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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
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     You must pass a 63 hour course to get your real estate salesperson license in Florida.  Then a 45 hour class within 24 months to keep that license. 

    To become a Broker, after you worked two years as an agent (and completed the previously mentioned courses), you must pass a 72 hour broker pre-license course.  To keep that broker license, you have to take and pass yet another 60 hour course within 24 months.

    Once you get all that behind you, it's a piece of cake to stay in business.  14 hours every two years, it can be taken online.

    For more details, see this real estate school's website .

Mar 02, 2020 02:35 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

The attorneys won the arguement & the other guys followed.

Doctors were asleep with their 36 hr shifts & missed the court date. Interns are very tired folk.

I do not know the mysteries of life Richie. You are much better than I figuring that stuff out. I don't believe that realtors should be shadowed or have a sponsor.

Mar 02, 2020 03:36 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Licensing is but one aspect of being a "professional" .

Mar 02, 2020 02:47 PM
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Don Baker
Lane Realty - Eatonton, GA
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Well actually in real estate it is in Georgia.  You have to work FOR a qualifying broker for three years prior to obtaining a broker's license and practicing on your own.  For that three years the broker has a legal duty to review every single listing and contract.

Mar 02, 2020 02:20 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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Some fields are more involved than others.  Lawyers have to go through extensive training and pass a serious exam to be able to practice.  Many intern along the way at law offices.  The law and the workings of the human body are for more intricate than selling a car, putting in sprinklers or even selling a home.

We in Cali have a 60 something hour course and an exam and then must work under a broker who allegedly has the duty to supervise.  Brokers have another set of courses, another exam and 2 years of full time production in order to become a Broker.

Mar 02, 2020 04:24 PM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Good point Richie Alan Naggar. It takes 120-hours of pre- licensing courses at an approved Utah real estate school to practice. I find it interesting how many attorney's, CPA's and Phd's have worked in real estate and their prior/current chosen careers do not necessarily make them excellent Realtors! 

Mar 02, 2020 05:55 PM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

If years of service/training was an indicator of proficiency, all those incumbents in DC would be part of a finely tuned, highly effective government.

Artists of all kinds take 10 years to learn their craft (proficient) and 20 year to perfect it (create).  Are they professionals?

I guess what you are saying Richie is real estate agents, brokers and REALTORS should not be classified as professionals. zDevil would agree and has stated agents should be paid $2,500 per transaction and agents should simply process the order.  And the way agents are supporting zDevil, they must be in agreement.

 

Mar 02, 2020 04:12 PM
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Brenda Mayette
Miranda Real Estate Group, Inc. - Glenville, NY
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Great question!  My first, pre-coffee thought?  Because "they" wouldn't make as much money as simply accepting any & all with the low barrier of entry that attracts so many (looks like I'm in for a cynical Tuesday!)...  Kudos to the consumer who knows this & interviews more than one agent for what will probably be the biggest purchase/sale of their lifetime. 

Mar 03, 2020 04:31 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

In North Dakota beauticians  have to have two years of training and then do an apprenticeship before they can practice and give $12.00 hair cuts. Realtors, 60 hours and then they can handle million dollar sales. Something is out of whack Richie Alan Naggar .

Mar 02, 2020 07:15 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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The mysteries of life and real estate.  It would be wonderful if the bar were raised higher, higher, and even higher. 

Mar 03, 2020 08:08 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
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Well, there are dorky doctors, God knows tons of them. Dorky attorneys, everywhere you go there they are. Trainwreck hairdressers and they get a lot of education and training too. Insane appraisers and look how much training they got. The market and consumers should ultimately determine who stays and goes. I realize that is not always the case but it's not the case in politics either. LOL, did I cover everything?
God Bless America.

Mar 03, 2020 04:52 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

It would be great if all professions had a standard test of ability prior to working for or with the public.  It us ridiculous that a newly licensed Realtor is listing or selling homes that affect legal ramifications without the knowledge needed.  I can't believe that more companies and brokers don't get in major legal trouble for allowing this to occur.

Mar 04, 2020 01:47 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

The lawyers usually have to pass the state bar exam...not a small issue. They also have CE classes.

Mar 03, 2020 11:46 AM