Attorney Agent Dual Role Opportunities

[Whitney Breedlove]

I'm currently an attorney and just started going down the path of getting my real estate license. I do realize that attorneys may sell real estate without a license but I wanted the education anyway. So I'm wondering if there are potentially unique opportunities for people who are dual attorney agents? Do brokerages seek people out like this to perform a dual role in their company? Initially I was thinking I'd leave the legal world behind after I got my license and just practice real estate full time, but now I'm wondering if I can leverage my legal license somehow as an agent? Anyone out there currently doing this?

[Bob Floss II]

It may be different in Texas, but in Illinois you cannot be the agent and attorney for the same transaction.