License: REAL ESTATE BROKER
WI Department of Safety and Professional Services Division of Professional Credential Processing
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1400 E. Washington Ave.
P.O. Box 8935
Madison, WI 53708-8935
(608) 266-2112
A real estate broker is an individual who: a. For another, and for commission, money or other thing of value, negotiates or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of an interest or estate in real estate; b. Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling real estate to the extent that a pattern of real estate sales is established, whether or not such real estate is owned by such person. Five sales in one year or 10 sales in 5 years is presumptive evidence of a pattern of sales. c. For another and for commission, money or other thing of value, negotiates or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of any business, its goodwill, inventory, fixtures or an interest therein; or d. Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling business opportunities or goodwill of an existing business or is engaged wholly or in part in the business of buying and selling, exchanging or renting of any business, its goodwill, inventory, etc.
- Stand-alone license
- No exam
- No education required
- No continuing education requirement
- No experience required
- No criminal record requirements
- A temporary license available to military and spouses until formal license approval
License information updated 12/02/2020