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Keep you Ontario real estate license – park your license with an Ontario real estate broker

Updated August 2017 with this piece of “real estate career advice“:

As the post referenced in the above tweet suggests, those intending to earn an Ontario real estate license should do so BEFORE the new Ontario real estate licensing process takes effect!

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The rules governing your registration as an Ontario real estate salesperson or Ontario real estate broker are found in two sources:

A. The Ontario Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA) ; and

B. The regulations made pursuant to the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act (REBBA).

Those who are seeking to become or maintain their license as a salesperson or broker should read the statute and the rules. In addition, you must understand the REBBA code of ethics (they are the source of many OREA exam questions).

Your Ontario real estate is  valuable. You worked hard to get it. You have worked hard to provide value to your real estate clients. It has been the key to your real estate career. It takes money and time (in the form of continuing education) to maintain it. In order to maintain your registration with RECO you must:

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The acronyms of organized real estate: National, Provincial and Local – CREA,OREA,TREB

Before you begin your real estate education and building your real estate career, it’s important you understand the terminology of the real estate industry.

The process of earning your Ontario real estate license

RECOReal Estate Council of Ontario – The organization that administers REBBA (The Real Estate and Business Brokers Act). You get your license from RECO.

You have your Ontario real estate license, what then?

Once you have your license, you will likely join trade associations which are called “organized real estate”.

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