When you are buying or selling your home through a real estate professional, you may wonder what is the difference between a Realtor® and a real estate agent. Realtors® are real estate agents who become members of the National Association of Realtors®. In North Carolina, there are over 99,000 real estate agents, but only 36,000 Realtors®. See an excerpt from the NAR site below and click the link to read the entire article.
“A real estate agent is a REALTOR® when he or she becomes a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, The Voice for Real Estate®, the world’s largest professional association. The term “REALTOR®” is a registered collective membership mark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and abides by its strict Code of Ethics
“Founded in 1908, NAR has grown from its original nucleus of 120 members to more than 1 million today. NAR is composed of REALTORS® who are involved in residential and commercial real estate as brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors, and others who are engaged in all aspects of the real estate industry…”
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