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Limitation of licensed agents

Genevieve Cen
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Brooklyn, NY
Posted

Hi all!

I am a licensed agent in New York state starting out to wholesale in NYC boroughs (difficult, I know). 

I want to know the limitation of my role as an agent: what not to do or what to do as an agent. 

Most importantly, do I need to split my commission with my brokerage on my private investments earnings from wholesaling? 

I looked up the Real Estate License Law (June 2016), it states the following:

§442-a. Compensation of salespersons; restrictions

No real estate salesperson in any place in which this article is applicable shall receive or demand compensation of any kind from any person, other than a duly licensed real estate broker with whom he associated, for any service rendered or work done by such salesperson in the appraising, buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating of a loan upon any real estate. 

Thanks in advance!