My own Agency, in association with a major Real Estate firm?

[Jonathan Taylor Smith]

I started my company to invest in Real Estate, but decided to get my North Carolina RE License to learn more about RE, to make property selection easier and to lower my acquisition / selling costs. But now that I have the license, I'm interested in actually being an agent...

My long-term goal would be to have my own RE Agency. But I'm curious if it is possible to sign on with a major firm under my company (instead of, or in addition to my personal) name so that I am building my own company brand from day one - before eventually going solo at some point in the future once I qualify for a firm license?

[Jordan Decuir]

I would tend to think that hanging your license with a smaller-scale, independent broker would give you more flexibility in building your own brand. The major brokerages are probably much more rigid around having their agents conform to the corporate brand/image and all of the things associated with them, particularly their agents, and especially the agents on the newer end of the scale. Perhaps consider networking and hanging your license with a small, independent broker who will be ok with letting go of the reigns a bit more, especially if you can sell him/her on your specific brand and approach to real estate.

Jordan