| Real estate is a term used for land and all | | | | Carolina. Individuals need to go through |
| physical properties built on it. Houses along | | | | North Carolina real estate education program |
| with basement, trees, fences, structures | | | | to get a license to become a real estate |
| constructed away from the main house and | | | | agent. Real estate education programs are |
| drainage system are considered as a part of | | | | also available for renewal of license as a |
| real estate. | | | | part of continuing education programs. A real |
| | | | estate licensee is usually known as a real |
| North Carolina is a popular southern | | | | estate agent, though there is no such term |
| destination for vacations and therefore, many | | | | actually mentioned in the text of License |
| people prefer to buy vacation houses or | | | | Law. |
| residential property here. State of North | | | | |
| Carolina has certain regulations and | | | | After a person has passed the requisite exam, |
| specifications that home buyers and sellers | | | | a license in provisional status is issued. |
| need to follow. Most people generally | | | | Main difference between a provisional license |
| approach real state agents to buy or sell | | | | and a license without a provisional status is |
| real estate as they have information about | | | | that the latter allows brokers to operate as |
| local market. | | | | an unsupervised independent agent. A |
| | | | provisional status license requires a broker |
| To conduct a real estate business in the | | | | to work under the supervision of a broker who |
| state, it is necessary to have a North | | | | has been nominated. However, a real estate |
| Carolina real estate broker license. This | | | | licensee or agent does not automatically |
| requirement applies to any individual or body | | | | become a realtor. To become a realtor, a |
| that may want to get involved in the business | | | | licensed real estate agent needs to belong to |
| of real estate directly or indirectly while | | | | the National Association of Realtors, which |
| physically residing in the state of North | | | | is a private trade association. |