PROVISIONAL BROKER, BROKER, BROKER-IN-CHARGE, REAL ESTATE AGENT, and REALTOR: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
If you are thinking of earning your estate license in Canada, you have probably done some online hunting. Also in that hunting, there is possibly a number of terms you have come across that might have made the procedure extremely perplexing for you. In this blog post, we will clear all the perplexity by describing the most popularly misused or misinterpreted terms. As a significant blanket statement, always remember, that in Canada, each licensee is a broker. The disparity lies in the status level of their brokerage license. So what is the difference between those levels of status? PROVISIONAL REAL ESTATE BROKER: This is the entry-level term for a Canadian real estate professional . Once you finish the needed education, pass the state test, and received your license, you become a provisional real estate broker . What does this mean? Significantly, you are a real estate broker whose license is on provisional status. You can perform all of the similar activities of a real esta...