Being independent, self-motivated and ambitious may have been key factors that compelled you to earn your real estate license. Now that you’ve been building your brand and establishing a presence in your community as a successful sales agent, you might be feeling the itch to take your career to the next level. For agents, this typically means furthering your education to become a real estate broker.
Your feelings right now might be similar to the way you felt when you were deciding several years ago whether enrolling in real estate school was a good risk to take. You might be asking: Is becoming a broker a good fit for me? Is this the right time to go back to school? Do I have what it takes to be a good broker? Remember how you felt before enrolling the first time, and look how far you’ve come since then!
Earning a broker’s license takes time, effort and money, although choosing a quality real estate school can help minimize cost and enable you to get the most out of the time and effort you put in to completing the pre-license education requirements to become a broker. The following list includes basic questions to ask yourself to determine if this career step is a good fit for you:
If you were easily able to answer these questions, you might be ready to take your real estate career to the next level by earning your broker’s license.
State law includes a list of requirements that must be met to be eligible for a real estate broker’s license. Several of them are as follows:
After completing pre-license requirements, you’ll be eligible to sit for the South Carolina broker exam. If you score 70% or higher on the test, you may apply for your license and start building a successful brokerage!
