Relator is the trademark name for a real estate agent who is a member of a licensed member of their local or national real estate organization.<\/p>\n
To become a real estate broker, you must first be a real estate agent. Real estate brokers choose to further their education by passing a broker licensing exam and completing additional real estate courses. These courses are meant to qualify a broker to run their own brokerage firm where they will be able to hire and lead a team of real estate agents. Real estate brokers extensive knowledge of real estate laws and regulations and also have more power and responsibilities than real estate agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-3096","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-buyers-guide","encyclopedia-tag-sellers-guide"],"acf":{"custom_title":"What is a Realtor?","why_important":"
Realtors are not only licensed real estate agents but these property professionals are required to maintain a higher standard of conduct that requires ongoing education and licensing requirements.<\/p>\n
As a result, a person who uses the Realtor designation is considered to have more consistent training an more up-to-date knowledge than real estate agents.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind, however, that every Realtor has different specializations within the property marketplace. Like a real estate agent, a Realtor can focus on residential or commercial or choose to work in both spaces.<\/p>\n
To ensure you\u2019re working with the right person, remember to interview a few Realtors and focus on their knowledge, experience and whether or not they can and will work with your needs and requirements.<\/p>\n","examples_of":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/3096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zolo.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}