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The North Carolina Real Estate Commission ("Commission") is an independent state governmental agency. It should not be confused with the North Carolina Association of realtorS (or its local Boards) which is a trade organization whose members are known as "realtorS".
The Commission’s primary function is to license and regulate real estate agents (persons and firms who sell, lease, etc. real estate for others). North Carolina’s 80,000-plus real estate agents are licensed as brokers.
The Commission registers and regulates sales activities at time share projects, where ownership in a single living unit (usually a resort condominium) is shared by many persons. Time share salespersons must also hold a broker license.
When time and resources permit, members of the Commission staff are available to present informational programs to real estate practitioner and consumer audiences. These programs address issues of special interest and concern to the Commission, real estate licensees and the public. To request a program presenter, complete and mail this form. The Commission is not authorized to give legal advice or answer questions on legal subjects other than the North Carolina Real Estate License Law or rules promulgated by the Real Estate Commission.
Licensees should find answers among the following Frequently Asked Questions and Answers to most inquiries concerning the changes effective April 1 to the Real Estate License Law and Commission rules. Please refer to these FAQs periodically here on the website home page as the list will be expanded with the addition of new topics.
How much real estate experience do I need to have the "provisional" status removed from my broker license?
For at least four of the last six years, you must have been engaged on a full-time (or equivalent part-time) basis in activities for which a real estate license is required. I have a real estate salesperson license and work as an office manager/bookkeeper for a real estate firm. Does this count as qualifying experience?
No. Working for a real estate firm as an office manager, bookkeeper, secretary or in any other ministerial capacity does not qualify because a real estate license is not required to perform the tasks and duties associated with these positions.
If called upon by the Real Estate Commission to verify my experience, what documentation should I have?
In order of preference, written statements from your current and/or former brokers-in-charge or other firm officials giving the dates of your affiliation with the firm(s) and your activities there; and/or transaction documents from the period for which you are requesting credits; and/or a list of transactions you participated in during this period including dates, types of transactions, the parties and any other agents in the transactions, and your role in them.
What is meant by a "break in service"?
If, at any time, you are NOT designated a broker-in-charge, you have experienced a "break in service". This would occur if you were replaced as broker-in-charge of a firm or office. Or if you ceased being broker-in-charge of an office and then later began serving as broker-in-charge at another firm or office (i.e., the changes were not simultaneous). You would also experience a break in service if you fail to renew your license, or your license is made inactive because you did not take the annual Broker-In-Charge Annual Review Course or your continuing education Update Course. These are some examples of when a break in service will occur. If you then wish to be re-designated as a broker-in-charge, you must satisfy the new broker-in-charge education and experience requirements.