I once wrote a blog post Got a License? ... Now What? about licensing, where I expressed disappointment that getting the license had very little to do with a day-to-day operations in Real Estate.
Margaret Woda, a wonderful AR blogger summarized it this way:
“we all need to know our state and federal laws regarding real estate and this is where we get that info. I have no gripe with this requirement, but it's important for anyone getting into this field to know that it takes more - A LOT MORE - to learn this business because the licensing course is like a single drop in a big bucket.”
Of course, it is important to understand the legal requirements. That's fine. But how can the State in its sound mind (if sound mind can be applied to the Government) issue the license to practice Real Estate after making sure that the licensee is aware of the Statutes governing real estate?
It is like test a doctor on the knowledge of the law pertaining to practicing medicine, and issue him/her the license without making sure that they also know how to treat people?
Or testing the pilot only on the knowledge how to treat unruly passengers on board, but forget to make sure that he can fly (and if he can’t fly, no need to treat the unruly passenger, the bastard would die and thus be punished).
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