Licensed real estate practitioners involved in residential sales will earn a
record $ 7.4 billion dollars in 2013 on the sale of over 400,000 resale homes by year's end, says Ross Kay, a former
Realtor and now a real estate consultant.
I was an assistant builder in my father's new home construction business; a
licensed tradesman thereafter, a
Realtor from 1980 to 1983 wherein said time frame I had started my own brokerage (Bell Real Estate Inc.) after being in the business only eighteen months via a partner's (Evelyn Bell) brokerage licence, only to walk away from it when interest rates hit 22 %, a conciliator / inspector with the Ontario New Home Warranty Program (now TARION), establishing the top conciliation
record in Ontario out of 56 conciliators from day one on the job, a national warranty adjuster for PAFCO Insurance (now defunct after having been bought out by a U.S. conglomerate), an appraiser affiliated with the Appraisal institue of Canada, as well as a recent
Realtor (again) with Century 21 United Realty Inc. in Peterbough, Ontario.
manager of a real estate firm shall supply evidence satisfactory to the Membership Committee that he / she is actively engaged in the real estate profession, and maintains a current, valid real estate broker's or salesperson's
license or is
licensed or certified by an appropriate state regulatory agency to engage in the appraisal of real property, has a place of business within the state or a state contiguous thereto (unless a secondary member), has no
record of recent or pending bankruptcy *, has no
record of official sanctions involving unprofessional conduct **, agrees to complete a course of instruction covering the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Association, the Bylaws of the State Association, and the Constitution and Bylaws and Code of Ethics of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR
REALTORS ®, and shall agree that if elected to membership, He / she will abide by such Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and the Code of Ethics.