALTORS®

Yes. Texas Ally is a FHAAR member broker, which is the prerequisite that lets our agents join. Once you are sponsored at Texas Ally, you apply to FHAAR directly and pay dues to them. We do not mark up or administer those fees.

No. Every agent picks the local board that fits their market. FHAAR makes sense if you are working Central Texas. If you are mostly elsewhere in Texas, another board will serve you better — and we are member brokers at those too.

CTXMLS, the Central Texas MLS. FHAAR is one of five associations that jointly own it, so your membership reaches across the shared CTXMLS footprint rather than just the Killeen area.

FHAAR serves the Killeen–Fort Cavazos market, where military relocation drives an unusual amount of the volume. There is no single dues figure — the annual cost is four items stacked together. Local FHAAR dues are set by the board. State Texas REALTORS® dues and national NAR dues are fixed amounts that do not change based on which Texas board you pick, and the NAR line carries the Consumer Advertising Campaign assessment. MLS access is billed on its own schedule, typically quarterly. Add a one-time application fee in your first year, prorated if you join partway through the cycle. Current figures are published by the board at fhaar.org. Because only the local slice really differs, dues are usually a poor reason to choose one Texas board over another — MLS coverage and market fit matter more. Fees go to the board directly, not through Texas Ally.

It is the obvious one. The association exists to serve the Fort Cavazos market, so its education and local knowledge are built around VA financing, PCS timelines and the relocation cycle.

Four steps, in order. Get your Texas licence active and sponsored by a FHAAR member broker — that sponsorship is the prerequisite, not a formality. Apply to FHAAR directly, in your own name. Pay the board's dues and MLS fees at application. Then complete new-member orientation and the NAR Code of Ethics course inside the window the board sets. Texas Ally's part is step one; you do the rest with the board directly, which is also why the membership stays yours.

Not by law. Your licence comes from TREC and does not require board membership. What membership buys you is the MLS, and in practice you cannot work residential resale without it — listings, comps and CMA data all live there. It is also what lets you call yourself a REALTOR®, which is a trademark rather than a synonym for agent. That is why Texas Ally asks every agent to join a local board of their own choosing.

Yes — the membership is yours, not your brokerage's. When you move you notify FHAAR of the change, and your new sponsoring broker has to be a FHAAR member broker. Texas Ally is. You do not reapply from scratch or lose your standing, though the board will want the transfer paperwork before your MLS access follows you. Agents moving to us from another local brokerage generally keep working without interruption.

Yes. Your board and your brokerage are separate: Texas Ally sponsors you as your broker on a flat $99 a month, and you join Fort Hood Area Association of REALTORS® for MLS access.