How do you know if a person is a real broker associate?
Tuan T asked:
Somebody gave me a business card and said she could help buy me a house.
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Somebody gave me a business card and said she could help buy me a house.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Ask to see their license or call your state’s real estate license office. This person is likely offering to be a buyer’s agent. This should not cost you anything as they will be paid by getting a share of the commission that the seller pays.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Does the card have any website address or name of the realty? Or are they independent? If they do have a website or realty name, you can call or look it up online. Or you can try and google their name with broker (and the state you live in) and see what comes up. Thats how I found my broker and some general information. We are currently looking for a house now too, so GOOD LUCK!
April 4th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Whatever state you live in you can go online to the state website. Look under real estate licenses–put in the name of the person, if her name is not there, she is not a license broker.
The link below is for California.
April 8th, 2009 at 4:03 am
Each states real estate board will verify this for you over the telephone. They tend to have live people (hooray!) answering the telephone too, getting an answer does not take much time.