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My uncle told me to always check a broker's license history, not just their website
About five years ago, I was looking at a flashy broker for a condo sale in Tampa. My uncle, who's been in real estate forever, said to look up their state license record online. I did, and it showed three complaints settled out of court that weren't mentioned anywhere on their fancy site. I went with a different, less flashy broker who had a clean record, and the whole sale went smooth. It was a simple check that saved me a lot of potential headache. Has anyone else found a broker's official record told a different story than their marketing?
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riverknight3mo ago
A single fine for a missing "broker" seems like overkill.
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nancybennett5mo ago
How do you even look that stuff up? I had a similar thing happen when I was buying my first house. The agent seemed great, but the state website showed a license suspension from a few years back that they never talked about. It's crazy what they don't have to put on their own sites.
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evanh275mo ago
Wait, so did you end up working with that agent anyway, @nancybennett? I'm trying to figure out what counts as a deal-breaker. A suspension feels big, but maybe they had a good reason? I saw one agent's record had a fine for not putting "broker" on a business card, which seems silly, but hiding a suspension is different. Makes you wonder what else isn't on their shiny personal website.
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