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Originally Posted by Jebby
Are you serious? You do not need 3-4 years training to sell condos.
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License does not = real estate agent. Real estate agents are just the most visible licensees.
Just like medical field does not = doctor.
And licensees are held very high standards and rules. Not only do you have the various acts, you have civil law decisions, tax rules, etc. Its impossible to learn it all through a short online program. Your letting people who barely speak english go get licenses. And honestly some probably cheat on the online quizzes. I've seen people ask a licensee which model boiler is better and chew him out for honestly saying he didn’t know. Do you really want someone with a high school education and a few months of online learning to help advise you what house to buy? to maintain the building you live in? to maintain the business you work in? to manage your rentals? Houses and building have very complex systems and licenses are expected to learn it all on the job.
Plumbers need to go through years of training, yet people expect a licensee with a few months of learning to be an expert in plumbing, engineering, construction, taxes, law, etc. Most licensees have no idea what a joist is, no idea if a house may be rotting on the inside, no idea what kind of heating system a place has, no idea what the tax laws are, the list goes on. Your treating the job like it needs the same training as McD employees then complaining it needs more regulation.
And because getting a license is like buying candy at the store, you have way too many realtors, in this article there are about 10x then needed.
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