Will I need to change my license type to join General Referral?

Modified on Fri, 7 Oct, 2022 at 1:13 PM

Not usually, but if you do we take care of it for you. A handful of states, like New Jersey, do have a special license type classification for referral agents (more on that below). Otherwise, you can join General Referral with your existing license!


In New Jersey, there were recent changes in the law which created two new license types and eliminated one. The "Referral Agent" license was replaced with "Salesperson (Referral)", and there is now a second license type that can be held at the brokerage level in addition to "Real Estate  Company ", called "Real Estate Referral Company". As General Referral is licensed in New Jersey under the new company classification, all New Jersey licensees under General Referral are classified as "Salesperson (Referral)", consistent with the law.


We put together a brief introduction to get you up to speed with the most important aspects of the new real estate licensing law.

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