This is NOT typical in real estate and rarely if ever seen when dealing with a licensee unless they are "wholesaling".

If you are going to be adding more properties, and actively investing, you should look for a company that has licensees with designations such as CPM, or CCIM, and members of the NARPM as well as NAR.

Real estate consultants surfaced in the late 70s, in fact it was questioned that such a consultant was required to have a license, today there are consultants who are not licensees or Realtors dealing in commercial properties.

22, disclosure of being a licensee is a state requirement in the state where the license is held, if I'm dealing in Texas and I hold a Missouri license, Missouri's requirements stop at the state line and in Texas, I have no state recognized real estate knowledge on Texas law as to having greater knowledge than the general public in Texas.

Until you're associated with a broker, you're not an active licensee -- you are credentialed but inactive.

See Chapter 18.85 RCW 18.85 REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND MANAGING BROKERS REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND MANAGING BROKERS; 18.85.011 Definitions.(17) "Real estate brokerage services" means any of the following services offered or rendered directly or indirectly to another, or on behalf of another for compensation or the promise or expectation of compensation, or by a licensee on the licensee's own behalf: (a) Listing, selling, purchasing, exchanging, optioning, leasing, renting of real estate, or any real property interest therein; or any interest in a cooperative; or any interest in a floating home or floating on-water residence, as defined in RCW 90.58.270;In regard to your comment,“winning adverse possession cases is one of the toughest things to do in real estate .. we know what the laws say.. but end of the day you need a judge to sign off and they are reluctant to give title to someone's property to another.

Licensees have oversight.

The Agency’s investigations are complaint driven, so we rely heavily on the public, and our licensees to bring these individuals to our attention.

The Agency’s investigations are complaint driven, so we rely heavily on the public, and our licensees to bring these individuals to our attention.

(The logic is that taking a fee for an activity that only gets paid out when real estate sells is illegal unless you're the seller or a licensee.