Can you be both a real estate agent and a real estate broker?

[Rene Francoeur]

Both aspects are interesting to me and I understand you would have to be completely open to the agents and clients you are working with but can you pursue both careers at the same time?

[Mohammed Rahman]

What's your long term goal @Rene Francoeur? If you want to open up your own shop and brand, then being a broker is the way to go (in NYC you need 2 years min. experience as an agent before taking your broker's exam). 

If you just want to make more money, creating a team is probably going to be more lucrative without all the hassle of worrying about running your own brokerage.