how do i become a realtor in the usa?
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Steps towards a successful real estate career \nSpeak with Brokerages in the area where you would like to practice to find out about employment requirements and opportunities.\n\nComplete the "Introduction to a Career in Real Estate" course provided at the Calgary Real Estate Board and pass the exam (refer to our Education Courses section). \n\nEnroll in the Alberta Real Estate Association’s Real Estate Agents Program provided at the Calgary Real Estate Board. (refer to our Education Courses section)\n\nQualify to write the licensing exam by attending a minimum of 90% of the classroom sessions.\n\nWrite and pass the qualifying exam.\n\nAttend the CREB® Orientation to become a member of the Calgary Real Estate Board (refer to our Education Courses section). \n\nLicense - Register with a Real Estate Brokerage first, then obtain your license from the Real Estate Council of Alberta.\n\nPractice your new career, and don’t forget to take your 18 hours of mandatory continuing education every two years to maintain your license.\n\nTo start the process of becoming a Realtor®, find out how you can register for the Real Estate Agents' Program in our Education Courses section
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Probably not much, typically a few hundred dollars depending on how you do it. It depends on what state you want to license you. You should start by finding the website for the state department of real estate in your state and read the requirements. \n\nYou will need to get some training, which you can get from junior colleges in many states, or correspondence courses. Once you have this training you will have to take an exam with the state and they will charge you fees for this. If you pass you will likely have to pay some more fees and may be required to get more training within a certain time period. Sometimes I see brokers who will reimburse new agents for their training after they make their first sale.\n\nThen, once you have a license, you can be a licensed real estate agent, or if you join your local board of realtors and pay the monthly dues you can also join the National Association of Realtors and call yourself a realtor. Only members of NAR are called realtors. \n\nYou could also study to become a licensed real estate appraiser, or a loan representative. In some states the loan officers are licensed by a different department of the state government. There are specialized courses and schools for these professions. \n\nThe two links below are to the California Dept. of Real Estate, and an example of a licensing school in California. You should find these for your state. Good luck.
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Each state has different laws regarding real estate.\n\nThere are several courses, colleges, and universities within each state that provide correspondence courses.\n\nReal estate is a broad category and unless you plan on moving to the United States, it is difficult (not impossible though) to practice some of the forms of it overseas.\n\nI know Kaplan has courses for different careers in real estate in different states.  It really depends on what you want to do and where you will be living.\n\nPlease clarify what your future plans/goals are for a better answer.
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I am not sure what you are asking. Do you own property or want to sell property for other people?  I am going to assume that you want to be a Real Estate Sales Representive.  You have to be licensed in the state in which you plan to practice. Each state has it owns laws as to what classes and how many credits you have to take. You will have to pass a state exam. You will have to be sponsored by a Broker and work for a Broker.\n\nThe place to start is to look in your local newspaper on a Sunday and look at the Real Estate ads. Most companies are on the internet these days so you will want to look at both the newspaper ads and the internet website for a number of different companies in your area.  Which one do you like the sound and look of the best?  Which companies are the largest in your area?  Which have the best reputation?  Research all of this first. Then pick a few and call for an interview.  \n\nA job with a Real Estate firm is not like other jobs. You are not an employee. You are a subcontractor and you are paid a commission.  Some places you will have to pay all of your own advertising cost.  So make your decission carefully.  When you decide which company you want to go with, talk to the Sales Manager and see what you have to do to get licensed.  Wherever you go it is going to cost you quite a bit of money upfront before you start.  And you will need some money to live on for the first few months.
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First thing tomorrow morning go to a real estate office and asked to speak with a broker.  If they wanted they could take you under their wing and show the ropes.  By preparing you for the state exam they could mold you into a  successful agent once you've completed your classroom hours and pass the exam.   Best of luck...But remember...it's all about ethics..Seriously...nobody wants to sit in arbitration sessions when they should be out there selling the houses they are being commisioned to sell.
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The requirements vary by state.\nLook for your state's Real Estate Commission online. They can advise you what the requirements are in your state, and list the currently available schools.  These may be community colleges, or privately owned schools. There may be many ways to meet the requirements. Compare carefully.\n\nTexas requires several courses, the last time I checked California required only one class, if I remember correctly.
