Real estate licenses in California are governed by California DRE (California Department of Real Estate). These licenses provide sales agents, brokers, broker companies the legal ability to represent a home seller or buyer in the process of buying or selling real estate. Real estate agents and real estate brokers are required to be licensed when conducting real estate transactions in California.
What activities require real estate license?
Activities which require real estate license are mentioned below:
- Selling or attempts to sell real property of another for compensation.
- Buying or attempts to buy real property of another for compensation.
- Renting or Leasing or attempts to rent or lease real property of another for compensation.
- Advertising or attempts to advertise real property of another for compensation.
- Representing that you are engaged in the business of brokerage activity.
- Undertaking to list or sell one or more timeshare periods per year on behalf of another individual or entity for compensation.