IS YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENT LICENSED IN TENNESSEE? MAKE SURE THE ANSWER IS 'YES' BEFORE CLOSING
Reliant Realty ERA Powered Team – Jul 18, 2017
Buying or selling real estate is serious business. Ensure your agent knows the TN market - work with a TN licensed agent.
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Need to Find a Real Estate Agent's License Number?
The Tennesee Department of Commerce & Insurance provides a License Search and Verification tool to look up or confirm the Tennessee Real Estate Commission license number of any currently registered real estate agent.
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & INSURANCE
License Search and Verification Tool
Follow the easy steps described below to use the tool:
1. Access the Verification Page
- Clicking on the license verification link will bring you to the "Verify Home" page. Here you will be required to enter a verification code to access the license verification search tool.
- Enter the letters and numbers presented on your screen in the box below the verification code and click on the blue button below the entry box to continue...
2. Carry Out Your Search
- You will enter your search terms on this page.
- Begin by entering your agent's last name in the first box and their first name in the box just beneath it.
- Next, click on the down arrow in the text box to the right of the word "Profession." Scroll down the list until you find "Real Estate Broker/Affil/TS." Click on the text to select it.
- Then, click on the down arrow in the text box to the right of the word "State." Scroll down the list until you find "TN" for Tennessee. Click on the text to select it.
- Finally, click on the "Search" button to submit your search. The results will appear just below the "Search" and "Clear " buttons on the page.
- To conduct a new search, click on the "Clear" button.
Confirm Your Agent's Firm
- You can also search and confirm a real estate firm's license with the License Search and Verification tool.
- To conduct the search, enter the firm's name in the first box (same box you used to enter an agent's last name).
- Next, click on the down arrow in the text box to the right of the word "Profession." Scroll down the list until you find "Real Estate Firms." Click on the text to select it.
- Then, click on the down arrow in the text box to the right of the word "State." Scroll down the list until you find "TN" for Tennessee. Click on the text to select it.
- Finally, click on the "Search" button to submit your search. The results will appear just below the "Search" and "Clear " buttons on the page.
- To conduct a new search, click on the "Clear" button.
Real Estate is Serious Business. You Need a Serious Professional by Your Side.
Buying a home is the single most important purchase any of us will make in our lives. So it's important to know the person we entrust to help us get the best deal is worthy of that trust.
A lot goes into a real estate transaction and rules and regulations vary from state to state. When buying (or selling) your home in Tennessee you want to know your agent has knowledge of state rules and regulations to ensure they can negotiate and close a trouble-free deal for you. A simple way to confirm they are knowledgeable is to confirm they are licensed by the Tennessee Real Estate Commission (TREC).
An agent can hold either an Affiliate Broker license or, with more experience and education, a Broker license issued by TREC.
In brief, and to translate from legalese, when registered under either license, you can be are assured that the person you are dealing with has completed a minimum education and passed both national and state exams that allow them to legally offer to list, sell or buy a property on behalf of real property owners in exchange for a fee or commission.(1)
Obtaining an affiliate broker license requires that the agent has successfully completed a minimum 90 hours of education in a program approved by TREC and, after completing that education, has passed both the national and state real estate licensing exams with a score of 70% or better.
To be licensed as a Broker means that a new agent has been licensed as an affiliate broker for a minimum of 36 months and has successfully completed a further 120 hours of education. (Click for full Affiliate Broker and Broker licensing requirements.)
(1) Source: Tennessee Government Regulations
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