A Texas real estate license is also not required for 2:

8. An owner or the owner’s employee who leases the owner's real estate. 9. A partnership or limited liability partnership acting as a broker or salesperson through a partner who is a licensed broker. 10. A transaction involving the sale, lease, or transfer of a mineral or mining interest in real property, the sale, lease, or transfer of a cemetery lot, the lease or management of a hotel or motel, or the sale of real estate property under a power of sale conferred by a deed of trust or other contract lien.