Originally posted by @Christopher Phillips:
@Tamara G.
As an attorney you don't need to sit for a license. You can check your state laws, each one is a little differenct, but you might not have to do anything. Ohio Revised Code Section 47235.01 (K) provides that an attorney is exempt from the requirements to be licensed if the conduct he is engaged in is part of the performance of his duties as an attorney. If you get a license, you will have to hang it with a broker and you'll have to pay commission on your transactions. If you buy property and sell them yourself without a license as the owner you won't have to pay commissions.
So that was what I thought too - but everything I've read seems to indicate that selling property for a business is not "part of the performance of duties as an attorney." The state bar resource I checked out suggested that "part of my duties" would be something like selling a property as part of an estate, or in a bankruptcy. I was hoping at minimum I could bypass the education requirement, but the school I contacted said I could only opt out of the 40 hours of real estate law. Kind of a bummer - after passing 2 bar exams, I would think that I know a thing or two, but apparently not enough!