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First you must have 4 years experience as a licensed sales agent.   The DRE (dept. of real estate) will allow a college degree in place of the experience or an associate’s degree as substitute for 2 of the years of experience.  There is also a list of required classes (listed below).  After completion of these requirements you can apply to the DRE to take the brokers exam.  The exam is taken in two sessions one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  Each session is 2hr 30min long and consists of 100 multiple choice questions.  The minimum passing grade is 75% accumulative from both sessions.   After passing the exam you must then apply to the DRE for the issuance of the license. \n• Real Estate Practice\n•Legal Aspects of Real Estate\n•Real Estate Finance\n•Real Estate Appraisal\n•Real Estate Economics or Accounting\n•And three* courses from the following group:\n  \noReal Estate Principles\noBusiness Law\noProperty Management\noEscrows\noReal Estate Office Administration\noMortgage Loan Brokering and Lending\noAdvanced Legal Aspects of Real Estate\noAdvanced Real Estate Finance\noAdvanced Real Estate Appraisal\noComputer Applications in Real Estate \noCommon Interest Developments
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You do have to be a citizen of the US and a legal resident of the state in which you are living.\n\nReal Estate is a state regulated industry. Meaning, each individual state has its own different requirements for real estate agents.\n\nThe source below is specific to Texas.
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Did you want to be a realtor, or buy real estate as an investment?\nIf you are barely making it, it will be extremely difficult as a realtor.  If you go to a real estate company such as Century 21, and tell them you would like to be a realtor, they will send you where you need to go for training and help you get started.  You may find a broker who will carry you until you start bringing in commissions.  Look for at least a 55/45 split.  (55 you 45 them Anything less is robbery.  As you go, you will earn higher splits)   \nThen you pay her/him back.  It's all commission.  You make what you earn on your feet..  Be advised that it is also cut throat.  Lots of sharks in that field.  If you can deal with them, it's a good living in the right town.
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1) Sign up for the Real Estate Principals course. You must then wait 18 days from sign up to take the open book course test. I used Real Estate Trainers online... http://retrainers.com/\n\n2) Pass principals course test\n\n3) Schedule your state exam which is $25.00\n\n4) Pass Test\n\n5) Receive application packet from the DRE which includes your application and finger print form after passing exam.\n\n6) Goto local police/sheriffs department or private firm for your live scan finger prints, cost +/- $75.00\n\n7) Return state application and live scan information to DRE along with your check and wait.\n\n8) Get license in the mail\n\n9) Find a broker to go work for either selling properties or working as a loan officer.\n\nI would recommend that once you sign up for the principals course that you find a testing center on www.dre.ca.gov and sign up on line for the state exam since it will most likely be a test date 6-8 weeks in the future. You don't need to have passed the principals course prior to signing up for the state exam.\n\nGood Luck
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I looked into becoming a realtor a while ago, I'm a SAHM so it sounded good.  Hours wise, its pretty flexible in that you decide how many you want to work, how many clients to take on.   Depending on your financial need, you might just need to sell one house a month.  But what I found out (which is why I couldn't do it) is that it's a lot of start up costs.  You have to pay for the training (usually given through a real estate company), pay for your testing, pay for your licensing and to be on Realtor Boards.  Plus there are annual dues for being on the Realtor boards (which is required by most real estate places).  So here, start up was going to cost about $1700.  But if you can swing that, its really flexible in that you decide how much you want to take on.  But, keep in mind that most open houses are on the weekends, and that most people like to go see homes on the weekends or after THEY get off work.  So it might not be a real scheduled job for you, just flexible in how much you want to take on.  Money wise, its like 7% that you get.  So whatever the sold house goes for, you get 7% of it (in Michigan anyway).  So the money can be very good.
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Find out what you need to do in your State regarding the schooling required. In CA you needs so many credits in a College or to enroll in a real estate school. Then take a test. Go to you states web site and search for real estate. (DRE)
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Becoming a realtor doesn't require any degrees, though they might help you land a job.\n\nWhat you need to take is the real-estate exam (which you can study at home for). Once you take that, you get your real estate degree, then you look for a realtor company that will take you under their wings.\n\nIm sure having a degree would help you land that job, and would increase the amount of money you make.\n\nPeople skills matter too.
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Depends...state specific question. Contact your local Association of Realtors.
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Since you did not indicate which state you live in, this website provides links to each state:  http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/Real_Estate_License/\n\nEach state has different requirements that one must fulfill before getting a license.  For example, in Texas, one may take the required pre-licensure courses online (210 hours must be completed prior to taking the exam), but the actual licensing exam must be taken at an authorized testing center.  Upon obtaining one's license in Texas, a 30 hour SAE course must be taken each year for the first 3 years of licensure and after that, a 15 hour MCE course must be completed once every 2 years from that point forward.  Incidentally, the Texas exam is reported to be one of the hardest in the country, along with the Florida exam.  \n\nAs real estate is based on referral and repeat business, the first year is the hardest, so anyone who works full time at another job will have a difficult first year in real estate, as he/she cannot devote full attention to being an agent due to having another job.\n\nReal estate is a very expensive industry to work in.  So be prepared to be nickeled and dimed.
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1. At an open house of one of your clients\n2. Word of mouth\n3. Create a web site\n4. The local newspaper\n\nThere are tons of realtors, so you need an angle... such as experience, niche, rebates, etc...